Posted on 10/11/2018 11:24:07 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
(Newser) – Michelle Obama and George W. Bush have long had a special relationship, and at John McCain's funeral, a video of the former president handing the former first lady a cough drop as they sat next to one another in the crowd went viral. Obama, appearing on TODAY Thursday, explained. "It was a simple gesture," she said. As Bush got out a cough drop for his wife, Laura, "I looked over and I said, 'Hand me a cough drop,'" and he did. "President Bush and I, we are forever seatmates because of protocol. That's how we sit at all the official functions," she added. "He is my partner in crime at every major thing where all the 'formers' gather. So we're together all the time, and I love him to death. He's a wonderful man, he's a funny man."
She added that people are craving bipartisan moments like these: "That's what people are hungry for. ... Party doesn't separate us, color, gender, those kinds of things don't separate us. It's the messages that we send. If we're the adults and the leaders in the room and we're not showing that level of decency, we cannot expect our children to do the same. So that's what I think about, when I think about the gestures and the symbols and what our words mean and the impact that it has. I think about the next generation, every single time." As for the cough drop, it was pretty old, she noted. The box had a White House logo on it, "And I was like, 'How long have you had these?'" Obama recalled. "He said, 'A long time; we've got a lot of these.'"
Mooch gives it up for a cough drop. Bush buys her for a cough drop
But the Obama weren’t invited to the wedding, were they...
“He (George W) is my partner in crime at every major thing”
I’ll bet he is.
I’ll bet he is.
Luv him to death... like a boa constrictor? Ugh.
It’s funny how the libs, who used to say the vilest things now cozy up to Bush and Powell. For conservatives, we liked warmed frozen pizza until we got a taste of the real thing!
They loved McCain too, until he took a shot at the presidency.
It’s easy to find out who your political friends are.
Stand up on an issue.
If it’s opposed to a complete capitulation to extreme Leftist ideology, you’re a political leper to the Democrats.
Hmmmm....Michelle sure seems to be distancing herself from the antics of her party lately.
If it came down to it.
Either way, I'd like to watch.
Remember that none of the Bushes ever said a negative word during the Obama Regime.
Then Trump is elected - and they all let loose with criticisms.
Mich was hoarse..or was see horse?
Bush League Republicans were instrumental in making the Kenyanesian Usurpation happen.
Whatever it takes to fundamentally transform the USA into North Mexico.
I think he deserves it on general principles.
For once she’d be doing something I approved of...
/s
Still...
LOL
Keep talking...
Well, George W is kind of a lovable moron.
It’s hard to dislike him.
No.
Chelsea horse.
Michelle wookie.
Thought the same thing....wonder how she feels about Ruthie Ginsberg. Hmmmm.
Moo wasn’t invited to the wedding. She’s kissing up for the next one.
He’s Walter to her Maude.
So, I guess this means she and her husband are through spitting at and blaming Bush for everything?
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