;-)
Posted on 08/31/2004 8:41:49 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Text of a speech by Jenna and Barbara Bush delivered Tuesday at the Republican National Convention, as transcribed by e-Media Inc.:
JENNA BUSH: It's great to be here. We love Arnold. Isn't he awesome?
Thanks to him, if one of us ever decides to marry a Democrat, nobody can complain, except maybe our grandmother, Barbara. And if she doesn't like it, we would definitely hear about it.
We already know she doesn't like some of our clothes, our music, or most of the TV shows we watch.
Gammie, we love you dearly, but you're just not very hip.
She thinks "Sex and the City" is something married people do, but never talk about.
We spent the last four years trying to stay out of the spotlight. Sometimes, we did a little better job than others.
We kept trying to explain to my dad that when we are young and irresponsible, well, we're young and irresponsible.
BARBARA BUSH: Jenna and I are really not very political, but we love our dad too much to stand back and watch from the sidelines.
We realized that this would be his last campaign, and we wanted to be a part of it.
Besides, since we've graduated from college, we're looking around for something to do for the next few years.
Kind of like dad.
JENNA: Our parents have always encouraged us to be independent and dream big. We've spent a lot of time at the White House, so when we showed up the first day, we thought we had it all figured out. But apparently my dad already has a chief of staff, named Andy.
BARBARA: When your dad's a Republican and you go to Yale, you learn to stand up for yourself.
I knew I wasn't quite ready to be president, but number two sounded pretty good.
Who is this man they call Dick Cheney (news - web sites)?
JENNA: I think I know a lot about campaigns. After all, my grandfather and my dad have both run for president, so I put myself in charge of strategy. Then I got an angry call from some guy named Karl.
BARBARA: We knew we had something to offer. I mean, we've traveled the world; we've studied abroad. But when we started coming home with foreign policy advise, dad made us call Condi.
JENNA: Not to be deterred, we thought surely there's a place for strong willed, opinionated women in communications. And next thing we know, Karen's back.
BARBARA: So we decided the best thing we could do here tonight would be to introduce somebody we know and love.
JENNA: You know all those times when you're growing up and your parents embarrass you? Well, this is payback time on live TV.
BARBARA: Take this. I know it's hard to believe, but our parents' favorite term of endearment for each other is actually Bushy.
And we had a hamster, too. Let's just say ours didn't make it.
JENNA: But, contrary to what you might read in the papers, our parents are actually kind of cool. They do know the difference between mono and Bono. When we tell them we're going to see Outkast, they know it's a band and not a bunch of misfits. And if we really beg them, they'll even shake it like a Polaroid picture.
BARBARA: So, OK, maybe they have learned a little pop culture from us, but we've learned a lot more from them about what matters in life, about unconditional love, about focus and discipline.
They taught us the importance of a good sense of humor, of being open-minded and treating everyone with respect.
And we learned the true value of honesty and integrity.
JENNA: When you grow up as the daughters of George and Laura Bush, you develop a special appreciation for how blessed we are to live in this great country.
We are so proud to be here tonight to introduce someone who read us bedtime stories, picked up car pool, made us our favorite peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and cheered for us when we scored a goal, even when it was for the wrong team.
BARBARA: Someone who told us we actually looked cute in braces, always welcomed our friends and was there waiting when we came home at curfew.
JENNA: Ladies and gentlemen, one of the two most loving, thoughtful people we know.
BARBARA: Your president and our dad, George W. Bush.
Mom Bush was laughing pretty hard. Besides it was their speech and if the convention handlers thought it to be sooooooo offensive then they could have changed it. Tough if some people don't like it.
Spare us the ridicule. I would be embarrassed to have a parent like you.
That was the "not very hip" look -- not exactly something to get torn up about...
We didn't see her face during some of the more puerile moments, but it doesn't matter: shpeculating on what Grandma thought is an exercise in futility -- she's too seasoned a political wife to let embarrassment show for the television cameras even if it were there.
My observation was my own, not one professing to come from reading an elder Bush mind.
If you think the twins was appropriate, came off well, and did good service to W, more power to you -- your opinion. Mine just happens to differ.
You and my adult son, he said the speech was good I said yeah but did you listen to them? He said NO snicker snicker.
I just wish they would stay that way and stop wandering over to this side. It would have the further benefit of frightening some otherwise sensible and decent people into voting Republican instead of frightening them into voting democratic.
A good person is one you can look into their eyes and is willing to laugh at themselves; regardless of status.
I would never want to work with a person who behaves like a conceited backside.
It sure is; evidently you feel pious enough to comment on and disagree with how two presidents of the United States and their wives have raised/viewed their children/grandchildren.
Not me.
And you just show you don't know anything about Barbara Bush.
LOL He lives up here in the PNW I believe he works with software/computer stuff.
;-)
Who ARE you? You certainly don't know what you're talking about; at 22, George W. Bush was a party guy.
First, I think her name is Jenna. Second, why well-healed well-brought up women dress one way rather than another way is an inexplicable mystery, and I would just be guessing that it has nothing to do with Al Sharpton whatsoever. Third, you should have learned a long time ago to spend your brainpower on issues you might have a chance in hell of worrying about to positive effect, rather than one so utterly devoid of any useful outcome as women's fashion.
I'm impressed that you are able to discern the full range of my notions about public vs. private behavior from an inconsequential post on an inconsequential thread. You must frighten easily if you are terrified by those who consider the difference between how to act when on a public stage and how to act when relaxing with friends and family a part of civilized behavior.
Of course, as others have pointed out, this was obviously something either approved by or concocted by handlers, and they're the real pros, so don't get shook up by what a country boy like me thinks...
After such a strong showing from Aronld, they scheduled the Bush women to add a feminine touch to the convention... excellent... it was beautiful. I don't know much about proper etiquette but the whole seen was like a meal at a fancy restaurant; starting with a bold merlot and a fillet mignon and finishing with a light desert of creme brulee..... loved it... and felt very satisfied.
Somebody who's trying hard not to "shpeculate"......
The republican convention is the superior convention on so many levels. After listening to Kerry, I felt like popping a xanax. The Governator is like audio uppers for the brain *lol*
Good point. I apologize to all. I shouldn't write off-hand posts at this hour of the night.
Who let the prigs out?
The person that put their act together for the convention should be restricted to cleaning the bathrooms from now on. It was lame and kind of crude.
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