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.
RELAX !!! I know a number of girls their age that act the very same way. They were cute,at ease, and having fun! They will not make George "W" lose ground !! RELAX
The phrase "shake it like a polaroid picture" is from the Outkast song talking about shaking their booty while dancing. remember "bend over let me see you shake your tail feathers" from "The Blues Brothers" movie same thing.
I'm not worrying in the least about the girl's fashion. ...I just thought it was funny that she wore an Al Sharpton jogging suit.
Make up your mind.
You honestly can't distinguish between "worrying" about something and "laughing at" something?
As I said, you're an odd one.
Not until you came along. Why don't you enlighten me.
As did I.
If Arnold were here he'd call these worryworts girlie men. I have never seen such panic and fear over NOTHING. By Thursday Evening, nobody is going to remember the girls even spoke, much less any of the silly things they said. This is crazy.
"Most people send their children to Catholic school for the values and morals that are taught and how cool they are is not among them.
Are you at all concerned about their goodness, strength of character and love for God? It certainly doesn't sound like it."
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm . . . yet another pretentious, anal retentive, sanctimonious Freeper PRESUMING to lecture me about morality/character issues [If you only knew . . . which by the way is the point . . . you don't know!!]
BTW the descriptors that I used in my original post were 'shorthand' rhetorical devices designed to communicate the following: "coolest of the cool" -- my son and friends are 'plugged in' to contemporary popular culture (they know what other kids consider 'cool') // "Catholic High School" -- my son/friends, while aware of popular culture, are not slaves to it. They attend Catholic HS because they and we 'walk the talk' when it comes to our Christian values -- 'nuf said!
What do you expect, Jenna is a T-sip.
I was cringing too.
But I will say that Barbra came off much better and more well-spoken than Jenna.
At least they don't claim to be experts on things they know nothing about, unlike Ron Reagan Jr.
They were WONDERFUL!
This convention had a ton of momentum and Barbara and Jenna brought it to a screeching halt. I am not so much of a humorless tight ass that I thought any of it was inappropriate. It just wasn't funny. The gals ought to get Jay Leno to stop writing their material for them.
Good God that was sweet!
The girls did quite well. They were truly funny, a bit goofy, and appropriate! Barbara Bush and Bush41 enjoyed the speech and were laughing yet the old hags and prudes of Free Republic and angry enough to remove their house dresses and slippers, put on the flowered long dress with the high neck line and take the streets in their Buick Le Sabre's. Oy!
Wow that's clever - making fun of a screenname. You're going to spend a lot of time insulting and hollering if you are expecting everyone to have lockstep opinions about the Bush girls.
The grandmother joke just made me uncomfortable. If you know Mrs. Bush (I don't) maybe you can ask her if she wasn't taken aback just for a second there and let me know.
Nah, don't. Even though I'm not Republican, I still support the president and am proud of him and his family but they don't walk on water. No sense in doing the enemies work though so I think I'll back on out of this thread.
Yup, they ruined the vibe that was going on.
Right after they dropped the 'Sex in the city' line it was obvious the crowd didn't know how to take it.
It was like they were all looking at one another going "Are we supposed to laugh?"
I really thought they'd be better.
They should be seen and not heard.
I saw it on C-span this morning, and I cringed, too. It was a disaster, IMO.
Carolyn
Here it comes from Laura....................
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