Posted on 10/21/2004 9:04:54 AM PDT by Michael Goldsberry
NEW LONDON, N.H. - Laura Bush said Thursday that Teresa Heinz Kerry didn't need to apologize for saying she couldn't remember whether the first lady had ever had "a real job."
"She apologized but she didn't even really need to apologize," Mrs. Bush told reporters at a coffee shop before attending a rally for President Bush (news - web sites). "I know how tough it is and actually I know those trick questions."
USA Today had asked Heinz Kerry, the wife of Democratic candidate John Kerry (news - web sites), if she would be different from Mrs. Bush as a first lady.
"Well, you know, I don't know Laura Bush. But she seems to be calm, and she has a sparkle in her eye, which is good," Heinz Kerry said in the interview published Wednesday. "But I don't know that she's ever had a real job - I mean, since she's been grown up. So her experience and her validation comes from important things, but different things."
Heinz Kerry later said she had forgotten that Mrs. Bush had worked as a teacher and librarian. "There couldn't be a more important job than teaching our children," she said in a statement. "As someone who has been both a full-time mom and full-time in work force, I know we all have valuable experiences that shape who we are. I appreciate and honor Mrs. Bush's service to the country as first lady and am sincerely sorry I had not remembered her important work in the past."
Bush adviser Karen Hughes later criticized Heinz Kerry twice - first for remarks "indicative of an unfortunate mind-set that seeks to divide women based on who works at home and who works outside the home" and later for an apology she called "worse because she left out the very important real job of a mother."
"Class" ... thy name is "Laura."
Ohhhh , Ta-RAY-Zuh, that's gonna leave a mark!
And i'll bet she can't see how! LOL!
That is because she is classy.
Oh, by the way, I find her kinda cute..
It shows that Laura Bush has class and that Teresa von Ketchup is a ditz. LAURA! you shouldn't hae let her off the hook so easily
The lady .. and I do mean LADY .. gives me chills.
Class
Class
Class
What a class act.
Laura is the epitome of grace and class.
In other words..."I don't care what she said...I have more important issues to worry about."
I like Laura, but she is WAY TOO NICE.
President Bush and Mrs. Bush have taken all the hateful remarks the media, Joe Biden, and the late night talk show hosts, not to mention Therezzzzzzzzzzza, yet both President Bush and Mrs. Bush take the high road each and every time. This is a prefect example you can teach your children and grandchildren. Love your neighbor as you love yourself. The Bush's live what that preach. Total refreshing couple in our white house.
Karen bites into T and LAura gets dig in at media bias.
Nice.
Getting the best of both worlds here... Karen Hughes goes out and rips Teresa over both the original comment and the apology, and then Laura comes out as the epitome of class. Nice bank-shot.
Class!
Class vs. Trash
Talk about gracious....
'Still waters run deep.'
Mrs. Bush has more class in her pinky than Teresa could ever hope to buy with all her money. I simply can't believe that the U.S. could ever have a less attractive and more tacky First Lady than Hillary; that's one more reason GWB has to win.
On the contrary, she is taking the high road, which is what we are all called to do. Few answer the call however, and I'm glad she is one of them.
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