STATE OF THE UNION -- 2005 [Live Thread]

First Lady Bush in the house, and loking great as usual.
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Tell Laura We Love Her
The Age ^ | February 3, 2005 | Sharon Krum
Posted on 02/02/2005 7:19:47 AM PST by Quilla

Laura Bush has started her second term as first lady with astonishingly high popularity ratings among both Republicans and Democrats. What does this say about the US? Sharon Krum reports.
There is a character on the television show Desperate Housewives who has become both a joke and the object of some speculation among the chattering classes. Perfectly coiffed, perpetually smiling, she is a disciple of the great American dream. Was she, as the creators suggest, inspired by those Stepford wives of suburbia, or by a certain spouse resident in the White House? They laugh and wink and feel awfully clever - but, in reality, the joke is on them.
Though they turn up their noses at the presidential wife who happily plays second fiddle and gazes adoringly at her husband, the fact is, as Laura Bush enters her second term as first lady she does so wrapped in the kind of popularity that is normally reserved for Julia Roberts or J-Lo.
Laura Bush's approval rating stands at 71 per cent - remarkably, she even has a 55 per cent approval among Democrats - making her more popular than her husband (52 per cent) and streets ahead of Hillary Clinton when she entered her second term with 47 per cent. The icing on the cake for Bush, 57, was the staggering 79 per cent who told pollsters she had "improved the image of the office of first lady".
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821 posted on 02/02/2005 6:06:05 PM PST by RonDog

We Love you George!!!!!!

822 posted on 02/02/2005 6:06:06 PM PST by sweetiepiezer ((((((((((((((MARINES))))))))))))))

MR. SPEAKER, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

DAMN RIGHT!!!

823 posted on 02/02/2005 6:06:08 PM PST by silent_jonny (The Nightime Sniffling Sneezing Coughing Aching Stuffyhead Fever So You Can Freep Medicine)

"Let's see if he shakes hands with McKinney!"

ACK!

824 posted on 02/02/2005 6:06:09 PM PST by cake_crumb (Leftist Credo: "One Wing to Rule Them all and to the Dark Side Bind Them")

To: small voice in the wilderness

I hope I live to see it.

825 posted on 02/02/2005 6:06:09 PM PST by Howlin (It's a great day to be an American -- and a Bush Republican!!!!)

To: prairiebreeze

826 posted on 02/02/2005 6:06:12 PM PST by nicmarlo

I don't know, but I think it should ALWAYS be SecDef, since, if the entire Presidential chain (save one) is eliminated simultaniously, it means war.

Personally, I don't think that the Secretary of the Interior would be up to that particular task, but it's what the SecDef thinks about as a vocation.

827 posted on 02/02/2005 6:06:13 PM PST by Tree of Liberty (requiescat in pace, President Reagan)

Cynthia McKinney grabbed an aisle seat. She always does.

Funny how they are against Bush but sure want photo-ops with him.

828 posted on 02/02/2005 6:06:13 PM PST by TomGuy (America: Best friend or worst enemy. Choose wisely.)

OH YEAH, THE F'N DEMS BLOCKED GONZALES FROM BEING CONFIRMED!!!

Doesn't that tick you off!! The RATS still have that VOODOO power over the pubs....sigh!!:(

829 posted on 02/02/2005 6:06:18 PM PST by RoseofTexas

I would hope the immigration comments are non-existant until he addresses that issue. If he doesn't they shouldn't appear here.

Those of you who join me in disagreeing with the President on immigration, let's be reasoned in our approach here.

Thanks.

D1

830 posted on 02/02/2005 6:06:19 PM PST by DoughtyOne (US socialist liberalism would be dead without the help of politicians who claim to be conservative.)

To: southernnorthcarolina

Frist in a PURPLE tie.

831 posted on 02/02/2005 6:06:19 PM PST by ichabod1 (The Spirit of the Lord Hath Left This Place)

To: Kitty Mittens

He's wearing a red 'power tie'. :o)

832 posted on 02/02/2005 6:06:24 PM PST by arasina (So there.)

To: prairiebreeze

Is that Cindy up front???

833 posted on 02/02/2005 6:06:25 PM PST by Mo1 (Question to Liberals .. When did supporting and defending Freedom become a bad thing??)

To: Tree of Liberty

Our President's in the House!

834 posted on 02/02/2005 6:06:29 PM PST by Soul Seeker

To: southernnorthcarolina; All

Well, you know he would have come up the Potomac in some sort of boat and entered Washington, DC

836 posted on 02/02/2005 6:06:32 PM PST by olde north church (Powerful is the hand that holds the keys to Heaven.)

I first learned of it here, TheDon, post #70.

837 posted on 02/02/2005 6:06:32 PM PST by clyde asbury

838 posted on 02/02/2005 6:06:32 PM PST by Lil'freeper (Error 404. The requested file was not found.)

Does anyone have blue fingers yet?

839 posted on 02/02/2005 6:06:33 PM PST by WestVirginiaRebel ("Senator, we can have this discussion in any way that you would like.")

It looked like he just waled by

840 posted on 02/02/2005 6:06:39 PM PST by Claytay ("We will fight the terrorist till Hell freezes over. Then we'll fight them on ice.")

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