Posted on 04/02/2006 4:21:23 PM PDT by RWR8189
Edited on 04/02/2006 4:48:26 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX APRIL 02, 2006 19:02:31 ET XXXXX
LAURA BUSH SAYS HILLARY KEPT BAD HOUSE; WEST WING DECORATIONS WERE GAUDY, OUTDATED
First Lady Laura Bush believes Hillary Clinton did not keep good house during her time as first lady, a new book will charge.
Ron Kessler, a former investigative reporter for the WASHINGTON POST and the WALL STREET JOURNAL, is set to unleash his account of Laura Bush.
On December 18, 2000, just after the Supreme Court ruled on the election, Hillary Clinton gave Laura Bush a tour of the White House. The incoming-First Lady was dismayed at what she saw: Not only were carpets and furnishings fraying and in disrepair in the West Wing and public areas, the Oval Office was done in loud colors—red, blue, and gold! The East Wing was cut up into small offices and had exposed electrical conduits. Many of the furnishings looked dated.
Laura Bush noted how the Lincoln Bedroom looked worn out.
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Laura was appalled at the way the Clintons left the White House and Hillary Clinton's gaudy, outdated taste in decorating, reveals the new book, LAURA BUSH: AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT.
The book, which will be published by DOUBLEDAY on Tuesday, is the only book to be written about Laura Bush with White House cooperation.
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Elsewhere in AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT: After NEWSWEEK ran a Periscope item claiming the U.S. military had flushed a Koran down a toilet, leading to rioting, Laura ordered: "I don't want NEWSWEEK around the house!"
Laura Bush became so disgusted with the media and their war against her husband that at one point, she told her public relations person Noelia Rodriguez she did not want to do any more media interviews. After about a month, she slowly resumed talking to the press.
A close friend of Laura's, Pamela Nelson, asks Laura how she's doing. Laura replies, "Well, it's the Kitty Kelly book and Dan Rather this week..."
Nancy Weiss, a Bush family intimate, told Kessler, "She torments herself by reading the WASHINGTON POST and the NEW YORK TIMES, " and added, "A Texas Monthly article (based on a book by a Washington Post reporter ) said she is a 'bad mom.' She handles it calmly but I can tell things like that do upset her."
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I remember a show during the Clinton adminiastraion that had a reporter showing off Hillary's "good taste" in adding gawdy art to the Whitehouse. I was appalled. The stuff was ugly.
Producer of Designing women, team Bloodsworth,Thomas?
Nobody forced you onto this thread.
Yes, but the velvet Elvis portraits were all in good repair.
Sorry, I'll have to side with Hillary against Laura on this one. Gaudy, outdated decorations are quite appropriate for a bordello.
Trash is trash is trash.
About the Christmas tree? No, that was documented in the book by the FBI agent (Gary Aldrich ) about the Clinton White House.
About the ultimate in tackiness? Well, let's just say if the Clintons did anything tackier than a Christmas tree full of condoms, I'd rather not know about it.
Markie Post was one of Bill's girl friends.
But his "steady" is Marsha Scott, who was Director of Presidential Correspondence, and who is still with him to this very day. She had a standing appointment with him in the Oval Office.
Warn a person, will ya?
That's my girl! Too bad you couldn't order Newsleak reporters out too.
Hillary got Kaki's decorating skills on the cheap...Kaki worked for FREE.
The old saw that "you get what you pay for" was certainly true.
As I recall it, clinton tried to pass off Marsha Scott as his 2nd cousin. Right? Has anyone ever traced that alledged family connection?
alledged = alleged
Remember, they tried to GIVE her the Travel Office.
Marsha was just a 'ho.
Geez Laura would hate my house i have a lot of Sci-Fi and Political Memorabilia decor
Thanks for the correction. There were so many females. Who was his office manager or something in Little Rock who advised him to take care of the Bimbo problems before running for president? Interestingly, he either didn't ask her to go to Washington w/them, or she chose not to go.
It took two days to tow the junk cars off the front lawn
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