And, as an aside, the vilest, most wretched posts I have ever read on FR have been by so-called 'conservatives' against Laura Bush.
She was perhaps the finest First Lady in my lifetime.
Yes, they accused her of murder and every vile thing imaginable.
“She was perhaps the finest First Lady in my lifetime”
Owf, here’s my ranking of First Lady’s starting with Jackie Kennedy. I start there bc she’s the first I was well aware of, and bc she was a modern FL unlike women such as Mamie Eisenhower and Bess Truman who were from another era. I posted this once on another thread and I’ll share it here:
Barbara Bush (a real “character”; strong personality yet “never put a wrong foot forward”)
Laura Bush (The perfect prototype for a First Lady)
Jackie Kennedy (Personified grace, style and class at home and abroad; original “modern” First Lady)
Lady Bird Johnson (Became famous for her personal cause of beautifying the land; a down-to-earth woman, but also a lady who had to balance her extremely earthy, profane, low-class husband)
Pat Nixon (Made it through Watergate, resignation and all the rest with grit and poise - what she must have suffered!)
Nancy Reagan (would rate her higher except some others needed to come first...if we rated only on love, loyalty and support to her husband she was A-1)
Betty Ford (Someone who was overwhelmed by demands on her life she wasn’t able to fulfill due to personal troubles - sympathetic figure but spoke out of turn too many times and unfortunately wore it as a badge)
Hillary Clinton (have little use for her co-presidency with Bill, but don’t think she was as bad as the last two)
Rosalyn Carter (the worst until the Obama’s came to town)
Michelle Obama (enough said)
Oops, “First Lady’s” should be “First Ladies”.
I was being honest! I have had great respect for GW Bush, have never said a word against him ever. Yes just in this case I was quick to believe what I heard, mostly because I have heard no denial up until now about what he supposedly said about Sarah.First report of this was in 2009
Apparently he just told Oprah (who I have zero respect for) that “you betcha I will support her” so I may have been to quick to believe...I wait for the denial on Hannity Tuesday night.
As for Laura? She just recently told the world that she is NOT pro life. As stated I have ZERO respect for ANYBODY that is NOT pro life.
Last time I checked this board allowed honest opinions.