Mrs. Shrub etc.
Oct. 4th, 2003 08:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lapsedmodernistInstead of covering Israel bombing Syria, which is the important story of the week, AOL overlords decided to run, in lieu of real headline news, a weird article about whether Laura Bush is The Shrub's secret weapon (political, of course, not WMD, hahaha), apropos her address to UNESCO and Chirac planting a "gallic kiss" on her Lady-Macbeth-by-proxy hand (Dubya is Lady Macbeth, btw. Not Laura. Hence about the proxy). yep, get a load of this
...Her travels gave her time for a tete-a-tete with French President Jacques Chirac, who despite now famous differences with the U.S. over Iraq, planted a Gallic kiss on Mrs. Bush's hand and looked, said one British paper, as if he were ready to move up her arm. Inside the closed-door meeting, things were similarly cozy. When the subject of Iraq came up, Chirac waved his hand and said, "Let bygones be bygones." By contrast, when President Bush met with Chirac in New York City a week earlier, a slightly exasperated Bush said at one point, according to an aide, "A lot of people think you want us to fail in Iraq."
On the trip, Mrs. Bush displayed a fun, feisty side the American public rarely sees. When asked what she had done to prepare for the journey, she joked, "Well, I have a lot of new clothes. Just kidding. I mean, not really kidding! There's something a little intimidating about going to Paris. But I actually do have some new clothes." (For the record, she took along sleek outfits, including a fitted maroon velvet jacket from Carolina Herrera that she wore to the Bolshoi.) When she spoke to UNESCO she cited a program in Kosovo that teaches women how to start businesses and even how to deal with their mothers-in-law. "I don't have that problem," she confided with a smile.
And to make sure that your head explodes and thus your brains are easier accessible to the zombies, they added a typical insane AOL poll:
Whose political style do you prefer?
George W. Bush
Laura Bush
oh my god, that question should have a "death is not an option" caveat in front of it, like the one that would precede particularly nasty, alcohol-fueled variations on the "who would you rather fuck?" game
Will Laura Bush be a political asset to her husband in the 2004 campaign?
Yes, people like her personality
Possibly, if she takes on a larger role
No, Americans don't feel like they know her
where is the fourth option that says "no, because i saw the picture of Laura on the cover of Ladies' Home Journal along with a dog that looked like that dog from The Omen and there's a reason for that "?
in other news, last night my mother asked me how i liked the CDs that my uncle sent. i said they were really good. then she said:
"After you put them on your teapot, you should give them to your father and me."
"After I put them where?"
"Your teapot."
"My...do you mean my iPod?"
"Ummm...whatever."
Happy Yom Kippur everyone. I hope it was a peaceful day for everyone individually, if not internationally.
...Her travels gave her time for a tete-a-tete with French President Jacques Chirac, who despite now famous differences with the U.S. over Iraq, planted a Gallic kiss on Mrs. Bush's hand and looked, said one British paper, as if he were ready to move up her arm. Inside the closed-door meeting, things were similarly cozy. When the subject of Iraq came up, Chirac waved his hand and said, "Let bygones be bygones." By contrast, when President Bush met with Chirac in New York City a week earlier, a slightly exasperated Bush said at one point, according to an aide, "A lot of people think you want us to fail in Iraq."
On the trip, Mrs. Bush displayed a fun, feisty side the American public rarely sees. When asked what she had done to prepare for the journey, she joked, "Well, I have a lot of new clothes. Just kidding. I mean, not really kidding! There's something a little intimidating about going to Paris. But I actually do have some new clothes." (For the record, she took along sleek outfits, including a fitted maroon velvet jacket from Carolina Herrera that she wore to the Bolshoi.) When she spoke to UNESCO she cited a program in Kosovo that teaches women how to start businesses and even how to deal with their mothers-in-law. "I don't have that problem," she confided with a smile.
And to make sure that your head explodes and thus your brains are easier accessible to the zombies, they added a typical insane AOL poll:
Whose political style do you prefer?
George W. Bush
Laura Bush
oh my god, that question should have a "death is not an option" caveat in front of it, like the one that would precede particularly nasty, alcohol-fueled variations on the "who would you rather fuck?" game
Will Laura Bush be a political asset to her husband in the 2004 campaign?
Yes, people like her personality
Possibly, if she takes on a larger role
No, Americans don't feel like they know her
where is the fourth option that says "no, because i saw the picture of Laura on the cover of Ladies' Home Journal along with a dog that looked like that dog from The Omen and there's a reason for that "?
in other news, last night my mother asked me how i liked the CDs that my uncle sent. i said they were really good. then she said:
"After you put them on your teapot, you should give them to your father and me."
"After I put them where?"
"Your teapot."
"My...do you mean my iPod?"
"Ummm...whatever."
Happy Yom Kippur everyone. I hope it was a peaceful day for everyone individually, if not internationally.
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Date: 2003-10-06 09:55 pm (UTC)