Laura’s Turn?
Could Laura Bush be furtively grooming herself?
Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Chimpanzees groom each other, but Laura’s chimp has been too busy covering his tracks and posing for imaginary sculptors to worry about Laura’s future.
For all his foibles, Bill Clinton made room in the White House for Hillary to build her credentials, and then he was ready to pitch in and campaign when it was her turn to be president.
As glory-hog in chief, W has no time for that. So if Laura wants to follow Hillary as president (you know – Bush, Clinton, Bush, Clinton, Bush…), she has to fatten up her resume on her own. This week she’s in the Middle East, supposedly on women’s health issues, but she’s also calling on the kings of Jordan and Saudi Arabia and high officials in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.
In September, she invited female members of the White House press corps to lunch, a tour of renovations, and a huddle on No Child Left Behind and why it’s all right that the Republicans are leaving so many children behind. She’s also taken up the issue of Myanmar — where finger-pointing is so much easier than in Iraq — threw a formal dinner for the queen of England, and went to Egypt to praise the government on its support of democratic principles (viable candidates have to display a sense of humor).
Friends and Washington reporters say it’s ridiculous to think that Laura would ever seek the presidency, but these are the same people who couldn’t see how ridiculous her husband was.
Fair is fair. After the next Clinton, it’s the Bushes’ turn, and we certainly don’t want Jeb to come in and screw up the country so badly that Chelsey won’t be able to fix it.
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How come no one else comments on your stuff?
It’s totally wicked!
Comment by Anonymous Canadian — November 1, 2007 @ 7:52 pm
You’re the one we were waiting for. I mean, you’ve seen how people have been voting in this country.
Ours is a quiet little corner of the web, but we also cross-post some of these entries on DailyKos.com as diaries (under the name Horsefeathers), and there they get lots of comments. Do you have a blog where we can repay the visit?
Comment by Al — November 2, 2007 @ 1:49 pm