Mrs. Bush, after touring the Astrodome complex in Houston on Monday, said: “What I’m hearing, which is sort of scary, is they all want to stay in Texas. Everyone is so overwhelmed by the hospitality. And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them.”
My brother was just mentioning to me on the phone that Barbara Bush is America’s most beloved woman, everyone’s grandma. More like Tony Soprano’s mother, I’d say. Little Tony Jr.’s grammy.
You know the type: so mean-spirited that it shines through even when they are trying to be nice.
For instance, there was this effort to be polite when discussing Geraldine Ferraro:
“I can’t say it, but it rhymes with rich.”
and this effort to remain stately and above the fray during the Lewinsky scandal:
“Clinton lied. A man might forget where he parks or where he lives, but he never forgets oral sex, no matter how bad it is.”- Barbara Bush
So, no one can say Barb isn’t a cuddly old lady. She’s positively adorable.
Despite presiding over one of the most notorious crime families in American history, she still manages to charm the American people with her empathy. And that’s important, because her sons have no empathy at all.
