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Bush's First Comments on Cheney Grandchild
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ABC News' Karen Travers Reports: The President and First Lady sat down last week for their annual interview with People featured in their end-of-year issue now on newsstands. (Note: The Bush's did not get the cover; that honor went to another internationally-known couple: Brad and Angelina.)
In the issue, Bush makes his first on-the-record comments on the Mary Cheney pregnancy.
Responding to a question about his 2005 comment that "a child is raised in a married family with a man and a woman", the President said that the Vice President's openly gay daughter is going to be "a loving soul to her child".
“The Vice President took me aside and gave me the good news. He and his wife, Lynne, are very happy for Mary,” Bush said. “I think Mary is going to be a loving soul to her child. And I'm happy for her.”
The President also said there is no doubt in his mind that a woman candidate could be president, and the First Lady agreed. Mrs. Bush referenced Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and noted that while she would be a "really good candidate", Rice is not interested in the job.
"Probably because she is single, her parents are no longer living, she's an only child. You need a very supportive family and supportive friends to have this job," the First Lady said.
In response to a reader question about contributing to society post-presidency, the President mentioned HIV/AIDS and malaria initiatives and the "Freedom Agenda" but said that he will think about that course after his presidency.
“I've got so much on my mind, and this job is so exciting that it's really hard to settle down and plan the next 10 years of our life.”
People's interviewer also mentioned that readers had asked if he takes sleep aids. Bush said generally not, but he does occasionally when he travels.
“I must tell you, I'm sleeping a lot better than people would assume,” he said.
He said he drinks a couple of cups of coffee in the morning and drinks a lot of water and, of course, no alcohol.
“I don't drink alcohol. I can remember when I used to drink, I had trouble sleeping at night,” the President said.
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I think he's doing the best he can do! Could anyone of us do any better?! I think not. He is doing what he thins is best. I believe him about not drinking anymore and I don't think he should. He said at the begining of the war, that thousands of people would die. We supported him then, why shouldn't we now? We need to support him. A country needs to suport it's leader to stay togethe. "A house divided agianst itself can not stand."`Holy Bible
Posted by: Erica | Apr 2, 2007 4:54:20 PM
I'm from the UK and I don't see what all the argument is about, It's simple really ... Bush started the war because he didn't have any real idea of who to attack for the Al'Quada attack on the twin towers. His thought process probably went something like this - "We know it was Al'Quada and there are factions all around the world, so who do we hit first? I know, lets get rid of Saddam I don't like him, and it helps me with the oil situation ... Noone will ever know that Saddam has nothing to do with the terror attacks on our country and if they ever ask, we'll say it was to get rid of a tyrant before he has a chance to use WMDs, and even though we haven't found any yet, we can just say that they were so well hidden that we couldn't find them. Once we've got that nice steady supply of oil sorted out we can start on Afghanistan, we'll tell everyone that this is part of our anti-Al'Quada mission, they never need know that its actually part of our war on drugs, noone ever needs to know that we're losing that war too. If all goes well, we won't have to tell the truth, we can just lock up anybody that might actually have something to say about it all. Hmmm, people might say something about that .... I know, we can stick them in Cuba, build a prison there, run it by the military and change the rules so that none of these prisoners get to trial to tell the truth to anybody. The people will love me!"
Give me a break, I just wish that Bush and Blair would both go yachting together and disappear in a freak accident somewhere in the Bermuda triangle.
Posted by: Jason | Jun 11, 2007 1:12:48 PM
Some pages can't fit in to a 800x600 screen. I have to scroll left and right to read all the text.
Posted by: ABDULA | Nov 23, 2007 11:19:54 PM
Very interesting comments. I think our vote for Hilary and Obama on a "combined
"ticket for 2007" will turn this thing aaround and we can "take care of bbusiness"," for a change!
Posted by: Grandma Ruby | Feb 8, 2008 2:32:05 PM
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Posted by: teeny | May 15, 2008 4:29:14 PM
And I certainly agree with this! However, the ebook needs to be of value however small it is and should be somewhat or completely exclusive instead of an aggregator of content from around the web.This you can find with the book First lady president which is a story of how such a figure might emerge as the first ever serious female candidate in a U.S. presidential election and How would her opponents challenge her in their election speeches, media interviews, and TV debates.
Posted by: First lady President | Aug 6, 2008 1:22:48 PM
EBook is a growing craze and it is going to be throughout the world and so think everyone should benefit from it.Here I'm promoting a book named First lady president which is a fictional take on a US presidential election campaign featuring a female candidate . It is a story of how such a figure might emerge as the first ever serious female candidate in a U.S. presidential election, and what opposition -- both culturally and politically -- that she might encounter.
Posted by: steve | Aug 7, 2008 12:45:07 PM
The American people should know that George W. Bush is not only a war criminal: he is also a hate-crime criminal.
George W. Bush had better stop committing hate crimes.
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Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993
Posted by: Andrew Yu-Jen Wang | Dec 15, 2008 10:39:03 PM
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