Showing posts with label Laura Bush. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Laura Bush. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Sunday, May 16, 2010
THE TELEGRAPH: Laura Bush, the former First Lady, has spoken for the first time about her husband George W Bush's drinking, calling him a "bore" when he had too much.
In an interview about her life with Mr Bush, she said his love of alcohol left her "disappointed", although she denied ever giving him an ultimatum about his drinking.
Mr Bush has always denied he was an alcoholic, but he gave up alcohol when he turned 40 and did not drink during his presidency. He was arrested for drink driving in 1976.
"George drank the three B's, a bourbon before dinner, a beer with dinner and then B&B [a mixture of Brandy and Benedictine liquor], a sweet after dinner drink," she said.
"He didn't have three drink every night, many times all he had was a beer. But when he poured enough, he could be a bore.Maybe its funny when other people's husbands have too much too drink at a party, but I didn't think it was funny."
Mrs Bush told US magazine Ladies Home Journal that she did not threaten to end their marriage over her husband's drinking - but said she was "disappointed". >>> Paul Thompson | Sunday, May 16, 2010
Thursday, May 13, 2010
THE TELEGRAPH: Laura Bush has admitted secretly supporting gay marriage and abortion rights during her husband's eight years as president.
The former first lady said she kept quiet so as not to be seen backing measures which George W Bush had strongly opposed and used to galvanise support during his election campaigns.
Mrs Bush said in a television interview that the couple shared their disagreements in private but were not "argumentative".
"I understand his viewpoint and he understands mine," she said. "I think we ought to look at gay marriage and debate it. A lot of people have trouble coming to terms with it, because they see marriage traditionally as a man and woman. But I also know that when couples are committed to each other and love each other, they ought to have the same sort of rights that everyone has."
Asked if the US could accept gay marriage, she told CNN: "I think we could ... It's also a generational thing." >>> Alex Spillius in Washington | Thursday, May 13, 2010
Thursday, April 29, 2010
THE GUARDIAN: Former first lady's book floats idea of poison plot against George Bush and entourage at 2008 Heiligendamm summit
The former first lady Laura Bush has opened a diplomatic can of worms by writing in her new book that she and her husband may have been poisoned during a state visit to a G8 summit in Germany in 2007.
The passage of Spoken From the Heart in which she discusses the incident amounts to the first time that the idea has been floated that George Bush's illness at the summit may have been the result of poisoning. The then US president succumbed to a stomach complaint, as did his wife and several members of their entourage, during a three-day meeting of world leaders in Heiligendamm.
The book is to be published early next month but a sneak preview of it was gained by the New York Times. >>> Ed Pilkington | Wednesday, April 28, 2010
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010
DALLAS VOICE: “In 2004 the social question that animated the campaign was gay marriage. Before the election season had unfolded, I had talked to George about not making gay marriage a significant issue. We have, I reminded him, a number of close friends who are gay or whose children are gay. But at that moment I could never have imagined what path this issue would take and where it would lead.” – Laura Bush's memoirs, Spoken from the Heart [Source: Dallas Voice] | Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
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