Bush Twins Break Silence About Campaign, Parties

[Domitan]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=615&u=/nm/20040713/pl_nm/bush_twins_dc_2&printer=1

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Shielded for years from public view, President Bush (news - web sites)'s twin daughters have broken their silence in an interview describing a karaoke party at Camp David and how they surprised their father by deciding to join his campaign.


"It's not like he (Bush) called me up and asked me," Jenna told Vogue magazine in their first joint interview, released on Tuesday. "They've never wanted to throw us into that world, and I think our decision probably shocked them. But I love my dad, and I think I'd regret it if I didn't do this."


Bush is protective of his 22-year-old daughters, and White House spokesman Scott McClellan has asked the media to "show respect" as they emerge from private life as students to work at Bush's campaign headquarters in the Washington suburbs.

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Jenna, who has an English degree from the University of Texas, plans to teach. "I'm just not political," said Jenna. "I have opinions, but there's nothing about the process that has ever interested me. I'm 22, and this is the first interview I've ever done in my life."

[onehandle]

1. Who cares. nt

[physioex]

5. I disagree....

Now that they are in the political arena. Let's ask them if they would go off to Iraq and fight in war to save us from WMDs........

[NewYorkerfromMass]

11. Good point. A lot of the kids killed in Iraq were younger

than their elite asses.

[physioex]

16. And what happened to "family values" at graduation? EOM

[lancdem]

2. They can do what they want

My beef is with their dad, not them.

[JohnnyRingo]

23. Agreed...

I've seen replies like yours on the freep site, too.

I'm hopeful civility toward family members can stay above the fray.

.........Uhhhh except George and Bar, they asked for it.

[physioex]

29. Yea too bad they don't practice what they preach...

Remember how much respect Chelsea got being called a "dog". They chose to enter the arena voluntarily, which makes them fair game....

[Cheney Killed Bambi]

30. and don't forget. . .

Don't forget that Karl Rove told Chris Matthews that Joe WIlson's wife was fair game. If exposing an underocver CIA operative is ok, I think making legitimate criticisms of adults campaigning on behalf of Bush is OK too.

[physioex]

32. Hi C.K.B......

Welcome to DU.... Nice to have you on board... :hi:

[Cheney Killed Bambi]

34. Thanks.

I've been reading DKos for awhile, and found you guys through a link there. I know have this breaking news thread on my "favorites" -- and I'm thinking of making it my home page. It sure as hell beats the AP wire!

:-)

[physioex]

35. Ohhh yea....

I think the guys at DU act like investigate journalists and seek out sources of news a lot better than the mainstream media many times. We just don't get paid to do it..... :smoke:

[PaDUer]

37. Great...check out

those queens decide they want a good stiff one--drink?..lol

[Langtree]

66. Come on! We've got to get off this subject ...

As it makes democrats look like loonies! Wilson and his wife have been thoroughly discredited, and I think it doesn't look good if we continue to portray them as victims.

I for one never bought the idea that she was an "undercover operative" as she is the mother of 5-year old twins, and the CIA doesn't employ mothers of young children as operatives. She may have been an analyst, but her life was not endangered by any revelation of her identity. Her husband was famous in Washington, DC social circles for blabbing to everyone that his wife worked for the CIA, so if anyone is responsible for her being "outed", he's as guilty as Rove.

[merh]

68. Have to agree with you ...

Also, they have chosen to campaign for *, so they have joined the public world and have opened themselves to whatever critism come their way.

If they want privacy - stay out of the public eye and don't try to fool the public with the moral, family values thing.

Welcome to DU -- :hi:

[stevedeshazer]

3. Open season....

From the article: MOM "HAS FUNNY QUIRKS"

Jenna said her parents have the "best marriage," citing as proof that "my dad thinks my mom's funny even though she's really not -- she's cute, she has funny quirks."

Jenna said her mother would tell them to clean their bedrooms. "I call her OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder) to her face, but I'm glad now because some of it's rubbed off on me," she said.


Jenna also described how the president interacted with the girls' boyfriends. "He's not the shotgun-dad type, he's the joking-around-to-the-point-where-he-scares-the-heck-out-of-them type."

[FreakinDJ]

6. agreed...Open Season

[Lisa]

17. he scares the heck out of the REST of us too, Jenna ...

I suspect that more than one suitor has fled at the thought of having this guy as a father-in-law.

[physioex]

19. Yea but those billions in war profits must be tempting....EOM

[Media_Lies_Daily]

21. No mercy...take no prisoners.

[Pachamama]

44. How Daddy is with their "boyfriends"

"He's not the shotgun-dad type, he's the joking-around-to-the-point-where-he-scares-the-heck-out-of-them type."

Yeah, he tells them about how many people he executed as Gov of Texas and then about Abu Ghraib....

:)

...or until they realize how stupid he is and then they realize it runs in the family....

[dArKeR]

47. Kerry and Teresa really love each other. Notice how Teresa grabs and holds

John's hand no matter when, where or whom is around? You can see the way she does it, he body language, her facial smile... She plays with John's fingers and changes the style she and which fingers she holds. Even when shes answering questions she's doing it. These guys are 'connected.' I know that look at it genuine. I've seen it up close and personal a few times myself. They love each other! Which could be no better an 'home' environment for the kids and for each other.

Anything dirty that is spread about them by the Media Whores is directly from Satan's bowels.

Look at the relationship between Laura and aWol! It looks weird even on their best day and that's the facts. Personally, I don't believe Laura has ever dealth with killing her boyfriend. I think it's a a terrible event she still has no idea how to deal with and it shows in her cold emotionless eyes and facial expression. That's the facts the Media should write about.

[Claire Beth]

63. The repukes didn't give Chelsea any breaks....

they were very mean to her and she was still a minor at the time. Why should anyone go easy on the twins who are now 22 years old?

[NewYorkerfromMass]

4. The apples don't fall far

"...there's nothing about the process that has ever interested me."

[Warpy]

10. However, she still seems able to string words together

into coherent sentences, something completely beyond both dear old dad and grandpa. Perhaps they take after their mother in that regard, although she's never been much of a prize when it comes to speaking without a sprinkling of barbarims and illiteracies.

[physioex]

14. Now now...

She was a librarian and she has mastered the Dewey Decimal System.....

[Media_Lies_Daily]

22. She just has more brain cells left than Papa FratBoy...

...of course, you don't have to have many to beat "zero".

[dflprincess]

24. It's a print interview

the editor may have cleaned it up. Like the White House cleans up her daddy's transcripts.

[anarchy1999]

42. Maybe not enough alcohol or drugs yet. IMHO.

n/t

[lanparty]

26. They fall right into the Rum bucket ...

Bush got the alcoholic gene from mama and passed it on to the twins.

[shanti]

43. hellooooo!

dumb as a box of rocks, they passed this trait on.

[Domitan]

7. I'd love to see them debate the Kerry daughters

Imagine the ratings!

[Ruffhowse]

8. Their first campaign stop.....

...an appearance in "Girls Gone Wild-Girl Power!"

[doctorbombeigh]

9. Hmm.... so the girls want a piece of this one?

Yeah - not smart - quelle surprise.

I don't think this is going to go all that well for them. If they go public as political operatives for their father it's open season on both of 'em. It isn't going to be pretty and will probably be somewhat unfair. But you know, both girls are technically adults and if they choose to enter public life and politics, they have also chosen the consequences of public life and politics.

Laura must be MUCHO pissed.

[hansolsen]

12. They should be in Baghdad right now polishing the hubcaps on their Humvee

for tonight's raid in the city. Why aren't they in the 3rd Cav, if this war is so important??

[Cronus Protagonist]

13. Jenna should replace Bush on the Republican ticket

She's obviously streets ahead of her dad in comprehension, speaking ability and overall intelligence.

Choose Kerry Lose Bush - FUCK BUSH - Drop Bush Not Bombs!
http://brainbuttons.com/home.asp?stashid=13

[riverwalker]

15. spawn of the devil

and soon they will be breeding. :evilfrown:

[DAGDA56]

18. "But I love my dad, and I think I'd regret it if I didn't do this."

Damn right, you would Jenna...hmmmm, let me see...4 more years in the White House or back to the Texas Pig Farm in 2005...hmmm...decisions, decisions....

[realisticphish]

20. LMAO

He asked the media to "show respect"? Fuck that! Chelsea Clinton got zero respect, why the fuck should they get any?

:hippie:

[lanparty]

25. I propose a daughter debate ...

Kerry's Daughters vs Bush's daughters. The debate will be concluded with a wet t-shirt contest. From what we've seen so far, the younger Kerry is a shoe in ;-)

[neverborn]

38. Yay misogynistic drivel.

Would you be asking for a wet T-Shirt contest if these were SONS?

No, but you have to objectify women -- even if they're intelligent adults -- at all costs, don't you?

[roguevalley]

40. I would *love* a wet t-shirt contest with the sons.

ON edit: Bush doesn't have any. That are legitimate anyway.

[DeepModem Mom]

48. Oh, dear God! Is this what we can expect every time these young women...

are discussed? If so, I propose putting all discussions about the Bush or Kerry daughters in the Lounge.

[ronabop]

55. This makes no sense.

Wet *boxers* for males, wet T-shirts for females.

If we're going to be silly and sexually objectifying, make it equal.

-Bop

[JI7]

27. Jessica Lynch wants to be a teacher but didn't have money for college

so she joined the military and did her duty so she could get help to pay her way through college later. and bush used her for his own political gain.

[Red State Rebel]

53. Jessica Lynch is on the lecture circuit now!

I heard a radio ad here a few times this week advertising a motivational seminar that includes Guliani, Zig Ziglar, and Jessica Lynch and some other people. It's being held at a very large venue here in St. Louis.

She should have enough money for college now!

[GaryL]

28. Show 'em some respect, eh?!

I'll never forget how Limbaugh talked about having a picture of the Clinton's family dog and then showed a picture of Chelsea. And what a classy lady she is today. These two will never approach her level and the sooner they're returned to the anonymity they both so richly deserve, the better.

[mac56]

59. Yeah, and Limbaugh's such a fine-looking specimen himself, isn't he?

Letterman nailed him with that one.

[FredScuttle]

31. Not an attack on Jenna, per se

but I wonder what the good people of NYC (especially Lower Manhattan) will think of this darling girl's description of how much fun the twins 20th birthday party was - considering it came less than three months after 9/11.

(quoting Jenna):

"We had 20 of our friends, and there was a really nice dinner and a karaoke machine afterward, and of course my dad had a sports tournament for the guys," Jenna said. "He's so competitive, so active. He was stressed out, I know, but we still had the party."

Now, I know...it's unfair to ask these darling girls to forego their 20th B-day party after a national disaster, but isn't it a might, er, insensitive, to crow about it in an interview? I mean, those people in NYC were still picking through the rubble of their homes around that time.

[oasis]

33. I'm awestruck by their enthusiasm. Will the Bush/Cheney campaign pay top $

for these two zombies to go through the motions?

[enough]

36. Damn, I thought it said: champagne, parties.

[AlFrankenFan]

39. I don't remember the media showing too much respect for Chelsea n/t

[The_Casual_Observer]

41. These two have squandered many opportunities

to take the lead and be some kind of reasonable role models. Isn't that a reasonable expectation from the daughters a potus?
That is assuming however, they were the least bit mature or responsible. I believe that chimp feels the same way, didn't he say that they were a pain the ass?

[truthisfreedom]

45. what i'm struck by in this article is that they don't say much.

basically, they show no support for their father's politics at all, and only suggest that they're helping him because they would regret it later if they didn't. which, in bush terms means, there would be retribution. hell to pay.

[dArKeR]

46. Karaoke Party while American children die for their father's lies!

Growing up just like Ma and Pa!

[Swamp Rat]

49. Waahoo! Let's party! Toga, toga, toga!

"Like, I'm not political and stuff, but I love a good party... Wahoo! Let's go! Toga party at Camp David!"

[booksenkatz]

50. Respect is EARNED, my sweet.

And I'll respect a member of the Bush family about 15 minutes after the blizzard in Hell commences.

[llmart]

51. Why is their joining the campaign a surprise?

It's not like they were planning on going out and getting a real job after graduation. Just like their father, who campaigned for his Daddy so he didn't have to actually work for a living.

[gatlingforme]

52. I hope they do!! What in the hell can they contribute to his compaign?

They can give tips on how to get drunk, the best way to be self-serving, how to be ignorant with a degree, how to demean the people that protect you, hummmm, what else, I think that is it!! there is a reason maybe why Mommy and Daddy don't want them around. I can't wait for them to inspire me. :toast: LOL

[Malva Zebrina]

54. fair

Jenna is being used as a propaganda machine for her criminal father. Why? The answer should reveal why she is fair game. She speaks of him in glowing terms, as his daughter. Tat is not objectionable. What puts her into the fair game catagory is that she is propagandizing and being used by the campaign. She is a part and parcel of the campaign.




It gets into print. Jenna is a staged event.

Oh my, this is a family that is ideal , like little house on the prarie. Look how his daughter loves him.

she is fair game, as fair as Condi, or Powell

Or Karen Hughes--did anyone vote for her?-or how about Judy Woodward? All who get the fair game moniker.


We do not need to feel guilty about it at all. I see no reason to portect this woman.

[maxrandb]

69. And What About All the Crap the RW Media Tried to Give Kerry/Edwards

For "using" their children. I know I at least heard Flush and Insanity talking about how "disgraceful" it is for Kerry and Edwards to have taken pictures of their families and had them by their side.

As for respect. Read my quote at the bottom. Despite the one thing Woody is remembered for (unfortunately), he really makes a lot of sense.

[Massacure]

56. I hope she likes getting insulted.

Because I'm sure get insulted a lot seeing at how much Kerry and Edwards' families get insulted.

[qb]

57. "I think I'd regret it if I didn't do this."

I wonder if Ma Babs did a little "encouraging".

[johnfunk]

58. Tequila Twins hurt Bush Boy among his core voters...

... a couple of amoral, party-hearty, spoiled daughters of a rich, elitist Ivy League father who have more in common woth Paris and Nikki Hilton than opponents of gay marriage, environmental protections and gun control.

[wish_I_could_vote]

60. do NOT go after these girls

if you do it will bite you in the ass when people feel sorry for them. Leave them alone and they will shoot themselves in the foot just like everyone else connected to this campaign has done. We can let them fall on their faces and do nothing to cause it. We are better than they are. Let's act like it.

[robbedvoter]

61. OCD - I like that better than Pickles. Also, W's "type"

"the joking-around-to-the-point-where-he-scares-the-heck-out-of-them type."

I think we should respectfully quote the wisdom of this respectable young lady.

[bushisanidiot]

62. Chelsea Makes These 2 Look Like Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum

poor Jenna. As disinterested in the world as her father..

I'll bet she doesn't like to read either (just like daddy).

[Neecy]

64. it's a sham...

They know they can't drag the Tequila Twins through the deep south - witness Jenna's inappropriate attire and slack jaw on her first campaign trip.

They're going to do one 'event' each, then be hidden at the Bush/Cheney HQ (where their duties haven't been defined: ha! They'll be making the coffee, no doubt). After this trip with Barbara, I'd be surprised if we saw the twins again. They'll be shoved to the side, as they seem to have been for 22 years.

[GoldenOldie]

65. Bush Pimps Daughters

I agree this is a sham. With the very little we know regarding Georgie's fatherly attributes, he doesn't seem to shine in this area either.

Remember Georgie's statement after one of the twins (I forgot which one)had an emergency appendectomy? The twin had just been released from the hospital and Georgie was to attend a big family celebration in Florida, courtesy of bro Jeb. When questioned about the health of his daughter Georgie's reply was that she could follow them when she felt better or she could just stay home and clean her room!!! Another comment made to the press on the raising of the girls, I have been to war and I have raised twins, I will take war! Not exact quotes, but basically it reflects his inability to show affection.

I am sure that these very attractive girls will be able to control The Young Republican male vote. It will give them hope that they may catch the eye of these young ladies and possibly give them entry into the seat of power. The twins will have the opportunity to look for their future mates.

I agree that the twins should not be attacked. If they follow the family gene pool, they will eventually sabotage themselves and their daddy.

[goclark]

67. Takes them too long to answer their emails from poppy

I couldn't believe this Vogue reporter on ABC this morning.She was talking to Charlie"I love Bush" Gipson. She was stumbling all over the place trying to describe how they were in the interview with her.'She described Jenna as "not political" has no interest in it and they just wanted to campaign because they love their dad. And, this is his last campaign.

As far as I can tell, she was just so happy to get the interview with them. They sound like their dad,spoiled brats.

But what really got me was that they said that their grandfather said they take a month or more to answer his email!

What kind of family values would cause me to not answer emails from my grandfather? And, if he was a former president of the USA that would put an added spin on it for me. These girls are worthless.

[chimpy the poopthrower]

70. Respect

In my opinion, treating them with respect means treating them as equal players. They are adult women who have voluntarily entered the political arena; they are not little girls, no matter how much Scott McClellan would like us all to think of them that way. Why should they be treated any differently just because they are young and female, or because of their family connections? I'll respect them by not assuming they desire or need delicate treatment.