Letter: GHW Bush to Bar "sweetie-pie coo-coo" Lets Fake It For The Cameras

[kpete]

The Fruit Does Not Fall Far From The Tree:

Charles Osgood, in his book Funny Letters from Famous People, reproduces a letter (from pre-email days) from George H.W. Bush to Barbara Bush while he was campaigning for President against Michael Dukakis. Mike and Kitty Dukakis were getting good press for their spontaneous displays of affection, and George's staff thought he and Bar should do the same. George wrote:


Sweetsie,

Please look at how Mike and Kitty do it. Try to be closer in, more - well er romatic - on camera. I am practicing the loving look, and the creeping hand.
Yours, for better TV and more demonstrable affection.
Your sweetie-pie coo-coo

Love ya
GB

http://rogerailes.blogspot.com/2006_07_30_rogerailes_archive.html#115480940859445540

[Nikki Stone 1]

1. Ew!

Yuck.

[Greeby]

2. Ugh, good thing I wasn't eating anything

:puke:

[Bluebear]

3. I would vomit, but this is more proof how phony the whole clan is. nt

[acmavm]

4. Just the thought of any 'romantic' anything between those two evil

spawns of Satan should be enough to make the Earth tremor. They are responsible for three of the biggest disasters to ever befall not only this country, buy mankind. But then again lying, treason, killing, theivery, adultery, drug abuse, you name it, they've done it.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

5. Isn't this whole letter a giant exercise of irony?

Obviously, GB(?!) (initials?!) is making fun of the whole subject matter. I think this is making it very clear that they had a marriage of convenience and were comfortable enough about it to make jokes. No way is "your sweetie-pie coo-coo" sincere!