First Lady, Daughters Begin Africa Trip

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First Lady, Daughters Begin Africa Trip
- By JENNIFER LOVEN, Associated Press Writer
Monday, July 11, 2005

After a safari weekend, Laura Bush stepped out of a dusty SUV with her twin daughters on Monday to serve as a goodwill ambassador in Africa for President Bush.


The first lady's whirl through South Africa, Tanzania and Rwanda this week comes on the heels of a Scotland summit where British Prime Minister Tony Blair made alleviating Africa's mass suffering the top agenda item for Bush and leaders of other wealthy countries.


Mrs. Bush and her 23-year-old daughters, Barbara and Jenna, spent the weekend at the Madikwe Game Reserve on the South African-Botswana border. The 30,352-acre conservation area is known for lions, leopards, elephants, buffaloes, white and black rhinos, antelopes and hundreds of species of birds.


The first lady's staff asked photographers to refrain from shooting the twins as they boarded the plane in Gaborone, Botswana, for the flight to Cape Town, on grounds that they were not part of the official delegation. Photographers complied in Botswana but did not hold back in Cape Town.

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[ronnykmarshall]

1. MOM! That monkey looks like DAD!

[Jo March]

2. "Honey, that IS your dad."

Sorry! Couldn't resist!

[unhappycamper]

3. A goodwill stop in Darfour would be a nice gesture.

Maybe they could slow down the genocide by passing out samples of Xanax.

[ananda]

4. is this what Bushco would call..

.. a compassionate conservative safari?

lol

Sue

[Guckert]

5. When are they donning military gear and heeding the call of the Commander in

Chief???? Or are they just as patriotic as Bush and little dicky cheney where when they where hiding under daddies desk.

[manic expression]

6. Wasn't one of the daughters

"supposedly" in S. Africa already?

(on edit) she was reportedly doing hospital work, but no one would verify it.

[MuseRider]

7. I thought we were supposed to be

alleviating Africa's mass suffering not adding to it. :shrug:

[Missy M]

8. Laura and daughters will stop the suffering in Africa singlehanded....

this is political grandstanding at its worse and it does make me want to vomit.

[catmandu57]

9. Pickles sure is on the road alot lately

First to the M.E. where she got her great reception, then to an undisclosed location (perhaps to dry out) Now Africa, when is condisleazy due back?
It's awfully easy to play when the cat's away, wink wink nudge nudge.

[physioex]

13. Sorry.....

But I don't see him as the kind who enjoys sex. Plus he has killed to many brain cells to function.

[MaineDem]

10. The twins are NOT children

If they're flying on the US taxpayers' nickle then they are fair game (no pun intended) for the photogs. It's time Laura stopped hiding them.

[napi21]

14. I agree with that! Why are the twins still being sheltered ?

I agreed with the press staying away when they were young, and until they got through College, but now, they're supposed to be adults. If they're traveling with the "First Lady" on the taxpayer's $, then they have to deal with the Pics, the Press, and the wuestions!!!!

Prime example of "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen" from what I can tell!!!

[Divernan]

11. So what lobbyist is paying the twins' expenses on this junket?

Maybe Bacardi Rum? Has Jenna managed to keep her toung in her mouth on this outing? Sure was nice of their respective bosses to give them so much time off the job to accompany Laura. What? Oh they don't HAVE jobs?

[noiretextatique]

12. ....

:puke:

[stevedeshazer]

15. A safari? Sounds more like a trip to the zoo.

Lions and tigers and bears...OH MY!

Yes, we should refrain from shooting the twins, that's a bit extreme.

[kskiska]

16. Let them walk the walk

Bush said his wife's mission was to show that his administration has a good record of helping the world's poorest continent.

Why won't any member of the Bush family enlist and show the same commitment to Iraq?

[XemaSab]

17. Good record?

Cough, cough, darfur, cough, AIDS, cough, cough, very first act in office was to, cough, cut international family planning money, cough, darfur, cough, cheap AIDS drugs, cough, global warming leading to remobilization of Kalahari sand dunes, cough, cough, cough, lifting the ivory ban, cough, cough, AIDS, cough, coltan, cough, cough, Wolfowitz, cough, cotton subsidies, cough, cough, darfur, cough, cough, Somalia is still run by warlords, cough, cough, cough, not to mention half the other countries in Africa, cough, cough....

Whew, Bush allergies have really got me going today!