Laura Bush plans six-day tour of the Middle East

[sabra]

Source: USA Today

Laura Bush departs Saturday on a six-day tour of the Middle East, with stops planned in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Jordan. The White House says the first lady plans to meet with government officials and leaders of medical and women's groups during her overseas trip.

Given that the first lady wore a headscarf when she visited a Jewish holy site in Jerusalem and a mantilla when she met with Pope Benedict XVI, we asked if Bush will be wearing some sort of abaya while she's in Saudi Arabia. "No," Sally McDonough, the first lady's spokeswoman tells USA TODAY's David Jackson, adding: "they do not expect nor encourage it" of Western visitors.

Condoleezza Rice and Madeleine Albright didn't wear head coverings when they visited Riyadh on official business, according to the photographs in our archive.

Read more: http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2007/10/laura-bush-plan.html#more

[rodeodance]

1. guess Laura wants a Legacy also?

[goclark]

11. Bet money she is planning to run for Congress or maybe

President when she is put out to pasture.


Bet you ~ you can see the publicity wheels turning already.

[saigon68]

17. LOL--- "put that cow out to pasture"

As steaming pile, she would do more good "spreading" on the pasture like the POS she enables

[beberocks]

2. What? No shopping at the Baghdad market?

But it is soooo safe there, the repukes tell us!


:sarcasm:

[liberal N proud]

3. No visit to Baghdad?

I would think that since Iraq is becoming such a safe place she would stop there first.

[Supersedeas]

4. still no statement from Pickles about the child health care program??

[AndyA]

5. I'm sure Laura's visit over there will just do wonders.

They'll hate us even more after The Murderer ("where are the keys to my IMPALA? Somebody needs to be taught a lesson!") Laura makes an appearance.

She should just stay in her suite at The Mayflower until it's time to move to Crawford Paraguay.

[NV Whino]

6. Why?

[Imalittleteapot]

7. Looking for

home in Dubai?

[madrchsod]

8. laura wants to get away from lover boy

and see the world one more time before she fades into history

[goclark]

21. But, but she is America's sweetheart

:sarcasm:

[bdamomma]

9. calling Blackwater???

[2Design]

10. waste of taxpayers money - this is the stuff I want to see cut n/t

[tanyev]

12. Guess that pain in the neck is all healed.

Or she gets to leave him at home.

[fenriswolf]

13. laura making sure

halliburton is all settled into their new non extradition country? insuring their opec ties are nice and safe in saudi, makeing sure kuwait is still under the american military boothill? jeez do something usefull for once, since when has a first lady ever done nothing with their position.

[Thor_MN]

14. So Chimpy and Co. skulk in unannounced, "surprise" visits, where Pickles just sashays through...

[ProudDad]

15. What the fuck for???? (n/t)

[MisterP]

16. are they going to team up the chase her away from the Wailing Wall like last time?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

18. Tupperware Parties go global

[SoCalDem]

19. Oh my goodness gracious.. WWLW?

Laura's Closet

[goclark]

20. Remember when she couldn't ride on planes so he took his "date."

Now she is going to fly all over the Middle East.

Give me a break!

[dflprincess]

23. That surgery she must have fixed the pinched nerve

so she's now able to take long plane rides without George.

[Cha]

22. The Cornered Rat Wing do

Desperate Measures. Can you hear rove saying.."send pickles to the Middle East..she's got the hightest polls which aren't in the toilet's like ya'll's."

[hatrack]

24. I'm so glad she solved America's gang problem so that she has time for other projects!

:puke:

[bdamomma]

25. hey laura stay home huh?

[xxqqqzme]

26. Is * going to run again?

Yesterday * said “Plus,” he added wryly, “I’d be single.”in response to a kool-ade drinker lamenting * wasn't able to run again. Now pickles is off to visit a fast burning lit fuse racing to the ammo dump? - You've seen the movies.