Laura Bush Says Hillary Kept Bad House (new book)

[TomInTib]

I'm taking one for the team on this one so no one else has to trudge thru the muck at Sludge. I am also aware that I am pushing the number of paragraphs rule. But, hey...



LAURA BUSH SAYS HILLARY KEPT BAD HOUSE; WEST WING DECORATIONS WERE GAUDY, OUTDATED

First Lady Laura Bush believes Hillary Clinton did not keep good house during her time as first lady, a new book will charge.

Ron Kessler, a former investigative reporter for the WASHINGTON POST and the WALL STREET JOURNAL, is set to unleash his account of Laura Bush.

On December 18, 2000, just after the Supreme Court ruled on the election, Hillary Clinton gave Laura Bush a tour of the White House. The incoming-First Lady was dismayed at what she saw: Not only were carpets and furnishings fraying and in disrepair in the West Wing and public areas, the Oval Office was done in loud colors—red, blue, and gold! The East Wing was cut up into small offices and had exposed electrical conduits. Many of the furnishings looked dated.

Laura Bush noted how the Lincoln Bedroom looked worn out.


edited because Mrs Grumpy told me to. You will have to grit your teeth if you want to see more at:
http://drudgereport.com/flashlb.htm

[trotsky]

1. What's unbelievable is that Hillary was saving taxpayer dollars.

Laura just blew a few million, and not only is she proud of it, she's bashing her fiscally sensible predecessor.

[BlooInBloo]

6. Mrs. Clinton was working to make America a better place....

... unlike the useless Mrs. bush.

What an affront to women Mrs. bush is...

[Nomen Tuum]

134. Remember the MURDER SCOREBOARD, folks!

Pickles 1
Hillary 0

[EVDebs]

191. The media (Reader's Digest) mentioned that one time if I remember correct

Something that happened in a high school driving accident, right ?

[DUHandle]

249. To be fair here

Mrs. Bush married into money and Mrs. Clinton did not.

Mrs. Bush had the advantage of her wealthy mother-in-law to help her through the hoops of dealing with decorators, chefs, and domestics. She also, by virtue of marriage, had a large income

Mrs. Clinton, herself an ambitious woman, married an ambitious man and neither of them come from wealth.

If her tastes in decorating are a little more proletariat than Mrs. Bush’s, well, she had to spend more time and energy earning a buck.

[karynnj]

269. But Laura's taste in clothes is really not very good

her taste in husbands worse. Too bad their was so much cheating in 2004, Teresa seems to have excellent taste - from a few photos taken in their Boston house.

[Cha]

282. AND, why should we believe that

lying scumhag, pickles? Hmmmm?

The monkeyass squatter regime said the Clinton White House took all the "w's" off the keyboards, too..ANOTHER FUCKING DAMN LIE!

[Sannum]

2. I want to call Laura Bush a word

But it would probably get me banned

[Gormy Cuss]

7. Stepford?

Oh! Were you thinking of a different word? :P

[ooglymoogly]

196. how bout sears best..... prez clinton wasn't looking for good house

he was looking for good head,paying down the debt and running the best ship of state in modern history...the chimp is running up the debt, running the ship of state into the ground, is the worst prez in history and got neither....oh wait he does get good head from the congress, the senate, the scotus and the capitol police who have all been helpful in running the ship of state into the ground.

[Kikosexy2]

246. The White House...

can do without that gawdy, tacky rug from Laura "Marijuana Momma" Bush...Nancy "don't do drugs" Reagan had better taste than Pickles...but fashion was the only thing Mrs. Reagan was about anyways.

[sandrakae]

273. OMG. I always call her a stepford wife.

[Cha]

284. And why does the Stepford

wife squatter always have that "SURPRISE" look on her face?

[darkmaestro019]

297. Botox. nt

[Sarah Ibarruri]

38. Laura Bush is an illiterate buffoon like her hubby. nt

[A Simple Game]

101. Laura is not illiterate!

Well... she didn't used to be, I don't know about now. Who do you think taught * how to read first grade level books?

[BlueCaliDem]

122. Naw. She's not illiterate. She's just incredibly BORED...being *'s wife'll

...do that to you.

On the other hand, she's probably jealous that Chelsea Clinton's turned out so well, while her twins are...um...not turning out so well, so she needed to harp on Hillary about something, right?

She has a right to find a way to feel better about her otherwise aimless life, and failure as a mother to her twin daughters, so why not attack a successful attorney, ex-First Lady of one of America's most popular Presidents, U.S. Senator, and successful mother?

[eppur_se_muova]

224. If you CAN read, but choose NOT to, do you still qualify as literate?

Let's face it, both ** and his Stepford wife are VOLUNTARILY illiterate.

[AndyA]

91. I'm probably thinking the same word. It's not nice. n/m

[THUNDER HANDS]

195. does it rhyme with a particular baseball play?

[TankLV]

239. Probably the same thing her mother call Geraldine Ferraro.

Only in this case it applys, whereas in that animal who spawned all these bush* criminal sons case, it didn't apply.

[SPKrazy]

3. F*ck Laura Bush!

who the hell cares what she thinks

[Jim Sagle]

18. Not with MY dick, you don't!

:puke:

[LynnTheDem]

98. rotflmao!!!

:D

[SPKrazy]

105. Not With Mine Either

maybe KKKarl Rove will do it,

or maybe she can go fuck herself!

[flyarm]

113. ok now you have me spliting a gut laughing! ..n/t

[exlrrp]

168. I wouldn't #$%^& her with Cheney's dick!

Not sure he has one anyway, he might have shot it off

[exlrrp]

170. Whats the difference between Laura's daughters and Hilary's daughter?

Hilary's daughter could be President some day

[valerief]

187. Unfortunately history has proven that one of the Bush twins is more

likely to be prez. You know, the reign of the idiot kings and all.

[Autobot77]

235. He does have a dick, but its in an undisclosed location.

[Gabi Hayes]

4. fuck that sleazy slimy worm kessler

why do you think he got access?

what a muckraker!

[TomInTib]

14. Wonder what he will write about georgie's rug?

And I wonder if they got all the spots out of it.

Yeah, kessler is a major POS.

I was hoping someone would catch that. You win the prize, GH.

[ldf]

51. he has probably seen georgie's rug up close...

REAL close. ya' know what i mean? :shrug:

like RUGBURN close. DOGGY STYLE close!

after all, being a receptacle for the nation's number one prick is all drudge is good for.

hey, I can say that....

:evilgrin:

[Teaser]

5. More Xanax, Laura...

Also, getting some dick from someone other than your less than well endowed husband might help too.

[peace frog]

254. Try the Lithium this time, Laura

it's less somnolent and addictive than Xanax. And get back to the kitchen, little lady, you are NOT to upstage the little no-nothing bantam cock of a spousal unit, capiche?

[Sydnie]

8. Gaudy??? She has nerve! She picked that damn rug in "the "oval"

as blivet** calls it. Now, that is gaudy!

Hey Laura ... maybe they thought there were more important things to spend the tax money on you snotty elitist bitch!

[rateyes]

158. Here's the rug that

Pickles picked out that * can't stop talking about to visitors.



From the White House site, with a whole story about it there!

[Media_Lies_Daily]

207. I note that some were a little slow coloring their pictures.

[MADem]

256. Compare and contrast

This decor, under Clinton, looks more like the Kennedy and Johnson OO:



Here is the Kennedy (replica, at the library, but in good color)--that "french" green was a popular shade back in the early 60's:

Here's Kennedy IN the office:


Now, here's my favorite photo of a Texas President in the OO--note the three TVs, tuned to the the three existing network news channels, and note the teletypes (AP/UPI/Reuters) off to the side--the veritable HEADLINE NEWS of the day. LBJ was the last Texan to actually do any WORK in the room:


And of course, everyone loved the KENNEDY desk (which was actually the HAYES desk, but JFK was the first to put it IN the OO):

President Clinton chose to use the Resolute Desk, made from the timbers of the British ship, the HMS Resolute. Abandoned north of the Arctic Circle in 1854, the HMS Resolute was later found by the crew of an American whaling ship, refitted, and sent to Queen Victoria as a token of goodwill. When the ship was later dismantled, the desk was made from timbers of the ship, and Queen Victoria gave it to President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1880. Every President from President Hayes through President Dwight D. Eisenhower used the desk; it was first placed in the Oval Office in 1961 at the request of President John F. Kennedy.

After being on exhibit for ten years at the Smithsonian Institution, the Resolute was put back into use by President Jimmy Carter. The Resolute was also used in the Oval Office by President Ronald Reagan and for a few months by President George Bush. On January 20, 1993, this historic desk was returned to the Oval Office once again, at the request of President Clinton.
http://www.virtualology.com/virtualmuseumofnaturalhistory/hallofvirtualplaces/whitehouse/theovaloffice.net/

And Monkeyboy liked that RESOLUTE desk too, even though his daddy unloaded it after a few months (quotes of Monkey babbling about the desk at the link below):

http://www.estnyboer.com/bush/desk.html

Now, let's talk about the FLOOR--Reagan designed it:

The floor of the Oval Office has been replaced three times. The first floor was made out of cork, but was ripped apart when President Eisenhower destroyed it with his golf spiked shoes. Thus President Johnson replaced the floor with wood-grain linoleum. Yet, when Reagan came to office, he disliked the linoleum and replaced it with a white pine and oak flooring. Its design is the exact same as it is today, a wagon-wheel pattern with the United States seal in the middle. The floor was replaced in 2005, but the design that Reagan laid out was kept.
http://www.american-presidents.com/articles/oval-office

So, the feature items in the current OO are Kennedy's desk, Reagan's floor, and Miss Thang slaps down an ugly ass rug...OK--that makes her Christopher Lowell in her mind....!

Give me a break!

[rfranklin]

262. How many criminals can you spot in that Oval Office overhead?

You must know whether they are convicted, indicted, or pardoned to get points.

[rateyes]

264. That's a good question....

I'll have to take some time later and figure that out. Unless of course you want to tell me and not give me any points. (Sure would appreciate not having to do the research and get out my magnifying glass to identify them all!) (Eyes aren't what they used to be!)

[peaches2003]

270. Optimistic

* told her to design a rug that was OPTIMISTIC so that when anyone walked in the OO they would say, 'Boy, our President is sure OPTIMISTIC!' (Like Pickles was really going to design it herself.) I find it extremely gaudy with all those stripes and the optical illusion the rug brings to the eyes.

Are these people out of their effing minds!?? A rug is incapable of being OPTIMISTIC, isn't it?

[rateyes]

274. Are these people out of their effing minds!??

yes.

[Garbo 2004]

279. Oh yeah, that's "tasteful." Holy smokes. Busy, busy, busy.

What is it supposed to be, an imperial seal? I bet that's the idea. Jeez.

[darkmaestro019]

298. Last time I looked most formal American flags were red, blue and gold

Perhaps we could have it redone in a tasteful peach and sandstone? Taupe? (retch)

[Generic Other]

9. Smart Laura. That gaudy outdated crap was Mother-in-law Babs' shit!

You can bet the White House will need fumigators and total renovation to get the Bush stink out when you leave Laura.

[Name removed]

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[July]

143. Wow, that smear was debunked five years ago. You're way behind. nt

[Marnieworld]

176. Debunking never matters silly

They love to just repeat and repeat. If they like a story then it's true regardless of any facts brought out after the lie. It must be so nice and comforting to live in such a simple world.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

208. Rainman likes to repeat things, too.

[Heidi]

152. Are you accusing the former First Lady of theft?

Do you generally support progressive ideals?

[Virginian]

172. Frayed after only 12 years?

Must not have been real sturdy to begin with.

[TayTay]

What an airhead.

Who friggin cares whether the curtains were up-to-date or not. Gawd Rethugs are sick people.

[edbermac]

10. Hillary wasn't dusting and vacuuming like a woman should have?

:sarcasm:

[TomInTib]

24. She was too busy baking cookies.

more :sarcasm:

[Cleita]

11. If the way Laura dresses is any indication of how she decorates,

I wouldn't be casting stones if I were her. I'm sure Hillary didn't make much time for housekeeping. She was too busy working on real issues.

[Sydnie]

16. That's it! All her dresses are made from the fabric she

rejected for the furniture and the curtains! :rofl:

I can hear her now ... "Well, it was free and they made me these dresses with the left overs."

[Cleita]

22. They sure look like it don't they?

:rofl:

[bahrbearian]

185. I wouldn't say that

this is a very nice dress

[colorado_ufo]

197. You're kidding, right?

Maybe it's the camera angle, maybe it's the lighting, maybe it's just too far away, but . . . to me, it's styled like Long John underwear! And she really needs something less "clingy." And the color isn't flattering. And then, she really should substitute something for that thing in black that she's holding onto - perhaps a small handbag, instead.

[Pool Hall Ace]

205. It also makes her hips look enormous.

Or maybe her head is really that tiny.

[mark11727]

267. I think it's the camera angle (I hope)...

...and the dress is too clingy --- there's a big "Y" drawing attention to all the wrong places.

[Tinksrival]

202. Your right! This tread is dingy and worn out!

It needs more Laura style!

[darkmaestro019]

301. Why did nobody tell me there were pride Jesus fish the size of my head?

I have three FEET of dreads that thing would probably hold up with no trouble at all, with strength to spare for a pen or two. Sheesh.

[peaches2003]

244. Designers didn't think so

This dress was widely panned as not flattering her at all and a big mistake= color and neckline in particular. So was the red prom gown she wore to the 1st inaugural.

I find her fashion sense to be a big fat 0! Look at the pants suits she wears- they all look the same only in a different color. None of her clothes are the slightest bit flattering, so I imagine her decorating taste is no better.

She is small, petty, and has nothing better to do than be catty. She has contributed absolutely nothing during her 'reign'.

[Quakerfriend]

19. She truly appears to have taken the drapes and made an

outfit, at times!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Cleita]

39. Some of her clothes looked like she got them at a thrift

shop and didn't bother to tailor them to fit.

[Pastiche423]

97. Drapes?

I can't get this image out of my head when Laura + drapes are mentioned.

[pacalo]

100. "Just something I saw in the window."

Thanks for the picture, Pastiche! One of my favorite Carol Burnette skits!

[CTyankee]

149. "I saw it in the window and I just had to have it"

while Burnett walks down the stairs. As I remember the skit, she was also wearing the curtain rod!

[pacalo]

240. That's the line! Thanks, CT.

That was one show that could make me laugh until tears rolled down my face.

[Divernan]

32. Laura's taste so bad she makes Mamie Eisenhower look chic!

Of course, the vast majority of the citizenry will never know how Laura has "decorated" (using that term in the loosest possible sense)the White House, since the Bushes do not allow public tours. I had the delight of touring the WhitE House during the Clinton years, and it looked quite beautifully decorated to me. The style was what one would expect of the formal residence of a chief of state. But hey, what would I know? Just having toured European castles and palaces, but never having been invited to Crawford.

[Cleita]

36. Some of the earlier pictures of Crawford interiors showed some

cheap and rather tacky furniture that would be at home in a motel.

[July]

144. Forgot about that, Cleita, but you're right.

The Crawdad "decorating" looks pretty uncomfortable and unappealing.

[Katherine Brengle]

245. Okay, to be fair...

when Laura Bush dresses up, she has good taste and/or a great stylist--she and the twins all wear Oscar de la Renta all the time, and it always looks great.

As far as everyday, blech... but blech on most people's sense of fashion.

[Maddy McCall]

12. How many times did Chelsea get in trouble for drinking under age?

Raising children is a part of "keeping a good house." Appearances aren't everything.

[Pithy Cherub]

13. Kessler is a total bushbot kool-aide drinking wannabe writer

with republican values. :puke:

Pro-life Laura Bush ran over someone and they died.

[rpannier]

15. Sounds kinda like the story

the scrubbies floated about the trashing of the White House when there was none.

[demigoddess]

192. or like the story Nancy Reagan told about the white house when

they entered in 1980 after Jimmy Carter. Mrs Carter could never be accused of being too much in involved in manly matters.

[CBHagman]

17. Keep this in mind about Ron Kessler.

He's the one whose book about George W. Bush was titled A Matter of Character.

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

There. That's better.

Anyway, see link:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50906-2004Aug8.html

[monarch]

20. Worn out?

Not only had the Clintons been living there for eight years, but, maybe, it was also the fault of the previous occupants.

On edit: Boy this is a popular thread. I got distracted for a minute and my wonderful comment was easily eclipsed.

[fooj]

21. This from someone who looks as though she wears drapes...

DECORATIONS WERE GAUDY, OUTDATED

BWAHAHAHAHAHA! At least Bill didn't wear fricking cowboy boots with the Presidential Seal on them. LOL!!!!!!!

Too bad she doesn't put that much consideration into our poor men and women in the military...

Evil wench.:grr:

[Jigarotta]

23. y'all know what this message really is, doncha?

hillary was a sloven housewife/keeper, after all that's all her mission in life should be not running around without her apron on. That, and keeping her 'man' happy enough to not roam around.

wretch. puke. vomit. projectiling carrots right now.

[Sydnie]

28. It's an attempt to keep her from RETURNING!! that's what it is n/t

[TomInTib]

30. Man, I hate that.

Puking carrots, that is.

[VolcanoJen]

218. That is exactly correct.

Message: A Woman's Place is in the Home.

:puke:

[darkmaestro019]

299. That's exactly what I saw between those lines.

That Hillary is not a proper, real, WASP woman, since obviously REAL women obsess over wallpaper trim and keeping everything expensively up-to-the-minute. She's insulting Hillary's femininity basically, by implying she's doing this woman thing "wrong"

[savemefromdumbya]

25. Enough of your bitching Laura!

[ScreamingMeemie]

26. The paragraph rule is to keep DU from being sued...

Yay. Laura Bush spending taxpayers' money when we are at war. What a patriot.

But, I would shorten and add a link. :hi:

[TomInTib]

33. OK, mom.

Done

[ScreamingMeemie]

54. Awwww, it's just the ex mod in me, that comes out once in a while.

:hi:

[BlackVelvet04]

27. yeah, laura is the epitome of good taste judging

by her clothes.

:sarcasm:

[proud2BlibKansan]

29. Well Laura and her hubby are leaving kooties there

[Bluzmann57]

31. I am totally shocked!

I mean, the nerve of that Clinton woman. Trying to save humanity instead of keeping a nice household. Damn her! Fer crissakes, what next? "Clinton's aides got drunk and peed in the bathtub"? WHO CARES? How does this even rate as any type of news story? Enough questions. I want answers dammit! Impeach Hillary even before she gets elected; for bad housekeeping! Hey Laura, Hillary hasn't tried to cover up a death. Just sayin'.

[Democrat 4 Ever]

55. Pickles can say what she wants about Hillary but at least Hillary

could keep her staff. Pickles has gone through more personnel then the Pentagon has over the last five years. Evidently she is a little hard to work for (isn't that code speak for bitch?). There was a news blurb about it the other night - Pickles is looking for another new chef - this last one didn't make it a year. Gone through several Chief of Staff and a sundry of other positions. Good help is just so hard to find when you a difficult.

Hillary worked on health care for everyone, has worked for 20+ years on children and education issues, is a very popular Senator, a serious presidential contender (whether you like her or not, she is being considered), is beloved the world over and has more class in her little finger then the entire Bush clan could russle up if they included the last 10 generations. And Pickles wants to knock Hillary's housekeeping skills? Oh, puhleeze.

Pickles chain smokes, pops Xanax, and has shot so much Botox she has out-Jokered Jack Nicholson. She has managed to raised two girls in her exact same image so I guess the world in due to suffer another generation of vamped useless Bushies. Oh, and she designed a rug, one damn, tacky, flashy carpet for her damn, tacky, stupid husband. We should have a public burning ceremony of that piece of trash when he leaves office (I'm talking about the rug... I think).

Yeah, Pickles, talk about Hillary.

[TheBaldyMan]

70. Try and hire a Spicarican that won't piss in their soup, it's hard.

[tblue37]

234. And of course there is the report that

during her undergraduate years, Laura was the "go-to" girl for anyone who wanted to buy weed. And I read somewhere about a little old lady who said of Laura during Laura's single years, "That Welch girl sure does get around." What could she possibly have meant by that?

[Lefty48197]

34. She'll probably paint it to match her pastel pantsuits.

I hope she understands what colors the blue, green, and red rooms are supposed to be.

[hlthe2b]

35. this from the proprietress of a PIG FARM?

Give me a fucking break..


what a classless witch--just like her Bitch on heels mother-in-law.

[chicofaraby]

37. Does Laura do windows?

Does she think Hillary Clinton did?

It's things like this book that convince me you would have to be stupid to believe a Republican.

[madrchsod]

40. lets see,children`s issues,

gangs,middle east,drugs,now a decorater...she`s wonderwoman! what ever she does it really doesn`t matter she won`t go done in the history of great first ladies.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

41. Wow, have we EVER had a First Lady gossip on a previous one?

Is there NO NEW LOW that these people can reach?

Wait, don't answer that.

[Cleita]

45. Never in modern times that I know of.

However, this administration has to start digging a trench to get as low as they can get.

[Beausoir]

68. YES! Nancy did it to Mrs. Carter. Same exact thing. n/t

[qanda]

42. Petty much?

[July]

145. Yep, Laura is petty if she's making comments like this. nt

[JI7]

43. what is Laura's opinion on how Bush has conducted the war

in AFghanistan and Iraq ?

dumb stupid ignorant selfish cold bitch. i fucking hate .

[politicasista]

250. good question n/t

[connecticut yankee]

44. I can't get the link

it takes me to the page that says:

"You can't edit this message because the editing period has expired."

[TomInTib]

50. Fixed it, sorry. Nice new picture, too.

I am going to hell for this one.

[connecticut yankee]

46. Another useless First Lady

just like Nancy Reagan, who spent God-knows-what on new dishes.

[GeorgeGist]

47. Nearly everybody says...

Laura Bush keeps bad company.

[beam me up scottie]

48. Someone in THIS family has the nerve to question someone else's taste? :

[NYC]

52. Just look at those boots,

and the trousers that are way too short.

[beam me up scottie]

53. Those are presidential seals on the front.

Pretty spiffy, huh?

[NYC]

56. Impossible to get any tackier.

Simply amazing, isn't it?

[beam me up scottie]

58. I'm so ashamed of them.

When I first saw this, I was positive it was photo-shopped.

Nobody would look that stupid on purpose, right?

:banghead:

[NYC]

64. I'm with you,

but... I'm somewhat lost for words. I could see a small child wanting to wear his cowboy boots, but his mother would rightly forbid it.

Instead, we have a (p)resident flaunting his lack of taste before the world.

[tabasco]

118. Lack of taste and lack of respect for the office he holds.

Putting the Presidential Seal on his footwear?? Jesus H. Christ.

We are the New Roman Empire and GWB is our first insane emperor.

[beam me up scottie]

127. That was my first impression.

These hyenas claim President Clinton disgraced the office?

[lumberjack_jeff]

177. Bushigula. n/t

[mark11727]

268. Well, it _IS_ a step up from Pokemon or Power Rangers....

:evilgrin:

[ShortnFiery]

62. Oh my eyes! What a hideous picture of people who are most

undeserving of either wealth or power. I hope in their next life they are all poor indentured servants of people with the same base morals and selfish behavior they have repeatedly demonstrated toward us "chattering classes."

That's a beautiful dream ---> Every member of the Bush family dirt poor and struggling to make a living. That would take the smirks off of all their wretched faces, aye?

Little boots? Indeed! ;)

[beam me up scottie]

75. I'm in therapy because of that picture.

:D

[darkmaestro019]

303. That was a beautiful, beautiful image.

So beautiful that I think I need a post neurogasm smoke, lol. Thanks.

[SheepyMcSheepster]

200. good gracious, I just noticed the boots

presidentially sealed boots? wow, that's incredibly lame.

[TomInTib]

60. The bushies and their high-water pants. No Texan worth a damn

would wear those short pants with boots.

Texan? Oh, that's right.....

[beam me up scottie]

77. THat's what I was thinking!

Most Texans should be insulted. Where's the outrage?

If this idiot claimed to be from Vermont we'd have run him out on a rail a long time ago.

[TomInTib]

84. There is actually a rule of thumb on that.

If, when you sit, your cuff completely clears the foot and shows boot-top, your pants are too short.

I am a life-long wearer of boots and would never be caught "short".

[beam me up scottie]

92. I didn't know that.

Real cowboys usually look damn good in slim fitting jeans and boots.

Posers like Alfred E. Newman there look like a fool no matter what they wear.

[Divernan]

63. Laura's dress is the worst piece of clothing I've ever seen - EVER!

I'd like to get a psychological explanation as to why she dresses in such incredibly plain, ill-fitting clothing. This is not a woman who has any femininity or sexuality.

[beam me up scottie]

78. And that's the nicest dress I've seen her in.

All that money and this is what they do with it?
:wtf:

[DrRang]

179. Who has the oldest looking hands? Bar or Pickles?

[jmowreader]

67. He is not wearing cowboy boots with a tuxedo. You photoshopped this.

Christ. Let's impeach his ass for utter tastelessness.

Where the fuck is Mr. Blackwell when you need him?

[beam me up scottie]

80. YES!

This IS an impeachable offense!

Where's Dame Edna!

[Lisa]

278. alas -- there are witnesses (from his first inaugural)

And it's not an isolated incident. Here are his "Governor of Texas" ones (which, like his Presidential ones, have his initials on the sides -- perhaps so he won't get the feet mixed up, and walk funny all day?)

[monarch]

86. Nice goofy picture of Pierce

How did the grandsons get all the ugly genes? You gotta admit that there are some good looking women. The guys, on the other hand....

[beam me up scottie]

93. Notice how none of the men know how to sit in a chair?

:wtf:

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

114. What me worry? Dude reminds me of Alfred E. Neuman.

[aquart]

219. Did the goodlooking women marry in?

[CAcyclist]

241. A little nip, a little tuck...nt

[woo me with science]

104. Wow, Jeb looks gruesomely large. nt

[beam me up scottie]

106. You mean Lurch Bush?

:rofl:

[woo me with science]

108. Lurch with about 40 pounds of baby fat on his face. nt

[flyarm]

115. thats a very very "FRENCH" DESIGNED RUG..thought they hated

the french...gee all the sheeple stopped eating french fires while laura was decorating our white house with french!!

the drapes have a very "french " design as well!!

fly

[beam me up scottie]

128. I never noticed that.

It is very different from the ranch's Late 20th Century Texas Pig Farm style, isn't it?

[cmd]

159. Georgie in his dress up clothes - some kids never grow up

Those boots are part of his personality disorder. He has a great need to display his "authority". And just looks at Bar nuzzling into the limelight.

[CottonBear]

174. I think they look fine except for DimSon showing off his pretzeldent boots

It's the ugly insides and souls of Dimson, the other sons, Bar and Poppy that make them so hideous and evil.

I have no comment about Laura or the twins. (If you don't have something nice to say don't say anything at all.) Anyway, children are not fair game - except for the stupid frat boy Pierce who recently blabbed his mouth off on national TV.

What happened to Nicole Bush (Jeb's daughter)? She doesn't seem to be in this picture. She had such a difficult time with drug addiction.
It seems like she was been banned from this event.

[RedSpartan]

263. I have just been struck blind.

Worst. Picture. Ever.

[VOX]

287. "The Godfather" theme should play when you view that portrait...

Even though the * is far ***worse*** than the (fictional) Corleones! :grr:

[NYC]

49. Your link leads to the edit of a post.

Am I to understand that someone actually wrote a book about comparative housekeeping? Are you serious?

[TomInTib]

57. Fixed it and added a real purty pitcher of the cover, too.

[NYC]

59. I certainly don't thank you for the picture.

I thank you for the link, though. :) On the other hand, it will be easier for me to spot the book when it hits the remainder bins for $1 or less.

I can't believe someone wrote a book like this. I sincerely doubt more than a handful of people would part with U.S. currency for it.

[jmowreader]

129. We've always said there are only six active freepers...

Every freeper in America will buy this and place it in their Bookshelf of Honor next to "Millie's Book" and "A Charge to Keep."

They won't actually read it, but they'll feel obligated to buy it.

You just watch, though: in six months, it will be one of the premiums for joining the Conservative Book Club. And in nine months, the Home Depot will sell the remainders--but Home Depot will sell it as a package deal: buy this bag of insulation and we'll guarantee it contains at least two ground-up copies of Laura Bush's White House Style Book and three ground-up copies of Ann Coulter's latest tome.

[Double T]

61. When you've got NOTHING ELSE going on, you can afford to give.......

the toilet seats the white glove test. The one thing the bushes have worn out is their welcome in the WH. I guess if you are not furnishing the WH with the latest from WalMart, you have failed the Laura litmus test for style.

[kevinbgoode]

65. Laura wanted to decorate the White House in Religious Right Black

to symbolize the nation in constant mourning for a real government.

[Beausoir]

66. Nancy Reagan did the same thing to Rosalynn Carter. These Repuke women

know nothing else of the role of women besides cleaning and decorating. That's the function of a Republican woman...that and breeding.

If Laura didn't like the People's House...she should have left and let the real First Lady, Tipper Gore, take over.

Laura Bush is a disgrace to women.

[TheBaldyMan]

69. Laura Bush has been probed initmately by Ronald Kessler *shudder*

Chimpy will be pissed when he hears about that :P

[ixion]

71. judging from the garbage that pickles calls clothing

I really don't think she's qualified to make the call. :evilgrin:

[Scout1071]

72. The Lincoln bedroom comment is a slam because the

Clinton's were accused of letting big donors stay in it.

Like it's anywhere near what they've done.

[MODemocrat]

73. Laura, how much cleaning/work do you do on the White House?

Nearly anyone could have replaced everything to their own taste, as long as we taxpayers are paying for it. Poor Laura, she simply has no class, or she wouldn't have been small enough to make this useless statement in a book. :+ :+ :+ :thumbsdown:

You will never hear Hillary Clinton being that petty. She has much more important issues to tackle.

[Canuckistanian]

74. Oh, ya, She's a regular Jackie O in the taste department

Millions of women follow her lead.... in pharmaceutical choices.

[NYCGirl]

107. Neither of them was Jackie Kennedy. NT

[Canuckistanian]

111. That's fer sure. n/t

[July]

148. But Hillary's not the one commenting on another FL's style. nt

[JI7]

76. that book cover pic is creepy

[TomInTib]

81. Yeah, I felt kinda bad about adding that on edit.

Kinda kills your buzz, doesn't it?

[seabeyond]

79. so hillary the dem didnt waste money and laura the repug spends

wildly. ..... hm

[leftofthedial]

82. take one look at the gaudy crap that passed for "Holiday" decorations

and another look at how junior dresses

not to mention the missing yards and yards and yards of West Wing upholstery every time Pickles "drapes" her carcass for another round of Murkan humiliation visiting the yurpeens.

then let's talk about first lady taste.


yo. and everytime I see a photo of the Oval Office these days, it looks like the rec room in a freeper's double wide.

[LSK]

83. uhhh, maybe because she worked on real issues???

Like healthcare?!??!

[justgamma]

85. This from the lady who turned the Lincoln bedroom

into a royal bedroom.

The pièce de résistance, both decoratively and symbolically, will be a carved bed canopy in the shape of a crown. It too has been sent for gilding. When affixed to the ceiling, the crown will support yards of regal purple satin over white lace, both trailing to the floor.


:snip:

Gilded crowns and royal colors strike an unusual note in a house carefully stage-managed to symbolize the democracy. Neither element would have been acceptable to George Washington, who was advised to surround himself only with things that were "substantially good and majestically plain." Eagles were fine in "the President's House." Allusions to monarchy would have been anathema.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48972-2004Sep24.html

[tabasco]

120. Thank you for remembering this atrocity.

I read through the thread to see if anyone remembered.

Laura Bush decided to put trappings of royalty in the White House.

This Nation was founded as an abject enemy of royalty.

These people make me sick to my stomach.

I'm about ready to get the hell outta here.

[Hekate]

135. Oh that's just barfy. I had no idea she came up with that.

And for the LINCOLN bedroom? The man that was born in a log cabin? Ewwww.

Say, I know this great hotel in San Luis Obispo -- the Madonna Inn -- that is famous for themed bedrooms, and has to be the most outrageously tacky thing in the nation -- outside of the redecorated Lincoln Bedroom, that is.

Hekate

[eppur_se_muova]

222. Humble, homely Abe Lincoln must be spinning in his crypt.

The Presidents that Americans remember as "great" Presidents seem to be noteworthy for their humble backgrounds, and for maintaining a sense of perspective which kept their high-profile office from going to their heads. The Republicans, the Party of Primogeniture, really, REALLY, WANT the President to be a royal figure -- one with kingly powers, but no more depth or substance than a high school prom "king". They're most of the way there.

I'm glad to see that others in this thread picked up on this as an act of DISRESPECT to the name of Lincoln.

[kskiska]

261. I don't know why the "Lincoln Bedroom" is treated as a shrine

Lincoln never, ever slept in that room or in that bed. Mary Todd Lincoln purchased the bed for him, but he died before it was ever used. The room is simply a grouping of Civil War era furniture and Lincoln memorabilia.

[eppur_se_muova]

277. "...he died before it was ever used." That kind of answers the question.

Lincoln was assassinated by a Confederate sympathizer, after having led the country to a victory over the forces of slavery. It's hard not to sense an air of martyrdom about his name, because of that. Anything associated with Lincoln is a little bit sacred to some people, not entirely without reason.

[yorkiemommie1]

275. maybe * will take her there on an anniversary

;-)

edited for spelling.

[Old and In the Way]

87. This is sooo 20th century.

Her husband and his policies have taken a $400BB surlus and created a $500BB deficit, while adding $2TT to our debt. Do I give a rat's ass about frayed carpet in the WH?

I truly hope this story gets a lot of airplay. The irony of misplaced priorities....this ain't Buckingham Palace Laura and you aren't the Queen.

[B Calm]

88. How much did Pickles cost us tax payers on Christmas decorations?

Fuck this money spending bitch!

[FredScuttle]

89. Next Chapter: Laura Bush Says Hillary Didn't Kill Her Boyfriend

First Lady Laura Bush believes Hillary Clinton did not show sufficient homicidal tendencies in high school, a new book will charge.

Blah Blah-Blah, a former investigative reporter for the Blah-Blah-RW-Rag, is set to unleash his account of Laura Bush's teenage dedication to murder.

"She handled her high school romance very badly," says the First Lady. "Hillary should have run his ass over with a station wagon like I did to the schmuck I was dating. I handled my business"

Laura Bush noted how crushed her boyfriend looked after she plowed into him.

[eppur_se_muova]

223. "Blah Blah-Blah, a former investigative reporter" would be Fleming Ayniss.

Thanks to Spider Robinson for that character's name.

[Kerrytravelers]

90. laura has time for housework since she really sin't doing much else.

Hilary was busy working for change in this country. A bit time consuming I'd assume.

[AndyA]

94. Laura Bush is so proud of the money she spent.

She has never learned that being frugal with other people's money is a value to be cherished.

But what do you expect from a woman who married what could be the dumbest man in the world, turned out two trampy daughters, and murdered a high school friend?

Hillary should be proud that Laura Bush doesn't approve of her, or her poor housekeeping. It shows Hillary is of higher standards.

[LynnTheDem]

95. Gee so SPEND OUR MONEY dear. W e have plenty.

Fucking stupid rich brat, just like georgie dearest.

[Catherine Vincent]

96. Hillary Clinton has more class in her little toe than all of Laura Bush.

If she said all of that in this book, it's a joke.

[KingFlorez]

99. Shut up, Laura!

She's probably lying anyway, just like her husband

[HughBeaumont]

102. Moisture . . . quickly . . . I'm turning to stone . . .

That face could scare at least 967 speicies of insect dead.

[pacalo]

103. What a jealous witch. I'd take substance over plastic anyday.

Worn out bedroom? Carpets fraying? How petty can you get!

And what's wrong with Clinton's oval office? The nice bright colors selected by the Clintons reflect warmth and genuineness.

[aquart]

229. I love that rug. How many do we have to choose from?

[karynnj]

272. This looks very magestic and Presidential

It's not suppose to be a living room. The colors in the rug are gorgeous and strong - her's looks like a decorative cake pan turned upside down - with the alternating browns almost giving a 3D look - way too busy.

[pacalo]

293. At least the chickenhawk has the right color: Yellow.

[darkmaestro019]

304. Exactly--majestic. Grand and dignified and AMERICAN FLAG colored. nt

[Zorra]

109. Perfect! Hillary worries about getting all Americans health care;

Laura is most concerned about her fucking drapes.

And that, my fellow Americans, illustrates the difference between liberals and conservatives.

[Caretha]

110. I guess she wants her epitaph to read

Here lies Laura Bush
She was a good housekeeper

Yeah, that's what I aspire to. NOT

[Hekate]

136. That'd make a terrific two-line LTTE for the WaPo!

Talk about damning someone with faint praise! :rofl:

Hekate

[0007]

112. Fuck Drudge and Fuck Laura (junior) Bush

[Warren DeMontague]

116. "There were no ashtrays, and the liquor cabinet was empty" n/t

[Mz Pip]

117. Bummer

Shows where the Bushie's priorities are.

Maybe Laura does spend all of her free time mopping up and dusting and keeping that liquor cabinet stocked. :crazy:

Stepford bitch is what she is.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[Kali]

232. BWAHAHAHAHA

There have been some good ones in this thread but that made me LOL!

[oasis]

119. Laura didn't waste anytime turning the WH drapes into her evening wear.

Dopey looking ho.:dunce:

[DaveJ]

121. Just more Republican irony and hypocrisy

Pickles is trying to bring back the Stepford Wives characterization womanhood, yet we now are forced to live in a society where hardly any woman have the economic freedom to stay at home and take care of the home anymore.

[gumby]

123. Ha-ha Hee-hee

If BabyBush was a popular (p)resident, Our Dear Laura's comments might mean something.

In the real world of tanked poll numbers, Laura's supposed comments only seem vapid, stupid, shrill, frivolous, elitist and totally out of place.

You go girl! Maybe you can send Bunnypant's poll numbers further down the toilet. Yeah!

[Imagevision]

124. Bush's numbers tank again - Heeeerre's L-a-u-r-a...!

Laura's babble, for a former teacher she has nothing to say/add - Rove must have told Bush to send out Laura again to dampen the unpopular feelings for the mushroom cloud president.

[grasswire]

125. what PICKLES did to the Lincoln Bedroom -- WashPost

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48972-2004Sep24.html


September 2004

........in the first sweeping rethink of the Lincoln Bedroom in at least three decades, the timid lemon walls, celery-green curtains and pale floral carpet are being banished in favor of a blast of Victorian bliss.

Heady hues of emerald green, golden yellow and deep purple will carpet the floor, drape the windows and envelop the massive, six-foot-tall carved headboard. Walls will be papered in a restrained palette of cream tones -- a nod to contemporary tastes -- but the pattern has been derived from the Victorian Age. Two elaborate cornices such as might have topped windows in Lincoln's day have been carved and sent to the gilders. An opulent white marble mantel was commissioned to better complement a rococo-style mirror installed last summer.

The pièce de résistance, both decoratively and symbolically, will be a carved bed canopy in the shape of a crown. It too has been sent for gilding. When affixed to the ceiling, the crown will support yards of regal purple satin over white lace, both trailing to the floor.

snip

Gilded crowns and royal colors strike an unusual note in a house carefully stage-managed to symbolize the democracy. Neither element would have been acceptable to George Washington, who was advised to surround himself only with things that were "substantially good and majestically plain." Eagles were fine in "the President's House." Allusions to monarchy would have been anathema.

..................
This would explain the bow on the stomach of Laura's ball gowns.

[TomInTib]

206. God, I would hate to awaken there with a hangover...

or Pickles.

[eppur_se_muova]

226. Wow, thanks for that! Symbols show the thoughts of those who choose them.

The symbols which were purged from the WH are the symbols of DEMOCRACY. The new symbols are the symbols of PRIVILEGED ROYALTY. You have to wonder if they meant for it to be this blatantly obvious, or just didn't realize they were revealing so much of themselves.

[sakabatou]

126. Hillary Clinton Says Laura Kept Bad Country

[Starbucks Anarchist]

130. Amazing.

Hillary actually worked on important issues when we had peace and propsperity, but Laura's focusing on decorating after her husband has wrecked the world.

[Raine]

131. and this from a woman

who breeds with a chimp. :eyes:

[AtomicKitten]

132. Yes, straw on the floor and stuffed game heads are much classier.

Yee-hah.

[REP]

137. A Bad Housekeeper? Kill The Bitch!

You mean HRC had better things to do than natter about with the decorations? Like, perhaps, raise her daughter so she didn't act like a drunken whore?

[riona]

138. shame on you, laura

meow, meow, meow, meow
:spank:

[warrior1]

139. What makes anyone

believe that what she's saying is the truth. Wasn't there this big dush up because all the w's were stolen off of key boards, finding out later that was a big fucking lie.

I don't believe one damn things this fuckers say.

[warrior1]

140. also this is another

distraction. Get back on topic.

[in_cog_ni_to]

141. Better a bad housekeeper than a MURDERER.

But that's just me.:eyes: Pickles is a freakin' wench. How many other first ladies have EVER said something like this about a previous first lady? The BFEE has NO CLASS! Shame on the murderer Pickles.

[July]

142. The woman who put purple drapes and a bed crown in the Lincoln Bedroom

and rarely wears a flattering outfit has opinions about style?

Laugh of the day.

[fujiyama]

146. Of all the people

charging others of having "bad taste"...

Has anyone seen her sense of style? Her clothes are atrocious. Anyone see those pics of her in India?

What a dumb bitch. I might consider other words, but I doubt they are appropriate.

[warrior1]

147. The Clinton White House. Take a look.

http://clinton1.nara.gov/White_House/Tours/White_House/Welcome.html

[CTyankee]

150. I remember reading about the Clinton White House

Hillary hired a decorator to emulate the rooms consistent with the time in history that each room was initially decorated. The American Victorian style was one of them and that style we would consider today as being overly ornate. My late mother in law collected antiques from that period, but they are wood furniture, not drapes and upholstered pieces. The furniture is in my house and is beautiful and has great craftmanship.

If this is all that Laura's got on Hillary, then the repubs are truly desperate. Out of bullets and shooting blanks.

[npincus]

151. Hillary's muffins were stale!

And she had ring-around-the-shower!

[NewWaveChick1981]

153. HEY, HEY, HEY!!!! Just a damn minute, Pickles!

Like most of the rest of us, Hillary had shit to do, unlike you. Like a lot of working women, she let the house go in order to get other things done. She didn't see the need to spend a lot of taxpayer money (read: MY money and your money) to remodel the house. :mad:

I think you have better things to do with your time than to worry about what Hillary did or didn't do with the drapes. Oh, wait...you're married to Idiot-In-Chief... OK, that explains why you act like Marie Antoinette. Off with Pickles' head! :P

[Aviation Pro]

154. Here's another scoreboard PickleJuice...

Clinton offspring: sophisticated, intelligent, articulate and well-employed Oxford graduate.

Bushie offspring: loud-mouthed, drunken, underemployed, party girl slackers.

Nice going Mom.

[Heidi]

155. Sexist wingnut. How would it automatically have been Hillary's

job to keep the White House in good order? She sure as heck wasn't the only one living there. :grr:

Who wants to be Laura doesn't pull on the ol' yellow rubber gloves and scrub the White House toilets? Who wants to be she doesn't vacuum the dog hair up off of the rugs?

Did I mention :grr:

[lonestarnot]

156. Well ladeefuckingdaudie! Just another thing that makes me sick about

this bag aside from the fact her face needs redecorating. What an elitist hag. I suppose her shit doesn't stink either to let her tell it.

[Atman]

157. Hillary said Laura won't go down on W

Come to think of it, Hillary wouldn't go down on Bill, either, apparently. And she wouldn't stay home and bake cookies. And some think the woman is qualified to be president?!

:rofl:

Piss off, Laura. Go yell at the maid for not ironing the drapes. As if you've ever done a day's housework in your life, you ivory-tower priss.

[rateyes]

160. Well, we all know about Pickles lack of good taste....

Look at the prick she married!

[Deep13]

161. A list of housekeeping sins committed by HRC.

1. Used no-name chips in toll house cookies. Skimped on walnuts too.
2. Swept dust bunnies under rug instead of just shooting them.
3. Forgot to replace toothpaste cap.
4. Constantly spitting tobacco juice in the corner.
5. Always nagging Bill about the WH lawn.
6. Left nylons drying in state dining room rest room.
7. Used instant mashed potatoes.
8. Left old car parts in rosegarden.
9. Allowed Socks to scratch up Federal-period furniture.
10. The way she sarcastically noted that it takes a village to satisfy Bill.
11. Burnt about a dozen pot roasts.
12. Always installed toilet paper roll bakwards.
13. Neighbors always complaining about loud rap music.
14. How she would rest her beer on Robert Reich's head.
15. Never scraped dishes before putting them in dishwasher.
16. Empty bottles of Stoli everywhere.

[flordehinojos]

162. laura bush, just take some toilet tissue and wipe your *ss off ...

it smells even through the internet.

[kiteinthewind]

163. Would somebody please bitch-slap that stepford wife!

:grr:

[JPZenger]

164. Everyone Always Says this

The Clinton redecorated when they came into the White House. I read at the time that they tried to re-install some Victorian decoration, which people from the prairies of Midland Texas may not understand. The Clintons were in office for 8 years. It made sense for them to defer additional expenses because they knew the new administration would want to install their own tastes.

There are regular stories from every administration saying that the decor of the White House was out of date when they came in.

[connecticut yankee]

165. HEL-LOO

When did Laura ever "keep house" in her life?

I doubt if Hillary ever cleaned, dusted or mopped, but they both had housekeepers and extensive staff to do so. Especially in the White House.

As for taste, I'd take Hillary any day over that cross-eyed Botoxed tacky Pickles.

[Notoverit]

166. Miss Clorox speaks!

Check the last supermarket tabloid - there's a pic of her much less touched than the oune on this cover and her obsession with Clorox is analyzed...The lump in the bed who's sweeping up the porch speaketh...I remember in 2001 there was a first ladies event in NYC. When Hillary - our senator showed up, Pickles had to suddenly leave - maybe something in Crawford needed to be suddenly Cloroxed.
Hillary should put this book/quote on her senate re-election campaign - nothing will endear her more to voters that these squeals from the vacuous acrimonious bitch!

[npincus]

167. Martha Stewart says that Laura's curtains clash with her doilies

and her tarts are not crispy.

[tblue37]

238. Jenna and Not Jenna are not crispy tarts? (eom)

[JohnnyLib]

169. fun with Desperate Housewives

But, a word of caution. Drudge splashed this. If Limbaugh bellows about it today, we are being diverted -- again. Stay tuned.

[cmkramer]

171. "Inside The White House"

Kessler wrote another book during the first Clinton Administration which was one of those "backstairs at the White House" type books -- you know, where they talk about things like what the family likes to eat, various bits of gossip, etc.

Surprise, surprise. The only presidential family that came off well -- and on his promotional tour he said this himself -- were the Bushes. Everyone else he pictured as fake and putting on a front. And yes, he repeated all the Clinton rumors as fact.

The best part was an interview he did with an anonymous "Washington insider" where the guy said the most important thing for a President to have was someone that was willing to tell you the truth "with the bark off" and that Clinton's problem was that he was too arrogant to accept opposing opinions.

From what I remember from the White House book Hillary wrote, she was trying to kind of go back to the way the rooms were decorated in the Monroe Administration -- or at least one of the early Presidents.

[spanone]

173. They wore out several airbrushes on that pic of the Last Lady.

[wowfundude]

175. How many ways will they attack Hillary?

Everyone is so afraid of Hillary. Is there anything this woman can do right?

[abluelady]

178. Good Housekeepers are Boring People

Evey one knows that. I am the perfect example--a lousy housekeeper but a scintillating conversationalist.;-)

[Ganja Ninja]

180. It appears Dubya married a girl just like his mom.

A useless, catty, bile spewing bitch.

[Strawman]

181. Probably thinks the Clintons would have liked the digs at the Astrodome

like that snobby bitch of a mother-in-law of hers.

[peekaloo]

182. "perfectly good evening dresses adorned the window sills"!

shame on Hil!

[Taliesihne]

183. Lol

If that's all Laura is capable of, bring it!

[Politicub]

184. Laura has no class

And that's why I'm certain the Bushies will eat this up. What idiots.

[wake.up.america]

186. I am sorry lurking freepers, what does this have to do with anything?

First, Laura could be lying.
Second, Who gives a flying flip?

[ElboRuum]

189. Apparently Someone Cares...

There's always some anti-feminist, hypertraditionalist shmuck who gets a chub when he sees a June Cleaver speak out against the way someone who's got bigger ideas than just standing by her man and arranging throw pillows keeps house.

His name is Rick Santorum.

[wake.up.america]

213. Unfortunately, you are correct.

[eppur_se_muova]

228. He'll have to settle for June Cleaver's psycho-case sister-in-law. nt

[moonlady0623]

188. From my Fridge:

"Dull women have immaculate homes." Anonymous

[JPZenger]

201. I love that quote

[RobertSeattle]

190. Mrs First Lady, your Botox Appt is at 10:00 AM

And 2 PM, and 6 PM....

[onenote]

193. and I bet bill left the toilet seat up, too!!

Its always about Clenis with these folks.

And for the record: during the Clinton Presidency, and under Hillary's leadership, the White House Endowment Fund was increased from $8 million to over $25 million and most of the rooms in the West Wing were renovated.

onenote

[baby_mouse]

194. THAT'S IT. I'M VOTING REPUBLICAN.

ALONG WITH EVERY OTHER GAY MEMBER OF THIS MESSAGE BOARD.

Click.

Or, more probably, not.

[lupita]

198. Funny - When I was there the carpets were dirty...

We went for a tour of the White House in the Fall of 2004.
I noticed the carpet in the big room (far east) was very dirty.

[formercia]

199. I bet Laura hasn't picked up a vacuum cleaner in years

or worn a respectable Republican cloth coat.

Obviously there's no glass ceiling in the White House.

[progressivebydesign]

203. Laura hated the drapes so much, she took them down and made a dress!!

Sheesh.. Laura Bush.. the romance paperback readin' chainsmoker from bumfuck Texas is an arbiter of style now?? OMG. Believe me babe, I'm in the design biz, and you haven't got an ounce of style, while Hillary has ALWAYS been stylish. What a catty beyotch.

[SiouxJ]

204. When one looks like a clown, one shouldn't make

statements about fashion and style.

[darkmaestro019]

305. She looks like Frank-N-Furter in that picture SO MUCH...eom

[nini]

209. WHAT first lady actually does the cleaning there?

I doubt babs or laura are scrubbing floors and washing curtains.

this is so stupid it's ridiculous. It truly shows how desperate that group is when they have to reach like this.


:puke:

[formercia]

214. They probably watched the series on the Queen's palace

and assumed everyone had help like that.

Whenever I think of Fearless leader, I envision Andrew Jackson with a bunch of hillbillies tearing up the place.

[Lindacooks]

210. Oh no! Not, not ... RED, BLUE, and GOLD!!! You mean the

colors of the American flag, you stupid dipshit??

And is there any mention in this 'intimate biography' of the boy she killed while drunk driving? I would bet NOT.

[gauguin57]

211. My GOD! Those Bushes! What a bunch of no-class redneck a-holes!

Dubya and his inability to speak English (and his lying and his lack of seriousness about ANYTHING)

Laura and her tacky comments (and her checkered past)

Babs and her constant foot-in-the-mouth disease ("rhymes with rich" ... Katrina victims should be happy to be in shelters cuz it's a step up, blah blah blah)

George H.W. and ... "wow! they use scanners in grocery stores?"

Jeb and his Terri Schiavo-ing and his wife's customs violations

Neil and ... oh, where do I begin?

George P. Bush, the stalker-vandal.

And those tacky, tarty little twins.

And that's just the tip of the Bush iceberg.

Gimme a break, you tacky, tacky Bushes. Shut the eff up.

[Peanutcat]

212. Good Lord! The Republicans must really be running scared

If this is the crap that's coming out now to villify Hillary and Bill. Why did it take, what is it, 6 years for Laura to get off her lazy ass and "write" this book? I bet it's all lies anyway, like all the reports that the White House was vandalized by the Clintons when they left. LIES I TELL YOU! LIES!

Just who do they think they're fooling anyway? Not any rational, thinking human being, that for sure.

[LiberalEsto]

215. And what does Drudge-Sludge's lair look like?

Probably full of gnawed bones.

[MADem]

260. Eggshells in the shower????

http://nakedpolitics.blogspot.com/2005/11/matt-drudge-has-egg-fetish.html

After a mutual friend of both gossipists tipped off Drudge as to just what these "lurid allegations" were -- a nasty case of pubic lice, a penchant for fully clothed sex in the shower and a bizarre egg fetish -- he began to spread them himself....

"He likes to have sex with eggs. He likes them smeared all over naked male bodies."

"It's all very well sourced," she told the New York Post's Page Six. "If he offers you a bite of his omelet, take a pass."

[Democrats_win]

216. Pics in her book, "An Invitation to the White House" proves bush a liar!

An Invitation To The White House : At Home With History by Hillary Clinton. I have a copy of this wonderful book:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0684857995/sr=8-7/qid=1144082768/ref=sr_1_7/102-6918523-0792122?%5Fencoding=UTF8

[Norquist Nemesis]

217. Gee, she's telling this SIX YEARS after moving in????

Timing is everything.

[TomInTib]

247. I suppose she could no longer hold her tongue.

A girl can only stay quiet for so long about something so deeply disturbing, don't you know.

[xxqqqzme]

220. '...carpets and furnishings fraying ....

exposed electrical conduits...'

so now Hillary is supposed 2 B able 2 weave and B an electrician!


Ah yes - it takes a village!

[Joey Liberal]

221. Laura Bush is pathetic

She must be pathetic, look at the moron she married.

[Beelzebud]

225. Maybe Hillary had higher ambitions than being Betty Crocker.

[Mrspeeker]

227. PUKE GREEN is her favorite color

need I say more!

[McCamy Taylor]

230. Ooooo. This makes Laura look SOOOO catty. Expect spin control.

[McCamy Taylor]

231. Makes Hillary look like she had more important things to do!!!!!

[jukes]

233. the hateful, elitest bitch

that styles herself "1st lady" is unworthy of comment.

[awoke_in_2003]

236. this coming from someone

who thinks pantsuits are high fashion

[msgadget]

237. What's the big deal if its true?

So she paid little attention to decorating...I don't either. She had more interesting things to do.

[Katherine Brengle]

242. Who the hell cares?

She is one of the most powerful women in this country--who cares if she missed the goddamn decorating gene?

Bah.

[sellitman]

243. I guess Sludge is running scared too.

Mis-direction, changing the subject ...anything to get the publics mind off the lOUSY job * is doing will work do...I guess?

[merci_me]

248. Carpet may have been frayed, but her daughter wasn't!!!

Hillary and Bill were so obviously better parents and raised a very classy daughter.

Any good parent will tell you, raising your child is priority. The hell with the house.

[MadisonProgressive]

251. Not the CLINT-oris!!

[Retrograde]

252. sounds like a place where people actually worked and visited

"Not only were carpets and furnishings fraying and in disrepair in the West Wing and public areas, the Oval Office was done in loud colors—red, blue, and gold! The East Wing was cut up into small offices and had exposed electrical conduits."

Now how would things in the public areas get frayed? Maybe by letting the public into the White House, which they're, after all, paying for? Small offices with exposed conduits? Sounds like someone was trying to get some work done in a building that was designed before computers - not to mention electricity - were invented.

"Many of the furnishings looked dated."

I thought this was called "The Classic Look". Nice to know Ms Clinton didn't spend money on new furnishings when the old ones were still serviceable.

As a friend is fond of saying, "Only boring women have immaculate houses".

[Tinksrival]

253. My mentor in all thing ladylike!

Don't forget ladies, my cookies are better than Hillary's!

My Holiday (oops, I mean Christmas, sorry Karl) decorations are better!

I am the ladies first choice in first ladies!

[Danieljay]

255. well the country has gone to hell in a handbasket..but a least the White

house is clean. Un-effing-believable.

[sammy4231]

257. why fuss?

When I first read the story off the Drudge Report a few days ago, I didn't think Laura was derrogatory toward Hillary in the quote from the book. The story tried to make it seem so. Also, in a whole book, a small mention about some fabric being worn out, or out of style after 13 years of use seems like a normal comment we would all make about our own houses.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

281. If if wasn't a big thing, then why even mention it?

Remember, this is the most image-controlled White House in recorded history. Nothing is said without having a specific purpose. For example, "Saddam supports terrorists like those who attacked us on 9-11" was carefully worded to link two unrelated items (Saddam = 9-11) in the listener's mind yet provide deniability (which they've resorted to lately) when things go to shit in Iraq and people ask "Why the f*ck are we there?"

You move into a house someone's lived in for eight years and it's going to be worn. The decorating most certainly will not match your taste. Wouldn't the world be a sorry place if everyone liked the same thing? You might accept it as part of life, or maybe make a sly comment to your spouse, BUT YOU WOULD NEVER PUT IT INTO PRINT! That's why this series of posts has gone on so long. Besides, making tacky comments about someone else's tackiness is just plain fun!

I agree with some earlier messages about how * has shut the doors to the People's House to all except the Chosen Few. Very few public tours means very little wear and tear on the furnishings.

There's also the question about the timing. Why now? What are they trying to distract us from? That it's wrong to end a sentence with a preposition?

[TomInTib]

291. Your first sentence is precisely the reason I made the OP.

The timing of this is deliberate.

I believe it is aimed at stay-at-home wives - the fundie home-schoolers who will be the only people reading this tripe when it hits the stores.

[JI7]

294. because it shows what a cold disgusting selfish horrible bitch Laura is

THIS is what she gets outraged over. she doesn't give a shit about that Chimp Husband ruining people's lives around the world. she laughs at that and doesn't want it to disturb her "beautiful mind" just like her bitch step mother.

FUCK YOU LAURA, YOU DISGUSTING SELFISH HORRIBLE COLD HATEFUL BITCH.

[Patrick J Fitzgerald]

258. Spitz & Fitz '08?

I am single so I would have no need to re-decorate in '09.

BTW, check put these bumper stickers someone emailed me e.g. "Fitz & Spitz '08" - I am humbled, but I like the art work! And they got Howard Dean all excited in comments.

http://patrickjfitzgerald.blogspot.com

[earth mom]

259. Pickles and Lord Hissypants are TACKY and PETTY-this just proves it.

:puke:

[Torn_Scorned_Ignored]

265. Laura Bush, What a Good Little Woman

:puke:

[merci_me]

266. Ah, not to worry dear Laura, Bill will fix it when he's First Gentleman!

[cornermouse]

271. Like we're supposed to be interested in what Laura

says, thinks or does? Nope. I don't think so.

[yorkiemommie1]

276. the bushes have set the tone

from babs on down...

everyone is coarser, less reserved, more vulgar

from a pResident who flips the bird, to vp who tells a senator to **** off, to a supreme court justice who does not hesitate to get down in the gutter, to an arrogant GOP ( legislators on down to the hateradio pundits and their fans....)

nastiness and ugliness just oozes out of their pores.

[KatyaR]

280. Hasn't the Oval Office always been decorated in blue, red, and gold?

Or am I just not remembering how I've seen it pictured over the years?

What a pile of crap. They make it sound like it was Hillary's responsibility to personally clean the entire building.

This is just another bunch of lies like the ones about the staff tearing up the computers the day they left. But I'm sure it will give Rush and Hannity a whole new reason to hate the Clintons.

[ncteechur]

283. But Laura did such a great job raising her drunk, fake ID peddling kids!!!

[Fridays Child]

285. I wonder how many hours were spent photoshopping that cover photo.

And why does she even want her skin to look like its thirty instead of fifty-something? What a shallow, vain woman she must be. Hillary didn't keep house...SHEESH!

[jmowreader]

290. That can't be done in Photoshop; that's all makeup

You're looking at four hours in the makeup chair and a full brick of film to get that one image.

I really don't think it's her vanity--at least not all of it. The Bushes' handlers are attempting to create this wonderful little Republican Camelot with Dubya as JFK, Pickles as Jackie and Crawford as Cape Cod. If you can get past the parts where the new JFK and the new Jackie are middle-aged, classless louts with brazillions of dollars in the bank but who dress and act like po' white trash and where the new Cape Cod looks very much like Dante's conception of hell, it all works.

But seriously...there's very little Photoshop work in that. If the stylists do their jobs, about all you've got to do to a portrait like this is get rid of the oil bubbles from scanning the transparency.

[rppper]

286. allllrighty then...to those of you on this board....

who have told the rest of us time after time to leave the first lady alone...no longer...she just opened the door. leisure suit laura is now open game.....

[ncteechur]

288. Yeah, she is sure batting 1000.

Her husband is a liar and a failure.
Her kids are drunk brats.
Her mother-in-law is a bitch.
And she ran over a guy.

She is a true role model for kids around the world!

[zulchzulu]

289. Your choice: Crappy Lincoln Bedroom vs. Shredded Constitution

Pickles...you dumb wench...

[NovaNardis]

292. Choices....

A first lady on a mission, or a first lady that writes books about frayed carpets... Not only to I not care for the criticism, but I *honestly* don't give a flying f_ck about what Laura Bush thinks. But then again, neither does her husband...

[SoCalDemGrrl]

295. So Laura get her hush money via a book deal......

I was wondering how she would be repaid for her cooperation all these years.

Wait, don't tell me, Scaife & Co. will ensure the book debuts in the Top 10 on the NY Times Bestseller the week it's released. Lovely.....

[coolslasher]

296. lush money

i hope he doesn't spend 10 billlion on repairing white house :D

[darkmaestro019]

300. I remember being told in third grade by our suitably misty-eyed teacher

that in America we have the White House because the President lives in "a regular house just like anybody, and not a palace" in rejection of monarchy, basically--and looking at pictures similar to these with a thought that has become sadly familiar since--"You're full of it, that's utter BS." I did try to tell her that the White House certainly looks like a palace to me, and she said "But it isn't!" Apparently because of, uh, the NAME. During this same session of brainwashing we were assured that any one of us could grow up to be President, too.

A palace is a palace whether you call it a chicken coop or a spaceship or a Twinkie. Regular house. Like anyone. Can I call our car a Cadillac and resell it for more?

I don't know about you guys, but the house I grew up in looked NOTHING like this "regular house." It was a singlewide trailer with carpet so worn it looked like a dirt floor. Since then I've lived in a variety of thrown-together apartments. Our current Lair features On Site Laundry--a washer and a dryer on the other side of the wall from my living room. The dryer is very good at what sounds like a sea lion mating-call. For a quarter it will make this noise for twenty minutes or so at any hour day or night. That's about all it does, too--clothes come out as wet as they went in. Our freezer doesn't freeze, but the top shelf of the fridge does. The hot water tap in the kitchen apparently wants to get some of that hottie dryer--it sings back whenever I turn it on. And the toilet has an attitude problem; it flushes fine, but sometimes it won't stop for awhile.

Tacky drapes and exposed wiring! You poor blueblooded dear--how could you stand to live in such a SLUM?

[MarinCoUSA]

302. F* You Laura!, F* You Drudge, and F* You Carl Rove!

When they trot her out you know ther are very scared.


I hear them Swith' Boats comin',

commin' round ther bend.....

[cyclezealot]

306. the gaul of this *****

The way she dresses, to think she might have any class. Probably Repugs feel so comfortable to lean on their fat cat contributors to think they can live in the gaudy style of John D. Rockefeller.
Maybe Democrats might have some responsibility in the expenditure of tax payers money for their own entertainmnent. IF there was too much red left over, might be the legacy from Nancy.

[Ganja Ninja]

307. At least the Clinton's haven't left a pile of dead bodies in their wake!

The 3000 dead of 9/11. The nine dead from the Anthrax attacks. The 150,000 or so dead in Iraq. The 2000 to 4000 dead or missing and probably dead from Katrina. And this woman is making catty remarks about the housekeeping in the Clinton White House.

[mnhtnbb]

308. Let's nominate Laura for a visit with "What Not to Wear"

Would that be a hoot? Couldn't you just see Clinton and Stacy dumping
all Laura's pantsuits in the garbage can? Maybe they could pick her up and dump her in there, too!

Here's the page if anyone wants to make a nomination!

http://tlc.discovery.com/fansites/whatnottowear/geton/geton.html

Who gives a rat's ass what the botoxed and plasticized phony Laura Bush
thinks about anything?