Bush Twins Show Obama Girls Fun White House Tricks

[DeepModem Mom]

NYT/AP: Bush Twins Show Obama Girls Fun White House Tricks
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: November 26, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Malia and Sasha Obama learned a few tricks from Barbara and Jenna Bush on their recent visit to the White House -- like how to slide down the solarium ramp, bottom first.

The daughters of President George W. Bush showed the girls their bedrooms, helped them jump on a bed and taught them a few ways to have fun, Laura Bush told ABC's ''Good Morning America'' on Wednesday.

''It was fun for the girls to get to show them not only (their rooms), but the way the big cross hall can be an obstacle course for little kids to run up and down, and the solarium ramp that you can slide down on your bottom. So they showed them all the special tricks,'' she said.

The twins also ''aided and abetted'' the Obama girls' running jump onto a tall bed.

''We usually put a step out for people to step into when they stay in that room. But instead the little girls did the running jump, and Barbara and Jenna of course aided and abetted that jumping,'' she said....

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/washington/AP-Laura-Bush-Obama-Visit.html

[billybob537]

1. Like sneaking in to the Liquor cabinet?

[IDemo]

8. LOL

I am trying to eat soup while reading DU, m'kay?

[Tutankhamun]

19. That would be pretty tricky.

I hear security's tight around the big desk in the Oval Office.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

32. It's good to know that I wasn't the only one who was thinking this!

:rofl:

[Captain Hilts]

2. Nice to read. nt

[alfredo]

3. What good is living in the White House if you can't have fun.

[Ian David]

4. "... this is where I passed-out on the lawn wearing nothing but flip-flops and a Hello Kitty shirt."

[SammyWinstonJack]

28. .

:spray:

[QueenOfCalifornia]

35. !

LOL! The image is forever burned into my brain!

[SpookyCat]

43. Aw...why you gotta tarnish Hello Kitty like that! LOL!

[onehandle]

5. "...and here's how to hold two beers and smoke a cigarette at the same time."

Goodbye, Bush Twins. Hello, Angels.

[PaulaFarrell]

17. oh, don't put that pressure on them

they are cute little girls, they're not angels and why would you want them to be?

[onehandle]

25. I expect them to be like Amy and Chesea.

They are angels, especially compared to the dry drunk's brood.

[Zywiec]

31. Spoken like someone without children... n/t

[Ian David]

6. There should be a special pink phone that connects directly to Medvedev's children. n/t

[Kalyke]

34. Why pink?

All little girls don't love pink, you know (mine doesn't, thank God. I didn't either and still don't). :)

How about a cream Princess phone. They're prettier. :)

[JI7]

7. Laura and the daughters have been really nice with this

in welcoming the Obama's and making them feel comfortable.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

16. Yes indeed they have.

[sandnsea]

30. A lot nicer than DU

Sometimes this place makes me just throw up.

[JI7]

9. i wonder if Jenna whispered to them

"don't tell anyone else, but i voted for your dad"

[undeterred]

44. I'll bet she did.

[alfredo]

10. They also showed them how to change the launch codes so they

flush all the toilets instead of launching missiles.

[KittyWampus]

33. that was funny without being mean.

[alfredo]

37. Mean takes too much work

[fumsm]

11. How to hide daddy's bottle

[wryter2000]

12. Welcome to DU

:rofl:

Lots of Duzy material in here.

[wryter2000]

13. Or...

Run down the batteries on Uncle Dick's pacemaker.

[Lochloosa]

36. Or run down Laura's......nevermind

[wryter2000]

41. LOL

She'd need it with that husband, for sure.

[Bucky]

14. Dubya coaches Obama in how to humiliate employees with preppy nicknames

Laura give Michelle a quick tour of the medicine cabinet.

Mrs Biden passes up Lynn Cheney's offer of a special introduction to "how us girls relieve stress when our men are away."

[greguganus]

15. I bet the Bush twins do a lot of sliding on their bottoms. n/t

[leftynyc]

18. Good for the twins

I'm sure it was fun for Malia and Sasha and it was very gracious of the twins to take the time with them.

[blueknight]

21. i dont think the bush twins are anything like george

i dont know why i feel that way, but i really believe that

[leftynyc]

24. I'm a twin myself

so I tried to put myself in their shoes - having the press watch every move I made during the same ages these girls did. Believe me when I say my sister or I would have made more than our fair share of front pages of the tabloids. Now both of us are very productive members of society. I couldn't help but feel sorry for them and always felt bad when they were the object of ridicule simply because their father was a dangerous dunce.

[Celebration]

38. Agreed and I'm not a twin n/t

[annabanana]

20. snark in this thread aside

(funny tho it may be)

I'll bet the Obama kids enjoyed the tour...

[Tutankhamun]

23. I agree.

Maybe the Bush twins are going to repair their legacy.

[tammywammy]

22. That's a sweet article. n/t

[UrbScotty]

26. "This next activity is called Beer Pong" (nt)

[Triana]

27. Laura Bush seems like a really nice person - she's been wonderful about the transition...

...I wonder how this nice woman ended up with George?

[wryter2000]

29. She and the twins have been great

I also remember Laura defending Michelle during the campaign when the press tried to make a big deal about the "proud of my country" remark.

[WolverineDG]

42. I think they're happy they're finally leaving

IIRC, they never wanted shrubbie to run in the first place.

dg

[nichomachus]

39. It's not polite to use "Bush twins" and "tricks" in the same headline n/t

[rateyes]

40. Now, that was funny.

:rofl: