<p>Jenna Bush Hager recently recalled the exceptionally awkward surprise 16th birthday party that her parents – former President George W. Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush — threw for her and her twin sister, Barbara Bush Coyne.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jenna-bush-hager-says-her-wedding-mightve-been-very-different-if-shed-taken-then-president-bushs-advice-and-eloped" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bush Hager</a> <a href="https://pagesix.com/2023/08/29/jenna-bush-hager-my-parents-invited-old-and-new-boyfriend-to-16th-birthday-party/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">described the scene</a> during Tuesday morning&#8217;s broadcast of &#8220;TODAY with Jenna and Hoda,&#8221; noting that she and her sister were set up with a surprise breakfast after being told that they had to be up early in order to make it to their drivers&#8217; tests.</p>
<p>&#8220;I had a surprise party for my 16th birthday, me and Barbara. We had one together and it was a pancake breakfast which was cute,&#8221; she said. &#8220;We were going to kiss my dad goodbye for school, my mom was like, &#8216;Go in and tell dad goodbye,&#8217; and we walked in and all of our friends were sitting there.&#8221;</p>
<p>But then Bush Hager added a little context, explaining what had made the moment so awkward for her especially: her parents had invited both her ex-boyfriend and her current boyfriend, and had managed to seat them next to each other.</p>
<p>&#8220;My parents were very creative birthday people which was fun but then it gets kind of awkward because it’s like [they have] the old boyfriend sitting next to the new boyfriend,&#8221; she said.</p>
<p>&#8220;They invited both boyfriends?&#8221; Bush Hager&#8217;s cohost Hoda Kotb asked, appearing surprised. &#8220;Your parents are wild.&#8221;</p>
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<p>It wasn&#8217;t the first time that Bush Hager has spilled the tea on her parents, revealing in 2022 that her father — apparently frustrated with her wedding plans — had encouraged her to elope.</p>
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<p>&#8220;My dad wanted us to elope because it was a pain,&#8221; she told Kotb at the time. &#8220;He was like, &#8216;What are y’all doing? Y’all should just elope.&#8217; I don’t know if he wanted us to go to Vegas to do it.&#8221;</p>
<p>Bush Hager did not take the then-President&#8217;s advice, and instead married Henry Chase Hager at the Bush family’s Prairie Chapel Ranch near Crawford, Texas.</p>


Governor of Texas George W. Bush

George W. Bush Threw The Most Awkward Surprise Party For Twin Daughters’ 16th Birthday

George W. Bush Threw The Most Awkward Surprise Party For Twin Daughters' 16th Birthday

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<p>Joy Behar mocked former First Lady Melania Trump, alluding to racy photos she had posed for in her modeling days, for claiming that Vogue&#8217;s decision to not offer her a magazine cover was rooted in political bias.</p>
<p>Behar made the comments during Tuesday&#8217;s broadcast of &#8220;The View&#8221; on ABC, which was co-hosted by former White House Press Secretary — and former spokeswoman for Melania Trump — Stephanie Grisham.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">MELANIA TRUMP SLAMS &#39;VOGUE&#39; OVER COVER SNUB: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheView?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheView</a> panel reacts to the former first lady&#39;s recent Fox News interview where she was asked why she thinks &#39;Vogue&#39; magazine featured other first ladies on the cover but not her. <a href="https://t.co/cVclFZQmjA">https://t.co/cVclFZQmjA</a> <a href="https://t.co/1Ina4VwtWd">pic.twitter.com/1Ina4VwtWd</a></p>
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<p>Co-host Whoopi Goldberg kicked off the segment with a clip from a recent interview of the former first lady, hosted by Fox News host Pete Hegseth. Trump said that she believed the <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/exclusive-the-press-is-just-horrible-donald-trump-says-media-ravaged-melania-trump/">media in general</a> — and Vogue as well — was <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/stunning-and-intelligent-jill-biden-vs-trashy-and-racist-melania-trump-the-exhausting-hypocrisy-of-the-left/">biased against her</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;I had much more important things to do, and I did in the White House, than being on the cover of Vogue,&#8221; she said, brushing off the <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/vogues-anna-wintour-insults-melania-trump-first-paul-bois/">magazine&#8217;s refusal</a> to put her on the cover during her husband&#8217;s presidency [she did appear on the cover of Vogue in 2005].</p>
<p>&#8220;What did she do?&#8221; Behar asked. &#8220;She turned that beautiful Rose Garden into a cemetery. That&#8217;s one thing she did. What did she do exactly? Honestly, I don&#8217;t care what she does. I really don&#8217;t care. Do you?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;You know what, she was first and foremost a mother, and she was a very good mother and prioritized her son first. I will say that, and her initiatives were important to her,&#8221; Grisham pushed back.</p>
<p>&#8220;What are the initiatives?&#8221; Behar asked.</p>
<p>&#8220;Online safety, opioids, and just helping children with emotional intelligence, et cetera,&#8221; Grisham replied in defense of her former employer, adding that she thought Vogue should have put Melania on the cover while she was first lady.</p>
<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve seen a lot of photographs online, though,&#8221; Behar joked, clearly referring to nude photos Trump had posed for in her modeling days.</p>
<p>&#8220;Again, I know it’s easy to take potshots at her, and trust me, I would like to as well, but I think for this topic, there was bias there,&#8221; Grisham tried once again to defend her former boss. &#8220;But I will also say when Vogue came to us and asked if she would do a shoot, she would only do a shoot if she could be on the cover.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;She’s a model and she knows how this works,&#8221; Goldberg objected, noting that the magazine had the right to say who would and would not grace the cover.</p>
<p>&#8220;She expected to be on the cover but again rightfully so, she had seen all the other First Ladies on the cover, so I do get that,&#8221; Grisham pushed back.</p>
<p>Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/view-mocks-melania-trump-interview-vogue?intcmp=tw_fnc">noted</a> that Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour is a longtime Democratic supporter, suggesting that the move may have, as Trump suggested, been rooted in political bias.</p>
<p>Michelle Obama, for example, graced Vogue&#8217;s cover three times while she was first lady. Jill Biden has already done a Vogue cover, and former First Lady Hillary Clinton did one as well. Vice President Kamala Harris got her month on the magazine&#8217;s cover before she was even inaugurated.</p>
<p>Former First Lady Laura Bush, the next most recent Republican first lady, did not get a Vogue cover either – but she was featured in a story.</p>


US-VOTE-MELANIA TRUMP

‘We’ve Seen A Lot Of Photographs Online’: Joy Behar Mocks Melania Trump For Saying Vogue Was Biased Against Her

Joy Behar Mocks Melania Trump For Saying Vogue Was Biased Against Her

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Americans have ranked former President Barack Obama and President Donald Trump equally in an annual “most admired man in the world” poll, according to a survey conducted by <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/273125/obama-trump-tie-admired-man-2019.aspx">Gallup</a> earlier this month. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The survey, which asked Americans “What man that you have heard or read about, living today in any part of the world, do you admire most,” showed that respondents named both Obama and Trump as the most admired man 18% of the time. Respondents also had a similar answer for the most admired woman, with 10% naming former First Lady Michelle Obama and 5% naming First Lady Melania Trump. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Trump&#8217;s popularity grew enough this year to allow him to tie Barack Obama as the most admired man, but not to end Obama&#8217;s streak of 12 first-place finishes,” reads the report. “The results reflect the significant party divide in the U.S., with Republicans overwhelmingly naming Trump and Democrats Obama, and few other men garnering significant mention.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Meanwhile, Obama&#8217;s wife Michelle has been named as the most admired woman the past two years after 25 years that saw Hillary Clinton finish first 22 times,” the report continues. “In fact, Obama has had stronger finishes in the past two years than during her eight years as first lady, when no more than 8% of Americans named her.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The report also features a new, but perhaps unsurprising arrival on the list: Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg. Although the activist is not even old enough to be surveyed, she tied with media mogul Oprah Winfrey and former Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton for the most influential woman in the world, with each person receiving 3% support from respondents. Thunberg also out-ranked other popular choices, including Queen Elizabeth II, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, who each received 2% support. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thunberg, who made headlines after traveling to the U.S. via boat to speak at the U.N. about climate, has become an odd fixation for left-wing pundits and voters alike. In fact, according to The Hill, people on the online dating website OKCupid have started mentioning Thunberg as a way to find and weed out potential partners. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“One of the issues we’re hearing people care about is climate change,” Melissa Hobley, the chief marketing officer for OKCupid, told </span><a href="https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/476213-okcupid-2019-was-the-year-greta-thunberg-helped-people-get"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Hill</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. “They’re talking about Greta on their profiles. &#8230; I think people feel that supporting her or not shows how you feel about the issue and its impact.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Time Magazine also awarded Thunberg its &#8220;Person of the Year&#8221; award, writing in an article that “her moral clarity” serves to inspire “other young people around the world.” </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">President Trump, who was also a contender for the title, issued the following response to the announcement, drawing attention to Thunberg’s propensity to scold others for not doing enough. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“So ridiculous. Greta must work on her Anger Management problem, then go to a good old fashioned movie with a friend! Chill Greta, Chill!”</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">So ridiculous. Greta must work on her Anger Management problem, then go to a good old fashioned movie with a friend! Chill Greta, Chill! <a href="https://t.co/M8ZtS8okzE">https://t.co/M8ZtS8okzE</a></p>
<p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1205100602025545730?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 12, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">According to </span><a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-gretathunberg/trump-mocks-teen-climate-activist-thunberg-chill-greta-chill-idUSKBN1YG1H1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Reuters</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Thunberg respondend by updating her Twitter bio to read the following: “</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">A teenager working on her anger management problem. Currently chilling and watching a good old-fashioned movie with a friend.”</span></p>


U.S. President Donald Trump’s Second Year In The Oval Office

Who Do Americans Most Admire? Presidents, First Ladies, And Greta Thunberg, Says Gallup.

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<p>A day before former President George H.W. Bush was laid to rest, former First Lady Laura Bush and Bush family members were hosted by First Lady Melania Trump at the White House, touring the much-discussed Christmas decor. Mrs. Bush was quick to thank Mrs. Trump for the &#8220;sweet visit during this somber week.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Thanks to Mrs. Trump for inviting our family to the White House to see the Christmas decorations and our old friends, the residence staff,&#8221; wrote the former First Lady, posting two photos from the visit.</p>
<p>One of the photos featured a gathering of Bushes in front of a White House portrait, draped in black cloth, of the late George H.W. Bush.</p>
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<p>A post shared by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/laurawbush/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Laura Bush</a> (@laurawbush) on Dec 4, 2018 at 11:28am PST</p>
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<p>&#8220;Looking forward to being with the wonderful Bush family at Blair House today,&#8221; President Donald Trump posted in preparation for the visit. &#8220;The former First Lady will be coming over to the White House this morning to be given a tour of the Christmas decorations by Melania. The elegance &amp; precision of the last two days have been remarkable!&#8221;</p>
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<p>Looking forward to being with the wonderful Bush family at Blair House today. The former First Lady will be coming over to the White House this morning to be given a tour of the Christmas decorations by Melania. The elegance &amp; precision of the last two days have been remarkable!</p>
<p>&#8212; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1069960017204469760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 4, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Stephanie Grisham, the First Lady&#8217;s spokeswoman, <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2018/12/04/laura-bush-touched-melania-trumps-invitation-white-house/2208982002/">said</a> the visit was closed off to the press and photographers, though photos of the visit have been floating around the Internet.</p>
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<p>Following the visit, the Trumps and the Bushes greeted one another in a warm exchange outside the presidential guest house, Blair House (video below).</p>
<p>Mrs. Bush and Mrs. Trump have a much warmer relationship than what is perceived to be an essentially nonexistent relationship between the current FLOTUS and her predecessor, Michelle Obama.</p>
<p>In April, Mrs. Bush and Mrs. Trump shared tea together at the White House. Additionally, Mrs. Bush had nothing but warm wishes and kind words to say about the current First Lady during an interview with CNN in November of 2017.</p>
<p>&#8220;I just think she&#8217;s done a lovely job,&#8221; Mrs. Bush <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pB0qAVno0s#action=share">said</a> of Mrs. Trump. &#8220;She&#8217;s a beautiful woman. She&#8217;s a wonderful representative for the United States.&#8221;</p>
<p>Last month, former First Lady Obama said she extended an invitation to help Mrs. Trump if she ever needed advice, but has yet to hear from her. The Washington Examiner <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/michelle-obama-melania-trump-never-reached-out-to-me-for-advice">reports</a>:</p>
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<p><em>Michelle Obama said first lady Melania Trump has never reached out to her for advice, even after Obama extended an invitation as her predecessor Laura Bush did.</em></p>
<p><em>Obama told ABC News in an interview that aired Sunday that Trump has not asked for any help since the Obamas left the White House in January 2017.</em></p>
<p><em>&#8220;No, she hasn&#8217;t,&#8221; Obama said when asked if Trump reached out to her at all.</em></p>
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<p>Grisham swatted away any criticism of Mrs. Trump, stating, &#8220;Mrs. Trump is a strong and independent woman who has been navigating her role as first lady in her own way. When she needs advice on any issue, she seeks it from her professional team within the White House.&#8221;</p>
<p>Twice-failed presidential candidate and former First Lady Hillary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/39076/watch-bitter-hillary-clinton-snubs-melania-trump-ryan-saavedra">appeared</a> to snub Mrs. Trump at the Bush funeral on Wednesday.</p>
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All Class: Laura Bush’s Sweet Message To Melania Trump

<p>White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders fired back at former First Lady Laura Bush on Monday over her recent criticisms of the current administration&#8217;s &#8220;zero tolerance&#8221; policy.</p>
<p>Sanders pointed out how the current separation of children from their families at the border is the result of actions taken by prior administrations, specifically Bush&#8217;s husband, George W. Bush.</p>
<p>&#8220;Frankly this law was actually signed into effect in 2008 under her husband&#8217;s leadership. Not under this administration,&#8221; Sanders shot back in response to Bush&#8217;s recent op-ed.</p>
<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re not the ones responsible for creating this problem. We&#8217;ve inherited it,&#8221; Sanders continued. &#8220;But we&#8217;re actually the first administration stepping up and trying to fix it.&#8221;</p>
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WATCH: Sarah Sanders Torches Laura Bush For Attacking Trump Admin On Child Separation Issue

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<p>Businesswoman and author Callista Gingrich continues her <em>Ellis The Elephan</em>t series of children&#8217;s books in this whimsical story <em>Remember The Ladies</em> which highlights several First Ladies throughout American history. It is currently available for pre-order on Amazon and available in bookstores October 10. </p>
<p>Similar to previous books in the series, Ellis travels through history where he learns about the wives of several presidents, including Martha Washington, Dolley Madison, Mary Todd Lincoln, Jackie Kennedy, Laura Bush, and several others. Ellis learns how each First Lady played a pivotal role in their husband&#8217;s administration. For instance, Ellis witnesses Nancy Reagan&#8217;s &#8220;Just Say No&#8221; anti-drug campaign. </p>
<p>The author does a great job of taking Ellis on a rhyming adventure through history starting with Washington and ending with Michelle Obama. It has some interesting historical facts, but it does not get so deep that a child would not understand what the story is saying. It is engaging and non-partisan, focusing on the accomplishments of each First Lady. </p>
<p>It is well illustrated by Susan Arciero who has drawn the artwork for previous <em>Ellis the Elephant</em> books and does a great job bringing the story to life. </p>
<p>Callista Gingrich is the author of previous <em>Ellis the Elephant</em> books including <em>Sweet Land of Liberty, Land of the Pilgrims&#8217; Pride, Yankee Doodle Dandy, From Sea to Shining Sea, Christmas in America</em>, and <em>Hail to the Chief</em>. She also co-wrote <em>Rediscovering God in America</em> and <em>Ronald Reagan: Rendezvous with Destiny</em> with her husband, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich.</p>
<p>She is currently President Trump&#8217;s nominee to serve as United States Ambassador to the Holy See in Vatican City. </p>


Book Review: Remember The Ladies By Callista Gingrich

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<p>On Saturday, former president George W. Bush and former first lady Laura Bush <a href="http://people.com/politics/george-laura-bush-70th-birthday-celebration/">celebrated</a> their 70th birthdays together in Crawford, Texas.</p>
<p>President Bush&#8217;s birthday was July 6, and Laura&#8217;s is on November 4.</p>
<p>Some of the attendees included former commerce secretary Donald Evans, Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones, and Ross Perot Jr., the son of H. Ross Perot. George Strait performed, and sang &#8220;Happy Birthday,&#8221; per People. Typical of Bush&#8217;s down-home style, he wore jeans, a western-style shirt and a prominent belt buckle.</p>
<p>The dinner <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3873144/Inside-George-W-Bush-Laura-s-joint-70th-birthday-party-Prairie-Chapel-Ranch.html">included</a> an avocado and grapefruit salad, Mesquite smoked peppered beef tenderloin, Southern fried catfish, roasted corn and poblano pudding, bourbon carrots, and cheddar and black pepper biscuits. The dessert was a Texas chocolate sheet cake.</p>
<p>Bush also invited guests to his art studio at the ranch, dubbed Studio 43, where he works on his paintings.</p>
<p>Laura Bush was working as a librarian in the Austin Independent School District when she met George in 1977; their friends Joe and Jan O&#8217;Neill invited them to a barbecue. They were married in November 1977 at the First United Methodist Church in Midland, where she had been baptized. She wore a tan, two-toned dress she had bought off the rack.</p>
<p>George W. Bush later called his proposal to his wife the &#8220;best decision of my life.&#8221; Laura, an only child, said she gained &#8220;brothers and sisters and wonderful in-laws&#8221; and made her feel part of the family.</p>


George And Laura Bush Celebrate Their 70th Birthdays

<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t ask,&#8221; said former First Lady Laura Bush when asked if she would vote for Donald Trump if he were to become the GOP presidential nominee.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not going to answer,&#8221; Mrs. Bush <a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/273366-laura-bush-dont-ask-if-im-voting-for-trump">told</a> <em>USA Today&#8217;s </em>&#8220;Capital Download&#8221; host Susan Page.  &#8220;Don&#8217;t ask that,&#8221; she added, shutting down the question regarding the controversial frontrunner.</p>
<p>Mrs. Bush has stayed generally quiet regarding political matters, as has her husband, former President Bush, since stepping out of the White House. But as Mrs. Bush has made her way into the media recently, promoting the new book <em>We Are Afghan Women</em>, she has received her share of questions about The Donald, as one might suspect.</p>
<p>The former First Lady said that she is currently &#8220;uncommitted&#8221; to a presidential candidate since her brother-in-law Jeb! Bush suspended his campaign.</p>
<p>&#8220;We got off the sidelines for Jeb,&#8221; said Mrs. Bush of herself and her husband. &#8220;He was our candidate.&#8221;</p>
<p>Mrs. Bush, typically cautious of making political waves, added some commentary about the value of religious freedom in the United States. </p>
<p>&#8220;One of the reasons we&#8217;re a country is because we believe in freedom of religion,&#8221; said Mrs. Bush. &#8220;We believe that people could be religious.</p>
<p>&#8220;They could choose any religion that they wanted to, or they could not worship, if they didn&#8217;t want to,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;We don&#8217;t have any religious test in the United States. And that&#8217;s what we need to remember. We need to remember what our values are.&#8221;</p>
<p>The former First Lady added a note of caution regarding potential isolationism and apathy: &#8220;We have a tendency in the United States, and it&#8217;s happened in other times in our history, to become sort of isolationist and xenophobic and, you know, we&#8217;re just going to stay here together and not pay attention to the rest of the world. It&#8217;s something we have to pay attention to now because our world is so small. It&#8217;s important for us &#8212; even though we&#8217;ve gone through these stages many other times in our history &#8212; to pay attention to the rest of the world.&#8221;</p>
<p>On Monday, <em>The Daily Wire</em> noted that during a recent interview with <em>Today Show</em> host Savannah Guthrie, Mrs. Bush gave similarly evasive answers when asked about the current primary, <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/news/4111/heres-what-laura-bush-had-say-about-2016-race-amanda-prestigiacomo">stating</a> that she was &#8220;full of opinions&#8221; which she did not care to share.</p>


Will Laura Bush Vote For Trump? Here’s Her Answer.

<p>On Monday morning, former First Lady Laura Bush <a href="http://www.today.com/news/laura-bush-george-i-are-watching-race-much-interest-sidelines-t79866">spoke</a> to Today Show host Savannah Guthrie about the new, moving book, &#8220;We Are Afghan Women.&#8221; Mrs. Bush, almost always coy when it comes to weighing in on political matters, much like her husband has been since the moment he walked out of the White House, divulged some small details about the current political bloodbath on both sides of the aisle: now that her brother-in-law is out of the race, she and Mr. Bush are now &#8220;watching from the sidelines&#8221; although she is &#8220;full of opinions&#8221; about the tense primary.</p>
<p>&#8220;Jeb would have made a great president,&#8221; said Mrs. Bush when asked by Guthrie about the primary. &#8220;I&#8217;m sad that Jeb is out of it&#8230; I think he would have been a great president, but George and I are watching with much interest from form the sidelines. As you know, George is really determined not to make remarks about politics and so we are back to that side.&#8221;</p>
<p>President Bush has been notoriously quiet since leaving the White House, almost never commenting on President Obama&#8217;s rocky tenure and incessant Bush-blaming.</p>
<p>Guthrie, after stating how obviously intense this primary season has been, followed up: &#8220;I imagine you&#8217;re full of opinions.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I am full of opinions, but I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ll tell them to you today,&#8221; said Mrs. Bush in typically evasive and classy Laura-fashion.</p>
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<p>On Thursday, Mrs. Bush spoke to former Bush press secretary and Fox News contributor Dana Perino to discuss &#8220;We Are Afghan Women&#8221; at length. <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/03/10/former-first-lady-laura-bush-talks-with-dana-perino-about-new-book-are-afghan-women.html">Click here</a> for the complete, important interview.</p>


Here’s What Laura Bush Had To Say About The 2016 Race

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