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Barbara Bush Makes A PSA Supporting Gay Marriage

Kate Torgovnick/Kate-Book.comFebruary 1, 2011 //


Barbara Bush is best known for getting busted trying to use a fake ID while her papa was still in the White House. But with this new public service announcement supporting gay marriage, she may just change that. Barbara now lives in New York and is the president of a health nonprofit, Global Health Corps. And is it just me, or does she have really pretty blue eyes? Her mom, Laura Bush, is also an advocate for gay marriage. Could you guys not have decided this when you lived at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and had a little more sway? [Newser] Keep reading »

Barbara Bush Didn’t Show Dubya A Fetus In A Jar — The Maid Did, Silly

Jessica WakemanNovember 23, 2010 //


Fresh off of telling Sarah Palin to stay up in Alaska, former First Lady Barbara Bush set the record straight with Larry King about her son’s bizarro “fetus in a jar” story in his new memoir, Decisions Points. Keep reading »

Barbara Bush Won’t Be Voting For Sarah Palin

Kate Torgovnick/Kate-Book.comNovember 22, 2010 //

“I thought she was beautiful. And she’s very happy in Alaska. I hope she’ll stay there.”

—Former First Lady Barbara Bush tells Larry King her thoughts on watching “Sarah Palin’s Alaska.” [People] Keep reading »

Today’s Lady News: Why George W. Bush Opposes Abortion

Jessica WakemanNovember 8, 2010 //
  • In an interview with Matt Lauer, President George W. Bush said that he became anti-abortion when his mother, Barbara Bush, showed him a fetus in a jar that she had just miscarried. A fetus in a jar, people! Dubya wrote about the incident in his new memoir, Decision Points, and told Lauer, “There’s no question that affected me, a philosophy that we should respect life.” He drove his mother to the hospital after the miscarriage and she gave him permission to recount this story in his memoirs. [Telegraph UK]
  • Actress Jill Clayburgh, who portrayed strong, feminist women onscreen, passed away on Friday at the age of 66. She received an Oscar nomination for 1978′s “An Unmarried Woman” about a woman who puts her life back together after her husband leaves her. [New York Times]
  • CNN covered the #ihadanabortion hashtag on Twitter, just like we did! [CNN]

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Quick Pic: C’mon, Barbara, Gives Us A Little Smile

Annika HarrisSeptember 14, 2009 //

Barbara Bush‘s boring outfit appears to match her mood at the Lela Rose Spring 2010 fashion show. [NYC, 9/13/09] Keep reading »

Buck-Wild Bushes: Secret Service Agents Dish About The Bush Twins In A Tell-All

Daniela GuernicaJuly 20, 2009 //

At first glance, Jenna and Barbara Bush look like polite and proper daughters standing with their presidential parents, Laura and George W. But apparently the wholesome twosome were quite a rebellious pair. A new tell-all book reveals that Jenna and Barbara annoyed the bejeezus out of their secret service agents. And, sheesh, you know it’s bad when secret service agents start talking. A good portion of Ronald Kessler’s book, In the President’s Secret Service: Behind the Scenes With Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect, which will hit bookstores next month, is dedicated to the girls’ various escape methods and the wild goose chases they led their agents on. Not to mention the girls’ many public faux paus cleaned up by agents—most notably protecting Jenna after her drunk-off-his-ass fiancé started a fight in a bar. A former Washington Post reporter, Kessler documents the Bushies’ entertaining past while he looks into the Obama’s secret service present. Somehow I just don’t think protecting Sasha and Malia will be as tiring. Too much “Hannah Montana” is probably their biggest worry. [New York Post] Keep reading »

The Daily Squeeze: Hugh Jackman Half-Naked, First Ladies, And Professional Chocolate Tasting

Catherine StrawnNovember 26, 2008 //
  • If you’re at all interested in seeing Hugh Jackman’s bare chest, you should go see “Australia” this weekend. [NY Mag]
  • First lady Laura Bush is planning to write a memoir and is shopping the idea around to various publishers. According to AP, books from recent first ladies have a more dependable commercial appeal than those written by former presidents. [AP]

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