President Bush's WMD
By Irwin N. Graulich (01/28/04)
You gotta hand it to those Bushes. They sure know how to marry. Barbara Bush outclassed her husband during his presidency in virtually every arena, especially wisdom and truth.
But, it is Barbara's eldest son who truly displayed great skills in this most important of decisions. Although George W. is not a bad looking guy, for him to snag a "Laura Bush" as his marital catch, can only mean there was probably some divine intervention in his life. This queen of the White House happens to be the total package.
America has been quite fortunate to have been blessed with some remarkable first ladies in recent years including Eleanor Roosevelt and Jacqueline Kennedy. By overstepping her bounds with a hand in health care and prescription drugs, only Hillary Rodham Clinton became the "fly in the ointment" First Lady, seemingly switching roles with Vice President Gore.
The truly great individual, whether overqualified or not, takes their duties seriously by understanding all that is necessary to accomplish the required tasks. Going too far beyond the enterprise is to compromise one's dignity. First ladies like Eleanor and Jackie were quite confident in their own abilities and did not need to prove themselves to anyone.
Cool, confident and and without the usual feminist baggage, Mrs. Laura Bush comfortably assumed the key role of making the nation look great. She is the ultimate representative who looks, acts, dresses and speaks the part, as if she were placed in 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue by central casting/Hollywood. A real lady with a vision. She even molded her husband, who was probably headed for mediocrity into stardom.
Under Laura's watchful eye, George W. became "all the right stuff" that makes a commander-in-chief. The greatest asset of President Bush II is his wife, not his record. The greatest liabilities of the two leading Democratic candidates are their wives.
John Kerry attempts to hide his highly opinionated, rather dour socialite heiress. Being born into 57 varieties of ketchup gives a person a false sense of achievement, coupled with supreme arrogance. Howard Dean's physician/mate, Judy, a "yenta" from New York, apparently wants to be seen with him as little as possible. It is no wonder since they cannot even agree on choosing a religion together, not an insignificant matter.
In selecting a president, Americans look at the total package. Many times the decision comes right down to the first lady which is the reason only one bachelor has every been elected president. In more recent times, no unmarried man has even come close. The American electorate is very wise and understands that if a man is able to select an outstanding and remarkable lifetime partner, he can certainly defeat terrorism, deal with health care and spur the economy.
The public is much smarter than all the professional television pundits, editorial writers and pollsters. The general population realizes that the actual differences in the major issues from social security to Iraq are not as great as Tom Brokaw or Peter Jennings seem to think. Of course, it is easy to poke holes in any Democrat or Republican political position, especially after 4 years of law school and a few election campaigns under your belt.
The Democratic candidates should be more worried about the President's WMD and not Saddam's missing arsenal. In this election, the decision will come down to the Wife of Mass Differential and George W. Bush's better half, with her dignity and elegance, was an extraordinarily fine choice as the ultimate "First" representative.
Unfortunately, John Kerry and Howard Dean did not fare nearly as well.
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