They closed by telling the Obama
daughters that the now ex-President "is our father, not
the sketch in a paper or part of a skit on TV. Many people will
think they know him, but they have no idea how he felt the day you
were born, the pride he felt on your first day of school, or how
much you both love being his daughters. So here is our most
important piece of advice: remember who your dad really is.".
[January
20, 2008] Back in 2005, I created this page after seeing that there
was a demand for pictures of and commentary on the Bush Twins.
(Initially, there was just a single picture of them on a page about
the
theft of the 2004 election.) I am thinking of getting rid of my
Bush Twins material, since they never were very relevant and now that
their dad is no longer President, they are totally irrelevant—
although Jenna has become a
somewhat successful children's book author.
But, instead I will leave it up for a while longer, but in shortened
form.
I also still have four additional Bush Twins-related pages:
Barbara and Jenna Bush are two seemingly likeable young ladies who
happen to be Bush
II's and Laura Bush's daughters. Barbara is the brunette and
Jenna is the blonde. Confusingly, Barbara is the one who doesn't look
exactly like her famous grandmother
by the same name .
Barbara is the quiet and serious twin, and she was also the one
who hit the jackpot in the college-admissions lottery by landing a
slot at Yale. Jenna is a boisterous fun-loving blonde, and she went
to a school which is significantly farther down the admissions food
chain than Yale, but ironically she is the smarter one. Jenna,
who was the most
laughed-at member of the Bush family, ironically turned out to be the
only Bush (aside from Condoleeza Rice) who has a career in public
life left at the end of her father 's Reign
of Error.
She grew up into a respected author and teacher. Barbara is something
of a mystery woman: according to the The
Wall Street Journal
she is working for a very low-profile organization called the Global
Health Corps (not to be
confused with the world-famous Global
Health Council.)
For some reason it troubled me that Jenna & Barbara were not
in the service. Their father's war in Iraq has been going on for
almost six years now (and the 9/11 attacks happened way back in
2001.) During these years, neither Jenna nor Barbara have ever been
moved to volunteer for the military. Over 4,500 members of their
generation (and that's just the official count of US troops only)
have lost their lives in Iraq. (Click
here for the complete list of fallen troops, courtesy of
Icasualties.Org.) Jenna and Barbara are, nevertheless,
patriots who have resolutely and consistently supported their
father's quest to impose Dick
Cheney's and General
Betrayus's version of freedom and democracy on the rest of the
world (and to protect our oil supply.)
The Twins stayed out of the spotlight during their father's first
term in office (aside from a few episodes of underage drinking) and
they remained apolitical till
the 2004 campaign, which they did actively participate in. On
August 31, 2004, the Twins electrified the nation and the whole world
with their
address to the 2004 Republican National Convention. This speech—
which established them as the exemplars of a new generation of
American leaders— was instantly recognized as one of the most
historic convention speeches of all time— right up there with
William Jennings Bryan's "Cross
of Gold Speech" or even Newt
Gingrich's "Beach
Volleyball Speech."
In the fall of 2006, Jenna actually became the subject of
conspiracy theories. She was allegedly sent to the remote South
American republic of Paraguay to negotiate the Bush family's purchase
of a huge ranch which would be her father's sanctuary after he flees
the country to avoid prosecution for his crimes. The White House
actually admitted that she was in Paraguay, but they claimed she was
there to Trick
or Treat for Unicef .
In late November 2006, both twins were sighted in Argentina, where
they enjoyed a rather bizarre vacation in Buenos Aires. It is not
clear exactly what happened, but we do know for certain that one of
their Secret Service agents was mugged while cruising the local gay
bar district. Even more oddly, a thief managed to steal Barbara's
purse and cellphone while they were having dinner. And, in a not
overly convincing attempt to dispel rumors that the the US embassy in
Buenos Aires had asked the girls to leave the country, the embassy's
press office felt compelled to issue a statement that "The
Embassy welcomes the visit and has provided close support and
cooperation."
We never heard anything more about Jenna's trip to Paraguay, but
her travels to the similarly-named Latin American country of Panama
inspired a book entitled Ana's
Story: A Journey of Hope.
This is a non-fiction young-adult book about a teenaged single mother
with AIDS. Jenna signed a presumably lucrative book contract with
HarperCollins
(which is owned by Rupert Murdoch, who also owns FauxNews.)
Jenna later wrote a second children's book, collaborating with her
mother and the
illustrator Denise Brunkus:Read
All About It!
On August 16, 2007, Jenna announced her engagement to Henry Hager.I got at least 17,500 extra hits (about six months worth
of normal traffic) the day the engagement was announced. I found out
about this event only after casually looking at my Sitemeter
log, which looked like DailyKos's,
with hits coming in every second.
Henry Hager is a heroic young patriot who supported the war effort
by serving as an
aide to Karl Rove before recently going back to grad school. He
is a young MBA who made a huge sacrifice by serving under Rove. He
could have taken a lucrative job as a consultant or banker, but
instead he toiled long hours fighting for freedom, making a humble
GS-11 salary (barely even $60,000/year.) Hager
was, most noteably, one of the courageous young men and women who
toiled beside Rove in the Situation Room of the basement of the White
House during the Hurricane
Katrina crisis,
documenting the errors made by the liberal Democrats in Louisiana.
If she had chosen to be married at the White House, she would have
been the first White House bride since Tricia
Nixon. However, she decided to have her
wedding at her parents' ranch in Crawford, Texas, on May 10, 2008.
The last child of a sitting President to get married was Jenna's aunt
Doro Bush, who had a small ceremony at Camp David near the end of
Bush I's reign. (That was her second marriage, so the wedding wasn't
a big deal, even though second marriages tend to be the happiest.)
Jenna
was in the news a lot in the spring of 2008— not because of the
wedding,
though. Oh no, of course not! Her wedding was a strictly private
affair at her
parents' ranch.
No, Jenna was in the news
because she and her mother were promoting their new book entitled
Read
All About It!
This is the inspirational story of Tyrone, a little boy who is a math
and science whiz (and presumably tests
well) but who thinks he
hates reading.
September
29. 2007 Washington Post story: "Jenna's Story: A
New Author Steps Forth" by Bob Thompson. Jenna wants to talk
about the book, but she answers questions about many other topics—
even the War
in Iraq. About the war, she says, "Nobody wants war, I
definitely, and my father definitely doesn't want war. But it's a
horribly complicated situation." She goes on to say, "I
can say it's devastating... I think everybody can agree on
that." And, even though she is not in the military, she make
the point that (unlike her sister) she has been involved in
non-military public service as an educator.
October
11, 2007 Time Magazine "Ten Questions" column:
Jenna fended off the question of why she and Barbara aren't in the
military by stating, "there are many ways to serve our country,
and I think my skills are better suited for teaching and
representing the U.S. in Latin America through UNICEF. I respect the
men and women of our country who are over there fighting. It is an
unbelievably selfless thing to do. But if people really thought
about it, they would know it's not even a practical question."
[January
20, 2008] Back in 2005, I created this page after seeing that there
was a demand for pictures of and commentary on the Bush Twins.
(Initially, there was just a single picture of them on a page about
But, instead I will leave it up for a while longer, but in shortened
form.
She grew up into a respected author and teacher. Barbara is something
of a mystery woman: according to the 
This is a non-fiction young-adult book about a teenaged single mother
with AIDS. Jenna signed a presumably lucrative book contract with
