>Doug wrote:
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>...were really rude! They said nothing positive about their dad's
>policies and made fun of grandma.
worthy of mom and dad. imagine saying they had to explain to shrub about being "young and irresponsible."
JEN & BARB: MORE GAFFES THAN LAUGHS
By KENNETH LOVETT
September 1, 2004 -- The Bush twins made their national television debut last night — with a string of weak one-liners that drew cringes from the crowd and at one point brought a soft rebuke from their grandparents.
The twins, Barbara and Jenna Bush, had the job of introducing President Bush, who in turn introduced First Lady Laura Bush.
For much of their brief time on stage, the twins seemed to amuse themselves more than the crowd.
Some delegates in Madison Square Garden seemed startled when Jenna Bush accused her beloved grandmother Barbara of being too opinionated, hating their clothes and being out of touch with pop culture.
"She thinks, 'Sex and the City' is something married people do, but never talk about," Jenna said.
President George H. W. Bush smiled and wagged his finger at his granddaughter, as if to say "shame."
Jenna Bush also poked fun at the first daughters' penchant for making headlines, including highly publicized underage drinking incidents.
"We spent the last four years trying to stay out of the spotlight," she said. "Sometimes we did a little better than others. We kept trying to explain to Dad that when we were young and irresponsible. Well, we were young and irresponsible."
Barbara noted that "when your dad's a Republican and you go to Yale, you learn to stand up for yourself. So I knew I wasn't quite ready to be president — but No. 2 sounded good. Who is this man they call Dick Cheney."
Cheney stared back stone-faced.
They also referenced a speech given at the Democratic convention by the daughters of their father's opponent, John Kerry, by saying they, too, had a hamster. But unlike in the Kerry household, where the presidential candidate jumped into the water to save the family pet, "let's just say ours didn't make it," Barbara Bush said.
The world now also knows that President Bush and his wife call each other "Bushie" and that the first couple know the difference between the kissing disease mono and U2 frontman singer Bono — and they're hip to the hip-hop duo OutKast.
"And, if we really beg them, they will even 'Shake it Like a Polaroid Picture,' " said Jenna.
http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/27895.htm
go girls. doesn't look like they'll be groomed for office soon.
R
><http://abcnews.go.com/sections/politics/TheNote/TheNote.html>
>
> >Republican National Convention: the twins:
> >
> >What did Barbara and Jenna Bush do after their (not terribly
> >well-received) convention debut?
> >
> >They displaced a group of hard-partying television producers at
> >Whiskey Bar on Sixth Avenue.
> >
> >The Secret Service came in and checked out the place and told this
> >group of producers that Jenna was coming in.
> >
> >"Then we were all asked to move so she could take our section," said one.
> >
> >Jenna was still wearing her outfit from the convention and sat down
> >with six gentlemen, all dressed in suits and very clean cut.
> >
> >Barbara Bush entered a short while later with an entourage of about
> >12-15 young girls and guys.
> >
> >Ann Gerhart of the Washington Post reviews the Bush Twins'
> >performance introducing their parents last night. LINK
> >
> >"Their appearance, said CNN political commentator Jeff Greenfield,
> >'was frankly, the one disappointing moment in the evening.' He
> >predicted that 'whoever wrote that material will be walking the
> >coast" in Alaska." LINK
> >
> >The Bush girls get panned in the Los Angeles Times. LINK
> >
> >And in the New York Post too: "The Bush twins made their national
> >television debut last night - with a string of weak one-liners that
> >drew cringes from the crowd and at one point brought a soft rebuke
> >from their grandparents." LINK
> >
> >The New York Times' Jodi Wilgoren writes that the twins were
> >"notably underdressed" for their convention speech. LINK
> >
> >The Boston Globe has started "Twinspoting." LINK