Former First Lady Barbara Bush said she suspected many voters know her son is the type to keep his promises. "They know he'll keep them in real life or his mother will come get him."

Oct. 19th, 2000
Lansing, MI

Bush hopes distance and distractions
will allow tidy conclusion to his cruelty

THE W IS FOR WHUPPIN'!

"The women involved in this tour will discuss what the future holds for all women under a President Bush."

Bush/Cheney
Press Release

"I get it. I know what independent
women are," said Barbara Bush.

"George has made the Republicans more inclusive. We had pro-life and pro-choice people speak at our convention. How many pro-life people spoke at the Democratic convention,'' asked Barbara Bush.

Laura Bush said, "Women want to know and be assured they will be at the table in a Bush administration."

Barbara Bush spoke about her son in a folksy style, saying that he knows about "kitchen table issues" and surrounded himself with strong women.

Earlier in the day, the GOP women said the abortion issue shouldn't stop women from supporting him. "I am pro-choice; I don't have the same concept of the issue as George W. Bush but I am all for him," said U. S. Rep. Judy Biggert (R-Ill).

"I don't like lying."

Barbara Bush

"The five conservative Justices essentially ruled that the sanctity of dates, even meaningless ones, mattered more than the sanctity of votes, even meaningful ones. The Rehnquist Court now has its legacy: In calendars we trust." columnist Thomas Friedman