*Bush* re: 9/11 "But the day ended on a relatively humorous note." [View All]

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Read how "moved" the *Bushes* were in a 2003 interview with Peggy Noonan for Ladies Home Journal - read how they laughed themselves to sleep while the rest of the nation was in tears.

The mockery of his "tributes" on the 5th Anniversary, not quite the same as the humor they recalled in 2003.

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Noonan: Have you seen your husband grow since September 11th?

Mrs. Bush: Sure. In a lot of ways we've grown up together, not just since September 11th, but since we married. But there's a certain seriousness in September 11th. When somebody you love takes this job, you always know there's a risk you're going to face really difficult times, and of course, we couldn't have predicted what we had to face, but you know that's a possibility.

Noonan: You were separated on September 11th. What was it like when you saw each other again?

Mrs. Bush: Well, we just hugged. I think there was a certain amount of security in being with each other than being apart.

President Bush: But the day ended on a relatively humorous note. The agents said, "You'll be sleeping downstairs. Washington's still a dangerous place." And I said no, I can't sleep down there, the bed didn't look comfortable. I was really tired, Laura was tired, we like our own bed. We like our own routine. You know, kind of a nester. Like the way things are. I knew I had to deal with the issue the next day and provide strength and comfort to the country, and so I needed rest in order to be mentally prepared. So I told the agent we're going upstairs, and he reluctantly said okay. Laura wears contacts, and she was sound asleep. Barney was there. And the agent comes running up and says, "We're under attack. We need you downstairs," and so there we go. I'm in my running shorts and my T-shirt, and I'm barefooted. Got the dog in one hand, Laura had a cat, I'm holding Laura --

Mrs. Bush: I don't have my contacts in, and I'm in my fuzzy house slippers --

President Bush: And this guy's out of breath, and we're heading straight down to the basement because there's an incoming unidentified airplane, which is coming toward the White House. Then the guy says it's a friendly airplane. And we hustle all the way back upstairs and go to bed.

Mrs. Bush: (laughs) And we just lay there thinking about the way we must have looked.

Noonan: So the day starts in tragedy and ends in Marx Brothers.

President Bush: That's right -- we got a laugh out of it.

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Ladies Home Journal

I originally was made aware of this interview when elehhhhna posted it http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1320507

And Peter Dauo of Salon gives kudos to DU

Democratic Underground has dug up a jaw-dropping 2003 Ladies' Home Journal interview with the Bushes. Salon

They say never forget 9/11, I agree but add to my reverence a promise that I will never let them forget their mockery and how they have used 9/11 for their political gain. After reading this interview, do you think he sincerely cares?


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