Laura Bush took up smoking during campaign

[BernieBear]

Election campaign got Laura Bush smoking!

ANI< MONDAY, NOVEMBER 08, 2004 08:43:08 PM >

NEW YORK: George Bush' election campaign got his wife Laura so stressed out that she, who had quit smoking, went back to her chain-smoking ways.


"Absolutely no one was allowed to see her smoking. At events where she appeared, there had to be a room off to the side where she could close the door and chain-smoke before and after she spoke," New York Daily News quoted an insider as saying.

However, a spokesperson for the First Lady's office insisted that Mrs. Bush did not use a smoking room at appearances.

I don't know why I find this interesting, but I do, BB

[PretzelWarrior]

1. it fits. because clearly "DUBYA" went back to drinking.

and snorting lines.

[atommom]

2. If I had to campaign with GW, I'd have to smoke something a little

stronger! Blech.

[FM Arouet666]

3. Who was she smoking?

:evilgrin:

[seraph]

4. What? Crack? Figures. (nt)

[hollywood926]

5. Laura and I have something in common....

I bought a pack on election night and smoked the whole thing. Hadn't smoked in ages! Bush is killing me in so many ways.

[GR]

6. Pat Nixon Smoked And Her Husband Also Committed High Crimes...

and misdemeanors...Can the parallels please continue...

[formernaderite]

11. So did Jackie O....why is this fascinating?

eom

[BiggJawn]

17. Because we were SO "un-enlightened" back in Jackie's day.

Why, smoking was (gasp!)RESPECTABLE!

Even you DOCTOR smoked! In his OFFICE! While he was talking to you!

But that was THEN, this is NOW. You can be fined someplaces for smoking in your backyard.

[LearnedHand]

7. More evidence of her stunning morality

:mad:

[leesa]

8. Good. I hope little malignancies are sprouting now!

[NoPasaran]

9. Yeah? Well so did I!

Another month and I'd have been shooting smack.

[Imalittleteapot]

10. Now I have 3 things in common with Laura.

LIving in Texas.
Married to a Republican.
Smoking.

[antonialee839]

16. You know I felt like having a cigarette at four in the morning

after the election, but I refused to let that little shit send me back to tobacco, after almost a year and half smoke free.

[Lefty48197]

18. Teapot, I've established an underground railroad for those in your

predicament. DU Mail me for a ticket.

[PartyPooper]

12. I'll just bet they let her smoke in the White House, Camp David, and AF1!

So much for courtesy to non-smokers!

BTW, I'm a smoker...but, I don't do the things she obviously is allowed to get away with.

If she drinks, I don't blame her, look who she's married to! I'd drink (a lot more) if I was married to the chimp, too.

But, she should go outside on the Truman balcony to smoke!

Just my 2¢ worth.

:smoke:

[Cleita]

13. Yeah, I'd need more than cigarettes to cope

with her life.

[LizW]

14. Why hide and smoke?

Is she ashamed of this? I would think it would be appealing to the "regular folks".

[BiggJawn]

15. Shit, the campaign didn't make ME start smoking again...

And I don't have the benefit of a Xanax ration like Pickles does.

Who's more moral now?

"NO-ONE is allowed to see the First Stepford doing her Buick impression!"

[PatriotGames]

19. What? The horrors! Where are her values?