Pickles moved out of the White House...three weeks ago!

[kay1864]

Or so says Ted Casablanca of E! Online:

Apr 19, 2007
This distresses me quite a bit. You know how I adore Prez Dubya so. Yes, you do—as I’ve utterly applauded his actions in Iraq for eons. Just love how he’s got us over there killing people (them and us), occupying a country we have no biz being in. But, alas, this is a gossip column, people want to laugh and point fingers, I keep forgetting.

So, let’s aim a few digits at ol’ Georgey-Porgey himself! This too-fun-fer e-words begins with the following quote:

“She's staying at the Hay-Adams. I don't know how many people know...but it's probably not many.”

That’s my Desk DeeCee, hard at busybody work, informing me further of what this column has more than hinted at before: that the U.S. Chief of Grief, George W. Bush, has a wife (by the name of Laura, ‘course) who’s so damn put out by the teetotaling Texan’s return to drinking that she had to get outta the White House. Woo-hoo! That be first-class First Lady dish there, my darlin’ gossip lovers!

“She just couldn’t take it anymore,” whispered a former White House staffer who remains superclose to Miz Bush. “She’s had it.”

Like most of the rest of Bush’s constituents haven’t?

Kinda weird, though, as Laura-doll reportedly used to smoke fags, ya know. But whatev, guess she got squeaky clean and expects her hub-unit to do likewise (would it mean he’d get us the hell outta Iraq, already?). You go, barely elected girlfriend!


Apr 23, 2007
Mare-Kin Tragedy?
Just as disgusting, mind you, is the story of domesticated ruinous romance I ran last week. I mean, specifically, the inside dope I've been delivering regarding Laura Bush, First Lady of the U.Es., not exactly residing at the White House right now. Scuttlebutt being—according to prominent and knowledgeable Washington know-it-everythings—Laura moved into the ritzy Hay-Adams hotel, because she couldn't stand Dubya's drinkin' no more.

The White House refused comment. Repeatedly. Meaning, I called over. A lot. Most-heard excuse by moi was that everybody had "stepped out," so claimed "Sarah" from "Mrs. Bush's press office," as she identified herself.

I declare. Sarah, as well as the folks over at Mr. Bush's media corral, really do need to come to Hollywood for a quick course in how to best bulls--t during calls from journalists. "I can't reach Mrs. Bush right now," or even a simple, "I'll pass along your message," would have sufficed beautifully. Instead, Laura Bush's silence to my inquiries (yes, the First Lady is entitled to privacy, but hell, if she's checked out of 1600 Pennsylvania due to the leader of the free world's imbibing, that's news) combined with her spokesperson's nervous Nellie uttering, I smell somethin' bad.

Additionally, my trusty and, like, totally connected Desk DeeCee reports further 80-proof suspicions from Potomacville, regarding whether or not the Prez (who once abstained from alcohol) is drinking again:

Desk D.C. is one of those who hang and socialize at the White House. Desk Dee says fellow hangers and members there report that when they gab with G.W.B., "There is definite slurrage...not just the regular word mangling, eliding and grammar screwups when he speaks off the cuff, but real slurring in speeches and interviews."

Could any of this above crap have anything to do with why Bush keeps making hideous state decision after another, and I'm not just talkin' Iraq?

More at link:

http://www.eonline.com/gossip/awful/index.jsp?uuid=fa4fba31-6554-44b4-a7eb-629adfcf8ae6

and

http://www.congresscheck.com/archives/957 (3/16/07 Laura's "overnight trips to the Mayflower Hotel often coincide with the president’s drunken binges")

and

http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/analysis/127
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[NightWatcher]

1. a little birdie told me that her security staff had been seen carrying luggage

out of the white house a few months ago. Plus she is not happy when she has to put in appearances with chimpy.

[Eurobabe]

19. maybe she'll flip if they offer her immunity. n/t

[babylonsister]

63. ...

:spray:

[Missy Vixen]

2. If he's binging, he should not be in office

Period.

He's unfit.

Julie

[bdamomma]

18. unfit and unstable.

boy, what are they holding over her head??? Can you imagine if she spilled the beans about her husband??? it would save us and this country.

[cascadiance]

22. Maybe she's out being reprogrammed! :)

[Silence Dogood]

101. We heard it's because he's binging Condi

Didn't you hear the crack about how she and Condi had to talk little G into white tie and tails for the QE dinner?

[BonnieJW]

41. Save us????

It would be Pres. Cheney. Makes me sick to type that.

[bdamomma]

42. if one goes, he could go too, he has committed enough crimes

also.

[LiberalFighter]

52. Probably not much different than King George III who had fits of insanity

[bananarepublican]

99. Don't worry, maybe Cheney has taken control of the launch codes! n/t

[jmowreader]

36. He's unfit even if he's NOT binging

I wonder just how much of the "I'm stayin' the course even if Laura and Barney are the only ones who still support me" has to do with the fact that Laura is obviously NOT supporting him anymore.

[Marnieworld]

118. And no one has asked Barney!

:D

[ellacott]

3. This was also reported last year n/t

[kay1864]

6. Link please? n/t

[ellacott]

10. You guys have to stop asking about links so much

It was reported sometime ago and talked about on Randi Rhodes show when it was published. I have no idea of what the link would be. We don't always keep links handy to everything we heard.

[kay1864]

12. No need to be nasty about it

"reported last year" doesn't make searching very easy, now does it?

A simple "Sorry, I don't have a link, but it was reported on Randi Rhodes" would have sufficed.

:eyes:

[ellacott]

15. So sorry, but I honestly wasn't trying to be nasty but if you took it that way

I do apologize. You guys are some of most sensitive people I've met.

I honestly do get annoyed with people always asking for links throughout the internets. Maybe it will make people think before asking this all the time.

[kay1864]

25. "We don't always keep links handy to everything we heard"

Yeah, that's not snarky. At. All.

Having a bad day, perhaps?

Sheesh. Next time I won't say "please".

[ellacott]

31. Whatever, I apologized if your feelings were hurt

Sheesh.

[kay1864]

34. No apology necessary, my feelings weren't hurt

Just trying to help you learn not to be nasty on DU. :hi:

[ellacott]

38. Then I wouldn't fit in with everybody else on DU

:hi:

Can't help how you perceive it. :)

[kay1864]

43. Maybe you should read the DU posting rules then

Newsflash: "everybody else" on DU isn't snarky or nasty to fellow DUers. Check the other posters on this thread, for example.

Can't help your lack of perception though. :-(

[ellacott]

46. Whatever

What's funny is that I'm usually not like this either. Maybe you bring something out in me. :)

[kay1864]

49. Me neither

You reap what you sow.

[ellacott]

50. Yes you do

Have a great day.

[kay1864]

54. Already having one, thanks!

[Maru Kitteh]

97. What a sorry show you made of yourself.

How petty, how small, how lazy. Do your own research if you are interested in disproving an assertion. Just because someone cannot cough up freely available web-based evidence at your demand does not prove or disprove anything they have said.

[kay1864]

104. Maybe you should re-read my posts

Since apparently you didn't comprehend them the first time around.

Didn't make "demands". Wasn't interested in "disproving an assertion".

How petty, how small, how lazy.

[havocmom]

105. Agree, Asking for links to last years news when there are search features

is a rude challenge rather than an honest, polite request.

As far as last year's speculation about Laura staying away from WH, I seem to recall the educated guess for that time was the Mayflower Hotel.

That might help those who need info to search up old news ;)

[kay1864]

106. Then tell me please...

How does one search on "This was also reported last year"?

Should I Google "this" or "last year" or both?

[havocmom]

108. You have a star, You can use the DU search for archives too

it was all over the place around here.

With the attitude you have displayed, it is unlikely anybody will do the work for you. People who ask without being snarky tend to get some positive responses. Just a tip, like you so helpfully gave up-thread. :rofl:

[kay1864]

109. Thanks for the tip

Until I read your posts, I didn't realize that "Link please" was snarky. Or a rude challenge.

:rofl:

[havocmom]

110. There's ways and then there are ways.

I am not the only one who took your responses to be rude

[kay1864]

112. True enough

You and one other DUer infer rudeness from "Link please". Nothing I can do about that.

[ellacott]

115. How about Laura Bush Hotel?

It's on the first page of google.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=laura+bush+hotel&btnG=Google+Search

That was the point I was trying to make. A search on this board with the same words may have gotten results also. My point and annoyance honestly was not meant to rude or snarky but I think we rely too much on asking people for links instead of making the effort to find them on our own.

[live love laugh]

91. "Yeah, that's not snarky. At. All. "

[Catherine Vincent]

35. Do you have a link for that annoyance?

:P

[ellacott]

44. I wish I did

I would put it in my signature. :)

[loudsue]

58. That's how we do our research on line. It's better than the way the "press" does it.

You look with a critical eye at the source of the article. Something that people in Washington DeeCee are loathe to do. The "unnamed sources" thing doesn't fly with people who are trying to get to the truth of the matter.

It makes for better, more accountable journalism. 99.9% of the press in DeeCee aught to try it sometime. Maybe we wouldn't be in this war, and maybe this country wouldn't be on its last leg if more of the "press" had tried it.

:kick::kick::kick:

[ellacott]

64. I totally agree

Not saying don't do research but at the same time it may not always be provided to you.

[tavalon]

79. If you say it and it isn"t an opinion

you need to cite it. That's netiquette and especially on a political wonk site like this. If you don't have a citation, feel free to let someone else post the information.

[Virginia Dare]

20. Plus, I think it was National Enquirer..n/t

[peaches2003]

75. The Globe

It is printed as a cover story in the supermarket tabloid The Globe almost every other week for months. They haven't been sued yet.

[goclark]

90. Absolutely, the tabloids have been running with it for months

Every time the tabloids said a word about Bill, there it was ~ all over the MSM.
Over and over and over again.

Why is it that even Democrats don't believe that it is fair to say what your own eyes see.


He has never stopped drinking,never.

He was drunk during the debates and he was sure drunk when he met the Queen.

But they give him a pass every time.

[badgerpup]

95. The National Enquirer...

DOES have a high Holy shit, Marge, getta loada this! factor, but when they print something about somebody they can usually back it up pretty good.

Lawsuits from pissed-off celebs and otherwise famous folk are REALLY spendy...even if the magazine 'wins'.

Re: Link Please...
"Some say (fill in a FAUX-like unverified undocumented downright rumormongering swift-boatin' slanderous statement )" is REALLY frowned upon. x(

If you heard or read something interesting/important/scary/juicy, you need to be able to back it up. Where'd you find it?
Hence, the clamoring polite requests for a link. Enquiring minds want to know! :hi:

[NoPasaran]

114. Yeah!

If you can't believe something somebody remembers seeing in the National Enquirer or the Weekly World News while waiting in line at the supermarket last year what can you believe?
:sarcasm:

[Freddie Stubbs]

16. Here you go:

http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/2006_05220603.php

[kay1864]

29. Cool, thanks!

I doubt I would have found that on my own. Appreciate it!

[seemslikeadream]

87. if ya liked that look at this! Cheney on DC Madam's list.

http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/

[whopis01]

66. Here are some links for you...

June 5, 2006
http://wonkette.com/politics/condi/crazy-talk-we-cant-ignore-the-bushcondi-rumors-178417.php

June 1, 2006
http://edschultz.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=14904

June 3, 2006
http://dc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/134094/index.php

June 6, 2006
http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=18&t=21301

You can probably find others if you are interested by entering:
laura moves out of the white house

into google

[Madspirit]

93. Hee

A link to Fireflyfans.net? That's cool. They have my review of Jaynestown posted there. I go by Madspirit there also.
Lee

[Lilith Velkor]

65. He hasn't had bruises on his face in the past year, has he?

Hmmmmm.

[Rosemary2205]

4. She's moved out before and come back before.

This is really an ongoing thing, I do believe since the beginning.

[kay1864]

5. Maybe she spends the night at a hotel whenever she needs a cigarette

Too many eyes around the WH for her to secretly feed her nicotine habit there.

:smoke:

[peaches2003]

76. Why should she hide it

The WH is her home. If she wants to smoke there why shouldn't she just go ahead and light up. If the King doesn't like it too damn bad.

[Bridget Burke]

21. She spent a few months in Texas just after the 2001 Inauguration.

Supposedly she was "decorating the ranch." But the grim spectacle in DC probably made her want to run & hide.

[rainbow4321]

7. Has Condi moved IN yet? n/t

[StarryNite]

11. Or Jeff Guckert/Gannon perhaps?

[krispos42]

23. Ew ew ew ew ew!

Oh, baby!

[LuckyLib]

80. 200+ recorded visits to the White House. Was he measuring the draperies?

[Mnemosyne]

96. 8 inches at a time. n/t

[SammyWinstonJack]

111. ..

:spray:

[Joe Fields]

59. lol

[Supersedeas]

68. the pRezledent needs special attention

[NV Whino]

8. What, the Lincoln bedroom was occupied?

No room at the inn, uh I mean, White House, she has to go to a hotel?

[Connonym]

9. bet he isn't just on booze either

I'm no puritan by any means but I think we have the right to expect The Decider to be clean and sober. Especially with his fondness for starting wars.

[Javaman]

13. Someone I know who works at one of the alphabit agencies...

says that pickles is a major chain smoker.

total bullshit that she quit.

If anything she quit trying to stop.

[EFerrari]

14. If I was married to that man, I'd be shooting up by now

if there was no rope available for a necklace.

[LiberalFighter]

55. Give her the phone number for the DEA. I'm sure they have something she could use.

[Cleita]

53. Oops! n/t

[Eurobabe]

17. I'd believe it, she is really unhappy about something

her body language when she is with the Chimp has been surly for a few months now.

[bdamomma]

24. maybe that is why they couldn't accommodate the Queen in the

WH, they didn't want to "air" their dirty laundry, giving some sort of excuse that the quarters was too small.

[kay1864]

27. I was thinking the same thing

[xultar]

26. Maybe when she said she and he were suffering more than anyone ...this may be it.

Makes sense. I don't like what she said but in terms of her suffering and his drinking to cover up for killing hundreds of thousands...rings true people.

[MS Liberal]

28. This is bogus!

There are plenty of rooms for her to sleep in the white house. So why would she stay in a hotel if she was going to continue her official duties. It does not make sense. The only reason for her to stay in a hotel would be to be with another man.

[LiberalFighter]

56. I wonder who that other man would be. Gonzales?

[Dan]

78. actually, the rumor I heard was

She caught him in bed with Barney.

[Liberal In Texas]

60. Yeah, this story really doesn't pass the smell test. She could sleep in another room

and the place is big enough, she'd probably never have to see the dude except for social and state functions.

Also, moving out would risk just this kind of scrutiny and embarrassment.

And welcome to DU Ms Liberal.

:hi:

[Morgana LaFey]

73. I disagree

If you've got a drunken sociopath on your hands, it's best to be OUT of the same building. Period.

[jazzjunkysue]

82. Agreed. This is an old rumor. She'd hang out a crawford or camp david.

The secret service is too cumbersome to chase her around DC.

[DesertRat]

94. Maybe she goes to recover from the latest plastic surgery? n/t

[Generator]

30. Yes he can bomb the world to shit

but take a drink, and the Mrs. puts her foot down. She's such a woman!

[undergroundpanther]

32. Glad pickles has enough self respect to leave that drunk pig

I hope bush kills himself,as he feels his fantasy of world domination crumbles. Bush the fucking psychopathic dirt bag dick tater needs to shut up and go away. If we get lucky bUsh might while he is having a meltdown at the ranch,might get his cocky ass get gored by a bull while playing cowboy on his ranch,I hope the bull aims right for the heart, and tosses Bush bag 15 feet in the air and he winds up on Americas funnies videos.
That would be a hoot and I'd regret not video taping that one.

[Joe Fields]

61. Maybe Pickles caught him in bed with Ann Coulter

[Bucky]

72. Excuse me, but the president is NOT gay!

[MonkeyFunk]

77. don't you understand, bucky?

He's evil, therefore gay!

Condi's a lesbian, too, except when she's fucking the President, which is of course the only reason she got the job.

And Hastert? Gay as a sundress. Cheney? Cruises the men's rooms at the Naval Observatory. Frist? They don't call him "Fisty Frist" for nothing. Falwell? Big pass-around party-bottom. Barbara Bush? She does it with other men.

[Virginia Dare]

33. Perhaps she's been "outsourced"?..

[Gregorian]

39. Hahaha HAAAA

I like this!

I think the story is bogus.

[cascadiance]

117. George 'n Condi sitting...

[lpbk2713]

37. They have been taking separate vacations for some time as well.

The twins go with Mommy. Smirky goes with Jim Beam.

[Virginia Dare]

40. Doesn't he take his BF along, the guy who was his..

college roommate? I think Laura always goes with her quote unquote girlfriends.

[lpbk2713]

48. Here's a pic of Boosh with his vacation pals about to leave the White House.

.... but some things just can't wait.

[loudsue]

62. That would be Arthur Ashe....bush appointed him ambassador to Poland.

Don't forget Poland!

:kick:

[Clark2008]

113. Victor Ashe - former mayor of Knoxville.

Arthur Ashe was a tennis player who died of AIDS.

[loudsue]

119. Ooops! You're absolutely correct!

Got my gay ashe's mixed up.

[MonkeyFunk]

67. HAHAH!! I get it!

Bush is bad, therefore he's gay, right!?! :rofl:

[Virginia Dare]

70. No, he's a Republican, therefore he's a hypocrite...n/t

[MonkeyFunk]

71. But there's no evidence whatsoever that he's gay

and plenty of evidency that contradicts that idea.

But don't worry, we're used to it. Hastert, Bush, Condoleezza, Frist... all have been called gay here. It's easier than coming up with a real insult.

[Virginia Dare]

81. If your theory evil equals gay is true..

then where is Cheney's name on that list?

[MonkeyFunk]

84. It's not my theory

it's the theory of ignorant homophobes who think calling anybody they dislike "gay" counts as rational discourse.

[Virginia Dare]

86. There was no rational discourse in this thread...

and my comment did not make me an ignorant homophobe.

[MonkeyFunk]

89. I didn't say it did

But I give you lots of points for a very original excuse.

[Virginia Dare]

103. No, you implied it...n/t

[Ganja Ninja]

45. It's on the cover of the Globe magazine this week too.

So it's confirmed from multiple sources.

I wonder if he's still snorting coke or has he's developed a crack habit?

[quiet.american]

47. Hmn - is Bush setting up an "alcohol/re-hab" defense for himself?

--a la Mark Foley and Bob Ney? In other words, if ever finally held accountable in a court of law for all his many crimes, is he going to try to wiggle out by saying the alcohol made him do it?

[tubbacheez]

51. At least the Clintons stayed supportive of each other. n/t

[Cleita]

57. Is the residence part of the White House that small that they'd

keep bumping into each other? I thought other White House First Ladies, who didn't get along with their husbands, had their own quarters and only got together with their President husband for public appearances.

I think there is more to this than *'s drinking. Has he moved his lover (maybe male lover) into the family residence? This is the only reason I could think of that would cause a First Lady to leave. He is crass enough to do that. Remember Rudy Giuliani did the same.

If she is living at a posh hotel, are we the taxpayers footing the bill?

[FloridaJudy]

69. I don't know if this is true or not

Maybe she just needs to get away from the WH for a bit. I think that place would drive anyone crazy, especially with Shrub and his toadies in charge. Laura probably has a higher tolerance for bullcrap (after all she's been married to the Idiot forever), but even she must want to escape the whole sick circus every now and then.

Of course, if she had any class she'd do an Eleanor and trot off to do Good Works, but Laura is obviously limited. How else to account for her appalling statement that she and Shrub suffer more than anyone from Iraq?

[misanthrope]

74. "Laura USED TO smoke cigarettes?"...

...I'd bet she still does since she has those deep wrinkles around her mouth that give her the "rectal-lips" you see on older women who have smoked for a long time.

[rosesaylavee]

83. Too bad no one in DC owns a camera.

If this is true, why no photos of Pickles coming and going from the hotel to state affairs?

[MonkeyFunk]

85. And not a single

guest or employee of the hotel comes forward. Man, the BFEE sure is thorough!

[rosesaylavee]

88. You know journalism is just not what it used to be. n/t

[Ferret Annica]

98. First off, the hotel will work with pickles

to keep evidence gathering down because they don't mind the business and only get it when they are discreet. Second, she is family ans First Lady is not a formal job she is paid for.

The Secret Service would work to keep family information hush hush as not to disturb the oft time delicate balance of tolerance their assignment has for them being there.

None the less your point is well taken even though I would len toward believing this story. If only because I know how ruthless and unpredictable alcoholics can be myself. Which is why I personally never got into booze.

[HuffleClaw]

92. funny how this isn't newsworthy

don't think i've ever seen a mention of this in the 'real' media. (unlike other politicians' personal lives i could mention)

[Danger Mouse]

100. Bush would HAVE to be drunk

to come up with the bullshit he does. Get drunk off yer keister, then make some policy! However, alcohol and policy making don't mix.
Friends don't let friends drink and veto.

[MethuenProgressive]

102. Calling Keith Olbermann... come in Keith Olbermann... Calling Keith Olbermann...

The MSM won't touch this story until there's YouTube clips of Georgie lying on the floor trying to snort a cheeseburger.

[cyberpj]

107. WHY MOVE OUT? with so many rooms in the white house...why move out? nt

[ourbluenation]

116. to send her DH a message. n/t

[Lasher]

120. This is old news. Didn't you see the video clip that shows Junior plastered?

I guess most of you missed it. Here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHSiqQpg7Uc

Edit: More proof here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H20qg5xqTAg