Holy crap, watertiger is so spot on. I'm not sure, but I seem to remember from my "Aging Gracefully 101" that you're supposed to tone down the lipstick as you go. Someone drop a line to Laura, pleae? BTW- how fast is Laura dancing about McCain distancing himself from Georgie? Good drugs there.

Laura Bush’s Tuesday night speech got wild applause from attendees, and an A- from Mark Halperin. As the GOP Convention got underway, Fred Thompson and Laura Bush won the crowd, but the President and Joe Lieberman left them with mixed emotions. Read the full score cards on Tuesday ...

How to know that concerns about being insensitve to Gustav are emphatically gone? Laura Bush, who last night appeared with Cindy McCain to implore Americans to help out hurricane victims, took a shot at Barack Obama when introducing her husband. Touting President Bush’s efforts to ...

Photo of Sarah Palin, Laura Bush and Cindy McCain courtesy of The Page/Time Alaska Governor Sarah Palin had no public events today but she had quite a private one. In the photo above, Laura Bush and Cindy McCain pay a visit today on Governor Sarah Palin in Minneapolis. And, Fred ...

Laura Bush speaks during the Republican National Convention...She really, really cares about hurricane victims..

[Guest post by DRJ] Lynn Sweet reports the abbreviated Day 1 of the Republican National Convention included speeches by Laura Bush and Cindy McCain on hurricane relief: “First Lady Laura Bush and Cindy McCain just addressed the opening of an abbreviated first GOP convention session, ...

By Debbie Schlussel . . . Or are you almost as sick of Mrs. Laura W. Bush as you are of her hubby George "Islam Is Peace" W. Bush? I was never a fan and couldn't understand the fawning, other than she was post-Hillary, so the benchmark was set low. That's sadly symbolic of the way ...

Cindy McCain and Laura Bush spoke at the Republican National Convention today , urging support for victims of Hurricane Gustav. Originally, President Bush and Dick Cheney had been scheduled to speak but the storm caused them to cancel those plans.

by Frank James ST. PAUL, Minn. -- First Lady Laura Bush and her would-be successor Cindy McCain appeared briefly at the Hurricane Gustav-shortened first day of of the Republican National Convention to express concern for those in the storm's path and to urge Republicans to donate to ...

Laura Bush and Cindy McCain took the convention stage in St. Paul briefly early tonight to urge delegates and others watching at home to help victims of Hurricane Gustav. The First Lady and her potential successor received loud and extended applause from delegates, but both were ...

We had heard earlier that Laura Bush would address the convention this afternoon, which seemed somewhat surprising given the low-key atmosphere all day. She got a rousing ovation when announced, and seemed happy to speak to the crowd. Mrs. [...] Read the rest »

Laura Bush appears to be concerned that Democrats and media members are going to make sexist attacks on presumptive Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. Given what happened to Hillary Clinton during the primaries, this seems more than warranted. As reported by Politico Monday ...

I still can’t quite get over how our pal Powers nailed this off the bat on Friday so maybe I’m seeing things that aren’t really there, but what does Laura Bush mean when she says, “That is something that we all looked at”? [...] Read the rest »

If John McCain wanted to distance himself from President Bush, Hurricane Gustav ended up putting 1,250 miles of distance between the Republican convention in St. Paul that will nominate McCain for president and the command post in Texas where Bush will monitor the storm's impact on New Orleans ...

First Lady Laura Bush cautioned Democrats that sexist remarks about Sarah Palin might backfire. Here’s what Politico is reporting: First lady Laura Bush said today that sexism aimed at Sarah Palin was a very real prospect and suggested Democrats watch what they say about the Alaska ...

By Ed O'Keefe MINNEAPOLIS -- First Lady Laura Bush and Cindy McCain met with members of the Louisiana delegation to the Republican National Convention Monday morning, expressing concern and support for the state's residents as Hurricane Gustav came ashore. "We do stand together with you, ...

Laura Bush warned the Democrats about sexist attacks against Governor Sarah Palin. The Politico reported: First lady Laura Bush said today that sexism aimed at Sarah Palin was a very real prospect and suggested Democrats watch what they say about the Alaska governor and John McCain's ...

By Michael D. Shear ST. PAUL -- First Lady Laura Bush and Cindy McCain will both make appearances today at the Republican National Committee despite the announcement Sunday that all speeches would be canceled because of Hurricane Gustav, GOP officials said. Bush will introduce a video of several ...

First lady Laura Bush said today that sexism aimed at Sarah Palin was a very real prospect and suggested Democrats watch what they say about the Alaska governor and John McCain's ticketmate. "The other side will have to be particularly careful," Bush said in an interview on Fox News from St. ...