George H. W. Bush
, and served as First Lady of the United States
from 1989 to 1993. She is the mother of the 43rd President George W. Bush
and of the 43rd Governor of Florida Jeb Bush
. Previously she had served as Second Lady of the United States
from 1981 to 1989.
Barbara Pierce was born in Flushing, New York attended Rye Country Day School
from 1931 to 1937, and is an alumna of Ashley Hall School in Charleston, South Carolina.
I can’t say it, but it rhymes with rich.
The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions.... You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you’re not going to change each other’s minds. It’s a waste of your time and my time.
Avoid this crowd like the plague. And if they quote you, make damn sure they heard you.
What I'm hearing, which is sort of scary, is they [the Hurricane Katrina refugees in the Houston Astrodome] all want to stay in Texas. Everyone is so overwhelmed by the hospitality. And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them.