The Jenna and Barb Chat: Riiiiiiight (includes complete transcript...I'd recommend a double-espresso first)
Bush twins host online chat: Sisters answer 14 questions in the hourlong session
Like most kids, we do not agree with our parents on every single issue. Our parents...have never discouraged us from believing in things that they do not necessarily agree with. One opinion that we do share is that our father is the perfect person to be the president of the United States.
- Jenna and Barbara Bush
Could someone PLEASE tell me how this is even newsworthy? What could Jenna and Barbara Bush POSSIBLY add to the level and quality of debate in this Presidential campaign? Answer: absolutely nada- and yet the media is treating this as an event redolent with political significance. WTF??
News flash: First Twins Barbara and Jenna Bush say their dad should be re-elected. Also, they are working on his campaign "because we love our Dad so much."
Jenna and Barbara Bush, the freshest faces in President Bush's re-election campaign, hosted an Internet chat, "Speaking Out for Dad," on the official Bush-Cheney Web site Friday afternoon.
Most of the questions were predictably friendly.
"What character trait — as a father — do you appreciate most about your Dad and how do you see that trait manifest itself in him as president?" asked Lino Nicole of Humble. (Answer: He is open-minded and "treats each and every person with the utmost respect.")
About 2,700 people registered for the session at www.GeorgeWBush.com in advance, and another 1,000 joined it in progress, campaign spokeswoman Susan Whitson said. About 2,600 questions were submitted.
So out of all 2,600 questions, the twins' handlers selected just 14 softballs to lob at them? Jeez, let's not wear out the poor girl....
Yawn.... Knowing the Bush twins musical preferences adds what, exactly, to the debate? Gee, I wonder what their favorite colors are? How their favorite beers? Porn films? Oops, sorry...just started to head off the reservation a bit there.
Feeling the need to unwind after sweating through all those gentle, probing softball questions, Jenna decided to go out and unwind after the chat session ended:
