Poll of the Day > Former first lady Barbara Bush dies at 92.

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WastelandCowboy 04/17/18 7:52:22 PM #1:	https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/17/200470972/former-first-lady-barbara-bush-dies-at-92 Former first lady Barbara Bush died Tuesday at the age of 92, according to a family spokesman. A statement issued on Sunday by the office of former President George H.W. Bush said that Bush had elected to receive "comfort care" over additional medical treatment after a series of hospitalizations. "It will not surprise those who know her that Barbara Bush has been a rock in the face of her failing health, worrying not for herself thanks to her abiding faith but for others," it said. "She is surrounded by a family she adores, and appreciates the many kind messages and especially the prayers she is receiving." Bush will go down in history as one of just two women to be both the wife of a U.S. president and also the mother of one. She was as famous for her undyed hair and fake pearls as she was for her self-deprecating humor from the moment she moved into the White House, Bush, who poked fun at her designer duds and those pearls, made it clear she was going to be a different kind of first lady from her very glamorous predecessor, Nancy Reagan. "Barbara Bush certainly wasn't afraid to laugh at herself," said first lady biographer Myra Gutin. "She worked very hard to show that she was just a real person." Gutin says Bush was popular in part because she was a throwback to old-fashioned values and because she pushed back against popular conventions of beauty. When she was about to become first lady, she quipped, "My mail tells me that a lot of fat, white-haired, wrinkled ladies are tickled pink." "That's vintage Barbara Bush," says Gutin. Her down-to-earth image was all the more remarkable for someone who grew up in a suburb of Manhattan as part of the aristocracy and married aristocracy as well. The daughter of a magazine publisher and granddaughter of a state supreme court justice, Barbara Pierce was home from boarding school at a holiday dance when she met George Herbert Walker Bush the son of a U.S. senator from a prominent Yankee family. She described falling head over heels in her memoir. "Sweet sixteen and never been kissed, has been written about me and it was true," she quipped. "I floated into my room and kept the poor girl I was rooming with awake all night, while I made her listen to how Poppy Bush was the greatest living human on the face of the earth." They got engaged just before Bush shipped off to war. When he returned, she dropped out of Smith College to become Mrs. George Bush. She would then make some 30 moves following her husband, through naval training and to Yale University, where she delivered George W. Bush the first of their six children and then to Texas, where Bush would start his career in the oil business. Political aide and family friend Chase Untermeyer says that was a formative experience for this elite young woman from the East. "No matter what your background is, if you go to dusty, West Texas in the late 1940s, you are very much down to earth because the earth is all around you," he said. "There wasn't much fanciness about that lifestyle, and it was a great leveler." "Barbara Bush spent her 20s and 30s in the traditional role of wife and mother," recalled former neighbor Charlie Younger years later. "She was the June Cleaver prototype. She would dress in a dress, being the perfect mom, the perfect wife, cooking, cleaning all the things that full-time, stay-at-home moms did back then." <cite>WastelandCowboy posted [p:899839052] in Former fir... [t:76526549]...</cite> <quote>https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/17/200470972/former-first-lady-barbara-bush-dies-at-92 <quote>Former first lady Barbara Bush died Tuesday at the age of 92, according to a family spokesman. A statement issued on Sunday by the office of former President George H.W. Bush said that Bush had elected to receive "comfort care" over additional medical treatment after a series of hospitalizations. "It will not surprise those who know her that Barbara Bush has been a rock in the face of her failing health, worrying not for herself thanks to her abiding faith but for others," it said. "She is surrounded by a family she adores, and appreciates the many kind messages and especially the prayers she is receiving." Bush will go down in history as one of just two women to be both the wife of a U.S. president and also the mother of one. She was as famous for her undyed hair and fake pearls as she was for her self-deprecating humor from the moment she moved into the White House, Bush, who poked fun at her designer duds and those pearls, made it clear she was going to be a different kind of first lady from her very glamorous predecessor, Nancy Reagan. "Barbara Bush certainly wasn't afraid to laugh at herself," said first lady biographer Myra Gutin. "She worked very hard to show that she was just a real person." Gutin says Bush was popular in part because she was a throwback to old-fashioned values and because she pushed back against popular conventions of beauty. When she was about to become first lady, she quipped, "My mail tells me that a lot of fat, white-haired, wrinkled ladies are tickled pink." "That's vintage Barbara Bush," says Gutin. Her down-to-earth image was all the more remarkable for someone who grew up in a suburb of Manhattan as part of the aristocracy and married aristocracy as well. The daughter of a magazine publisher and granddaughter of a state supreme court justice, Barbara Pierce was home from boarding school at a holiday dance when she met George Herbert Walker Bush the son of a U.S. senator from a prominent Yankee family. She described falling head over heels in her memoir. "Sweet sixteen and never been kissed, has been written about me and it was true," she quipped. "I floated into my room and kept the poor girl I was rooming with awake all night, while I made her listen to how Poppy Bush was the greatest living human on the face of the earth." They got engaged just before Bush shipped off to war. When he returned, she dropped out of Smith College to become Mrs. George Bush. She would then make some 30 moves following her husband, through naval training and to Yale University, where she delivered George W. Bush the first of their six children and then to Texas, where Bush would start his career in the oil business. Political aide and family friend Chase Untermeyer says that was a formative experience for this elite young woman from the East. "No matter what your background is, if you go to dusty, West Texas in the late 1940s, you are very much down to earth because the earth is all around you," he said. "There wasn't much fanciness about that lifestyle, and it was a great leveler." "Barbara Bush spent her 20s and 30s in the traditional role of wife and mother," recalled former neighbor Charlie Younger years later. "She was the June Cleaver prototype. She would dress in a dress, being the perfect mom, the perfect wife, cooking, cleaning all the things that full-time, stay-at-home moms did back then."</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WastelandCowboy 04/17/18 7:53:16 PM #2:	"It was a spontaneous quip that might best not have been made public," said former Bush aide Craig Fuller. "You didn't find her backing down." On issues of policy, Bush tended to tread more lightly. She was said to privately support abortion rights, but on the record would hold her tongue. "I believe if you are an elected official, you can speak up," she explained. "But if you haven't run for dogcatcher, never publicly." "Barbara Bush understood the political version of the Hippocratic oath, 'First do no harm,' " said McGill University history professor Gill Troy. "Mamie Eisenhower always said, 'Ike runs the country and I make the lamb chops.' And Barbara Bush definitely embraced that." But her role as first lady, wife and mother actually sparked something of a backlash, when she was chosen to speak at Wellesley College commencement in 1990. Some students protested the choice, saying that a woman most famous for her husband's career wasn't the ideal role model. But true to form, Bush took no prisoners, and she told her audience of graduates that family should trump career. "At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, winning one more verdict, or not closing one more deal," she said. "You will regret time not spent with a husband, a child, a friend or a parent." Bush also tried to avoid making waves in selecting her pet cause of literacy. She tirelessly promoted literacy as a way to help solve everything from teen pregnancy and inner-city violence to AIDS. "If every man, woman and child in America could read, write and comprehend, we could find easier answers to so many of our other social problems," she said. Bush was also a best-selling author, beloved for the books she wrote in the voice of her dog Millie. <cite>WastelandCowboy posted [p:899839107] in Former fir... [t:76526549]...</cite> <quote><quote>"It was a spontaneous quip that might best not have been made public," said former Bush aide Craig Fuller. "You didn't find her backing down." On issues of policy, Bush tended to tread more lightly. She was said to privately support abortion rights, but on the record would hold her tongue. "I believe if you are an elected official, you can speak up," she explained. "But if you haven't run for dogcatcher, never publicly." "Barbara Bush understood the political version of the Hippocratic oath, 'First do no harm,' " said McGill University history professor Gill Troy. "Mamie Eisenhower always said, 'Ike runs the country and I make the lamb chops.' And Barbara Bush definitely embraced that." But her role as first lady, wife and mother actually sparked something of a backlash, when she was chosen to speak at Wellesley College commencement in 1990. Some students protested the choice, saying that a woman most famous for her husband's career wasn't the ideal role model. But true to form, Bush took no prisoners, and she told her audience of graduates that family should trump career. "At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, winning one more verdict, or not closing one more deal," she said. "You will regret time not spent with a husband, a child, a friend or a parent." Bush also tried to avoid making waves in selecting her pet cause of literacy. She tirelessly promoted literacy as a way to help solve everything from teen pregnancy and inner-city violence to AIDS. "If every man, woman and child in America could read, write and comprehend, we could find easier answers to so many of our other social problems," she said. Bush was also a best-selling author, beloved for the books she wrote in the voice of her dog Millie.</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WastelandCowboy 04/17/18 7:53:24 PM #3:	Bush's personal life included some challenges, including the death of a 3-year-old daughter from leukemia and, years later, a bout of depression that left her feeling "like driving into a tree." But all in all, Barbara Bush considered herself blessed, especially, as she often said, for whom she married. "George Bush gave me the greatest life ever any living human being could have ever had, truthfully," she said. <cite>WastelandCowboy posted [p:899839115] in Former fir... [t:76526549]...</cite> <quote><quote>Bush's personal life included some challenges, including the death of a 3-year-old daughter from leukemia and, years later, a bout of depression that left her feeling "like driving into a tree." But all in all, Barbara Bush considered herself blessed, especially, as she often said, for whom she married. "George Bush gave me the greatest life ever any living human being could have ever had, truthfully," she said.</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MICHALECOLE 04/17/18 7:53:51 PM #4:	Sad <cite>MICHALECOLE posted [p:899839141] in Former fir... [t:76526549]...</cite> <quote>Sad</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Krazy_Kirby 04/17/18 8:06:01 PM #5:	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StIlNLlfPMU" data-time=" --- Kill From The Shadows. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiot <cite>Krazy_Kirby posted [p:899839838] in Former fir... [t:76526549]...</cite> <quote> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StIlNLlfPMU" data-time="</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheWorstPoster 04/17/18 8:08:51 PM #6:	RIP <cite>TheWorstPoster posted [p:899840035] in Former fir... [t:76526549]...</cite> <quote>RIP</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MrMelodramatic 04/17/18 8:12:06 PM #7:	Got to meet her a few times (last time was in October). She was always very funny and nice. I wonder how soon the gravesite at my school will be updated <.< --- Proud to be EPic Texas Aggie, Class of 2018 A-Whoop! <cite>MrMelodramatic posted [p:899840263] in Former fir... [t:76526549]...</cite> <quote>Got to meet her a few times (last time was in October). She was always very funny and nice. I wonder how soon the gravesite at my school will be updated <.<</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus 04/17/18 8:23:53 PM #8:	tbh, prior to hearing her obit, hadn't ever paid her all that much mind. She sounds like a pretty kickass first lady, though. WastelandCowboy posted... "It was a spontaneous quip that might best not have been made public," said former Bush aide Craig Fuller. "You didn't find her backing down." For those wondering what quip was: Perhaps her best-known barb was aimed at her husband's 1984 vice presidential opponent, Geraldine Ferraro, who had called him rich and out of touch. Bush shot back that she couldn't say what Ferraro was ... but it rhymed with rich. Me-ow! (And, decades later, her son accidentally called a reporter a "major league asshole" on an open mic.) --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. <cite>Zeus posted [p:899840977] in Former fir... [t:76526549]...</cite> <quote>tbh, prior to hearing her obit, hadn't ever paid her all that much mind. She sounds like a pretty kickass first lady, though. <cite>WastelandCowboy posted...</cite> <quote>"It was a spontaneous quip that might best not have been made public," said former Bush aide Craig Fuller. "You didn't find her backing down."</quote> For those wondering what quip was: <quote>Perhaps her best-known barb was aimed at her husband's 1984 vice presidential opponent, Geraldine Ferraro, who had called him rich and out of touch. Bush shot back that she couldn't say what Ferraro was ... but it rhymed with rich. </quote> Me-ow! (And, decades later, her son accidentally called a reporter a "major league asshole" on an open mic.)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Krazy_Kirby 04/17/18 8:27:29 PM #9:	lich? that rhymes --- Kill From The Shadows. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiot <cite>Krazy_Kirby posted [p:899841208] in Former fir... [t:76526549]...</cite> <quote>lich? that rhymes</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus 04/17/18 8:41:30 PM #10:	Krazy_Kirby posted... lich? that rhymes Well, D&D was really big in the 80s =p --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. <cite>Zeus posted [p:899842170] in Former fir... [t:76526549]...</cite> <quote><cite>Krazy_Kirby posted...</cite> <quote>lich? that rhymes</quote> Well, D&D was really big in the 80s =p</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Smarkil 04/17/18 8:54:21 PM #11:	jesus that old bitch was still alive? --- "Most of the time, I have a whole lot more sperm inside me" - Adjl <cite>Smarkil posted [p:899843073] in Former fir... [t:76526549]...</cite> <quote>jesus that old bitch was still alive?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BADoglick 04/17/18 9:02:29 PM #12:	Please clap --- BADoglick to the Max! <cite>BADoglick posted [p:899843590] in Former fir... [t:76526549]...</cite> <quote>Please clap</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Trancer Hunter 04/17/18 9:04:02 PM #13:	Something I didn't know.... she was actually really good looking when she was young. <cite>Trancer Hunter posted [p:899843677] in Former fir... [t:76526549]...</cite> <quote>Something I didn't know.... she was actually really good looking when she was young.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
knivesX2004 04/17/18 9:04:09 PM #14:	Not surprise since last I heard she decided to stop taking medication. <cite>knivesX2004 posted [p:899843680] in Former fir... [t:76526549]...</cite> <quote>Not surprise since last I heard she decided to stop taking medication.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mead 04/17/18 9:17:00 PM #15:	Zeus posted... tbh, prior to hearing her obit, hadn't ever paid her all that much mind Not the least bit surprised by this --- If they drag you through the mud, it doesnt change whats in your blood <cite>Mead posted [p:899844432] in Former fir... [t:76526549]...</cite> <quote><cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote>tbh, prior to hearing her obit, hadn't ever paid her all that much mind</quote> Not the least bit surprised by this</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus 04/17/18 9:26:46 PM #16:	Mead posted... Zeus posted... tbh, prior to hearing her obit, hadn't ever paid her all that much mind Not the least bit surprised by this Not the least bit surprised by your random quote and passive-aggressive harassing remark. Or, for that matter, the glaring hypocrisy inherent within your remark. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. <cite>Zeus posted [p:899844974] in Former fir... [t:76526549]...</cite> <quote><cite>Mead posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote>tbh, prior to hearing her obit, hadn't ever paid her all that much mind</quote> Not the least bit surprised by this</quote> Not the least bit surprised by your random quote and passive-aggressive harassing remark. Or, for that matter, the glaring hypocrisy inherent within your remark.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mead 04/17/18 9:41:35 PM #17:	Zeus posted... Mead posted... Zeus posted... tbh, prior to hearing her obit, hadn't ever paid her all that much mind Not the least bit surprised by this Not the least bit surprised by your random quote and passive-aggressive harassing remark. Or, for that matter, the glaring hypocrisy inherent within your remark. You just seem very sheltered is all, the more you post the more narrow your world view seems. Im just glad my post didnt upset you --- If they drag you through the mud, it doesnt change whats in your blood <cite>Mead posted [p:899846018] in Former fir... [t:76526549]...</cite> <quote><cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Mead posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote>tbh, prior to hearing her obit, hadn't ever paid her all that much mind</quote> Not the least bit surprised by this</quote> Not the least bit surprised by your random quote and passive-aggressive harassing remark. Or, for that matter, the glaring hypocrisy inherent within your remark.</quote> You just seem very sheltered is all, the more you post the more narrow your world view seems. Im just glad my post didnt upset you</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Cacciato 04/17/18 9:42:20 PM #18:	If its harassing then is it really passive? --- "I properly understand when a woman wants my dick and I can do whatever I want to them, and then do it." OmegaTomHank <cite>Cacciato posted [p:899846064] in Former fir... [t:76526549]...</cite> <quote>If its harassing then is it really passive?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus 04/17/18 9:46:50 PM #19:	Mead posted... Zeus posted... Mead posted... Zeus posted... tbh, prior to hearing her obit, hadn't ever paid her all that much mind Not the least bit surprised by this Not the least bit surprised by your random quote and passive-aggressive harassing remark. Or, for that matter, the glaring hypocrisy inherent within your remark. You just seem very sheltered is all, the more you post the more narrow your world view seems. Im just glad my post didnt upset you Is that the narrative you're still trying to push? And, as I noted the last few times you tried to start that, it's hypocritical considering your self-admitted lack of knowledge and interest in politics (among countless other issues). But hey, I'm sure that you'll come up with a new plan instead of tripling down on this claim. Cacciato posted... If its harassing then is it really passive? Depends on the nature of the harassment. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. <cite>Zeus posted [p:899846366] in Former fir... [t:76526549]...</cite> <quote><cite>Mead posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Mead posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote>tbh, prior to hearing her obit, hadn't ever paid her all that much mind</quote> Not the least bit surprised by this</quote> Not the least bit surprised by your random quote and passive-aggressive harassing remark. Or, for that matter, the glaring hypocrisy inherent within your remark.</quote> You just seem very sheltered is all, the more you post the more narrow your world view seems. Im just glad my post didnt upset you</quote> Is that the narrative you're still trying to push? And, as I noted the last few times you tried to start that, it's hypocritical considering your self-admitted lack of knowledge and interest in politics (among countless other issues). But hey, I'm sure that you'll come up with a new plan instead of tripling down on this claim. <cite>Cacciato posted...</cite> <quote>If its harassing then is it really passive?</quote> Depends on the nature of the harassment.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mead 04/17/18 10:12:00 PM #20:	your self-admitted lack of knowledge and interest in politics This is entirely false and completely pulled out of your ass Youre most likely attributing something to me that was stated by another user at some point, something youve done mistakenly several times --- If they drag you through the mud, it doesnt change whats in your blood <cite>Mead posted [p:899847782] in Former fir... [t:76526549]...</cite> <quote><quote>your self-admitted lack of knowledge and interest in politics</quote> This is entirely false and completely pulled out of your ass Youre most likely attributing something to me that was stated by another user at some point, something youve done mistakenly several times</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
OmegaM 04/17/18 11:29:35 PM #21:	She was on the Super Mario Bros. 3 cartoon too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCFf2LLakh8" data-time=" (6:25) <cite>OmegaM posted [p:899851928] in Former fir... [t:76526549]...</cite> <quote>She was on the Super Mario Bros. 3 cartoon too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCFf2LLakh8" data-time=" (6:25)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KJ StErOiDs 04/18/18 12:17:00 AM #22:	I'm sort of surprised. I watched a news story yesterday evening about her returning home after being hospitalized, still her usual self and "nowhere near being dead". May she RIP. --- A plethora of DKC-related fanart to numb your mind: http://kjsteroids.deviantart.com <cite>KJ StErOiDs posted [p:899854042] in Former fir... [t:76526549]...</cite> <quote>I'm sort of surprised. I watched a news story yesterday evening about her returning home after being hospitalized, still her usual self and "nowhere near being dead". May she RIP.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MrMelodramatic 04/19/18 6:46:28 PM #23:	traffic is projected to be backed up two hours for her burial this saturday. --- Proud to be EPic Texas Aggie, Class of 2018 A-Whoop! <cite>MrMelodramatic posted [p:899955995] in Former fir... [t:76526549]...</cite> <quote>traffic is projected to be backed up two hours for her burial this saturday.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus 04/19/18 8:27:36 PM #24:	Mead posted... your self-admitted lack of knowledge and interest in politics This is entirely false and completely pulled out of your ass Youre most likely attributing something to me that was stated by another user at some point, something youve done mistakenly several times Oh? Then why do you so often admit that you don't know much about particular events when questioned further on them? Sure, it's possible that I mixed up some details between you and other, similarly politically ignorant posters, but I remain certain about enough. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. <cite>Zeus posted [p:899961605] in Former fir... [t:76526549]...</cite> <quote><cite>Mead posted...</cite> <quote><quote>your self-admitted lack of knowledge and interest in politics</quote> This is entirely false and completely pulled out of your ass Youre most likely attributing something to me that was stated by another user at some point, something youve done mistakenly several times</quote> Oh? Then why do you so often admit that you don't know much about particular events when questioned further on them? Sure, it's possible that I mixed up some details between you and other, similarly politically ignorant posters, but I remain certain about enough.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mead 04/19/18 8:41:31 PM #25:	Zeus posted... Mead posted... your self-admitted lack of knowledge and interest in politics This is entirely false and completely pulled out of your ass Youre most likely attributing something to me that was stated by another user at some point, something youve done mistakenly several times Oh? Then why do you so often admit that you don't know much about particular events when questioned further on them? Sure, it's possible that I mixed up some details between you and other, similarly politically ignorant posters, but I remain certain about enough. Yeah I dont think I do that often at all. Ive followed politics regularly my entire adult life. ~~I can even name all 150 senators from the Kanto region~~ If I dont know something though I have no qualms stating the fact. Only a fool tries to pretend they know everything --- If they drag you through the mud, it doesnt change whats in your blood <cite>Mead posted [p:899962329] in Former fir... [t:76526549]...</cite> <quote><cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Mead posted...</cite> <quote><quote>your self-admitted lack of knowledge and interest in politics</quote> This is entirely false and completely pulled out of your ass Youre most likely attributing something to me that was stated by another user at some point, something youve done mistakenly several times</quote> Oh? Then why do you so often admit that you don't know much about particular events when questioned further on them? Sure, it's possible that I mixed up some details between you and other, similarly politically ignorant posters, but I remain certain about enough.</quote> Yeah I dont think I do that often at all. Ive followed politics regularly my entire adult life. I can even name all 150 senators from the Kanto region If I dont know something though I have no qualms stating the fact. Only a fool tries to pretend they know everything</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Poll of the Day > Former first lady Barbara Bush dies at 92.