Video: Jenna’s and Barbara’s advice to Sasha and Malia
posted at 6:47 pm on January 23, 2009 by Allahpundit
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Not the first act of kindness they’ve shown to the Obama girls, and much in keeping with the Bush family’s exceptionally gracious transition. The clip’s worth watching, but if you can’t spare the time, at least read their letter. Malia, the oldest, is only 10, which explains the conspicuous omission of “If you support your dad on Afghanistan, try not to let it get you down when the left calls you a chickenhawk for not signing up.”
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The media should stay away from the girls. The First Lady may be one thing when she’s politicking, but leave the 10 and 7 year-olds alone.
amerpundit on January 23, 2009 at 6:50 PM
What a classy family, from H.W. and Babs on down.
dglenn on January 23, 2009 at 6:53 PM
Just wonderful, I am sobbing.
AprilOrit on January 23, 2009 at 6:55 PM
People are pretty good about leaving the kids alone. It should remain that way. The Bush girls are lovely.
Cindy Munford on January 23, 2009 at 6:56 PM
The whole Bush family has been nothing but helpful and gracious to the Obamas, and Barry pays them back with snide remarks in his inaugural address.
Barry = no class trash.
Wethal on January 23, 2009 at 6:57 PM
That was good. Tear jerker 4 sure.
Jed1899 on January 23, 2009 at 6:58 PM
OK, I had not cried once all week, and I was there watching the helicopter leave with the Bushes in it. But this one did me in.
God bless this wonderful, amazing family and all it has given to this nation. And may God bless Sasha and Malia Obama.
rockmom on January 23, 2009 at 6:58 PM
Unless it’s Sarah Palin and the feckless bastards in the media can’t be bothered to report on President Obama’s latest idiocy.
BKennedy on January 23, 2009 at 6:58 PM
My me so sad how awful so many treat George Bush and how gracious that family is in spite of it all.
Topsecretk9 on January 23, 2009 at 6:59 PM
Makes me so sad, not my
Topsecretk9 on January 23, 2009 at 6:59 PM
The left has deaf ears.
Kini on January 23, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Wow, Laura looks so much like her daughter Barbara!
Classy family.
NBC is beginning to back off the hate, huh? Better late than never.
PattyJ on January 23, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Well done, ladies.
The Ugly American on January 23, 2009 at 7:00 PM
I can’t help expecting a “who asked you” response…
RalphyBoy on January 23, 2009 at 7:00 PM
I’m all for leaving a Presidents children alone too. But…
The media wasted no time after the one Bush twins drinking “scandal” to make it an indictment of him.
MSM=No Class
But don’t worry. The only thing that might get the Obama children in trouble with the MSM is declaring that they were Conservatives.
hawkdriver on January 23, 2009 at 7:01 PM
I’d enjoy seeing the Obama daughters at my petting zoo. I’d like to have the Bush twins visit as well!
radjah shelduck on January 23, 2009 at 7:02 PM
Thank you, President Bush and family, for your integrity and graciousness.
Christian Conservative on January 23, 2009 at 7:02 PM
Tear to the eye…………..
………….. I really miss President George W. Bush, and his family.
Seven Percent Solution on January 23, 2009 at 7:02 PM
I hope at least a couple of the tears that Meredeth Viera wiped away at the end were in regret of all the monstrous qualities she and her fellow lefties have accused President Bush of having over the past 8 years.
JadeNYU on January 23, 2009 at 7:03 PM
I just called my Dad to see if hubby & I can meet up with him later, that just did me in.
We are going right over to my parents after dinner.
AprilOrit on January 23, 2009 at 7:04 PM
The Bush family is a class act from the top down.
Kudos to the young ladies for their gracious message to the Obama girls!
Bob's Kid on January 23, 2009 at 7:04 PM
Your right, I had forgotten. Very sad. It’s odd because when I saw a picture of Piper Palin wearing a tiara to her mother’s inauguration as Governor, I knew Sarah Palin was a good person.
Cindy Munford on January 23, 2009 at 7:05 PM
Can’t believe the trashy NBC showed anything close to being nice about the Bush family. As I recall, they even gave the Bush twins a hard time.
It was a beautiful letter and very thoughtful gift to the Obama girls. The Bush family is certainly a loving and classy family.
katieanne on January 23, 2009 at 7:05 PM
Treasure every minute.
Cindy Munford on January 23, 2009 at 7:06 PM
If only the MSM had shown the same respect for the Bush’s then and not now, only after they have left the White House.
The ewuuing and awwing is so disingenuous.
Kini on January 23, 2009 at 7:06 PM
Even though it’s been years since the Bush girls were featured in the tabloids for partying, rest assured that some bastard (probably one of the hags from ‘The View’……and probably Joy Behar) will dredge up their past behavior.
Rather than focus on this act of decency and kindness, some assh0le will say: “I’m surprised the Bush girls were able to say anything, considering how hung-over they must be…”
guitarguy on January 23, 2009 at 7:09 PM
Beautiful. I miss President Bush and First Lady Laura. Classy, strong, and united family.
Brings tears to your eyes.
jencab on January 23, 2009 at 7:10 PM
Maybe some advice from Jane and Michael Banks from “Mary Poppins” can help. (With apologies to Walt Disney!)
Jane Banks:
[Spoken]
Wanted a nanny for two adorable children
[Sung]
If you want this choice position
Have a cheery disposition
Rosy cheeks, no warts!
Play games, all sort
You must be kind, you must be witty
Very sweet and fairly pretty
Take us on outings, give us treats
Sing songs, bring sweets
Never be cross or cruel
Never give us castor oil or gruel
Love us as a son and daughter
And never smell of barley water
If you won’t scold and dominate us
We will never give you cause to hate us
We won’t hide your spectacles
So you can’t see
Put toads in your bed
Or pepper in your tea
Hurry, Nanny!
Many thanks
Sincerely,
Jane and Michael Banks:
Jane and Michael Banks.
KillerKane on January 23, 2009 at 7:12 PM
That was a lovely letter. It was so sensitive and kind and welcoming.
INC on January 23, 2009 at 7:14 PM
It just struck me…when was the last time there was a boy in the White House?
Obama has two girls.
GWBush two girls.
Clinton had Chelsea
GHWBush – sons were all adults by 1988
Reagon – kids were all adults by 1980
Carter – Amy
I don’t know about Ford or Nixon or Johnson, but would guess their kids were all adults.
Was the last boy in the White House JFK Jr?
DaveO on January 23, 2009 at 7:14 PM
A wonderful gracious and kind message from the Bush daughters. Class.
Of course the NBC libtards were struck dumb. The evil booosh is honored and loved by wonderful daughters such as these ?
DeweyWins on January 23, 2009 at 7:14 PM
Lovely. The perfect word for them.
Professor Blather on January 23, 2009 at 7:17 PM
Yeah, as a mom of a daughter who used to love playing dress up as a princess I thought that picture was charming.
INC on January 23, 2009 at 7:19 PM
DaveO, I think you’re right. Even with Ford–one of my HS classmates moved here from DC, and she had gone to school with Susan Ford. We were in HS during the Ford admin. So Susan Ford was still a juvenile, but her brothers were older.
juliesa on January 23, 2009 at 7:19 PM
The MSM and their terrible treatment of Bush is the reason the Bush girls felt obliged to write to the Obama kids. The MSM with their false tears make me want to hurl. The Bush family has more class than Obama ever will. Barry and his cheap shots to Bush made me sick after Bush was so kind to him during the transition. Let’s see what the Obama team does when their turn comes to leave the White House. I cringe to think.
UnEasyRider on January 23, 2009 at 7:19 PM
No. No. NO!!! Spend the three minutes and thirty seconds and watch the video. You MUST see the photos that go with the reading of the letter.
JannyMae on January 23, 2009 at 7:20 PM
Gerald Ford had two sons, and I believe the youngest one did live in the White House for a while. But it is interesting, isn’t it? You may have to go back to Teddy Roosevelt before JFK.
rockmom on January 23, 2009 at 7:20 PM
Johnson and Nixon had two daughters.
I can’t remember how old Gerald Ford’s sons were, but they were not children.
JFK, Jr., was the last little boy.
INC on January 23, 2009 at 7:22 PM
Yes. You must.
I’m sitting here crying like a baby. That was … beautiful.
Someday, I want to be half the man President Bush is.
And someday, I want my daughters to think of me the way his think of him.
Just extraordinary.
Professor Blather on January 23, 2009 at 7:23 PM
Well 2012 might bring in the first son into the White House with Trig!
jencab on January 23, 2009 at 7:23 PM
And now I’d like to add that Republicans out-class Democrats at every turn.
Carter bitterness? Clinton swipes?
is right. How nasty for Barry to be snide at Bush in his speech and on the website.
As for the MSM, they hounded the Bush twins in their college years and positively went for blood after Sarah Palin’s family.
INC on January 23, 2009 at 7:23 PM
The msm has pretty much left the girls alone, but the lefties still look on them as the anti-christ. I like to point out to them Chelsea’s work as a hedge fund manager. Compare with Jenna and Barbara’s many months of volunteer work overseas, and their current jobs: Barbara works for the new Global Health Corps, and Jenna is a teacher in the DC public school system.
If they were Democrats, there would swooning documentaries on the work they’ve done. Instead, there’s almost a press blackout on them.
juliesa on January 23, 2009 at 7:24 PM
That was really nice.
I’m sure Olbermann will now declare Barbara and Jenna worst persons in the world for praising their father.
CP on January 23, 2009 at 7:25 PM
That’s true.
juliesa on January 23, 2009 at 7:25 PM
Wikipedia says Susan Ford had her prom at hte White House, so she may have lived there. Ford’s youngest son, Steven, was 18 when Ford became president. Wikipedia doesn’t seem to indicate whether he lived at the White House when he wasn’t off to college. But even if he did live thre from time to time, he wasn’t really a boy…
Nixon and Johnson only had girls.
Yeah, it’s looking like JFK Jr. is the last one…
DaveO on January 23, 2009 at 7:26 PM
Time and again the Bushes ooze class while their enemies show what contemptible scum they are. Very nice of Barbara and Jenna.
JammieWearingFool on January 23, 2009 at 7:27 PM
You’re right. I hadn’t thought about that. They’d have been following Barbara around in Africa and visiting Jenna at school in their dad was a Dem.
INC on January 23, 2009 at 7:27 PM
ME TOO!
ihasurnominashun on January 23, 2009 at 7:28 PM
It’s always been interesting to me that while Jenna was named after her mother’s mother, the family resemblance is the Bush family. Barbara has the name of her father’s mother, but she resembles her mother. It’s a nice family crossover.
INC on January 23, 2009 at 7:31 PM
Maybe if Jenna and Barbara had been the Bush Administration spokespersons for eight years, the MSM might have lightened up a bit. Nah.
It’s like they are surprised that the Bushes are genuine and gracious people. Hmmmmm, I wonder if that has anything to do with their Christian values, for which the President was repeatedly trashed.
Mallard T. Drake on January 23, 2009 at 7:31 PM
Obama is white-trash, but only by half.
I can’t wait for blacks to call the Obama girls “sell outs” for listening to the Jonas Brothers and/or dating a white dude. CAN’T.WAIT.
SouthernGent on January 23, 2009 at 7:34 PM
Luckily for the Obama girls, the media loves their father, so they won’t have to endure what the Bush twins did.
Anyone want to bet that there are lefty blogs out there spouting hatred, even over this? Actually, I wouldn’t be surprised to see a “special comment” from Olby in which he attacks the Bush twins’ character tonight.
RightWinged on January 23, 2009 at 7:35 PM
I just watched the video and am at a loss for words so JenCab, I have to steal yours. You said it very well.
sherry on January 23, 2009 at 7:37 PM
That really made me proud that they were members of the First Family. Every single one of them had genuine class. I know you elect the man (or woman) and not the family, but I couldn’t have asked for any better.
Esthier on January 23, 2009 at 7:37 PM
Country
Duty
Honour,
Me thinks, that President Hopey will have absolutely no
idea,what the Bush daughters are communicating,after all
how in the world can President Changey even grasp that
statement,maybe as the Obama girls get older,Ayers or
Dohrns can explain,in their warped view of America!
And I’m,pleasantly surprised the ever helpful Lib operat
ive Matt didn’t have more of an agenda on the go!
The Bush Twins weren’t treated as well by the media,but it
was very classy,and nicely done!
canopfor on January 23, 2009 at 7:38 PM
Class all the way. No wonder the Bushes never fit in in Washington.
meltenn on January 23, 2009 at 7:39 PM
Does anybody think that the Mr. Obama feels a little bad for being so rude to Bush on Inauguration Day? He would be inhuman if he didn’t feel a twinge of guilt after seeing that video.
sherry on January 23, 2009 at 7:39 PM
You were there awesome! Watching President Bush speak upon arriving in Midland got to me. Wish I couls find a video link to the whole speech. If anybody has it please post it.
The Bush’s have showed such class during this transition and in less than a week I have been amazed at thearrogance of Obama. God Bless the Bush family!!
Kevin in Southern Illinois on January 23, 2009 at 7:40 PM
Classy gals, those Bush twins.
NoamSayin on January 23, 2009 at 7:46 PM
DaveO on January 23, 2009 at 7:14 PM
Yes, you would have to go back to John Jr to find a boy, Ford’s son was 18 so he was technically an adult. Nixon had two daughters, both adults and Johnson had one. Here’s a site that lists all the Presidents and their children.
goat on January 23, 2009 at 7:47 PM
Had to watch it again…………
………… Nothing what the MSM has been saying in the past eight years has been true.
But we knew that…….
…………What a world we would be living in today if the Democrats and the Media didn’t attack President Bush and his family 24/7/365, but went after the actual enemies of this country.
The “War on Terror” would have lasted five minutes……..
Seven Percent Solution on January 23, 2009 at 7:49 PM
Meanwhile, the ship is sinking.
artist on January 23, 2009 at 7:51 PM
Your link is dead
Kjeil on January 23, 2009 at 7:53 PM
Yeah I figured that out, trying again. Here is the correct one.
goat on January 23, 2009 at 7:55 PM
Ok that works. Eisenhower also had sons but I don’t know if any of them would have lived in the Whitehouse though one did marry one of Nixon’s daughters.
goat on January 23, 2009 at 7:59 PM
My 22 yo emailed me the letter this am after she heard it read on the Today Show this am. She said she cried when she heard it and wanted to share it with me. Our family just loves the Bush family. I still have the post it she left on my pillow (I was going out to a woman’s club speech by First Lady Barbara Bush) as a 2rd grader that reads “Mom, I hope you had a fun with Mrs. Bush. Was she nice? Love, K.”
Jenna and Barbara are gorgeous young women, inside and out.
Buckeye Babe on January 23, 2009 at 8:02 PM
Daughters of the evil war criminal Chimpy McBushitler!
profitsbeard on January 23, 2009 at 8:10 PM
Well I’m crying for about the eighth time this week. What a wonderful family. That photo of President Bush with the newborn twins about killed me.
Missy on January 23, 2009 at 8:14 PM
No. He’s cold, that one.
Alana on January 23, 2009 at 8:19 PM
The four Bushes have more class than all 100,000 of their critics combined.
jgapinoy on January 23, 2009 at 8:21 PM
No advice about fake IDs and underage drinking from the Party Twins?
benny shakar on January 23, 2009 at 8:23 PM
It was really about being nice to the Obama girls. Sucking up to Team Obama. If they have to put the Bush girls in a good light once, they are willing to compromise. An addict will say anything for a fix.
Mr_Magoo on January 23, 2009 at 8:23 PM
I agree.
In my opinion,..they should give them the same respect.
I was shocked to find in my Criminal Justice book, seventh edition-Frank Schmallenger.
2003
pages 622-625
Alcohol Abuse-
In May 2001. President Bush’s 19 year old twin daughters, Barbra and Jenna,…
pictures included.
Needless to say from that point on I was at odds with my professor.
christene on January 23, 2009 at 8:24 PM
And you would be the opposite of class.
Esthier on January 23, 2009 at 8:27 PM
Beautiful family, very classy and they will be sorely missed. Now we have a liar and empty head for president and his America hating gorilla face wife to deal with. Not even 24 hours before barry was insulting President Bush, what a jerk. I hope those little girls turn out a lot better than their parents. (Sasha and Malia).
profitsbeard, you are a jacka@@
clinker46 on January 23, 2009 at 8:27 PM
Really?
Cindy Munford on January 23, 2009 at 8:28 PM
Julie Nixon is married to Eisenhower’s grandson, not son.
And Ford had three sons, all older than Susan, not two as someone mentioned earlier.
The Bush family is classy all the way.
Not a chance.
JenWestin on January 23, 2009 at 8:28 PM
I don’t know if you saw my question earlier but was that Grue in the headline thread or is my memory off? I thought I use to agree with him a lot but he was a horse’s patoot over there.
Cindy Munford on January 23, 2009 at 8:30 PM
That’s pretty disturbing, sure didn’t take them long to get that in a book, I think it happened in 2001. It’s ashame that only liberal are allowed to make mistakes.
Cindy Munford on January 23, 2009 at 8:32 PM
Pretty sure that wasn’t grue. Grue wasn’t patronizing.
Esthier on January 23, 2009 at 8:33 PM
I thought he was the one the put “eats” on his posts. I am probably confused, there are a lot of posters here at good old HotAir.
Cindy Munford on January 23, 2009 at 8:37 PM
He did, after every post, but I think that was just a coincidence.
Esthier on January 23, 2009 at 8:38 PM
I wonder what happened to him. There are a bunch of people I am missing. Would love to see(read) them again.
Cindy Munford on January 23, 2009 at 8:41 PM
If the Bush quartet — with at least one DUI, an uncharged vehicular homicide, and multiple Minor in Possession of Alcohol violations among them — constitute “class” in your book, then yes, I am the opposite of what you consider “class.”
benny shakar on January 23, 2009 at 8:45 PM
That’s not what the pages on Nixon and Eisenhower say.
goat on January 23, 2009 at 8:52 PM
goat, I lived through it. David Eisenhower is a grandson.
INC on January 23, 2009 at 8:53 PM
Is it hard to be perfect? Is everyone you know and love perfect? When people make mistakes can their future lives atone for them? You are an untold joy to have here at HotAir.
Cindy Munford on January 23, 2009 at 8:53 PM
Thanks for saying that, Cindy.
I’d like to repeat a portion of a comment I made above and add something.
INC on January 23, 2009 at 8:55 PM
One word to you stooge: A$$HOLE!!
Not over.
1GooDDaDDy on January 23, 2009 at 8:56 PM
INC on January 23, 2009 at 8:53 PM
I don’t know, I was just going by what is on the site I linked and I misread it completely, oops, oh well, I stand corrected.
goat on January 23, 2009 at 9:01 PM
I decided to write my paper on Clinton:
Convicted drug and weapons dealers-gate.
He was not pleased at all..lol
christene on January 23, 2009 at 9:02 PM
Can you imagine how these folks would act if their guy had lost? Very disheartening.
Cindy Munford on January 23, 2009 at 9:03 PM
Just ignore benny, he’s a jerk troll and we all know it, as the saying goes, don’t feed the animals. I had a dui at 19 and I still have more class than all the liberals I know.
goat on January 23, 2009 at 9:05 PM
As long as it didn’t affect your grade, that’s great. You were taking a chance.
Cindy Munford on January 23, 2009 at 9:05 PM
First Class First Family… they understand history.
Kaptain Amerika on January 23, 2009 at 9:11 PM
Right, cause cocaine is so much better.
And as far as alcohol violations are considered, your Camelot takes the prize.
Esthier on January 23, 2009 at 9:11 PM
Classy indeed, but then, we always knew they were.
D2Boston on January 23, 2009 at 9:18 PM
That was incredibly sweet. *Sniff* I hope that for a split second the pitbulls in the MSM felt this big for dragging these poor girls AND their father through the mud for the last eight years. It might behoove them to stop and think once in awhile that when they are editorializing and bashing the MAN instead of his policies, they are talking about someone’s son/husband/brother/father. I’m going to try to be more mindful about not attacking Obama the man but rather his ill-conceived policies. I’ll try. ;)
As an aside: The MSM was pretty harsh toward Chelsea in the beginning as I recall. I specifically remember an SNL skit that poked fun at her looks. Hillary reacted pretty harshly to it and they backed off after that. Too bad they abandoned that policy once Bush was in office and Gov. Palin hit the trail. I have no doubt they’ll be far more respectful of Sasha and Malia. For their sake, that’s a good thing.
NoLeftTurn on January 23, 2009 at 9:20 PM
SCORE!!!!!!
Cindy Munford on January 23, 2009 at 9:25 PM
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