Laura Bush backs Obama on school speech

Former first lady Laura Bush on Monday expressed support for President Barack Obama's decision to speak to the nation's school children, saying it is "really important for everyone to respect the president of the United States."

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First lady receives high marks from Laura Bush

Michelle Obama's performance as first lady is getting high marks from her predecessor, Laura Bush.

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Laura Bush glad Obama picked woman for high court

Former first lady Laura Bush says she's pleased that President Barack Obama nominated a woman for the Supreme Court.

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Mrs. Bush: Former first family adapts to new life

Former first lady Laura Bush says she didn't watch President Barack Obama's speech to Congress because "I just totally forgot about it."

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Bush says he likely lost money in meltdown, too

President George W. Bush is confident that he and first lady Laura Bush have lost money in the economic crisis, but that they won't find out until after he leaves office how much their financial accounts have lost.

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Laura Bush unveils George W. Bush state china

First lady Laura Bush showed off a new gold-rimmed set of official George W. Bush state china on Wednesday, with less than two weeks to use it before the family packs up for Texas.

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Scribner to publish first lady Laura Bush's memoir

First lady Laura Bush, among the most reserved and enigmatic public figures of recent times, will, at last, tell her story.

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Mrs. Bush, Rice: Bush presidency not a failure

The two most influential women in President George W. Bush's White House — first lady Laura Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice — are strongly defending the president's legacy against critics who are calling his administration one of the worst in history.

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Mrs. Bush: Iraq invasion was not a distraction

First lady Laura Bush is rebuffing critics of the Bush administration who contend that the U.S. turned its military might and resources to the war in Iraq before finishing the job in Afghanistan.

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Mrs. Bush: Bush presidency not a failure

First lady Laura Bush says she disagrees with critics who say her husband's presidency was a failure.

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First lady says shoe-throwing an assault

First lady Laura Bush says President Bush laughed it off, but that it was an "assault" when an Iraqi reporter threw his shoes at the president during a news conference in Baghdad.

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First lady has videoconference with women in Kabul

First lady Laura Bush waved from the White House on Thursday as a video camera transmitted her greeting to Afghan women gathered around a table nearly 8,000 miles away in Kabul.

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First lady hopes she remembers how to cook

First lady Laura Bush said Thursday that her husband, President George W. Bush, teases her about her cooking because she hasn't banged pots around for more than a decade.

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Allegro kids to perform at White House

In what’s starting to become a holiday tradition, the kids from the Allegro Foundation are headed to the White House again.

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President, first lady buying home in Dallas

President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush have bought a home among business leaders and prominent Republican donors in an affluent North Dallas neighborhood, where they will live after the president leaves office in January.

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It looks a lot like Christmas past at White House

In the spirit of a tough economy, holiday decorations from Christmases past are adorning the White House this Christmas.

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It's a Fraser fir for White House Christmas tree

First lady Laura Bush kicked off the holiday season Sunday by standing out in the rain to receive this year's White House Christmas tree.

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Laura Bush says she will mostly 'miss the people'

Laura Bush soon will no longer live in the country's most famous mansion or be able to get away to the coveted Camp David presidential retreat. But beyond the perks, she says what she will miss most about being first lady are the staff and friends who surround her.

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Bush twins show Obama girls fun White House tricks

Malia and Sasha Obama learned a few tricks from Barbara and Jenna Bush on their recent visit to the White House — like how to slide down the solarium ramp, bottom first.

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Laura Bush is the White House's resident expert

First lady Laura Bush says she has loved living in the White House. Now, as she and President George W. Bush prepare to leave after eight years, she is hosting a History channel special, "The White House: Behind Closed Doors." Premiering Wednesday at 9 p.m. EST, this 90-minute documentary is a combination inside look, history lesson and parting gift from a grateful resident.

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Laura Bush confirms she's shopping a book proposal

First lady Laura Bush confirmed to The Associated Press that she is planning a memoir and has met with publishers.

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Laura Bush visits Peruvian hospital

U.S. first lady Laura Bush is touring a region of Peru struck by an earthquake last year.

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Laura Bush in Panama to promote cancer research

Laura Bush is in Panama to promote breast cancer research.

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Sources: Laura Bush looking into book deal

Laura Bush wants to write a memoir and will be meeting with several publishers, according to three publishing executives with knowledge of the proceedings.

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Aides: Obama suggested more help for auto industry

President-elect Obama suggested to President Bush that the administration immediately provide extra help to struggling U.S. automakers, aides to the Democrat say, in their first face-to-face meeting since Election Day.

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The memoir by the mastermind of George W. Bush's two successful White House campaigns, titled "Courage and Consequence," will be released March 9 by a conservative imprint of Simon & Schuster that has published a best seller by Glenn Beck.

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It seems some big-time members of the "Grand Old Party" have indulged in that Obama "Kool-Aid" all the right-wingers are so fearful of...

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WASHINGTON (CNN) — Former first lady Laura Bush is defending President Obama's decision to address the nation's school children, telling CNN Monday that it is "really important for everyone to respect the President of the United States."

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Is Laura Bush a Socialist/Nazi/Fascist Now That She Supports President Obama?

Laura Bush praises Obama, bemoans excessive partisanship

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Former first lady Laura Bush praised the performance of her husband's successor Monday, breaking with many Republicans in telling CNN that she thinks President Obama is doing a good job under tough circumstances.

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The combined annual salaries for the 22 staffers we can specifically identify as working for Michelle Obama come to $1.6 million. For the 18 we could identify as working for Laura Bush in 2008, the total is $1.4 million.

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July 20, 2009 -- WHEN it came to protecting Jenna and Barbara Bush, the Secret Service truly had its hands full, with President George W. Bush's wild and crazy daughters doing everything in their power to escape them, a new book reveals

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Congratulations to everyone on the Fox News team. Obviously, it takes a total team effort to be the Leader on cable news. The best way Americans can honor the men and women serving overseas is to be informed about the issues confronting our country.

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In an interview with ABC's Good Morning America, former First Lady Laura Bush offered her endorsement of President Obama's pick of Sonia Sotomayor to sit on the Supreme Court. "I think she sounds like a very interesting and good nominee," Bush said. She added:

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With his sustained blitz of television appearances and speeches, former Vice President Dick Cheney has established himself as perhaps the leading Republican voice against President Obama. Not a bad time, then, to be in the market for a multimillion-dollar book contract.

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American reporters weren't going to let facts be an obstacle to their Obama hosannas.

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At a time when people are having trouble holding on to their houses, Barack and Michelle Obama have sensibly decided not to use taxpayers' money to renovate theirs.

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Former first lady Laura Bush says she didn't watch President Barack Obama's speech to Congress because she forgot about it, adding that the reason wasn't politics, just her new lifestyle.

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Former first lady Laura Bush says she didn't watch President Barack Obama's speech to Congress because she forgot about it, adding that the reason wasn't politics, just her new lifestyle.

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Somewhere in late 2003 blaming everything on Bush became a national pastime and alibi. He took the hit for fifty years of venal failure by the city fathers of New Orleans and the legislators of Louisiana to protect their city.

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Protecting ones future: Keeping one's face from being attached to the Bush Legacy

Here's an interesting weirdness of shame. While looking for pictures about the saga that is Bush's refusal to let the Obama's stay at the Blair house, I stumbled across something odd. Sally McDonough, is the spokeswoman for Laura Bush.

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Laura Bush gives the Obama family the middle finger.

Together, the complex is larger than the White House, with 119 rooms and total area of 70,000 square feet.

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NEW YORK — First lady Laura Bush, among the most reserved and enigmatic public figures of recent times, will, at last, tell her story. How much she will disclose remains a mystery.

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The Bush family's 18-year-old cat, India, has died at the White House, First Lady Laura Bush's office announced Monday.

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"President Bush has a chance to create huge marine reserves, which the first lady supports but Vice President Cheney opposes."

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NO DOUBT: The Greatness Of Bush Can't Be Denied

I'm glad that someone sees the light. Finally, we have an objective evaluation of the obvious greatness of George W. Bush.

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New Poll: Who is next to carry on the Bush Dynasty

Okay, maybe the polls show that George W Bush is unfavorable with the American public, however soon he is about to leave office and there are some people that are going to miss him dearly. Yes that's right; late night comedians, political cartoonists and the Saudi Royal family.

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A study conducted by ORB -- a well-known British polling agency which has been tracking public opinion in Iraq since 2005 -- estimated in September 2007 that 1.2 million Iraqis had been killed in violence-related incidents following the March 2003 invasion of the country.

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The president's two terms have been marked by wars, a global financial crisis, and a steady stream of political opposition. But his official portrait shows him seemingly unfazed by eight years of tumult.

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So it's official: George W. Bush is not a cowboy. We pretty much suspected he wasn't when we learned that, for all his bow-legged strutting, the man's afraid of horses.

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