We talk to her in 2013 about her life before being married. About her public and private life after marriage. Barbara bush, with all the posts you and your husband have held over the years, was there one that best prepared you for the white house, and when you became first lady, and you feel prepared . The answer is that i feel prepared . Yes. First of all, i was not elected. So it didnt make that much difference. I didnt notice the difference between being the Vice President s wife and the president s wife is huge, because the Vice President s wife can say anything. Nobody cares. The minute you say one thing as the president s wife, you have made news. That was a lesson i had to learn pretty quickly. But, i felt very prepared, because we had lived in washington off and on. My father in law had been a u. S. Senator, although we lived in texas. I think probably i was very comfortable. I had a wonderful, loving family, and so did george, and i think we feel comfortable, so i love being t
Her life before being married as well as her public and private life after marriage. Barbara bush, with all the posts that you and the president have held over the years, was there one that best prepared you for the white house, and when you became first lady, did you feel prepared . The answer is did i feel prepared . Yes, i really did. First of all, i wasnt elected so it didnt make that much difference. I did notice, though, the difference between being the Vice President s wife and the president s wife is huge because the Vice President s wife can say anything. Nobody cares. The minute you say one thing as president s wife, you have made the news. So that was a lesson i had to learn. Pretty quickly. But i felt very prepared because we had lived in washington off and on. Our my fatherinlaw had been a u. S. Senator. Although we lived in texas, i think i was very comfortable. I had a wonderful, loving family, and so did george. And i think we felt comfortable. So i liked being the wife
Her life before being married as well as her public and private life after marriage. Barbara bush, with all the posts that you and the president have held over the years, was there one that best prepared you for the white house . And when you became first lady, did you feel prepared . The answer, did i feel prepared . Yes, i really did. First of all, i wasnt elected, so it didnt make that much difference. I did notice, though, the difference between being the Vice President s wife and the president s wife is huge because the Vice President s wife can say anything. Nobody cares. The minute you say one thing as president s wife, youve made the news. So, that was a lesson i had to learn pretty quickly. But, i felt very prepared because wed lived in washington off and on. Our father my fatherinlaw had been a u. S. Senator. Although we had lived in texas, why, i think probably i think i was very comfortable. I had a wonderful loving family and so did george, and i think we felt comfortable.
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We ran a lot of names across everyone and we sent out some requests. We sent out some information. And then name of the speaker that is coming in a few minutes came across our thoughts and ideas in the midst of all of these discussions. And it was about a month ago everyoneound that turned us down that we liked but we go big and tried to get awesome people that you would like to listen to. We put in a tickler and thought lets try. We put in a tickler to try to get the republican the former Republican National president ial nominee from the party to come speak to us. That took a few weeks. It was only just two to three weeks ago that we actually had an answer. We thought that was fantastic. Then we went spinning quickly to try to organize and finalize what we were going to do this evening. So we want you to know that we are grateful for our speaker tonight to come and speak to us about his experiences as a president ial candidate for the United States and to share with us. I want to sha