Bush Gives Wife Dessert Plates for Christmas

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush (news - web sites) gave his wife Laura dessert plates to complement her china pattern and she gave him a raincoat in their Christmas gift exchange on Saturday, a White House spokesman said."


http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20041225/us_nm/bush_christmas_dc


Probably bought with the profits of the unessasary war in Iraq.

I hope the movers break them when they move them out at the end of next month after it is discovered that Ohio actually went to Kerry.....or in 2007 when the retake of the House and Senate by the dems when they impeach his ass.

Such a personal gift. (Not.)

How long have they been married? And she hadn't finished that part of her china service with all the money he made off the citizens of Arlington Texas and the Texas Rangers? What were her guests eating off of? Chinet paper plates? Or does the Bush family just drink their desserts?

people might think they're *gasp* RICH!!!

so many Jack Daniels bottle caps.

from the twins

They also have Ale and Lager ones.

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Hopefully a new ulcer or more blood pressure medication for Daddy!

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It makes him look like a sopping-wet 1930s dictator! Or possibly an unemployed hotel doorman.







And, of course, now that he's trashed his umbrella, he'll be needing it even more.

I like the pic of Bush Monkey and his umbrella!:7

...for Christmas, anyway?

I read that the royal family in England give each other gag gifts for Christmas. Maybe that's the case here.

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It helps with reception.... ;)

Gosh a WHOLE lotta thought went into these gifts...

My partner probably earns 0.000001 percent of what the Giggling Chimpster does and he was more generous than that -- and by a lot.

Here's a clue for the clueless. If you've been married 20 or 30 years, your wife already gots all the damn dishes she ever wants to look at.

He's the Head Chimp of the Known Universe and he can't find a jewelry store?

Sheesh. I don't like Laura but in theory at least she is the mother of his children and deserves better than some cheesy dessert plates! I would be on fire!

Dessert plates - what every STEPFORD WIFE WANTS.

settling for plates and raincoats.

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb204/is_200011/ai_hibm1G166297652

And didn't he tell Oprah that he'd rather give Laura a kiss than any other kind of gift?

Bush must've misspelled desert plates that he ordered months ago for armoring of soldiers' vehicles.

ROFL!

Body bags.

about the uniform of the day.

Don't perverts and child molesters wear raincoats?---so they can 'flash' at passersby?

'Swipers' on the street sell their stolen goods that way, also--they open and 'flash' their 'goodies' for sale --kind of like the perverts, as well!! :puke:

I wonder if they match the "Bush service" presidential china from Lenox? If so, we are talking about a large chunk of change for some plates.

Although on second thought, surely they got the entire presidential set during the first term - at the taxpayer's expense, too.

Maybe she really,really wanted them!
Might have been better than other gifts he gave her.He doesn't strike me as a good gift giver.

this is the funniest thing. Dessert plates! Gaddam! and a raincoat! Gaddam--Last year it was books, I think. Guess he did not appreciate that too much because he could not read them, nor was he interested in doing so. He should have given her ten thousands dollars to shop at the latest fashion show--as his daughters did.

But, after all, she travels all over on our money--even to Europe,several times, so really every luxury is provided to her by us. Indeed she is a hard person to buy a gift for.

This is really funny. Dessert plates! I am sure pickles is thrilled to have received dessert plates from her killer husband as his gift to her to commemorate the birth of the baby Jesus. MOst likely they are headed for his future "library" as a display, along with his raincoat that she so thoughtfully gave to him, as if his dresser could not buy one for him. It is the role of the wife to dress the husband appropriately, according to Stepford rules , all Stepford's know, most men have no talent in that arena, especially when it comes to raincoats! LOL Bwahahahah

I wonder what Poppy gave the battleaxe. Dessert plates too? Coffee cups? Bwahahah it is really funny.

200,000 shots of Botox.

All at once.

Was "My Pet Goat" one of them?

"And the President gave Mrs. Bush a gold beaded necklace, some earrings and some dessert plates that she saw in Georgetown."

BWAHAHAHAHA!! Too fuckin funny! I can't believe this guy. What a joke! At least last year he gave her some jewelry.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/12/20031226.html

Only the best for you babe.

Um, wow. How....interesting. I'm never one to look a gift horse in the mouth, but if my husband bought me dessert plates for Christmas, I'd seriously wonder what was wrong with him. He usually tries to go for something more personal, more meaningful than dessert plates.

And a RAINCOAT?

ROFL!

Sorry but they are either the most boring people alive, or they really do not like each other, or both.

Jewelry, George. Jewelry.

if that's what my husband gave me for Christmas.

Just guess.

One at a time.

Sideways.

Then I'd ask him where my REAL present was.

hey, hey ---I knew this was you before I even read who posted it----you devil, you !!! ;>)

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If it isn't my Partner In Crime!

Welcome aboard, you old subversive, you.

Check out the John Kerry forum. Very good stuff there.

Way to go, la la!!!

Just desserts.

:puke:

:eyes:

Nope, I won't say it.

Has anyone seen any photos of his back this
week?

Bulge or no bulge?

Chimpies, maybe? :evilgrin:

Victory

:evilgrin:

this is just the gifts for public consumption. i am positive that there were extremely lavish gifts under that WH tree.

another 'we're just common folks' stunt

Also, why does this woman have the worst possible taste in clothing? Can't she hire somebody to dress her?

in men?

It's a miracle either one of them walks upright.

No, not a miracle.

A shame.

lol!

Raincoat, plates and that extremely ugly dress! Does your DU name mean to have a Yorkie? I have a little girl Yorkie! She is the sweetest little O8), all five pounds of her.

but boy, it must have some pretty awful stuff, lol!

yes i have two big huge yorkies. 15 pounders . we rescued each from internet rescue sites. they're truly lovable, aren't they? i saw a teensy yorkie girl the other day, probably like yours. just the cutest little fluff ball!

hey, let's all nominate Laura for TLC's "What Not to Wear"! We could see the rest of her hideous wardrobe, and she'd have to model in the 360* mirror.

Shows he went all out trying to figure out what would make her happy. A gift to the woman for use of the household is not a gift to the woman.

They probably bought each other small islands in the Pacific or Caribbean. Doesn't matter. They deserve each other.

LOOK A LOT BETTER.

Not a houseware in the bunch!

What a tool. Unless, do you think there's some kinky use for the raincoat and the plates?

Nah....

It was posted here at DU, back in the spring of 2001, I think. Dogfolks had a family friend who attended Yale during the time George W. was there ... along with his frat brothers, young Georgie would kit himself out in a yellow rain slicker to go drinking.

Yale insiders knew that certain fraternities had reputations, and Georgie's led the pack. Apparently the raingear was essential, because by the end of the night, the guys would be throwing up on each other.

Sorry to spoil everyone's Christmas with that mental image.

got raincoats for Christmas too?

colored dress. Relax it was a faux fur, I don't personally wear dead animals and yes I collect Barbie dolls. BTW, I'm not one of those people who harass people who do wear fur, I just choose not to.

and something befitting a First Lady of the United States of America:



something like this, which was worn around OUR Nation's Capital by Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean, of Washington D.C. for many years, and she wasn't even a First Lady of the USA......

you can do better georgie...it's time to jettison your LOW EXPECTATIONS....and buy laura something to wear at formal events that shows POWER and WEALTH.....

a Kmart dress?

she was a very flamboyant DC woman, died rather young, 60 years old....just a little older than pickles....like most wealthy and powerful women in OUR Nation's Capital, Mrs. McLean had a few other diamonds to wear for less formal occasions: the 94.8-carat Star of the East diamond, the 15-carat Star of the South diamond, a 9-carat green diamond, and a 31-carat diamond that is now called the McLean diamond.


here's more about the Hope Diamond....45.52 carats, surrounded by 16 white diamonds, with 45 white diamonds in the necklace chain....
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/minsci/hope.htm

the turquoise sash.

I'm not convinced it's gauche for a poodle to wear a diamond. I am convinced that Laura Bush needs a new wardrobe mistress.

people have tried to help her....It could be the Xanax that makes pickles think she looks so good....


Nancy Reagun was GIVEN all kinds of beautiful gowns by NY designers....clothes buyers, designers all VOLUNTEER their services to the White House...also hair-stylists, nail people, make-up artists....ALL OF IT is offered to the United States First Lady, all the time (it benefits those whose get chosen, because then they become VERY popular)...but pickles has turned it all down, grinning away with the Xanax joker grin....I don't think she understands a whole lot, like where she's at or what day it is....one day, history will reveal that pickles was just an old hard-core alcoholic popping xanax in the upper living quarters....she hasn't done anything for anybody, like most First Lady's choose to do....NOTHING...empty....

there's also been many plastic surgeons offering to fix pickle's botched eye lift, that she got in Midland...even Linda Tripp got a FREE nose fix-up once DCers actually saw her on TV and felt sorry for her....




ALSO, any artwork or jewelry at the Smithsonian can be LOANED to the White House....Jackie Kennedy occasionally wore some spectacular jewelry from the Smithsonian....it's shocked most cultured people in DC to see what artwork pickles chose to put in the White House....it's really in poor taste, both in theme and coodination and colors....and pickles could have had a CURATOR from the Smithsonian come over to help her pick out appropriate pieces for the rooms....but NO, not pickles - the KNOW-IT-ALL alcoholic/prescription drug addict....rumors are that she's REAL NASTY....

with a full time staff of 850 people (including butlers, cooks, desert chefs, social secretarial staff, dressers, maids, gardeners, florist, musicians (orchestra of 15 sits there everynight waiting for pickles to request something, which she never does...they rarely play...I know one of the musicians, but at least they get paid) and more.... neither bush* nor pickles get their clothes ironed, frequently appearing in wrinkled clothes...IMO, they're BOTH on some kind of prescription drugs and heavy alcohol....someday, someone will tell the inside scoop...maybe after bush* gets "nixon-ed" in his second term....ha...




at the French Embassy - how embarrassing for America



thanks to www.bettybowers.com for the photos....

Thank you. One of the things that absolutely intrigues me is that her clothes don't fit.

I would never criticize anyone who wore ill fitting hand me downs, but when you are a multimillionaire, wear the right size.

That floral blouse with the black skirt picture you posted is especially flattering, don't you agree? Millions and millions of dollars, and that is what she wears.

some FOUNDATION...middle aged women with big sagging boobs wear some FOUNDATION....

good dress designers work out the FOUNDATION first, and then the design....there are also people who work only on the UNDERGARMENTS, especially to help middle-aged wealthy women look attractive....

....look at the difference between Teresa Heinz Kerry and pickles to realize that pickles NEEDS help, badly...

it's so embarrassing to see the First Lady of the United States can't even tuck in her blouse, and lets her boobs hang all the way down her front....it's sad, it's embarrassing, it screams for help...
the look on the French Ambassador's face is priceless...she can hardly believe her eyes....

but all I've heard and read here in DC is that pickles feels strongly that she is PERFECT and needs no help....sort of like bush*, who makes NO MISTAKES....

...but all I've heard and read here in DC is that pickles feels strongly that she is PERFECT and needs no help....sort of like bush*, who makes NO MISTAKES....

I remember when women were burning their bras, but none of them were sagging down to the waistline. Also, I suspect L. Bush was not one of those "rebellious women".

So she truly believes that some of her skin tight, wrinkled clothes fit?

.......look at the difference between Teresa Heinz Kerry and pickles to realize that pickles NEEDS help, badly...

You should have said:

Look at the difference between the average woman on the street and Pickles to realize that Pickles NEEDS help, badly.

year old body. Taken recently at around the time of the Clinton library opening. I believe she does think she is perfect and no one will tell her that she looks like a middle aged wannbe has been. She is surrounded by those who would give all the compliments she ever needs to continue dressing this way. Talk about the need for good foundations--

Wouldn't a mirror tip her off?

She appears to have almost nothing for calf muscles. I guess that's what weight management by sitting around smoking instead of exercising will get you. At least Shrub has leg muscles from working out.

Sorry Pickles. That outfit doesn't work. The color is nice, but you need better underwear.

would say we'd complain if he gave her something extravagant, but plates seem so terribly impersonal.

...there's also been many plastic surgeons offering to fix pickle's botched eye lift, that she got in Midland...

I didn't know that. I really thought it was a combination of genetics, drugs, and maybe some peculiar contact lenses. I remember those old glass contact lenses people used to wear. They looked like they could make your eyelid get stuck open.

Cosmetic surgery in Midland? I don't think you could talk me into that. Also with all her money, she could afford to go to a plastic surgeon for repair after the Midland surgery. With all her money, she could afford to buy a dress that fits. I think she has poor taste. Nothing you can do about that if she won't admit it.

One of the most striking pictures ever was Laura Bush standing next to the First Lady of Poland, who was wearing a stunning black dress. I forget what the potato sack model was wearing. Something upsetting.

but with a slightly smaller torquoise bow...probably someone told her that the BIG torquoise bow at the Polish State visit was really a BIT TOO MUCH, so pickles downsized it....pickles is really a very sick old alcoholic smiling her way through everything nowadays with XANAX






it's REALLY embarrassing that the First Lady of the United States can't buy a new dress every once in a while....Nancy reaguns wore a different formal gown to every single White House event in 8 years....the designers in NEW YORK gave the dresses to nancy NO CHARGE, in order to gain fame for their companies....

Not a good view of it in this photo. It's a beautiful dress, and she looked really elegant.

That is, however, a more than sufficient view of the burlap sack with turquoise sash. Yes, that's the one. When I look at that, I wonder, "What brought that on?" Also, what relation, color or otherwise, does that turquoise sash have with that dress? Wrong color, wrong fabric, and why??? Or is that like the "touch of color" when you place a bright throw pillow on a dull sofa?

couldn't find a close up of the Polish First Lady in that stunningly beautiful black evening gown....but pickles is embarrassing on the WORLD STAGE, as shown here, in a wrinkled PINK thing, that looks like a 12 year olds barbie doll pajamas....

of her clothes. Given a choice, I would vote that she wear that every day. She is not bursting out of it, and there are no tight pulls across the diaphragm. (Obviously, I've lowered my expectations.)

I would forgive her the "travel induced" wrinkles, but HOW MUCH MONEY does she have? And how many free servants paid for by the U.S. taxpayer?

Okay, since you seem to be well informed, or at least better informed than I am, please explain the hair.

will rarely hear of them buying or having much of anything that is not seemingly within the reach of the masses. When asked what she collects Laura responded that she collected Mexican pottery. All part of the big con.

They are Mexican pottery.

is within the reach of most collectors. Tlaqupacque pottery from the 30's and 40's with the right mark used to bring a bit of money. My spelling may be off on the name but there is a market for that type of pottery for decorative use. The Talqupacque pottery has donkeys and rabbits and sometimes a sleeping man with a hat. I have sold many pieces of Mexican pottery. You can find it about anywhere in the US in estates because people brought pottery back from trips as souvenirs.

And what does she do with her collection?

kind of pottery from Mexico. People display the pottery in their kitchens and in their dining rooms. The only room I have ever seen photographed at el rancho mysterio looked like the lobby of a Ramada Inn Express. The pottery bit may be another one of their "we're just like you" factoids for a media drop and have no basis whatsoever in reality.

He's such an ass, he doesn't even know what gift to give a woman.

be served on them.

the only way to redeem a gift like this is if it came with some uber fancy shmancy dessert that is hard to get or had to be specially shipped or SOMETHING. i wouldn't mind if my husband got me dessert plates if it came with a junior's turtle cheesecake. but that would be the ONLY way to redeem something this lame. they have billions at our expense.

i wonder if condi got harry winston?

there is a fund for the White House - ain't it?
F*ing cheapskate!

Ooops, this is LiberalEsto! I accidentally posted with my husband's login, so don't blame him.


imagine being married to that 24-carat *sshole, and he's probably been humping that ghastly, rodent-toothed Sec. of State of his for years

and having those dysfunctional robot-monsters for in-laws

and seeing her daughters grow up as drunken losers

and being on public view and strictly muzzled and given absolutely no opportunity to say or do anything that's not on KKKarl's scripts

If she's doped on meds and/or booze, maybe it's because that's the only way she can live with it all. I suspect if she tried to leave *, the * family evil empire would destroy her, and she knows it.

And as for her clothes, maybe it's a tiny, passive-aggressive deliberate bit of rebellion, or maybe a sympton of severe depression.

I can't say I find anything about Pickles particularly admirable, but I prefer to ignore her and focus on the very real evil of her disgusting spouse and his evil misadministration.

she exudes an aura of self-satisfaction that is typical of the entire bush evil empire klan.

They're tasteless horrors but they think they're the kings of the world. You can't tell them anything. If Laura showed one bit of human empathy or kindness I would forgive her appalling lapse of taste. It's her narcissistic behavior that grates.

Just being the devil's advocate here, but maybe she asked for these dessert plates.

Dessert plates are NOT a cheap gift, folks, at least not the ones in the stores Laura Bush buys everything but clothes and cosmetics in. I went fiddling around on the fine-china websites and came up with a bunch of hits on plates that cost $50 apiece.

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She bakes? I don't think so :puke:

http://www.whitehouse.org/firstlady/recipebox.asp

"My mother told me that the way to hold on to a Texas man is to be a prairie whore in the bedroom and a Sizzler chef in the kitchen. That's all well and good, but my favorite recipe for holding on to my cowboy is equal parts knowing how many times he's been arrested mixed with a dash of the Associated Press anonymous tips hotline."


- 1 C Nestles Quick chocolate syrup
- 4 T Sweet n Low artificial sweetener
- 5 C Amaretto Carnation Coffee-Mate nondairy creamer
- 3 C Everclear grain alcohol
- A pinch of salt
- A pinch of cinnamon
- 1/2 t Sam's Club imitation vanilla flavoring
Mix, heat, then top with Cool Whip (or Miracle Whip if you don't have a sweet tooth) and marshmallows.

Baking is a science and I can't see her knowing how to get the measurements down right. Then again I believe that she use to sell pot in her college days so she would know how to weigh out ounces.

Everclear grain alcohol LOL :cry: :hug:

Sam's Club imitation vanilla...too cheap to use the real thing :cry: LOL

Cool Whip LOL

Nestle Quick Chocolate flavoring instead of good chocolate LOL

Sweet and Low..damn you can't bake with sweet and low can you? Too cheap to buy equal baking sugar.

Amaretto Carnation Coffee-Mate nondairy creamer....I guess they ran out of Amaretto, cream and coffee LOL

Gail Gand needs to watch out Laura "the killer" Bush is going to take over the Pastry Chef industry. :puke:

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What can you give a man who owns the world?

What can you give a man who owns the world?

Foul-weather gear, apparently...

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