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she is starting to think of good nicknames for people.
Chica makes a good point. Let's start a contest to see who comes up with the best "Moniker" for Jenna. Her daddy, with his proclivities for nicknames, might even submit a suggestion. Let's see, I think my submission would be .... Nah, that's too easy.
Jenna "Xanax Cowgirl" Bush?
Well,daddy DID give the finger to those guys last week,so she's starting slowly. Must be a genetic thang.
Blowing the invisible man
typical jennantonic
Who cares about Jenna sticking out her tongue? Really?? What cause does this serve?
I'm as anti-Bush as anyone, but I don't see the purpose in dragging his daughter into it, anymore than Rush Limbaugh comparing Chelsea Clinton to a dog.
Jenna is now campaigning for Dad - no doubt trying to get out the young republican vote. She is fair game. If recollection serves, though Chelsea made a few appearances, she did not campaign for Bill.
Jenna strikes me as the girl in high school that every guy knew you could get sloppy drunk and she would blow the entire football team. On the field. And then do it again.
Umm, TTop, did you miss the announcement by Jenna and Barbara that they would be actively campaigning for Dad? Chelsea had the good sense to stay out of that business, making appearances only for the obligatory family photos. But not the Bush girls... they're part of the action now, by their own choice. Tinfoil Hat Boy is right: when Jenna sticks her tongue out at us, that's now public business.
the blonde brat twin.
Jenna is some chunky, nasty little tart, isn't she? A bad girl's bad girl.
She obviously shares her father's smug view of the "common" people.
Personally, I find this picture both disgusting and infuriating.
Hey, everybody, lighten up on the twins, please. Chelsea did campaign when she was older, and she accompanied her mother on several official trips.
The biggest reason for laying off of them is that it isn't going to reap any harvest for us. None. Zero. Zed. Niente.
And the notion that there is some sort of family curse on them because Bush is their father is not only silly, impossbibly speculative, since none of us know either young woman personally and that's the only way one could have any sort of informed opinion on the matter, it's also completely counter to what I conceive to be a bedrock principle of liberalism - judging people within a social construct, yes, but also, on their own merits.
The most revolting piece ever written about Chelsea Clinton used exactly the same approach to demean her; through no fault of her own, Chelsea is the evil seed of her two evil parents.
J.H. Christ, we can do better than that.
Leah just harshed my buzz
Leah, you're off base. We know through multiple sources both girls flouted the law repeatedly regarding underage alcohol consumption. Now, I don't care who drinks, and 18 is old enough in my book. But, they did it knowing they were being watched, and scrutinized thru the prism of being the president's daughters. That speaks volumes for their judgment, their lack of respect for their parents, and their inability to see their conduct in a larger light. We also have reports of them using the Secret Service to hide such conduct and possibly clean up other alcohol related messes. This "tongue" incident with Jenna is just more of the same.
Leah, I agree with you with one slight differentiation: they're being trotted out as a FAMILY VALUES SELLING POINT. Any discussion of behavior they actually exibit in public -- just plain stupid or actually criminal -- its fair game in that context.
All that dreck about Chelsea was unacceptable because she stayed out of the public eye, (not counting when she was hounded), she didn't engage in any criminal or oafish stuff, and the parental units weren't moralizing over other people's personal choices.
I say whack the phony byatches if their actions don't match what they're selling.
There are two questions: the pragmatic question and the ethical question.
(1) I don't think I'm equipped to answer the pragmatic question of whether it's good politics ("zip") to do a little snarking on the twins. Although, from a pragmatic perspective, it's doubtful that the Republicans would have done what they did with Chelsea (and Hillary too, for that matter) unless, pragmatically, they felt it served their political purposes. If so, it might make sense to learn from them. Or might not.
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(2) As for whether it is ethical to snark on The Twins: I think it is, absolutely.
The Republicans have a long history of claiming exclusive ownership of "family values" -- a claim that we Democrats, who also have families, and values, know to be deeply bogus. Certainly one way to evaluate the Republican claim to "family values" is to examine the values, as demonstrated in practice, of the First Family, given that it is being marketed to us as exemplary. The photo, as I see it, is reminiscent of her father's taunting and bullying -- Bush family values, certainly, but not mine.
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She is reacting to her environment: in the back seat of a government vehicle surrounded by law enforcement officers.
She and her sister have enough experience in this situation to respond reflexably even when they are not in hand cuffs.
Submitted for your approval:
"Tongue" Bush
she looks like a fat chink.
best "Moniker" for Jenna.
One nickname thats been around for a while is "Jen and tonic"
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Jenna is a rich, spoiled, 21 year old brat who is of no interest or concern to anyone but her family.
OTOH, the rich, spoiled 50-something brat with the most powerful job in the world is of concern to all of us.
and can we compare chelsea and jenna's grades?
I spotted something in the Atlantic the other day, an excerpt from David Frum's "The Right Man":
"The Bush staff rose to their feet with a snap that would have impressed a Prussian field marshal. When Bush was in a kidding mood, he direct the staff like an orchestra conductor: He would press his hands palm down to direct them to sit and then, when they had taken their seats, raise his hands palm up to order them to rise again. Only then would they get the final palms down."
Aside from the kooky roundabout praise for Prussian field marshals, this tale of Bush, by a guy who blows him in print at every opportunity, confirms everything I ever thought about the privileged little faux everyman.
As a leader, he's still a fratboy torturing pledges. As a boss, he's the Dabney Coleman character from 9 to 5. As a person, he's just an all-around Dick.
Oh, and on-topic, Jenna seems like a shit off the old block.
Oh, and my nickname for Jenna and Barb:
The Molson Twins
I believe that's the same tongue she licks the dog's ass with.
The look in the eyes is well past Kool-Aid. I see racist white girls all the time ("We LUV Bush"), but this is farther up the Spirochete's coils.
Though the inanity is certainly Laura's, the hateful elitist rich-girl racism is a mainline from the testtube of her grandmother, AKA Mrs. Pruneface.
oh dear lord, a barB clone?!?
If Jenna blew me, I'd promise to vote for her dad. I wouldn't of course, but I'd enjoy the blowjob.
That's Anna Nicole Bush. Look at mama's meatbags, babies! (Stephanie Weir from Madtv).
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