50 days and counting down

After Jan 20, it’s back to battlin’ the cedar brush at Prairie Chapel Ranch, Crawford, TX…

“all alone an’ drankin’”… sounds like a country song

Miz Laura will be in Big D, writin’ that Stepfordy little memoir… 

“The girls were fine, I was fine. Our cook made delicious food. We didn’t see George a lot for the first four years. I just loved the furniture. The phones were great. They were just everywhere. I may try to do that with my, uh, our Dallas house. It will be so good to see some friends. And I just loved to sit in the hall with those fabulous Palladium windows and talk on the phone. The staff said I talked on the phone more than any First Lady since Pat Nixon… well. before she got so bad, you know, and just ate popcorn all the time. Posture and manners, that’s what makes a good First Lady.”

My comment: Pity the poor Secret Service guys who get that assignment… can you imagine having to listen to his bullchip stories for the rest of his life?

“Uh-huh… yessir… yep… huh?… well, I’ll be… you don’t say… yeah, I think you told me that one yesterday… well, how ’bout that!… naw, we don’t wanna shoot him—that’s Jeb, ya brother… nah, I think I got a shift change ’bout now… thanks, anyway, see ya tomorrow… nope, no idea whatsoever where Mr. Cheney is… good nite, now.”

All photos (except the “supper” picture) below taken in 2002. Downloaded from the White House web site…

President George W. Bush is silhouetted against an early morning sky after a run at his ranch in Crawford, Texas, Friday, Aug. 9, 2002. WHITE HOUSE PHOTO ERIC DRAPER

Alberto Gonzalez and his wife with the Bushes at the ranch the day before Gonzalez resigned as United States Attorney General