Biden and Obama say they are for energy independence, that unemployment is at a historic high and the economy is in the dumper. Well Joe Biden has been sitting in Washington for over 30 years, was in office during the gas crisis in the 70''s when lines stretched down strrets for hundreds of yards and odd/even days to fill your tank exisited. He was there when mortgage rates were 18% and unemployment was 10% (thanks Jimmy Carter) and what did he do to promote change then? They are both windbags that will lead the fringe left into a frenzy and the USA to the stone age of Robin Hood economics "take from the rich, give to the poor". I as most Americans have no problem helping out the less fortunate recover from things out of their control (disaster, disease) but I''m sick and tired of the Democrats platform that Americans should feel guilty about creating hard earned wealth. Why doesn''t Obama ask Al Gore, John Kerry, John Edwards and Reverend Jerimiah Wright to join him and sell all their real estate, cash in their investments and take a vow of poverty and start a fund to redistribute their personal fortunes?? Charity should begin at home.
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And your mother-in-law?
Bush: I think George really likes women. And I think that happened because he liked his mother, and he has a very close relationship with her, as the oldest child he did. And she was just 18 or 19 when she had him, she's just not that much older than we are, really. Plus, a lot of the same things Cindy said, both our husbands are pretty out front, and I think their mothers are, too.
I talked to Senator McCain a couple of weeks ago about his father. And he was very interesting. Unprompted, he started talking about his father, about his wonderful strengths, but also about his weaknesses in terms of alcoholism. How do you think that affected him? He was somewhat reflective.
McCain: Well, I know that number one is that a large part of the stress and strain was due to the fact that he was commanding and ordering the bombing, while his son was captive. And it presented a huge strain on him. He fought alcoholism his entire life, and I think what my husband gained from that was a wariness of the disease, and certainly a wariness of the dangers that lie in public life and certainly in stressful situations. But he also knew his father to be, as you know, a genuinely religious man with a great deal of depth, and love for this country. He did have the one demon that chased him his entire life.
If everything works out eight weeks from today…what will your focus be if you were to live in the White House? What would be the causes?
McCain: Many of the same things I'm doing now and certainly more. As you know, I do a lot of international relief work. I would not want to change what I do. Hopefully with the ability to do it from the position of first lady, I would be able to bring even more reflection and observance of things that are critical around the world. I like what I do and it's a part of my fiber. I would never stop, I would just do more of it; and I enjoy it. And I also want to encourage people to get involved. I don't mean you have to cross a pond to do it. But go to the corner, go to your neighborhood church, go to your community center, but get involved. Because I think a large part of what people do is sit back and complain, and wait for the government to take over. And in my opinion, I think it's much better to get involved, on a community level and volunteer and be a part of it. The government shouldn't be responsible for that. I want people to really be encouraged and inspired to, as my husband said, serve a cause greater than your own self-interest.
Mrs. Bush, what would you like your legacy to be, as you head back to Texas?
Bush: Well, like Cindy, I've had the opportunity really, and the privilege, to represent the United States with programs like the ones we're going to talk with right now—with World Vision and the One campaign. I've been to Africa five times since George has been president. I've been to Afghanistan three times to talk to women there and work with women. So, I hope I'll be able to also continue that—the ways the United States can reach out around the world and in the specific ways we can help people who are oppressed. Not just by a regime like the Taliban, but also by malaria, and by AIDS, and by hunger and by all the other ways that people are oppressed around the world.
Neither of you married a politician. So do you ever wake up and wonder why exactly you have to talk to someone like me?
McCain: I had the same experience I know I've heard Mrs. Bush talk about it…My husband told me I'd never have to make a public speech and here I am 25 years later. But I would like to add one thing to this, because this really kind of caught my attention. In the middle of the night the other night—you know how you wake up to things…My husband could possibly be in the same kind of situation like his father was, with his son serving. I have thought about that a great deal, and I thought about what it would mean to my family, and also what it would mean to the nation. And, at this particular time in our country's history…I truly, truly believe that he is the best person for this. I'm not trying to make a political speech here, but because we have a vested interest in this, it's more than just a situation across the world that's deadly, it's about having family involved. And so I'm so proud of my husband in that respect, and I'm also so honored to be a part of it. And I hope that my husband becomes commander in chief because I truly believe he would serve our troops well.
Bush: Hear! Hear!
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