and laura bush were first ladies who were potentially easy to talk to. but we have been first ladies who have been very rereclusive. bess truman spent most of pher time in independence, missouri. >> here's how a "washington post" writer described the first lady. "two months after her husband's swearing-in, the nation's new first lady approaching her role with a discernible reticence. pu her public appearances with tight smiles overshadow by a vanishing act that stretches days on end. up until her appearance this of the pa week, has that been your perception or interpretation as well? >> yeah. i mean on the campaign trail, we rarely saw her, too. then when she gave that address at the republican national convention, she cribbed from michelle obama's 2008 dnc address and got into some hot