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I've known very few real Iowans. I know people who live there now but are from the Twin Cities, but I've only met a handful of native Iowans. One of them is a dear friend, most are only vague acquaintances. Six of them were landlubbing pirates of no value to humanity whatsoever.1 But I'm sure Iowans are mostly wonderful people who are well intentioned, hard working, intelligent, and are just as good as anyone else. ....
Will be forced to spend money to boost their name i.d. and poll numbers. it s sort of like the ames straw poll. we are only weeks away from the very first democratic presidential debate in miami, and there s only one place you can get it. the families of nbc, msnbc and telemundo, june 26th and 27th. ....
In the iowa in the ames straw poll. lee atwater and rich bond who ran the campaign summoned them. mrs. bush says, when are you going back to iowa? sending the clear message, she was the bad cop sometimes and the enforcer. not just with the kids. with everybody, to protect him and his career. i loved that clip you just saw there. you also got to see what their relationship was like and how steady it was, how much they loved each other, what an example that was. kirstin, george bush the first man she ever kissed, she was 16 years old, married him under the age of 21, one of the few first ladies who married at that age. it was a different era. he was a senior at the phillips andover academy. you can see this incredible bond between them. one thing to remember about her is that she used to be sort of covered like this, oh, she s just this housewife, right? i don t think a lot of people in the beginning, before we got ....
george h.w. bush was a heroic navy pilot, lied about his age to get into the navy and was shot down. they truly embody a family of service, the whole family. and it comes from the top. it came from barbara. she was both a loving, caring mother and she said there, the enforcer. she was tough. one of the anecdotes we were talking about that really sticks with me is, in 1987, when george h.w. bush was running for president, he was the vice president, and he finished third in the iowa in the ames straw poll. lee atwater and rich bond who ran the campaign summoned them. mrs. bush says, when are you going back to iowa? sending the clear message, she was the bad cop sometimes and the enforcer. ....