Some cute stuff on the Scripps Howard News Service site:
First lady Laura Bush went to Ford's Theatre on Abe Lincoln's birthday to see a one-man show based on the life of Alonzo Fields, a black man who was chief butler to four presidents, from Herbert Hoover to Harry Truman.
Also attending were scores of high-school students from around the country who excitedly lined up next to Bush's seat to talk with her during intermission.
"Mom, I'm looking at her right now!" said one teen with a cell phone, while another student reported that the first lady smiled and waved as her picture was taken by the youths. "Yay, Republicans," the student cheered.
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QUOTABLE:
"He's awful pretty." - Crusty former baseball great Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky., on the boyishly handsome John Edwards, the Democratic presidential wannabe.
"It's acceptable practice to socialize with executive branch officials when there are not personal claims against them. That's all I'm going to say for now. Quack, quack." - Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, on the propriety of sitting on the bench for a case involving Dick Cheney's energy task force after going duck hunting with the vice president recently.
Posted by floridacracker at February 13, 2004 06:12 PM