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...morning after the New York Post published charges that George Bush had an extramarital affair, Noelle Bush, 15, asked her grandmother what all the fuss was about. As the two sat by the White House pool Wednesday morning, Barbara Bush explained that the newspapers were reporting that Noelle's grandfather allegedly had a fling with a former staff member eight years earlier. "Come on, Ganny," said the girl. "That's what they're saying," Mrs. Bush replied. When Noelle broke into giggles, the First Lady upbraided her in mock horror. "That's sort of insulting to your grandfather." Replied Noelle...
Score one more for Barbara Bush, master of the self-deprecating gesture -- particularly in the midst of a crisis that might cause other political spouses to lose their sangfroid. In the course of two days, her husband faced accusations of adultery, backpedaled on abortion and overhauled his political team. Mrs. Bush leaped into the fray herself, staking out a position on abortion well to the President's left, criticizing a top Bush aide in public, and then getting in a lick or two of her own at Bill Clinton. "I'm feisty as the dickens," she said in an interview...
...year when both parties are trying to appeal to disenchanted voters, Republican officials are hoping that Barbara Bush -- who is roughly twice as popular as her husband -- can bring back many of the disaffected when she speaks in Houston this week. Convention planners say they are counting on Mrs. Bush's 10-minute remarks -- and a five-minute talk by Marilyn Quayle -- to be nearly as appealing to female voters as her husband's much longer make-or- break address. "We sometimes fantasize," said a campaign official, "what it would be like to have Barbara and Marilyn on the ticket...
...Barbara Bush speaks her mind on abortion and joins Marilyn Quayle in the campaign spotlight...
Mirroring the Democratic emphasis last month onfamily values, both the president and vicepresident stressed the need for keeping the familyunit an integral pat of the nation's socialstructure, repeating the theme from Wednesdaynight's session that featured Barbara Bush'sspeech...