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Jenna Bush's Wedding Officiant Supports Obama

Posted May 12th 2008 11:52AM by Ada Calhoun
Filed under: George Bush, Barack Obama, Children

Jenna Bush married her longtime boyfriend this weekend on her family's Crawford ranch. By all accounts it was a lovely ceremony and a great party. Check out the photo gallery here. But one thing caught our eye in the description of the event:

"The Rev. Kirbyjon Caldwell of Windsor Village United Methodist Church in Houston officiated. The influential Houston minister, who is backing Barack Obama in his run for the White House, is a longtime spiritual adviser to the president."

Wow, President Bush is friends with an Obama endorser -- so much so that he's let him marry his own daughter. That seems so open-minded and bipartisan of him. So, what exactly brought Bush and Caldwell together?

George Bush, Father of the Bride

Posted Mar 13th 2008 5:26PM by Ada Calhoun
Filed under: George Bush

The AP reports that President Bush is deep into the planning of his daughter Jenna's May wedding, and that he's been cracking jokes about it, as here to the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce:

"I had to face some very difficult spending decisions and I've had to conduct sensitive diplomacy. That's called planning for a wedding."

He's in charge of wedding diplomacy? Heaven help that poor girl and her fondant dreams.

He also explained his lateness by way of saying he'd been watching Father of the Bride and added that he'd need to finish his speech quickly to head home and finish watching it.

Is it just us, or does Bush appear to have more free time than anyone else in America?

Was President Bush's 'Sale' Line About Jenna's Marriage Sexist?

Posted Dec 26th 2007 8:26AM by Ada Calhoun
Filed under: George Bush, Feminism

Feministing has attributed the sexist quote of the year to George W. Bush. Here's the line, from People magazine:
Q: Tell us about your future son-in-law, Henry Hager. Did he do right and ask for Jenna's hand?

The President: "He kind of sidled up to me and said, 'Can I come and see you?' We were sitting outside the presidential cabin here, and he professed his love for Jenna and said, would I mind if he married her? And I said, 'Got a deal.' [Laughter] And I'm of the school, once you make the sale, move on. But he had some other points he wanted [to make]. He wanted to talk about how he would be financially responsible."

A sale? Yikes. Also, we agree with Feministing that it's weird of People to imply that in this time of later marriages and female independence that it's still necessary to obtain a father's permission before proposing. Seems awfully Jane Austen of them.

Week in Review: But He is Gay!

Posted Aug 20th 2007 11:07AM by Cenk Uygur
Filed under: Young Turks, Gay and Lesbian, Video

I am not responsible for these outrageous "Week in Review" videos. If you've got complaints, take it up with our director, Jesus Godoy. Otherwise, enjoy!



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