Jenna Bush Engaged to be Married

Bet you $20 they have an open bar at the reception.

Honorable families? you must be mistaken Carlota, this is Jenna BUSH we’re talking about.

When’s the baby due?

Oh yeah, now the American people can celebrate— oops hide the alcohol remember they were underager’s.watch how much security will be there,hehehehe

And for this you have breaking news and not just a plain article. The Wedding is in October in the White House cause it’ll make Daddy happy. Intern for Rove, well how convenient!!

All of you should be very ashamed of your negative comments. Very trashy and unbecoming. Where are your manners?

A new chapter and adventure for Ms. Bush.. I wish her well! good luck and congrats!

Lay off the kid’s. They can not help what their parents do.

What happened to her Argentinian boyfriend? You know, the one she spent Christmas with – this past Christmas. That wasn’t that long ago and now she’s engaged to the fortunate son of connected politician? This all looks suspect. The Bush cabal does nothing without it being politically motivated. I doubt this event is any different. Perhaps they hoped it would help her soon-to-be book sales along with aiding her father by distracting from the messes he brings on everyday.

Mommadona, after researching what an oliogarchic despot is, I concur. Thank you for challenging my vocabulary. :)

Congrats to the Bush family. Some of you people who post on these boards are really scary with some of the things you say about each other and others. I guess the anonimity of the internet (perceived) causes you to post some really terrible and means stuff. It’s news because it is the daughter of the President of the United States. My only sad commentary of this whole thing is that there are hundreds and possibily thousands of young lives who will not be able to experience the same happiness because they were killed in Iraq or Afghanistan. Wonder how the first family would feel if their future son-in-law was being shipped out next month. That’s what thousands of regular folks face every day.

Like already stated, why should we be happy for them? It’s great for people to experience love and all that happy stuff, but is it necessary to have it news? Having a rich powerful family join another one isn’t exactly a good thing. Get your heads out of the sand and look at society, rich get richer, middle class gets poorer, poverty rises.
BUT that’s ok since a little Bush is getting married soon. *rollseyes*

Thankfully school is about to begin and you kids will have somewhere and something you have to do, as you are obviously to young and ignorant to be conversing with adults. Look forward to your growing up

When did this become about color? Yes I agree that we have the right to saw what we want because of freedom of speech, but come one! There are some that are more worried about the “rich white kid” than about the poor family down the street who are struggling to buy their kids new school clothes or school supplies. Someone said something about maybe they should enlist or do some meaningful work… how often do you do meaningful work, or have you even enlisted for the armed services or the reserves? I can honestly say I haven’t done either, but I do my best to help out in my community and help others. The only reason people have an issue with the Bush girls is because of the mistakes their fathers made. I do agree that with all the problems in the world…hurricanes, tropical storms, earthquakes and poverty, there is so much that should be done instead of setting around griping about a “rich white kid” getting married to another “rich white kid”!

Yeah, rush the wedding as Daddy’s is almost out of the White House. Congratulations on one who wants to settle down.

No Southern Beale, speaking for many democrats, we just don’t like a criminal government. And worry that these types of Republicans, neocons or whatever, are leading us to a dictatorship with no repect for the rule of law. They remind us of Nazis.

This (service age) young man can marry the daughter of a “War President” and serve in his administration, with NO mention of his service in the so-called “war”. Nice.

couldn’t agree more thomas! Can I buy you a drink? :)

Jenna Bush marrying Sammy Hagar? Totally cool.

YIPPEY SKIPPY one more thing we’ll pay for w/ our tax dollars, first we support the Iraquis, and now we’ll pay for the WHITE HOUSE WEDDING and the gown & the cake & the flowers in the rose garden, while monkey face George gives away the bride. PLEASE get the hell out of the WHITE HOUSE ASAP, I can no longer afford to keep them there

Like father-in-law like son-in-law; they both look like they could be on the cover of MAD Magazine!

Let me just add to my previous comment, that this is definitely more newsworthy than Brittany’s bisexuality.

The president and Karl Rove have squandered the goodwill of the American people with their bullying and hatemongering. The Bush regime has half destroyed this country. Even Nixon staged a gracious White House wedding (for Tricia).

Thomas – Great post. And to whomever said that “kids” need to get off these walls: Realize this, these walls are designed for open forum, if you can not handle other peoples opinions then maybe you should consider leaving. Instead of ostracizing someone for their political views or labeling them as immature for their lack of commonality with your opinions respect them for caring about our country. We may be one United States but without the freedom of voicing our differing voices we would not be.

Beverly… looks like you are one of the many that have been duped by the President and our government… this is not about race or how much money both families have… this is about a President and govt that are responsible for a loss of many innocent lives in Iraq and in NY on 911… I don’t buy the story that we were fed on the day and days following 911 and I feel that many people on this blog don’t either… there was a political agenda and the President benefited from it… he scared us all enough to make us vote for him again, didn’t he? New of his daughter marrying a man that interned for Rove is just typical of this President. I stumbled on it and had to say something to all you naive people, otherwise I wouldn’t care…

Yeah ok it’s newsworthy. Make the announcement and then let’s get on with it. Any Bush celebration puts a bad taste in the mouths of American service families who have loved ones over seas who are scared to death for the safety of their kids/loved ones.

Turning Tide – don’t presume to speak for all American service families. I know MANY of those families who are proud of their family members who have served in Iraq (even those who have lost someone). These are people who KNOW it is an honor to serve our country and to do their part to make the world a better place.

Bless you Doug! I appreciate everything you are doing. I have no doubt that the terrorists want us dead. The simple fact that we are not an Islamic nation will keep us as targets. I’m wondering how all of these people will react the first time a homicide bomber takes out a group of people at a parade, carnival or some other community event here on U.S. soil. I’m actually surprised it hasn’t happened already.

What a chinless twerp. Why isn’t he in Iraq right now?

“I have been in Iraq for nearly 4 years… the boogeyman is real, and he really does want to hurt you!” Great, now can you tell us how to tell the difference between the boogeyman and his next door neighbor? Or how to beat the boogeyman since neither “shock and awe” or door to door tactics are working? and how to beat him with beating up his neighbors along the way creating more bogeymen?
no one is doubting that terrorists are out there. they are doubting if shooting everyone wearing a turban and sporting a beard is the best strategy to beat terrorism. so far it seems we’ve become very good at handing the terrorists fodder for their propaganda puposes. Osama is still out there and Iraq wasn’t a terrorist haven before the invasion. maybe tanks and jet planes are not the best way to fight internation criminals. maybe why should learn from how we fight the Mafia and the Drug Cartels and take those lessons seriously. This is more like fighting Escobar than fighting Hitler…

I agree 100% conservative1985!!!

A dictator….
Iraq wasn’t an islamic fundamentalist/terrorist country… It was secular with jews/christians/muslims all living together.

He has that look of a deer in the headlights.

“Saddam wasn’t a terrorist? Then what do you call a man who killed hundreds of thousands of his own people?”
king, tyrant, lord, president, chairman, dear leader.
any of the of the multitude of names that you give the leader of a coutry who kills his opposition. there are many more out there just like him. And you know what, not our problem until they attack us. Tryants have been overthrown by their people countless times before and will countless times again. it’s not our responsibility to ensure the political freedoms of anyone other than u.s. citizens, especially when doing so compromises our saftey, for christs sake we didnt fight in WW2 until after Pearl Harbor. What Saddam did to his people was terrible, but we didnt exeactly do them any favors but lending a helping hand did we?

I guess this guy is serving his country by making an honest woman out of Bush’s daughter.

What the hay do you idiots care who she marries and why? You all are so perfect you have done nothing wrong your whole, pathetic lives. Get a life and go help some one less fortunate than yourself.

“not our problem until they attack us.”
It certainly IS our problem if there is even one iota of threat to us. But if you are volunteering to be the first one killed by themhere on US soil, then be my guest -because I certainly am not.

Since when are we only against Islamic terrorists?

Sharon B.
1) We have a volunteer military.
2) Parents cannot force their children to join, just as they cannot prevent their children from joining.

“because I certainly am not.”
by supporting an admin that is pro-open borders? that creates more enemies than it defeats? that hasn’t even been able to catch the guy behind 9/11? you know the one still putting out dvds and internet messages. by supporting a 3rd war on another country that hasn’t attacked us? yeah, i feel safer already. remember fort dix? the london terror attacks? so dont give me that “fight them there or fight them here” BS. It’s time we fought them smart, and NeoCONs aint anyway close…

Like any gentleman, I assume Henry Hager went to the White House to ask approval before proposing. Lucky for him, Dick Cheney said yes.

Everyone in the Bush and Hager families have every right to celebrate this occasion and I say “Congratulations!” Yes, it’s news because she’s the president’s daughter, but that would be news in any nation. And I guarantee that when Chelsea Clinton gets engaged/married, it will make headlines.

That “we’re fighting them over there to keep them from attacking over here” is I’m sorry, total crap! Great Britain and Spain alone prove that’s not true with their subway bombings. Just wonderin ellsbells930 where do u get most of your news?

SharonB – it isn’t an excuse – it’s the law. So every person who doesn’t volunteer for military service is a rotten kid? Not EVERY person who signs up for the military goes to the Afghan. or Iraq. Are those who are assigned to Germany, Japan, Korea, et.al. moral cowards?

WOW! I had no idea that there were so many people that actually think the upper class is creating more wealth for themselves on the backs of the middle class. The reality is that SOCIAL SPENDING is killing the middle class. We spend BILLIONS of dollars every day on crack heads, illegal immigrants (from everywhere), medical care for lazy pukes that refuse to work, disaster relief for folks too stupid or lazy to help themselves, etc…I, for one, am SO TIRED of the “have nots” whining about the “haves” and how they are being taken advantage of. You want the government in bed with you at that level? GREAT! I hear Chavez is running again. I bet he’d take care of you. How about shipping out to good ol’ France? They’re taking care of the less fortunate in their country too. I really don’t care where you whining prissy pants go just get out of America! Take your socialist crap with you. I want the America back where it’s EXPECTED that you’ll either do your share or you go hungry! I want the America back where it’s safe to walk down the street without an armed escort. I want my America back where if you commit a crime you go to PRISON not some watered down country club where you have “rights”. I want an America where John Wayne could look up and down the country and smile with pride. The liberal/socialist movement in this country makes me want to puke!
That aside I sincerely wish the president’s daughter and her pending groom a long and happy life!

turningtide – your examples of England & Spain are invalid. Both of those countries had massive cells in place LONG before the bombings took place. And the last time I checked, neither of those countries were here on U.S. soil.

David Lewiston – I just love when people who have nothing better to say decide to use insults and name-calling. It’s really humorous.

No, ellesbelles – but the children of policy makers who put this war together have a greater obligation than other people’s children. It’s called “noblisse oblige” – look it up sometime.

“that’s a common misconception among Conservatives.”
He had the chance to capture Bin Laden and DID NOT -that is not a misconception.

Sounds like 2008 will be quite interesting for all. Some will laugh, some will cry. One thing for sure, This election will be one for the books!

I’m all for hard work = success/The American way but come on.. These massive tax breaks for the ULTRA wealthy are ridiculous if you are so fortunate/blessed to make $300,000+/year u should pay significantly more in taxes.. We can’t have interstate bridges falling down, levees not being properly repaired/rebuilt. Social spending is necessary to a degree.

You people are ridiculous. This is not an issue of political affiliation, OR your opinon on military issues. Jenna Bush is the daughter of our PRESIDENT, whether you like him or not! Of COURSE it’s news. Perhaps you would prefer to be reading about Britney’s lack of undergarments, or Lohan’s most recent visit to rehab instead? And stop whining about the “rich kids” …the kids had nothing to do with what family they were born in to, just like you complainers had nothing to do with the families YOU were born in to! In addition, the girl is a teacher for goodness sake. It’s not as if she sits around eating bon-bons all day, having her nails done. She’s helping children on a regular basis, which, in my opinion is just as respectable as carrying a gun in Iraq. Give her a break.

Well then I hope you get on that plane to Venezuela, since America is MY country, not yours anymore. Your ideology failed and now it’s up to us progressives to fix the mess you incompetent cons made. Better yet, why not go live in the neocon freemarket paradise of Iraq that you cons seem to think is such a success? Whatever -

How wonderful for them. While the rest of us are living in hell, they are having a wonderful life. They are the most self serving occupants of the White House yet. How do they look in the mirror??

Will they honeymoon in Baghdad?

I cannot express how much disgust and contempt I have for Jenna Bush and her fiancee. Men and women their age are dying every day in Iraq and Afghanistan because of the war policies endorsed by their parents. American families are being stretched to the breaking point by ever-longer deployments and more and more military families are filing for bankruptcy or dealing with horrible healthcare nightmares. Yet these privleged rich kids get to traipse through life without a care in the world. What has happened to this country?

Quite a few classless people here. I’m no Bush fan, but do not punish the child for the sins of the father. Gee, if I’d been born with a silver spoon, perhaps I could have married at the White House too . . . boo-hoo. I’ll just make the most with what I’ve been dealt. Jealousy is not becoming.

who the hell cares, i mean really now?…it’s not about “jealousy”…i REALLY don’t care…..

Stop making excuses for the inexcusable, saddened. The military-age children of Republicans who send other people’s children off to war have a moral and ethical obligation to serve their country in uniform, as well. Anything less is complete hypocrasy.

Wow!!! He is 29 and entering his second year of college. Isn’t he abut 10 years behind schedule. Was he in Iraq? I bet not.

Congrats. I think everyone’s negativity is just wrong. I am not a Republican by any means but, when some one finds love just be happy for them. Who cares if the marriage is for other reasons or not.There is going to be a celebration of love and that is one thing this country could always use more of.

Let’s see… Your son CHOSE to join the military (KUDO’s to your son btw) I’m from a military family. So I DO know what the military life is like. I was a spouse of a deployed soldier during Desert Storm. The Bush kids CHOSE to not join the military. That does not make them any less American than your son. IF they had avoided the draft (ie Clinton) then I could see your anger. But there is no reason for you to be so angry because of choices that people are making on their own.

Suz – I think that he’s in the second year of his graduate program. Still, it must be nice – thousands of other young Americans have put their lives on hold to fight Bush’s war, but these kids get to live happily ever after and endure absolutely no sacrifices. This what Republican fatcats think of the rest of us here in America!

The issues is that a significant number of kids join the military because they “have” to… to get money for an education, to get training, to get into the middle class, to have a better life, ect. Can you imagine that! Joining the military and serving in Iraq with the chance of injury and death so you and your family may have a chance at a better life… so if going to Iraq is considered an opportunity, what “choice” are we talking about?

For the last 15 years, the military has NOT been the place to go to “make” money. The pay is not that great. There IS a choice. I realize that some may feel they DO NOT have a choice but there IS a choice. I don’t believe that education is not available – you do not need the military for that.
However, that is off topic – this is about the engagement. I wish Jenna and her Fiance’ the best. Pam, I wish your son the best and a safe tour and return to the states.

“thousands of other young Americans have put their lives on hold to fight Bush’s war”
When you sign up to be part of the military, it is part of your job. No one made ANY of our military men or women sign up – and most did it out of love for our country.

Best wishes for a long and happy life together. My prayer for you two is that you will be blessed with all the Good Lord has for you. Live for Him and life can’t get any better. He gets us through all the trials of life but I am sure you are aware of this already. God be with you.

“No one made ANY of our military men or women sign up – and most did it out of love for our country.”
… and that is based upon…?
so, you’re saying that a disproportionate number of minority people and the middle/lower class “love our country” than rich white kids?
no my dear… many people join the military because although the pay isn’t great, it’s perceived to be better than the other choices they have.

Jenna Bush is hot, and she is a twin!

Look at yourself… all of u are fighting over terrorism when this blog is about Bush’s daughters marriage.Hmmmmm
May I humbly suggest something….
why don’t all of you get out there and bring the national problems to attention. Our forefathers did so and they changed the United States. Crying about it in front of your PC does absolutely nothing.
Jenna, Brittany, Lindsey, all became famous (or in the news; if u prefer) due to the money hungry media. Think about it who makes these things a national debate not you or me but rather the media. Thats why I tell get out there any do something/anything. Don’t fight with each other over these things. If you don’t, once the fighting is over u will see that all has been lost.
THINK & REACT

Good point ellsbells – it’s obvious that Bush’s family doesn’t love our country as much as other families do, otherwise his daughter would have joined up. I couldn’t have put it better myself.

alilpita – I so agree with you. It has just amazed me at how some people have shown such hate for this couple. I’m sure the snide, hateful and untrue (unfounded even) remarks will continue but it’s nice to see someone be decent about the engagement!

Personally I would love to see a white house wedding!!!! What the heck is wrong with most of You? it is a part of history whetehr trivial or not! the only president ever married in the white house was Grover Cleveland and the last one to be married there was Tricia Nixon Come on a little happiness for Young people might do us all good!

I don’t want to see or read anything about the Bush clan, ever again. I just want this six-year nightmare to be over. And I want to see every single member of immoral, cowardly, arrogant, unprincipled Bushes permanently barred from holding public office. Let them fail at anything else – just don’t let them fail us again.

Holy Smokes this is about an american Celebrity wedding thing History and some have turned it into a hate thing! I hate to sayit but since you spoke about your son fighting in IRAQ He must have Volunteered!!! NO DRAFT MISSY HELLO!!! You can get out of the military at almost any time these days what gives? Please don’t say its about YOUR SON!!! Many are there and many say we are getting there!!! Sadam Killed many innocent people MANY MANY1 don’t kid yourself about not having more HERE in this country (ATTACKS) Personally i would rather have oit over there than here! Let it go and be happy for some one who is in the mediaand finally getting her life straight!

Why don’t you — the ones that suggest the both go to IRAQ— Why don’t you — you can you know as a volunteer of some kind — Go run your mouths else where–Trust me you can– then you can stand there and tell those that want us there how much weyou hate them and watch the faces of women and children— Some of us already have HUMMM!!!!

“so, you’re saying that a disproportionate number of minority people and the middle/lower class “love our country” than rich white kids?”
No – that is NOT what I am saying at all – I am saying that most join the military BECAUSE they love their country, NOT for the pay & benefits.

” I judging her as someone who has failed to live up to her responsibility to serve her country”
She has served her country by being a public school teacher. She has served her country by being an intern for UNICEF. There is more than one way to serve your country.

“an illegal war ”
It is not an illegal war. Just because YOU don’t like it, doesn’t make it illegal. And when you VOLUNTEER to be in the military, it includes going where your Commander in Chief sends you. It is part of the job description. If you don’t want to do your job, then don’t join & waste the taxpayers money.

“When so many have sent their sons and daughters into the hellhole of war can anyone think of on single thing the Bush daughters have done in the service of their country? ”
I believe I already listed what Jenna has done – she taught in the public school system in D.C. and she interned for UNICEF in Latin America. Barbara spent time in Africa working with children with AIDS. So, YES, they have done service for their country. Oh- and no one sends their sons or daughters to join the military, they make those decisions on their own.

Also, ellsbells – the military is NOT a toy for the commander in chief to abuse. That position is a sacred trust and we only give the President that power in the explicit understanding that he will not abuse it and will go to war only as a last resort. Bush has failed this sacred trust at every turn and our soldiers have died needlessly because of it. Stop making excuses for Bush’s criminal incompetence!

Well If you say so!!! but I know of a couple young men that got out really easily in the last 6 months! And it wasn’t because of the war!!!! I guess you7 still forget Your son Volunteered!!! Go VOLUNTEER YOURSELF cause you can hummm MISSIONS. Humanitarian efforts and so on!!! I have 3 sons all of who proudly serve in one form or another and nephews and friends sons and daughters that say PLEASE do not vote Democrate or let us go home yet for THEN IT WOULD have been for nothing!!! Back to the couple getting married this was about THEN remember not a forum for your lonely soul for your son!!! I am a proud supporter of OUR troops No matter where they are!!!
Also a PROUD memmber of a military family! I will pray for you and your misery towards others GOOD NIGHT

“the military is NOT a toy for the commander in chief to abuse. ”
And he hasn’t treated it like a toy. If you believe that, then I feel sorry for you.

A White House wedding? When is the baby due, and will our tax dollars be paying for this li’l Republican soiree? A real Texan hillbilly ho-down comin’ our way yeeee hawwww Hope the Katrina survivors can stomach this!

Bottom line the war in Iraq has not helped the ultimate war on terror. Bin Laden lives on. How can anyone argue our resources would have been better spent going into Afghanistan and finding BinLaden/stomping out the Taliban and building up strong inteligence in the region…..

Bush has broken the military – just like a spoiled child with a toy.

I am not interested in judging Princess Jenna for King George’s mistakes but I *am* interested in judging her for her own achievements (or rather, lack thereof), esp. since she is being so publicly feted. What exactly has she achieved? Was she a good student (I am from Austin, so I know!)? A person of compassion, capable of empathy, informed about the world, other peoples, cultures, world history? Anything to show for all the privilege of race, social standing, wealth, nationality, connections, access to enviable resources and opportunities……? Any idiot with connections can publish books these days, just as any idiot can become the leader of the free world.
I am neither a Democrat nor Republican (is there a difference?), but an immigrant woman who is distressed to see so many of my sisters around the world denied control of their bodies because of both their native societies and the moral values of King George. As a concerned and involved subject of the empire of the King, I would like to know if Princess Jenna and her fiance were denied access to basic contraception methods and/or if they have had to live by the same high moral values attached as preconditions by the King to the medical aid given by the Kingdom to poorer nations. Have the Princess and her fiance remained chaste and practiced abstinence? I want proof and would like to see results of a virginity test on both of them (a la the one administered to Princess Di). Since the news of their engagement was worthy of coverage, I am sure there is enough serious investigative material on this angle to keep the story in the news for longer and expose the hypocrisy of the morality crowd.
May the Princess and her Prince have a wonderful life together. I am sure they deserve each other and are well suited.

Quoted from the AP
“When asked if they would marry in the Rose Garden, McDonough said: “They have not set any details, date or place,” AP reported.
Eight presidential daughters have had White House weddings: Maria Monroe (1820), Elizabeth Tyler (1842), Nellie Grant (1874), Alice Roosevelt (1906), Jessie Wilson (1913), Eleanor Wilson (1914), Lynda Bird Johnson (1967) and Tricia Nixon (1971).
Lucy Johnson Nugent was married while her father was in office, but the ceremony took place at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
There was a White House wedding in 1994, but it didn’t involve a president’s child. Hillary Clinton’s brother, Tony Rodham, married Nicole Boxer in the Rose Garden.
Only one son was married in the White House — John Adams, son of President and Mrs. John Quincy Adams (1828).”
Why are some people assuming that they will get married in the White House? Also, it’s very ironic that the one person listed who got married in the White House who wasn’t a president’s child was Hillary’s brother! Remember all the talk of inappropiate use of the White House during Clinton’s administration, i.e. use of the Lincoln bedroom?
If anyone has a problem with this announcement making headlines, then complain to the media servers who have picked it up.

Last I checked the article was titled “Jena Bush Engaged to Be Married,” but it’s become yet another war debate . . . the Dems do this, the Repubs do that. Eeesch. People, get a grip–and some tact. The nastiness here, from both sides, is embarrassing.

Wait, I thought Bush’s daughter volunteered to go to Iraq?! Isn’t she in Iraq? This story has to be wrong! Or maybe she did the “mamita” in Argentina and now has to have a “papita” to cover her “malita”?

Good thing he’s rich…that little pig eats and drinks like a horse. Which makes sense because he pappy is a Jackass.

Thanks ckcgye. There are a few voices of reason out there. I, too, am the daughter of a WWII vet–a Pearl Harbor survivor; and my brother’s been a Navy officer for 21 years, so all the blah-blah about who serves and who doesn’t bothers me. Thanks again.

How can one little wedding announcement breed so much anger, resentment, and dare I say, outright hatred? And, all because she happens to be the daughter of the President. I have to admit that there are a few things I would have liked our president to have done differently, including getting out of Iraq, but there are a lot of other things that get to me even more-such as legalized abortion,etc., but I will spare your hearing about them. The point is, that despite all the unresolved anger you might have for our president, you need to realize it’s not her fault, and give her a little respect, rather than dumping on her. Every time a president’s child gets engaged while he is in office, there is an announcement made to the media, and I don’t believe Jenna deserves to be the scapegoat.

Bonnie, you’re absolutely right that it’s not her fault what her father has done. Many people turn out great in spite of who/what their parents are/do. But respect is earned via one’s actions and character. I cannot show respect to people who utterly lack class (noblesse oblige and all that…).

“Wow he’s 29 in his 2nd year of biz school”
Not everyone goes immediately for a post-bachelor’s degree after graduating college. There is nothing wrong with waiting.

NEOCONS NEED TO CRAWL BACK INTO THE HOLES THEY CAME FROM

Pam I am Did you go into the military? If so then you have your rights to object! If you YOURSELF did not then REMEMBER who it was that gave you the right to be self involved just like Ms Sheehan!!! You have the right to put down our Commander and chief and You have the right to put down his daughter!! Even though you don’t know either of them personally!!! Do You know them PERSONALLY do you WANT his Job Can you do his Job!!! Could you know the things he Knows ( Just like every president before him had to know and not be able to say a damed thing to the public) can you hold the key to the nukes and sleep well can you? Can you know the things that we as ordinary everyday citizens can’t because we might panick! Do you understand the politics of keeping friends all over the world ( ones with power to destroy us) Do you understand that you are, along with others talking from only personall opions not from the view point of what it takes to really keep us safe! The sacrifices generations before us made to do so! Okay take his job for a month and see how much you don’t know! How soon would you get us all killed Here on these very shores!
Jenna I hope you have a wonderful life and survive the idiots that don’t know!or have forgotten that Clinton could have stopped this all together and even the other Bush could have But hey!

Thank you henniemobile Too many AMERICANS take for granted what they Have. I do not!

So what does all the trash talk have to do with the article, and how does it help in any way to resolve the national and international situations that concern us all?

I support Jenna getting married ( as that was the basis for this) and I do support anyones RIGHT to believe how ever they want! That was the original idea for the founding of this country any one remember the pilgrams! RELIGIOUS freedom! Some of you have come out and used this to attack Jennas fahter — How ever you feel about him We were all once ( maybe) in love and going to get married! It just so happens that she was a typical college student and an American female. Her only down fall ( for some of you) she is the presidents daughter! Leave her alone and find another forum I can debae you on to do with history and war and politics of war. on also by the way one of our most loved Presidents Reagan once said If we are not one nation under GOD then we are a nation done Gone ( again another debate that I can prove true)
Good night and good luck Jenna

Clinton could have taken Osama out!Knew he had to but did not! osama was in his FAMILY compound can’t do something in fromt of his family humm How many family memebers were lost to some one on 9/11 Do you not think because of some of his choices eh knows maybe- just maybe Maybe 9/11 would not have happened, Do you want the presidents Job too! Are You in the White house and know things others can not? We have been given the freedom to be as, How do I put it nicely. Judge without knowing,
thank God we live in the land of the Free even though you and others like to base your thoughts and opinions on media not research! Please find the good that is left before it is too late!

I could be looking too deep into the marriage part, I truly do wish them the best together (if it has no negative impact on America). However, there is an undeniable web of connections shrouded in lies and locked doors which gives me reason to be suspicious… and you have the right and responsibility to be suspicious of big government secrecy ESPECIALLY when families get involved.

“No we as americans took forgranted our consitution when we took GOD out of the program!!!”
Ethamm:
What the heck is that supposed to mean? You don’t make any sense. Are you saying that we need Christian religion in order to function as a nation????

It seems that several people have forgotten that Congress, including several presidential candidates both male and female and Dems and Reps, voted to go into Iraq. Hindsight is 20/20 so it’s easy for people to complain now, but apparently at the time the intelligence, that we now know was faulty, seemed plausible. Cynicism, armchair politics and mean-spirited debates only aggravate a difficult situation. Besides, once again, what does any of this have to do with Jenna’s engagement?

Yes we all need something to believe in, but some people choose religon, others nature, etc. But to have a prez force one belief down all Americans’ throats is disgusting and wrong and you know it. He is trying to pass/veto alot of things based on his idiologies, not science or fact and that is why people are sooo pissed and why we think that the coverage on his daughter’s engagement is both stupid and a slap in the face. Peru had a huge earthquake and people are dying everyday, and bushie spends his time vetoing stem cell research and fighting women’s reproductive rights.
Repubs have their priorities in the wrong place, and his daughter is unfortunatly, from the same pathetic mold.

I said during the Clinton administration that it should be hands off Chelsea because none of it was her fault but it didn’t stop a certain group of people, we’ll call them non-democrats, from bashing her at any given opportunity to do so. That being said, why don’t you all shut up now and take your just desserts. I blame conservatives for the political division in this country. All of this bickering started when Clinton was elected and it was sololy because of losing an election. You people set the stage and now someone else is performing on it. Sit back, shut up, and enjoy it…………… or not.
Good luck kids…….

by the way ckcgye: you forgot to mention the fact that the intelligence was unproven (even refuted in some cases) and cherry picked. Funny how pubs always forget those couple facts when they make the “dems voted for it” argument.

I love it when all the neo-cons say ‘tsk tsk’ at cynical comments toward Jenna (party girl/Republican elitist family). Cons can smear an honorable man like John Kerry and trash his reputation with undeserved slander, but when it comes to the President and a
Republican, then we suddenly all have to get along and make nice or else we are ‘cynical.’
Someone asked in here, ‘why are we so
cynical?” Well, you have only to look at the President’s dirty tricks for the
last six years and there’s the reason right there.
If anyone remembers the movie “Animal House”, the young Mr. Hager reminds me of “Greg” (Niedermeyer’s sidekick) and Jenna reminds me of “Mandy”. The girl who moralized while she was dirty behind the scenes and when not in public. Republicans all remind me of that movie.

Anon – I know all about her partying – she was a YOUNG woman, acting as most young women do -going out with friends, havig a good time. She didn’t do anything different than other girls her age. She has grown up, worked & is now ready to get married – just like any other young woman her age.

I was hoping that by this morning people would have backed off the judging of this couple how foolish of me. Jenna Bush partied in college. OMG – how dare she!! She did things that embarassed her parents – OMG HOW DARE SHE!! You people who are slamming her for the past must be saints with no mistakes in your life. I’m sure if she had things to do over, she’d make changes. Jenna is NOT president of the United States. She did NOT run for office. She is a teacher of our young people – OUR FUTURE. For Pam who believes Jenna hasn’t “served” because she isn’t a member of the military, I feel sorry for you. Going through life with such hate – it has to show through all aspects of your life – not just this blog. Good luck and congrats on the engagement Jenna!

Gosh you people are just so filled with hatred for our president and his family. I for one would sincerely like to congratulate Jenna and her fiance on their engagement and wish them lifelong happiness.

Anon- Why would the press photograph you? All I was saying is that she did not do anything out of the ordinary for a college student. Her life didn’t stop just because her father was President at the time.

I clicked on this article to view the comments of hate spewed forth by the liberal party of “tolerance” and “diversity”. I was not disappointed.

Hey Mike Garcia – why do you cons keep thinking that we libs will tolerate the stupidity, incompetence and lies of the GOP? You cons keep making this same mistake. Everyone’s tolerance has limits – and George Bush has exceeded the limits of every REAL American’s tolerance.

John_P – no matter what party people are, they are going to spew hatred back and forth and have for generations. Sadly though, its reached an all-time high yet I agree with you a 100% – The Great One has exceeded everyones limits of tolerance and respectability for him. Other countries point and laugh at us on a daily basis as his approval ratings become the most abomindable rating of any President. His presidency to him is like a toy, he can play with it until he gets bored or breaks it and move on to the next toy, not realizing the amount of lives that are lost in the process of his game

Nana_Knows_Best – Histrionics? ROFLOL
Let’s see – I’m defending someone who is being crucified because she partied in college years ago, and you accuse me of histrionics? Whatever. No one in the United States of America is REQUIRED by LAW to join the military. No matter how much some of you believe – it isn’t a requirement. And I believe that should someone MENTION the word draft, liberals and conservatives combined would raise hell about it. So why not just leave the newly engaged couple off the hate-block and move back to hating Romney, Hillary, Rudy and Obama. THEY are the candidates (oh yeah and Bush, Clinton, Reagan, etc).

I guess all politicians should tie their kids up, throw them over their shoulders and carry them down to the recruiters office and make them enlist? After that, can they come to YOUR house and take YOUR children and FORCE them to enlist? would that make you hateful, spiteful and jealous happy? Seems like nothing else will.

Word came out today that Jenna Bush may be pregnant.
Ha, Craig, one of the first posts, may be right. Maybe they aren’t so perfect anymore – so much for her Daddy’s views on abstinence!

To Pam-What happened to the unity of 9/11 is that it was destroyed by the lies and deceptiopns of Bush and the guy`s mentor, Rove and the rest of their disgusting “political operatives”. While they are walking down the aisle, soldiers will die in Iraq because Bush refuses to let them come home even though they have finished their enlistment commitments.

We WASPs are becoming extinct. I hope Jenna and Mr. Hagar have many children. Let the blue blood aristocracy continue. After all, we founded this great country.

I’m interested to know what branch of the military he has served in; and was he ever deployed to Iraq? Just wondering…
Anna

Every scrap of information is now seized upon by bloggers and used to sow hatred and disdain for others. As a lifelong citizen of this country, I have seen a terrible decline in discourse AND intelligence beginning in the mid 1960′s.
Americans have become more self absorbed and fractured than I would have imagined possible.
In this thread is the evidence that affirms every observation I’ve made.
This country- and we as a people- are becoming dangerously ignorant. We will reap what we sow, and all will come tumbling down. Hate on my brothers!

Bush hid his daughters away, after they had a few scrapes. I guess the daughters never enlisted to go to Iraq. Did anyone expect that!

BE NICE EVERYBODY PLEASE!!

Wow, I was really impressed with the interview about Jenna Bush going to Jamaica to represent unicef. I have vacationed in Jamaca and was unaware of the severity of the AIDS epidemic there. I hope this story will help raise more awareness so that we can help these children. President and Mrs. Bush must be proud of what their daughter has accompolished.

MEAN PEOPLE SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Actually, the HIV prevalence rate in Jamaica, around 1.5% (cf. 0.6% in the US) is among the lower ones in the Caribbean region. The Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, and of course, Haiti, all have higher infection rates and a more “severe epidemic”.
This is not to say that Jamaica doesn’t need help–just to avoid any misconceptions.

The days of endlessly digging up reliable impressions relating to this business have ended.