Bush-ed

Fascinating - Laura Bush supports gay marriage and abortion rights. There was a social moderate in the white house!

Imagine the firestorm it would have created had she spoken out on these issues as first lady. Very smart of her not to, but I think her saying she is for gay marriage gives that movement huge steps forward. She is very well-liked and respected.

I always guessed that Laura Bush pulled George Bush into religious conservatism. Wrong. I sometimes wonder just how socially conservative W is himself, or that he adopted those positions as part of the GOP orthodoxy and because Karl Rove told knew it could win him the presidency.

Shouldn't be so cyncial, probably. About W, I mean, not Rove.