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Barbara Bush Responds to Book Account of Fetus in a Jar

Transcript via Politico:

KING: You also disclose, Barbara — George discloses something very personal about you, which he says you gave him special permission to write about. He wrote that when you once had a miscarriage, you showed him the fetus in the jar.

BARBARA BUSH: No, really the truth is …

KING: We touched on it before. But we didn’t elaborate.

BARBARA BUSH: I didn’t put it in the jar.

KING: What?

BARBARA BUSH: It’s not in the library. No …

KING: I know.

BARBARA BUSH: George — Paula put it in the jar. And I was shocked when she gave it to him to — but, you know, memories dim a little bit but, anyway — but he was very …

KING: Were you shocked that he put it in the book?

BARBARA BUSH: No. He asked permission, and I gave him permission. It’s his book. And I think he was trying to say that he and I have a very special relationship. We tease all the time, and that’s not very nice of me, but —you know, you’ve got to tease a little bit. And he teases me unmercifully. But we’re very close.

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  • rdk
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 12:23pm

    That is nutty stuff. The Bush clan obviously have been, in the past, been given too much authority to govern.

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  • In God We Trust
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 11:58am

    @DeclareTruth
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 10:51am
    What’s all the hype about Barbara Bush lately? Amazing how all of a sudden she’s a news item after being ignored for what, ahmm… 20 years, maybe? Really weird!!!!!

    I agree.
    I’m perplexed, did I miss some news breaking story? Is Barbara running for a political office, Presidency?

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  • mjgma
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 11:53am

    This is probably why 41 made the remark last week that 43 has been on every show selling his book, now it looks the parents’ are getting in on it. I used to have a lot of respect for Mrs. Bush but I do think it is time for to be quiet again.

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  • EqualJustice
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 11:36am

    WOW! 13 skipped school AGAIN today? He’s never going to graduate or master the English language. He’s going to be just another drop out loser on welfare… ;)

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  • alwayssora
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 11:28am

    and again

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  • alwayssora
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 11:28am

    Why do my posts disappear if I say something against the trend of the posts? Hmmmmmm

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  • seemsew
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 11:25am

    That is really a “show stopper” of an interview…and may it stop both Larry King and Barbara.

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  • alwayssora
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 11:24am

    Barbara Bush is a wonderful lady. Some of you “youngsters” enjoy making fun of us old people, but with a little luck you’ll be there some day, and sooner than you think. This is how it was in the day. If we lost a baby, we had to put the fetus in a jar and take it with us to the doctor. And she’s just open enough to tell about it. You go, Mrs. Bush! God bless you!

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    • republitarian
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 4:03pm

      Thank you for putting things in perspective. Good to know you’re out there.

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    • Sinista Mace
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 4:30pm

      What the hell….

      Who used to put fetuses in a jar?

      That’s disgusting.

      She didn’t give it to the doctor.

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    • ms mel
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 7:22pm

      I agree – thanks for the perspective

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  • Sinista Mace
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 11:12am

    C’mon man, I was just eating breakfast. Gross.

    Anyway, Barbara or George wouldn’t be disturbed by the fetus in a jar, considering her husband and son attend a Satanic ritual in the woods of California, where they have a mock human sacrifice of an effigy of a baby on an altar in front of a 25ft stone owl.

    She looks weird, I wonder what kind of life-extension technologies she’s employing. Reptilian stem cells?

    Bush Sr. looks like Beavis from the side profile. Heh heh.

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  • Dandylyon
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 11:07am

    This whole family is an disfunctional wreck,how sick is this and then talk about it like its funny.

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  • Lantern
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 11:05am

    I am naive about this. Did she miscarriage at home? I am assuming she did, as a lot of women gave birth at home at that time. If so, why put it in a jar and not bury it?
    If she miscarried at a hospital, I am assuming they give you the miscarried baby to bury.
    Still, why is it in a jar? That is kind of creepy.

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    • chatom
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 11:21am

      I don‘t know where you come form but I don’t know about women giving birth at home still in the mid to late 40′s because George was born in 1946 and this was many years later.. I know my mother didn’t. And having suffered a miscarriage at home like Barbara, they tell you to bring the fetus with you to the hospital. So as bad as you feel about suffering the loss of a child you have to bear the burden of carrying the fetus with you. Please do not make light of it, it is not macabre, it it medical science. Until you‘ve walked in someone’s shoes………etc.

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    • Lantern
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 11:42am

      I’m not making light of it. Like I said, I am naive about this. My step-mother also miscarried at home, but they buried it. They didn’t put it in a jar. I am sorry to hear about your miscarriage and having to take it to the hospital. It is a sad time for the parents/family and not something I would make light of.
      I just wanted to know why they would put it in a jar or even mention it in a book. During the 40′s, there were people in the country still giving birth at home.

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    • MozarkDawg
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 1:37pm

      CHATOM writes: And having suffered a miscarriage at home like Barbara, they tell you to bring the fetus with you to the hospital. So as bad as you feel about suffering the loss of a child you have to bear the burden of carrying the fetus with you. Please do not make light of it, it is not macabre, it it medical science. Until you‘ve walked in someone’s shoes………etc.

      It is not “medical science”, this is a child. I have not walked in your shoes, no, but I can tell you that I would not bring my child back home and keep him on a shelf in the library, living room, kitchen pantry or bedroom in order one of my surviving children might write about seeing him in a book someday.

      This whole episode is outragreous and I think especially insulting to those like you who have suffered this horrible tragedy. That child ought to have been given a decent burial, not allowed to sit like preserves in the pantry. To have GW seek permission and his mother give it to tell us such a thing … it leaves me shaking my head.

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  • DeclareTruth
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 10:51am

    What’s all the hype about Barbara Bush lately? Amazing how all of a sudden she’s a news item after being ignored for what, ahmm… 20 years, maybe? Really weird!!!!!

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 10:46am

    Who knew barbara was a Hannibal Lechter fan?

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    • chatom
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 11:11am

      Having suffered a miscarriage at home like Barbara, they tell you to bring the fetus with you to the hospital. So as bad as you feel about suffering the loss of a child you have to bear the burden of carrying the fetus with you. Please do not make light of it, it is not macabre, it it medical science. Until you‘ve walked in someone’s shoes………etc.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 1:41pm

      No, it IS macabre.

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    • squeaker
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 1:51pm

      CHATOM –

      Before you judge someone, walk a mile in their shoes… That way when you judge them, You’re a mile away and you still have their shoes…!!!

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  • HillBillySam1
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 10:38am

    Pickled pig’s feet, anyone???……….anyone???

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  • 13thgenerati0namerican
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 10:33am

    Why have we traded our privacy and rights for some magical Obama beans?

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  • 13thgenerati0namerican
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 10:31am

    She is on Shrooms for sure!

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  • angelcat
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 10:29am

    If it was your baby in the jar would you want people to make light of it?

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  • APatriotFirst
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 10:24am

    Age gets us all, I guesss. But even when younger, she had nothing to say.

    Will wait til WOW comes back on, so I can go play. *yawns*

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  • IronDioPriest
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 10:22am

    Fetus in the Jarr-O….

    (variation on the old Irish folk tune)

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  • untameable-kate
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 10:20am

    I think The Blaze fell asleep again. What is the story? What discussion are we supposed to have about this bit of fluff? I’m going back to bed if this keeps up.

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    • ms mel
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 7:25pm

      Go to the Huffington Post and read the responses to this same story. It is amazing to see the different takes on this. Amazing and sad to see how divided we have become.

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  • Rob
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 10:20am

    What a wonderful interviewer King is….

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    • Alydia
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 12:54pm

      OK, WTH…I thought Larry was going away??

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 10:20am

    Say what?

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  • inmyhumbleopinion
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 10:20am

    What a horrid interview………small wonder King is such a GIANT in media……….NOT!!!!!!!!!

    How disgraceful!!!!!!! Shame on him for even going there! He’s a beast!!!!!!!

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  • MrButcher
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 10:18am

    The new song from the Clancy Brothers goes something like this:
    “wacko daddyo there’s a fetus in the jar.”

    sorry.

    had to do it.

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    • IronDioPriest
      Posted on November 23, 2010 at 10:23am

      Dang. Posted mine and you beat me to it. Oh well, too late to take it back now.

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  • john seven eighteen
    Posted on November 23, 2010 at 10:16am

    What, is Barbara gonna be the new TSA story now. Enough already. Cheange gears.

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