Awwww, how cute is that! Formal first lady, Michelle Obama has confirmed that she and Bush are real life buddies, at least in the White House circuit. The former first lady who appeared at the NBC's Today Show to promote International Day of the Girl and launch an Obama Foundation Initiative aimed at empowering young girls around the world through education was asked about last month's viral video where former President Bush was caught on camera giving Michelle a cough drop during Senator John McCain's funeral service in Washington D.C.
Here is what Mrs O said....
“President Bush and I, we are forever seatmates,” she shared. “Because of protocol, that’s how we sit at all the official functions. So he is my partner in crime at every major thing where all the formers gather. So we’re together all the time, and I love him to death. He’s a wonderful man; he’s a funny man.
FLOTUS revealed that she asked the former president to hand her a cough drop from his wife, former first lady Laura's purse but didn't realize that they were not fresh goods....lol
“They were old cough drops,” she laughed about the “simple gesture.” “That’s the funny thing, because they were in the little White House box — the Altoids — and I was like, ‘how long have you had these?’ And he said, ‘a long time; we’ve got a lot of these.'”
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Michelle went on to say that the cough drop moment went viral because people are "hungry" for signs of civility and freindship across party lines.
“Party doesn’t separate us,” she said. “Color, gender — those kinds of things don’t separate us. It’s the messages we send. And if we’re the adults and the leaders in the room, and we’re not showing that level of decency, we cannot expect our children to do the same.”
I just love these two and their lovely families. Folks who truly love this great country of ours and know how to practice good-natured American politics with no bitterness.....talks about CLASS ACTS!
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