Bush*s Longtime Adviser Karen Hughes Back in Spotlight

[kskiska]

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Before leaving the White House to return to Texas with her family, Hughes oversaw more than 40 aides who staff the communications, press secretary, speechwriting and media affairs offices. Since then, she's been flying back and forth to Washington nearly every week and is in telephone contact with the president and the senior staff more often than that.

As a trusted friend and adviser to the president and First lady Laura Bush, Hughes will serve the campaign as a senior adviser and top surrogate for the president, providing guidance on "all aspects of campaign strategy," said Nicolle Devenish, spokeswoman for the Bush-Cheney '04.

"Karen will always play a major role as an adviser to the president, and a major role in advising him in crafting his message," said Charles Black, a veteran GOP strategist and former chairman of the Republican National Committee "But also, in the important periods in the campaign, she's a great spokesman. She's always there behind the scenes. When we hit those peak periods, she'll certainly be out there."

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[LSparkle]

1. The Wicked Witch Of Texas

has returned. And BTW, she wears the ugliest shoes this side of ... Oz.

[Dulcinea]

19. She probably can't find anything nice in her size.

She must wear a size 14 at least! I have seen her in person & she has ENORMOUS feet!

[PROGRESSIVE1]

2. I see that "FAT KKKaren" is back.

She is one ugly looking man........I...mean...."woman"

:puke:

[whirlygigspin]

4. Is she gonna replace Laura?

--faster than you can say "shag me in Crawford"

[DoYouEverWonder]

3. BTW: Who pays her salary now a days?

And is she working on W's campaign from the WH? Isn't that illegal?

[asjr]

7. I would bet Karen is the one

behind the 9-11 ad. She is one cold woman.

[pinto]

9. says Karen all over, as does the "home movie" ad, imho.....n/t

[Career Prole]

8. nah...these are repukes.

Laws have no meaning unless they regard the sanctity of man-woman missionary-style Ward & June marriage.
I hate the hatchet-faced bitch.

[bagnana]

13. I would LOVE to know the answer to that.

For example, were we paying for that secret society planning on ways to hype the iraq threat? The "White House Iraq Group, a little-known internal task force established in August 2002 to create a strategy to publicize the threat posed by Saddam Hussein." http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-usleak0305,0,2896503.story?coll=ny-top-span-headlines Did the American public pay for their plans to deceive us???

[RobertSeattle]

15. I've never quite understood why any president's POLITCAL ADVISOR

is on the public dole. Rove makes something like $130K a year on our dime!

[kskiska]

18. The RNC pays her

and she's making more than she ever did in the White House, plus, she's never been gone. She may spend time in Texas, but she's constantly at the beck and call of *. She's his Nurse Rached, and rarely leaves his side.

[LSparkle]

5. At least this time we won't have to deal with both her and ...

Ari effing Fleischer! (Please don't tell me HE's coming back too ... )

[grasswire]

6. this is good news

The press hates her. And she looks real nervous. This is good for us.

[KenLayedOff]

11. The press hates?

The press is supposed to bring us the facts from all sides. Personal hatred has no place in it and no member of the press should let their personal problems get in the way of the facts.

[thebigidea]

12. you try working under Hughes' thumb and see how impartial you get

[KenLayedOff]

16. I wouldn't get anywhere near her

She scares me.

[LSparkle]

17. Yeah, she's normally pretty unflappable

but she looked like a deer in the headlights this morning on "Today". Not good for her first time back out on the trail.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

10. surrogate mommy

bring her on!

[RobertSeattle]

14. If this woman would squeal (On Bush)

She knows ALL his secrets. But with Mafia-type loyalty she never would.

Maybe she talks in her sleep?