Laura Bush brings "Cookie Diplomacy" to Afghanistan

[brooklynite]

March 31, 2005 -- WASHINGTON — Wearing a native shawl, First Lady Laura Bush yesterday spent several hours in Afghanistan, where she met women training to be teachers, helped plant a tree, and presented gifts to shy children.

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She went to a Kabul bakery where she stuffed a big box full of cookies, paid $1 and pronounced it a "good deal."

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It was a trip where Laura Bush acted as if she was just as safe as if she'd been out in Iowa — where her husband spent the day.

"I knew we'd be safe. Afghanistan is safe. There are certainly parts of it that aren't right now. But in general, I think it is a very safe place to travel," Mrs. Bush told reporters on her plane as she flew home after just six hours on the ground.

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[Zuni]

1. Laura Bush's Cookies:

Death Cookies:

http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0074/0074_01.asp

[loro mi dicevano]

2. Hahaha, Travelocity won't let me book a one-way flight to Kabul.

Yes, I actually tried, and yes, I found that funny for some reason. ;)

[fryguy]

5. are there even commericial flights to Kabul

or does one need to be a government "contractor" to visit now adays?

[brooklynite]

7. Glad you asked that question!

Welcome to Ariana Airlines where we have convenient routes,attractive prices, and the best of traditional Afghan hospitality!

Book your trip today!
Simply choose your from and to box, your depart and return date and click GO to go to the next step!

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[fryguy]

18. great - but i can't book from expedia (eom)

[fryguy]

3. "several hours" in afghanistan - she must really care about them....

and how insane for pickels to marvel at the safety in afghanistan. considering she was there with layers upon layers of security personnel keeping tabs on everything around her....given that, any place she visited would seem "safe" to her.....

[LiberteToujours]

4. UGH

Gag me.

[tubbacheez]

6. What a bimbo. When you're the top VIP under the care of

the U.S. military and intelligence forces all combined...


ANYWHERE is a "very safe" place to travel!










Why not say "Let them eat cake." while you're at it????

[demo dutch]

8. I always thought she was just a hair better than *

Then again she married the idiot!

[tubbacheez]

10. Oh I think they're perfect for each other. She's a silly bimbo

trying to come across as motherly.

He's a foolish egomaniac trying to come across as tough.








Ike and Tina started out that way, but they split and learned better.

Laura and * aren't as violent (with each other, I'm talking about), but they're stuck in this relationship mode.

[MisterP]

21. don't make fun of her just because her head is full of meatloaf!

or was it jellybeans? though that might be her husb--the President

[XemaSab]

9. Isn't it

considered incredibly disrespectful to their culture for a woman to appear without a head covering????



Like, duh, Laura, the shawl isn't supposed to go around your neck!

[tubbacheez]

11. She's wearing more hairspray on one day... than the woman next to her

has ever used in her whole life.

[XemaSab]

13. The Crawford hair helmet

n/t

[tubbacheez]

17. They like things big in Texas, don't they? n/t

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

12. Trading in their Burqas for frilly aprons and cowboy boots?

Watch for the Texans heading for Afghanistan looking for good, obedient, wives.

[Left Is Write]

14. What do you expect from a Stepford Wife?

She only says what she's programmed to say.

[AnnInLa]

15. Reminds me of when Hillary said for the nation not to expect

her to stay home and bake cookies. What a contrast in women...one a powerhouse in her own right as a leader in our country, the other a programmed drone. Laura certainly doesn't weigh herself down with deep issues, does she...how is she going to solve gang violence? When will first ladies not be expected to be dim pollyannas?

[Bridget Burke]

16. Hashish cookies?

Long ago, Afghanistan was known as a source for fine hash. The opium poppy is more profitable now, but I'll bet a few oldtimers still grow the good stuff...

[Elidor]

19. Flatus from the FLOTUS

Or Flo, as I now call her.

[WLKjr]

20. How Quaint........

I am sure those cookies were only worth a $1 for all the pain and suffering your pet chimp has done to the people of that country.

[stanwyck]

22. My rant on Laura Bush

she spent a few minutes as a librarian...just kicking back until Prince Charming with a trust fund came along to rescue her. Now, she's lauded as an "educator". No. My mother taught in the public schools for 30 years. She was an educator. My mother-in-law taught in the public schools for over 40 years and still substitute teaches...at age 83. She's an educator. But Laura reading children's books for a photo op. does not make her an educator. Her hubby keeps citing her as an authority on education. Really? Like there aren't thousands of teachers who have decades of classroom experience. And we're all supposed to listen to Laura's words of wisdom. She's probably a nice lady. Just quit referring to her as an "educator". She's primarily a lady who lunches who got a degree in order to be a properly educated wife to a wealthy man. Fine. Quit holding her up as an expert. Unless you're talking about what to serve for lunch.