'Be comfortable with your family. Work hard to make sure there is love in the White House.'"

[rodeodance]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2007/09/20/BL2007092001274_pf.html

All You Need Is Love

In yet another post on the Corner, Lopez writes: "Asked what traits people should look for in choosing a President, George Bush responded immediately: 'Be comfortable with your family. Work hard to make sure there is love in the White House.'"

What did Bush mean by that? "The buzz coming out of the West Wing this afternoon was: 'Did the president just rule out Rudy Giuliani for president?'," Lopez writes, noting that Giuliani doesn't even speak to his children anymore.

Jonah Goldberg responds on the Corner: "I'm with Bush on the principles-are-important stuff. But this 'love' stuff is an awfully gooey standard for people to run too far down field with."

And consider, Goldberg writes, that President Reagan's "relationship with his kids was not off the charts in the 'fill the White House with love' department. . . .

"The real problem with statements like this -- when released to the public -- is they make conservatives sound otherworldly and almost bizarre in their priorities. Character matters, a lot. But come on."

[bdamomma]

1. nothing like rose colored glasses and living in that bubble for

bushie boy.

[MaineDem]

7. I don't think he lives in a bubble...I think it's a bottle

I'm convinced the man drinks.

[Vickers]

2. That's a very bizarre response.

Almost like he's begging for a bj from Laura.

[yardwork]

3. since when does * have a loving relationship with his daughters or wife?

[murielm99]

4. If one our our candidates had said that,

they would start talking about smelly old hippies and all that crap.

[monmouth]

5. Oh he's gonna be a real asset to the repukes alright!!! Hahahaha

[Bitwit1234]

6. Is that why gannon made so many visits - to spread LOVE