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LAURA BUSH SAYS HILLARY KEPT BAD HOUSE; WEST WING DECORATIONS WERE GAUDY, OUTDATED
First Lady Laura Bush believes Hillary Clinton did not keep good house during her time as first lady, a new book will charge.
Ron Kessler, a former investigative reporter for the WASHINGTON POST and the WALL STREET JOURNAL, is set to unleash his account of Laura Bush.
On December 18, 2000, just after the Supreme Court ruled on the election, Hillary Clinton gave Laura Bush a tour of the White House. The incoming-First Lady was dismayed at what she saw: Not only were carpets and furnishings fraying and in disrepair in the West Wing and public areas, the Oval Office was done in loud colorsred, blue, and gold! The East Wing was cut up into small offices and had exposed electrical conduits. Many of the furnishings looked dated.
Laura Bush noted how the Lincoln Bedroom looked worn out.
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Laura was appalled at the way the Clintons left the White House and Hillary Clinton's gaudy, outdated taste in decorating, reveals the new book, LAURA BUSH: AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT.
The book, which will be published by DOUBLEDAY on Tuesday, is the only book to be written about Laura Bush with White House cooperation.
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Elsewhere in AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT: After NEWSWEEK ran a Periscope item claiming the U.S. military had flushed a Koran down a toilet, leading to rioting, Laura ordered: "I don't want NEWSWEEK around the house!"
Laura Bush became so disgusted with the media and their war against her husband that at one point, she told her public relations person Noelia Rodriguez she did not want to do any more media interviews. After about a month, she slowly resumed talking to the press.
A close friend of Laura's, Pamela Nelson, asks Laura how she's doing. Laura replies, "Well, it's the Kitty Kelly book and Dan Rather this week..."
Nancy Weiss, a Bush family intimate, told Kessler, "She torments herself by reading the WASHINGTON POST and the NEW YORK TIMES, " and added, "A Texas Monthly article (based on a book by a Washington Post reporter ) said she is a 'bad mom.' She handles it calmly but I can tell things like that do upset her."
Developing...
The White House Booty
$19,900 two sofas, an easy chair and an ottoman from Steve Mittman, New York.
$3,650 kitchen table and four chairs from Lee Ficks, Cincinnati.
$2,843 sofa from Brad Noe, High Point, N.C.
$1,170 lamps from Stuart Schiller, Hialeah, Fla.
$1,000 needlepoint rug from David Martinous, Little Rock.
Following are gifts the Clintons received in 2000 and are paying for:
$9,433 china cabinet, chandelier and a copy of President Lincoln's Cooper Union speech from Walter and Selma Kaye, New York.
$7,375 two coffee tables and two chairs from Denise Rich, New York.
$7,000 dining room table, server and golf club from Mr. and Mrs. Ron Dozoretz, Washington.
$6,282 two carpets from Glen Eden Carpets, Calhoun, Ga.
$5,000 rug from Martin Patrick Evans, Chicago.
$5,000 china from Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brandt, Winnetka, Ill.
$4,994 flatware from Ghada Irani, Los Angeles.
$4,992 china from Iris Cantor, New York.
$4,967 flatware, Edith Wasserman, Beverly Hills, Calif.
$4,967 flatware, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Pynoos, Beverly Hills, Calif.
$4,787 china from Mary Steenburgen and Ted Danson, Los Angeles.
$4,920 china from Mr. and Mrs. Steven Spielberg, Universal City, Calif.
$3,000 painting from Joan Tumpson, Miami.
$2,993 televisions and DVD player from Paul Goldenberg, La Habra, Calif.
$2,400 dining room chairs from Arthur Athis, Los Angeles.
$2,110 china and jacket from Jill and Ken Iscol, Pound Ridge, N.Y.
$1,588 flatware from Myra Greenspun, Green Valley, Nev.
$595 pantsuit and sweater, Margaret O'Leary, San Francisco.
$524 golf driver and golf balls from Richard Helmstetter, Carlsbad, Calif.
$500 antique book on George Washington, Mr. and Mrs. Bud Yorkin, Los Angeles.
$499 golf driver from Ely Callaway, Carlsbad, Calif.
$450 leather jacket from Vin Gupta, Omaha.
$350 golf driver, Jack Nicholson, Beverly Hills, Calif.
$350 framed tapestry, Mr. and Mrs. Vo Viet Thanh, Vietnam.
$340 two sweaters from Robin Carnahan and Nina Canci, St. Louis.
$300 flatware from Colette D'Etremont, New Brunswick, Canada.
$300 painting of Buddy, Brian B. Ready, Chappaqua, N.Y.
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