and bennie was staying with relatives in andover. bennie, knowing how much his mother disliked politics, wrote in the letter that i hope he won't be elected for i should not like to live in washington and i know you would not like to either. so this is an indication of the problems that franklin pierce is going to have with his wife and child as he ran for president in 1852. >> this is the most famous let that are jane pierce wrote. it was written to her dead son. he died in january of 1853 in a train wreck in andover, massachusetts. and some time after that she was in her great grief, she sat down and penciled this letter. to her dead son. in which she calls him my precious child. i must write to you although you are never to see it or know it. it wasn't sent anywhere obviously and it survives today. a very poignant letter written by a grieving mother who had lost all of her children. >> so, you agree with that analysis. that because of the use of pencil in writing the letter, it was really not meant to be published. >> no, or seen

and benny was staying with relatives in andover.enny, knowing how much his mother disliked politics, wrote in the letter that i hope he won't be elected for i should not like to live in washington and i know you would not like to either. so this is an indication of the problems that franklin pierce is going to have with his wife and child as he ran for president in 1852. >> this is the most famous let that are jane pierce wrote. it was written to her dead son. he died in january of 1853 in a train wreck in andover, massachusetts. and some time after that she was in her great grief, she sat down and penciled this letter. to her dead son. in which she calls him my precious child. i must write to you although you are never to see it or know it. it wasn't sent anywhere obviously and it survives today. a very poignant letter written by a grieving mother who had lost all of her children. >> so, you agree with that analysis. that because of the use of pencil in writing the letter, it was really not meant to be published. >> no, or seen by

we have been 21 andover. there was ample precedents for these events in the city. it was our personal belief that if you could fight or die for the country or vote in an election, you should be able to go to a party. [applause] the folks that we were working with at the police department were hesitant about that. to address their concerns we agreed to very stringent beer gardens, which we did not feel like needed, but we did it in order to produce the event. later, we found out it would not be an 18 and older event. it essentially became a non- negotiable item. if we wanted them to sign off on the permit, with a bar, which was a major revenue stream, we had to be 21 and over. being a promoter and organizer with a long history of doing these events without problems, with a curved track record, that seemed like a perfect result. the police requirement at the event looked like two cops, with no problems with nothing to do, there were five officers at the event now, which we had to pay overtime fees for. trying to discuss this with the officers, public safety is brough

andover and yale don't have a real strong ranching program. but i'm proud of george.learned a lot about ranching since that first year when he tried to milk the horse. what's worse, it was a male horse. now, of course, he spends his days clearing brush, cutting trails, taking down trees, or, as the girls call it, the texas chainsaw massacre. george's answer to any problem at the ranch is to cut it down with a chainsaw -- which i think is why he and cheney and rumsfeld get along so well. it's always very interesting to see how the ranch air invigorates people when they come down from washington. recently, when vice president cheney was down, he got up early one morning, he put on his hiking boots, and he went on a brisk, 20- to 30-foot walk but actually, in all seriousness, i do love the ranch, and i love the whole family. i was an only child, and when i married into the extended bush clan, i got brothers and sisters and wonderful in-laws, all of whom opened their arms to me. and included in the package, i got this guy here. i think when you marry someone, you unconsci