then eventually emerged with two other bush children another boy than much to the great happiness dorothy bush, either of the daughter born in 1959 lowered at -- known as doro. barbara became the political wife and observed by reporters at the time that if there was a slight against mr. bush berber joking more seriously and that has always been the case. barbara has been devastated when mr. bush was rejected by the voters. so without going into too much other details, i am happy to answer your questions later. 1980, mr. bush was poised for a run for the presidency. mrs. bush said she realized cents mr. bush would make the run and they better have in mind in project for the national campaign whenever it would be. she took heart for something and 80 bird johnson said before lady bird johnson has said it is hard to pass up a bully pulpit it is a chance to do something for your country that makes your heart scene and if your project is useful and people notice it then that reflects well on your husband and that is one of the biggest roles of life. and mrs. bush said i would never guess i would end

george's grandmother, so dorothy bush, the first president bush's mother. and the first president bush's mother said to her, so what do you do? you know, what's your story? and supposedly, laura bush was supposed to have responded, well, i read and i smoke. then there were questions how well did that go down with barbara bush? no one has ever said. i think it's probably fair to characterize it as, maybe -- maybe distant, maybe more cordial. certainly her -- barbara bush's relationship with her grandchildren is very warm. she sees them a lot, you know, still. yes, ma'am. >> i remember that when barbara bush first became first lady, some reporter asked her a question involving the name of eleanor roosevelt, you know, or you want to be like her, to which barbara bush replied something like, don't talk to me about eleanor roosevelt. my family -- and i've forgotten the rest of that. but i was kind of wondering what her family had against eleanor roosevelt, although i have my own opinions? .. >> if it was difficult for first lady bush to deal with her husband's f

bush children were born, two other boys, and then finally much to the family's great happiness, dorothy bush, known as doro, their only daughter now was born in 1959. mr. bush went into politics. barbara became the political wife. it was observed by reporters at the time that if there were slights against mr. bush or if he lost a race, barbara took it more seriously than george bush did. and by the way, that's always been the case. barbara has been devastated when mr. bush has been rejected by the voters. so without going into too much other detail and again, i'm happy to answer your questions later. in 1980, mr. bush was poised for a run for the presidency. now, just before this, mrs. bush said she realized since mr. bush was going to actually make this run, she'd better have in mind a project for this national campaign, whatever it was going to be. and she took heart from something that lady bird johnson had said years before and i'm going to quote here from my book. ladybird johnson had said about the white house, it would be sad to pass up such a bully pulpit. it's a fleeting chance to d