Do They Fight and Throw Things? Probably
It’s just not true. President Bush and his wife Laura are not receiving marriage counseling.
The Democrats are at it again with their lies. Or some skanky, twenty-something intern at one of the tabloids has made the whole thing up to impress some suborned senior editor in order to get a permanent staff position.
Of course, if you’re a lawyer and into splitting hairs, you could argue that any devoutly Christian couple who kneels by the bed every night to pray is already receiving marriage counseling from on high.
But if the President and his First Lady were receiving the earthly version of pastoral counseling in some minister’s study that looks out on a leafy garden just off Massachusetts avenue, do you think they could keep that secret more than 30 seconds?
Look at President Clinton. When he received pastoral counseling after staining that intern’s dress, that secret remained a secret approximately 20 nanoseconds.
So, President Bush in marriage counseling? Strike that from your gossip sheet.
However, could it be that the White House couple might need marriage counseling? Possibly.
For one thing, Laura has admitted that she gives her husband advice about how to do his job. Just advice, mind you, never orders. Laura is not Nancy Reagan.
So do the Bushes have arguments? Do they fight about such things as when to cut and run in Iraq and how to keep the world from labeling it a cut and run? Do they shout and throw coffee table knickknacks at the walls over stem cell research? Indulge in lengthy silences and evil stares following a morning after pill shouting match?
How could they not, when you think about it?
Which brings up more questions.
Who is the aggressor in these presidential duo tantrums?
Who is the long-suffering victim?
I vote for the President as the passive-aggressive victim. Just read the body language every time the two of them get off the chopper on the South Lawn. Or watch the C-span footage the next time they lay a memorial wreath somewhere.
So, what are the chances they will eventually seek some help for their troubled marriage?
A sure bet is not before January 21, 2009.