Laura Shines

From AP:

Laura Bush Steals Show With Surprise Comedy Routine at Dinner Honoring White House Correspondents

WASHINGTON Apr 30, 2005 — First lady Laura Bush stole the show with a surprise comedy routine that ripped President Bush and brought an audience that included much of official Washington and a dash of Hollywood to a standing ovation at a dinner honoring award-winning journalists.

The president began a speech late Saturday at the 91st annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner, but was quickly "interrupted" by his wife in an obviously planned ploy.

"Not that old joke, not again," she said to the delight of the audience. "I've been attending these dinners for years and just quietly sitting there. I've got a few things I want to say for a change."

The president sat down and she proceeded to note that he is "usually in bed by now" and said she told him recently, "If you really want to end tyranny in the world, you're going to have to stay up later. "

She outlined a typical evening: "Nine o'clock, Mr. Excitement here is sound asleep and I'm watching `Desperate Housewives'." Comedic pause. "With Lynne Cheney. Ladies and gentlemen, I am a desperate housewife."

...Laura Bush added that she and her husband obviously were destined to be together as a couple because "I was the librarian who spent 12 hours a day in the library and yet somehow I met George."

The guest professional comedian, Cedric the Entertainer, next came to the microphone to deliver one-liners, but not before conceding the first lady was a hard act to follow.
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Laura Bush is a spectacular First Lady. She has an effervescence that is so refreshing. She absolutely shines.

Her willingness to deliver the type of jokes that she did shows just how comfortable she and her husband are with themselves.

It certainly indicates that they can laugh when others make similar jokes at their expense.

Her performance at the dinner only highlights their humanness, pointing out that when all is said and done they aren't really different from other married couples.
At appearances, President Bush frequently refers to how lucky he is to be married to Laura and what a wonderful woman she is. Those remarks deservedly receive bipartisan approval.