Laura Bush Asks To Be Deleted From Marriage-Equality Ad
We just reported yesterday on the new ad for marriage equality featuring conservative icons like Colin Powell, Dick Cheney and Laura Bush.
Well, if George’s old lady has her way, you won’t see her in the spot any more.
Representatives for the ex-First Lady reached out to the Respect for Marriage Coalition, the group which created the ad, and asked them to remove the clip of her telling Larry King in 2010 that gay couples “ought to have the same sort of rights that everyone else has.”
On Wednesday, the First Lady’s spokeswoman, Anne MacDonald, said Laura “did not approve” of the PSA and is not affiliated with the Respect for Marriage Coalition in any way. “When she became aware of the advertisement last night, we requested that the group remove her from it,” said MacDonald.
The commercial, which began airing on cable Wednesday, is part of a $1 million media buy that also includes full-page print ads in The New York Times and Wall Street Journal. The Coalition, which is affiliated with HRC, has not made a public statement about the request.
Y’know, when Laura made her statement to Larry King, we said it was too little, too late. We didn’t realize she could do even less for the cause of equality.
Below, check out the original Respect for Marriage Coalition video, with Laura still included
Her comments were made on TV and as such become news. They do not have to delete her comments from the ad, but they will show class and do it.
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Well, the new found respect for Laura that I had for about 2 seconds is gone.
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When you kill somebody you are hardly a role model for anything. Let’s hope she’s spending her retirement years learning how to drive so she doesn’t kill another teenager.
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I said it was just camouflage for bigots…but now it’s even worse…
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Believe me, Laura, if this county could delete you and your idiotic hubby entirely from the last fifteen years of American history, most would be happy never to have heard a word from either of you, ever, at all. So delete away, HRC.
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Tuff shit old lady, you said it, it was recorded and made public. If the owner of the material does not care, you are up the creek without a paddle.
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Why does an ad for same-sex marriage start with a bunch of clips of opposite-sex couples, and not one of a same-sex couple? There’s not even a single gay person in the ad.
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Has her husband apologized to the parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and siblings of the dead gay children who killed themselves while his campaign for political office was built on violating their basic human rights? Laura should encourage her husband to apologize for his atrocious actions.
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If it were up to me, I would have deleted her years ago.
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Has anyone noticed that Laura shakes her head, “No” after she says that we deserve the rights that anyone has? The subconscious mind gives up the truth via body language.
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@DarkZephyr: Boy, you said it. That was the ONLY thing about any of the Bushes that I admired. She’s just like her mother-in-law the old hag.
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@1EqualityUSA: I figured that was one of the side effects of her terrible face lift. With all that money, you’d think she’d have found a better surgeon.
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@mlbumiller: 9
DickGreenleaf #2 said it best —
“…They do not have to delete her comments from the ad, but they will show class and do it.”
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Strangely disappointing.
Did anyone ask for her permission first ?
Has some kind of social norm been violated ?