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October 13, 2004
Women Worthy of Respect
SCHIEFFER: We've come, gentlemen, to our last question. And it occurred to me as I came to this debate tonight that the three of us share something. All three of us are surrounded by very strong women. We're all married to strong women. Each of us have two daughters that make us very proud.
I'd like to ask each of you, what is the most important thing you've learned from these strong women?
BUSH: To listen to them.
To stand up straight and not scowl.
I love the strong women around me. I can't tell you how much I love my wife and our daughters.
I am -- you know it's really interesting. I tell the people on the campaign trail, when I asked Laura to marry me, she said, Fine, just so long as I never have to give a speech. I said, OK, you've got a deal. Fortunately, she didn't hold me to that deal. And she's out campaigning along with our girls. And she speaks English a lot better than I do. I think people understand what she's saying.
But they see a compassionate, strong, great first lady in Laura Bush. I can't tell you how lucky I am. When I met her in the backyard at Joe and Jan O'Neill's in Midland, Texas, it was the classic backyard barbecue. O'Neill said, Come on over. I think you'll find somebody who might interest you. So I said all right. I walked over there. There was only four of us there. And not only did she interest me, I guess you would say it was love at first sight.
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Deacons, likewise, are to be men worthy of respect, sincere, not indulging in much wine, and not pursuing dishonest gain.
In the same way, their wives are to be women worthy of respect, not malicious talkers but temperate and trustworthy in everything.
-1 Timothy 3:8,11
Posted by Megan at October 13, 2004 11:46 PM
Comments
I teared up again just reading it. Not full out crying this time, but still...
Posted by: Kristin at October 14, 2004 09:46 AM
Beautiful.
Posted by: Matt Heerema at October 14, 2004 01:29 PM
Yeah, and then Kerry made a joke about how he married up, paused for the uncomfortable laughter, and spent the next 2 minutes talking about his mother instead of his wife or daughters. It was just awkward and not very cool - and a very stark comparison between the two.
I also thought it was cool when they cut to the 3 Bush women: his girls were looking at each other and laughing - they had obviously heard the story many, many times before.
Posted by: Pat at October 14, 2004 03:16 PM