Morning Jolt: The Underappreciated Barbara Bush

Making the click-through worthwhile: Realizing how little we appreciated Barbara Bush when she was in the public's eye; Mike Pompeo meets with Kim Jong Un and the long road to presidential attendance at high-stakes summit meetings; and Democrats propose a vast, expensive new plan to tackle unemployment . . . at a particularly unusual time.

RIP, Barbara Bush

I've been thinking about how the culture saw Barbara Bush during her years in the public eye.

Phil Hartman was a great comedic performer, but his old Saturday Night Live sketches playing Barbara Bush feel unnecessarily mean now. The moment Hartman first appeared as Bush in a 1988 sketch, the audience laughed — a fairly big guy in a dress, acknowledging that Bush wasn't petite or svelte. Hartman played opposite Jan Hooks all three times — Elizabeth Dole in one sketch, Kitty Dukakis in the next, and Nancy Reagan in the last. In Hartman's first appearance as Barbara, Nora Dunn's dim-witted television hostess character Pat Stevens asked, ...

April 18 2018

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The Underappreciated Barbara Bush Jim Geraghty Making the click-through worthwhile: Realizing how little we appreciated Barbara Bush when she was in the public's eye; Mike Pompeo meets with Kim Jong Un and the long road to presidential attendance at high-stakes summit meetings; and Democrats propose a vast, expensive new plan to tackle unemployment . . . at a particularly unusual time. RIP, Barbara Bush I've been thinking about how the culture saw Barbara Bush during her years in the public eye. Phil Hartman was a great comedic performer, but his old Saturday Night Live sketches playing Barbara Bush feel unnecessarily mean now. The moment Hartman first appeared as Bush in a 1988 sketch, the audience laughed — a fairly big guy in a dress, acknowledging that Bush wasn't petite or svelte. Hartman played opposite Jan Hooks all three times — Elizabeth Dole in one sketch, Kitty Dukakis in the next, and Nancy Reagan in the last. In Hartman's first appearance as Barbara, Nora Dunn's dim-witted television hostess character Pat Stevens asked, ... Read More Top Stories Last's Week's Raids May Be the Least of Cohen's Problems Andrew C. McCarthy A judge has denied a motion to shield seized... Better Educated but Not Better Off Steven Camarota Better Educated but Not Better Off ADVERTISEMENT Trump's Message to Syria Is a Muddled One Jonah Goldberg The U.S. was right to penalize Assad, but it is not obvious to me that we are sending the Syrian president and his Russian patrons a coherent... The Decline of Boys Madeleine Kearns A new book lays out the neglected evidence that men and boys are not doing... Liberal Indoctrination on Campus Isn't Working Brad Polumbo My story should give worried conservatives... Millionaire's Taxes Offer Little Bang and Little Buck Jonathan Williams and Ross Marchand Soaking the rich is good politics but bad... ADVERTISEMENT What NR is Reading Paul: A Biography N. T. Wright "An enthralling journey into the mind of Paul by one of the great theologians of our time, a work full of insight, depth and generosity of understanding." — Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, author of Not In God's Name LEARN MORE Photo Essays Cartoons of the Day: April 18, 2018 Doolittle Raid ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.