Last night as I was watching C-SPAN (stop laughing!), I caught a bit of Jenna and Barbara Bush's speech. Say what you will about the First Twins, but I've always felt that they should be left alone by the press unless they hop into the media spotlight.
Except now, Jenna and Barbara are stumping for their father. I watched their convention speech, my heart filled with a combination of amusement and embarrassment. Nobody expects the Bush twins to deliver a speech of Obama-like quality, but it seemed as though their preparation may have consisted of a five-minute run-through just before they went on. Their cadence was stilted, their jokes uncomfortably unfunny, their lack of enthusiasm palpable. And their constant giggling—I can't tell if it was nerves or "Oh my god, can you believe these corny-ass jokes?" snickering—made them come off like the female Beavis and Butt-head.
Even though you couldn't pay me to vote for their father, I actually felt bad for the twins and their awkward oration.
What I can't figure out is this: why did the campaign bring the twins on? They don't seem to want to be there. They're not exactly political overachievers; from all accounts, they just want to be Manhattan girls in their party prime. They certainly aren't going to reach the youth vote without showing excitement, even with fumbled OutKast jokes (and, um, OutKast supports Kerry). Their sense of obligation is evident, and you can sense that the girls just want to be left alone, to not be in the spotlight, to be away from this whole political machine.
Except now, Jenna and Barbara are stumping for their father. I watched their convention speech, my heart filled with a combination of amusement and embarrassment. Nobody expects the Bush twins to deliver a speech of Obama-like quality, but it seemed as though their preparation may have consisted of a five-minute run-through just before they went on. Their cadence was stilted, their jokes uncomfortably unfunny, their lack of enthusiasm palpable. And their constant giggling—I can't tell if it was nerves or "Oh my god, can you believe these corny-ass jokes?" snickering—made them come off like the female Beavis and Butt-head.
Even though you couldn't pay me to vote for their father, I actually felt bad for the twins and their awkward oration.
What I can't figure out is this: why did the campaign bring the twins on? They don't seem to want to be there. They're not exactly political overachievers; from all accounts, they just want to be Manhattan girls in their party prime. They certainly aren't going to reach the youth vote without showing excitement, even with fumbled OutKast jokes (and, um, OutKast supports Kerry). Their sense of obligation is evident, and you can sense that the girls just want to be left alone, to not be in the spotlight, to be away from this whole political machine.
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