@mystery-ak @Freya @TomSea@musiclady@AllThatJazzZ@andy58-in-nh@LauraTXNM @goodwithagun @Sanguine @Polly Ticks @thackneyTrue story about Barbara Bush.
In my Texas county where my husband was the Republican Chairman, we had a close friend who was one of our election judges, and she was the twin to Barbara Bush. They were not really twins, but you couldn’t tell the difference. I have a photo of the two standing together, and most people choose our friend, Betty, as the real Barbara Bush. I haven’t checked on her for several years as she doesn’t “do†computers. I do not know if she is still alive, will try to find out for my own reason. Since Barbara is no longer living and Betty is exactly her, people outside that county would think Barbara is not dead as there she is right in front of them. Likely, some would think it is Barbara’s ghost.
Betty would always wear the pearl necklace as Barbara did. One time we had a meeting in another town close by where Governor George Bush was appearing. After his talk, we approached him to speak to him. Someone said, “There is someone here who wants to speak to you.†He looked up and said, “That’s my Momma!â€, and hugged Betty.
One time Betty was going to Israel. I was concerned about her safety – the Palestinians would love to capture Barbara Bush. Betty said she knew that and was going to wear sloppy clothes, no pearls, and wear a headscarf the whole time so people couldn’t see her white hair.
One year we were going to our Republican state convention as we always did. There was a meeting of our electoral district which was large, hundreds of people, and a large ballroom was set for this meeting. I was going up the escalator to get there and Betty and others were behind me. A man I did not know was a number of steps above me and he looked back and said, “There is Barbara Bush!†He took off as soon as he got to the top of the escalator. The rest of us were not in a hurry and eventually went into the room together. As soon as Betty walked in the room, everyone stood up and started clapping. This man had told the group that Barbara Bush was coming in. Betty had to tell them she was not Barbara Bush.
Also, Betty told me because she looked so much like Barbara Bush, she conducted herself in public as Barbara would – she said she did not want to embarrass Barbara’s reputation.
She told me, one time a woman came up to her and started crying. She told Barbara (our Betty) she also had a child who died from leukemia (Barbara’s daughter died from that). Betty had to tell her she was not Barbara, and she tried to console the woman.
Our Betty is a wonderful, kind woman. Barbara Bush could not have had a better “twin†than Betty.
