Definite ew!
That’s child abuse. Traumatizing a kid by showing them something like that????
And where was George, Sr? HE should have driven her to the doctor!

Michelle on November 8, 2010 at 6:33 pm

It might be a trial balloon for Janna Bush to write her memoirs later; the former president wants to see how stuff like this goes over.

Little Al on November 8, 2010 at 6:55 pm

ICKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sy wohl on November 8, 2010 at 7:04 pm

One of our cousins had IVF, which resulted in twins. Unfortunately, both ended up dying at around 22 weeks. Both babies were delivered, cleaned up, and dressed in gowns for burial. Hearing this story was hard enough, but then we were shown pictures of the children. Those little babies were shown the utmost respect and love for the short time they were on this planet.

I hope and pray that the “jar story” is a fake. That disturbs me to no end!!

cirrus1701 on November 8, 2010 at 7:06 pm

Um, it’s a bit of both. Icky and inspiring.

I wish all the lefty animal rights whackos (and I am a huge animal advocate…but I know so much of them are whackos…I’m just sayin….) would have a heart for the innocent lives of babies.

How can one be for animal rights but NOT pro-life? I know when I was it was because I did NOT think about the babies. Now I do.

Skunky on November 8, 2010 at 8:23 pm

It could be true; if Barbara Bush is Pro-Abortion. Bush 43 and his mother could have had an “intimate” relationship. It is possible since Barbara and Bush 43 are liberals; and pretty much anything goes.

Fred Feyertag on November 8, 2010 at 8:39 pm

I don’t know if this will knock it out of the #1 spot or not, but I should mention that the current best selling book in the nation is another biography…that of Keith Richards. If Mrs. Bush’s miscarriage is all it takes to gross you out then needless to say, I certainly would not recommend that you thumb through any of Keef’s bio. We are talking about a guy who jokes about snorting his dead father’s ashes.

Irving on November 8, 2010 at 9:36 pm

Monumental TMI of all time.

DD on November 8, 2010 at 10:06 pm

I suspect that this story is meant to keep this horrid little book off of the remainder shelf a bit longer. If this tale is actually true, President Bush does come from a very strange family.

Worry01 on November 8, 2010 at 11:02 pm

True or made up, it’s just totally bizzare either way. Kinda sounds like an urban legend.

theShadow on November 8, 2010 at 11:56 pm

This is the sickest thing I have ever heard of-a bonding moment with his mother? If this is true, they are indeed an incredibly strange, bizarre, and creepy family-what mother DOES this?

Murphy on November 9, 2010 at 1:43 am

So, am I wrong? Do you find the Bush fetus-in-a-jar story icky or inspiring? Is Bush making up stuff and sensationalizing things to sell books?

I bet his ghost writer made it up and I don’t believe it either.

Has anyone ever had somebody show you a jar with his gallstones?

Miranda Rose Smith on November 9, 2010 at 1:58 am

That is pretty gross. Why the hell would she do that. It’s not as sick as Rick Santorum and his wife bringing their still born child home, making their other 8 kids hug it, and then taking it to bed with them.

Mark on November 9, 2010 at 2:43 am

Grossness is in the eyes of the subjective beholders, no?

freedomlover on November 9, 2010 at 6:25 am

WTF??? What family bonds like this? “Well son, I miscarried. Wanna check it out?” I can see how the fact that a lost fetus could be his brother or sister would impact him deeply, but JEEZ! I wonder if Barbara called him to say “George maybe you should have let me see the draft before you went final on that one.”

Sean on November 9, 2010 at 8:50 am

It may be that Skull and Bones influence from daddy’s time at Yale.

elvis on November 9, 2010 at 9:22 am

This story is disconcerting, but it did remind me of a mother I barely knew sharing with me the fact that a miscarried child she had was somehow preserved in a small fancy box with a window on her dresser. I believe all the siblings were familiar with this family “treasure”?!

There are just people out there who have to grieve differently I guess. Maybe Mrs. Bush was in shock or something. I have read to use a jar if possible for the benefit of the medical staff at the hospital. I’ve never had a miscarriage, so I am unfamiliar with what the protocol is. Luckily we have National Geographic and Discovery to show us prenatal details without having to peek into jars now.

Don’t know if I would have included that uber-personal story in a book though.

Lily Ledbetter on November 9, 2010 at 9:24 am

Some things to consider that might be a factor to this. The Bush family lost a daughter to cancer ( think it was cancer) when she was a young child. Maybe W was very close to this sibling. Mothers during pregnancy even if it is right after a miscarriage, are emotional due to hormones. I am sure this miscarriage stirred her memories of her loss of her daughter. When a woman has a miscarriage, they are instructed if possible for the remains to be brought in for a pathology evaluation. W was a teenager when this happened. So putting all of this together as a mother what I am guessing since I haven’t read the book or plan on it, the emotions of the miscarriage stirred up this family. I don’t know who was home when this happened or what the circumstances were. Maybe the mother was unable to drive or was instructed to have one of the older children drive her to medical care. I do know families who have had stillbirths or miscarriages and pictures are kept of the child who died. I also know that hospitals generally take pictures even if the family doesn’t request them because the family can change their mind and the opportunity is lost. To say this is icky is to say this isn’t a child. Yet many families have a viewing with a coffin when a family member dies. I know many women who miscarry are in shock and grief and react as humans in pain. Humans in shock don’t always look dramatic, they can look very calm. Would I have done what happened here? I don’t know. But can I see it happening? Yes. I know families who have had stillbirths early in pregnancy and have brought in much younger siblings to see the dead child.

NJ on November 9, 2010 at 9:38 am

Debbie – This was before there was much ultrasound technology…doctors often asked the mother to bring the remains of the miscarriage to the hospital as it was the only way for them to see if all of the fetus was out. IT was done for the health of the mother. To this day, doctor’s often ask for the mom to bring the fetus in if they are able. This is a really insensitive post. I usually am a big fan Debbie, but I am dissapointed.

C: The technology of yesteryear v. today is irrelevant to this creepy move by Bush’s mom. Sorry, but there’s nothing insensitive about pointing out a bizarre passage (among several) in the memoir of a President of the United States. DS

C on November 12, 2010 at 11:34 am

Dear Debbie:

Why would he make this one up? He goes into significant detail on his stupid escapades while drinking, as well, so I think it’s believable. What I found most interesting is that the writing style of the memoirs seemed to be aimed at people with a 10th grade education.

He was a very flawed fellow, who kept us safe for 7 years after the 9/11 attack. That is how he will be remembered in the Nation’s Historic Memory, if at all.

OT: Huh? He didn’t keep us safe. He multiplied geometrically the number of Muslims that he let into the country and gave green cards and citizenship to. By your standard, Bill Clinton “kept us safe” after the ’93 WTC attacks. Bush did no such thing. We are LESS safe. Not more. And we will bear the brunt of it from the many terrorists he let in. He didn’t even protect the borders. The guy was a moron, and he destroyed effective law enforcement agencies, like US Customs Service, which actually fought terrorists and their money sources, instead creating a giant bloated bureaucracy, Homeland Security, which does not secure us. And, now, even his mother, Barbara Bush, says the story is false. WAKE. UP. DS

Occam's Tool on January 7, 2011 at 5:30 pm

I think you hit a bllusyee there fellas!

Caiden on July 23, 2011 at 2:45 pm