Laura Bush's interview with Larry King exposes her support for gay marriage and pro choice. Should she have been more outspoken while in the?

No it would have been inappropriate for her to speak up on these issues while being the First Lady. Especially if it opposed White House views. What she spoke about privately was one thing but she was not there to start a nationwide debate on such a risky issue.

Laura Bush had no political authority, so her opinion was, and is, irrelevant. She was not an elected official or a law-maker. As a human being, she probably should have spoken up in order to educate her fellow conservatives about being fair and humane, but that would have caused problems for her husband.

Her timing now is unfortunate, but understandable. But as I said, her opinion would have been essentially meaningless. It would have been a nice gesture, and well-received by liberals, but it would have not have changed anything.

Laura Bush is an interesting person. She spent her husband's administration essentially silent, yet she has the dark past of having caused the death of another person, and is apparently quite the coward and hypocrite. Good for her for speaking up now, but it probably won't make much of a difference.

While I'd have loved for her to have been more outspoken during the Bush presidency -- God knows we could have used someone with some sense speaking -- it wouldn't have worked. Think about it. Look at Michelle Obama.

For the supposed crime of being outspoken during Barack Obama's campaign, people have called her anti-American, too forceful, too opinionated, everything under the sun. And she didn't even come close to hot-button issues like gay marriage and abortion. Imagine if she had, though.

Think of the backlash! It isn't fair, but it's true. I don't agree, though, that the First Lady (or First Husband, hopefully, in the future) position, though, should be completely passive.As the partner of the president, you might not have direct influence, but you have a lot of indirect influence.

People listen to you. Why not share your beliefs? You'd have the opportunity to get some good done.

I haven't followed Laura Bush and her ideology much, but there is something to be said for showing solidarity of your spouse as well. For her to openly criticize his policies while president would have caused nothing but problems. Just because she is for these issues doesn't mean that she would have been able to affect any change, as quesera had mentioned.

I doubt that I would openly criticize the work of my husband if I wanted to keep harmony at home and in my life. In fact, my husband and I do not see eye to eye on many issues, this doesn't mean I would run to a media outlet and tell them. Laura Bush would always have had that opportunity but chose not to probably out of respect for him.

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