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George W. Bush and His Family Paper Dolls (Dover President Paper Dolls)

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Another first-rate paper doll book from Tierney, this time of the first family. All of the clothes are marvelous, but nothing says "oderint dum metuant" quite like stack-heeled cowboy boots with a tux.

You may want to buy two sets, one for use, and one to keep. Tom has a way of capturing the essence of a personality in his dolls. These are no exception. These are produced on high quality paper and you will be proud to keep these for many years to come. They aren't made like the dolls that we used to play with as children, the paper is much more sturdy.

What can you say about cut-out dolls? Well, this is the first family, George our President and his wife Laura, and two kids. They come with a full array of formal and informal attire, sportwear and even the Texas kinds of outfits.

Fun for the whole family, you can mix and match -- see George in a ballgown and Laura in a tux! If you are planning ahead for your election day parties (and who doesn't!), this would be a great addition regardless of which political party you belong to. Use this to cheer in the Bush re-election or the arrival of a new president, just hope we don't go through the hanging-chad problem again!

Fashion conscious people will want to add wardrobe from other paper-doll books -- there's a good one on the pope, so what would George Bush look like in the pope's regalia? You'll have to try it to find out.

Lots of fun!

This product may well become a collector's item some day.

In an uncanny and prescient manner them boots answer the question in John B. Kiesling's resignation letter from the Foreign Service in protest against the policy of the Bush administration:

"Why does our president condone the swaggering and contemptuous approach to our friends and allies this administration is fostering, including among its most senior officials? Has 'oderint dum metuant' really become our motto?"

My hat's off to the perceptive first reviewer below.

So I suppose the joke is on me. I ordered this little gem sight unseen after getting the uproarious GEORGE W. BUSH COLORING BOOK and laughing out loud. I had expected something in the same satirical vein, but was I ever wrong! Tom Tierney, who apparently has done dozens of these sorts of books, is as serious as a presidential historian. His introduction may tell the truth but I'm not sure he tells the whole truth. (For example, there is no mention that the 2000 election was really decided by the Supreme Court of the United States, most of whom were appointed by Republican presidents, including the elder George Bush, not the voters of Florida.) For that he only deserves 4 stars although his artwork is quite good.

So if you are one of the 27% or so of Americans currently in love with the president, this volume is for you. There are two sets of dolls of the Bushes, one about the time of their marriage and the other when Bush was elected governor of Texas. He is clad in a T shirt and jockey shorts with his hands folded demurely over his crotch. There are sixteen plates in all, each one described in detail by the author-- he obviousy has done his homework-- about the occasion for the outfits, colors, materials, named designers (the dress Laura wore for an interview with Larry King, Bush's black suit that he wore on his first day in office. etc.) And the twins. And those boots of course.

There is a lesson to be learned here. The old folks in Tennessee where I grew up would say that when you purchase something you haven't seen first, you are buying a "pig in a poke." Guilty as charged.

....yah right. who would buy this to play with?! as a joke ok, to play with. gross. I can just see a little girl loving to play with her little George W. Bush paper dolls, with his great daughters, I'm sure they are good role models ( can you say under age drinking? ). if you have any brains DON'T buy this for a kid.