Her son is making a mess of the country, and this is what she says about the Dem field?
Former first lady Barbara Bush and mother of President Bush described Democrats trying to unseat her son in the White House as a "sorry group" of politicians.
"So far, they are a pretty sorry group if you want to know my opinion," said Mrs. Bush in an interview aired on Monday by NBC's "Today" show, when asked about the Democratic line-up for the 2004 presidential election.
Bush I -- he of the Willie Horton ad, also whined about the mean, mean Democrats:
Her husband also had some harsh words for the Democratic contenders whom he accused of using "vicious rhetoric."
"The one who makes the most outrageous charges against the president gets his 20 seconds on the evening news. Hey I did not ride in here on a watermelon cart. I know how it works," said the former president.
Of course he knows how it works. He wrote the book on nasty campaigning.