{"id":16933,"date":"2019-12-12T17:25:09","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T17:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=16933"},"modified":"2019-12-12T17:25:09","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T17:25:09","slug":"michelle-obama-opens-up-about-her-friendship-with-former-president-george-w-bush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2019\/12\/12\/michelle-obama-opens-up-about-her-friendship-with-former-president-george-w-bush\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Obama Opens Up About Her Friendship With Former President George W. Bush"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bodycopy section\">\n<p>Comedian Ellen DeGeneres got some serious heat for sharing some laughs with President George W. Bush at a Dallas Cowboys game in October, considering he was vehemently against LGBTQ folks marrying and even in serving in a volunteer military. President George W. Bush also doesn\u2019t have the best of records when it comes to African-Americans \u2014 from the disaster of Hurricane Katrina to how the lie of No Child Left Behind hurt Black children.\u00a0 Nonetheless, former First Lady Michelle Obama sees beyond the politics when it comes to her friendship with Bush.<\/p>\n<p>While talking to Jenna Bush Hager, the daughter of the 43rd president, Obama said, \u201cI had the opportunity to sit by your father at funerals, the highs and the lows, and we shared stories about our kids and about our parents.\u201d<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>She continued, \u201cOur values are the same. We disagree on policy, but we don&#8217;t disagree on humanity. We don&#8217;t disagree about love and compassion. \u201cI think that&#8217;s true for all of us. It&#8217;s just that we get lost in our fear of what&#8217;s different.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>See the clip below:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"thirdpartyembed parbase section\">\n<section class=\"embedded_html clearfix\">\n<div class=\"embedded_html__content\">\n<div class=\"author parbase section\">\n<section class=\"author clearfix\">\n<div class=\"author__data\"><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bodycopy section\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"NaturalImage-image\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/ELbdqubXkAAJlGm?format=jpg&amp;name=small\" alt=\"Embedded video\" data-image=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/ELbdqubXkAAJlGm\" data-scribe=\"element:poster_image\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bodycopy section\">\n<p>\u00a0Jenna Bush Hager interviewed Michelle Obama during a trip to Vietnam, which was to raise awareness about education for young girls.<\/p>\n<p>Written by BET Staff<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comedian Ellen DeGeneres got some serious heat for sharing some laughs with President George W. Bush at a Dallas Cowboys game in October, considering he was vehemently against LGBTQ folks marrying and even in serving in a volunteer military. President George W. 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