Former First Lady Barbara Bush, who is 83 and has not looked a day over it since 1980, spent last night in a hospital because of "a little bit of pain." "For years," the Houston Chronicle writes, "Bush has been a sunny presence in American life, the sort of person who would make herself and others comfortable at your kitchen table." Sure, guys, whatever. Save it for when you actually have to come up with kind things to say about her. [Chron]

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