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" For the October 2004 issue, Good Housekeeping writer Jennifer Allen chatted with President George W. Bush and Senator John F. Kerry about the women they rely on, both politically and personally. Here are a few things the presidential candidates shared with us.  President George W. Bush About his wife, Laura: &amp;quot;Laura is -- they say calm, and she is, but the calm merely masks great inner strength,&amp;quot; he says. &amp;quot;Or actually reflects great inner strength.&amp;quot;  About his daughters, Jenna and Barbara, in the public eye: Neither young woman relishes the spotlight -- far from it. &amp;quot;I think their inclination,&amp;quot; the president says simply, &amp;quot;is to want to be as anonymous as possible.&amp;quot; Now that they&amp;#039;re out of school, though, they may be more open to scrutiny. &amp;quot;They know that,&amp;quot; says the president. &amp;quot;In other words, they know that if they ask for publicity, they&amp;#039;ll get it, bad and good. They&amp;#039;re veterans of that arena.&amp;quot; About Jenna and Barbara, behind the scenes: The twins may prefer to maintain a quiet public profile, but privately they are not at all bashful about telling Dad what they think. &amp;quot;Oh, yes. Constantly,&amp;quot; the president says, grinning. &amp;quot;How to look, how not to talk -- believe me, they are some of my most loving critics.&amp;quot; And their criticism is not confined to Dad&amp;#039;s personal appearance: &amp;quot;They don&amp;#039;t pick up the phone to criticize, they pick up the phone to hear me say I love them,&amp;quot; he clarifies. But &amp;quot;when we&amp;#039;re around, if issues pop up, yes, they will express their opinion. Which I like.&amp;quot; And, he adds with a smile, &amp;quot;they tend now to listen to my side of things as well, which is a change.&amp;quot; About two of his top female advisers: &amp;quot;Condi [Rice] and Karen [Hughes] will not necessarily be put off by my bluntness. They hold their own in a conversation with me.&amp;quot; Of Rice, he adds: &amp;quot;We have been through a lot together. A relationship can either be strengthened or torn apart when the pressure is large. And our relationship is very strong.&amp;quot; About his mother, Barbara: &amp;quot;Feisty, plainspoken and loving as ever.&amp;quot; About working with women: &amp;quot;If you&amp;#039;re used to strong women, then strong women don&amp;#039;t intimidate.&amp;quot;  Senator John F. Kerry About his wife, Teresa, on the campaign trail: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve had women all over the country tell me, &amp;#039;God, your wife&amp;#039;s so refreshing. She tells it like it is.&amp;#039;&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;I think Teresa hasn&amp;#039;t changed one iota&amp;quot; for her public close-up, Kerry says. &amp;quot;What&amp;#039;s happening is that people are getting to know this person that a lot of other people have known and loved for a long time.&amp;quot; She is, he adds, a &amp;quot;private&amp;quot; person, even shy; hitting the campaign trail isn&amp;#039;t her first choice for how to spend her time. &amp;quot;But she&amp;#039;s committed to doing this because the issues are so important,&amp;quot; says Kerry. About his daughters, Alexandra and Vanessa: As a parent, Kerry is proudest that his daughters are &amp;quot;who they wanted to be,&amp;quot; and he shares credit for this with his first wife, whom he describes as a good friend. &amp;quot;What we always tried to do was to empower them -- never to tell them to do this or do that,&amp;quot; says Kerry. About his mother, Rosemary: &amp;quot;She was gentle, sweet, kind, very giving...she was the rock of the family.&amp;quot; About three of his top female advisers, Stephanie Cutter, Mary Beth Cahill and Jeanne Shaheen: &amp;quot;They happen to be incredibly capable, experienced people, and they happen to be women.&amp;quot; About why he&amp;#039;s sensitive to women&amp;#039;s issues: &amp;quot;You can&amp;#039;t raise two daughters and not be pretty tuned in to what the choices are, what the difficulties are.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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