Barbara Bush was a transitional figure in America’s culture wars

By W. James Antle III

Published April 19, 2018 4:01am ET

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Barbara Bush was a transitional figure in America’s culture wars — FILE - In this Sept. 13, 1991, file photo, first lady Barbara Bush, her granddaughter Barbara, and Millie wait on the steps of the White House for U.S. President George H.W. Bush to return from his check-up at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Washington. A family spokesman said Tuesday, April 17, 2018, that former first lady Barbara Bush has died at the age of 92. | (AP Photo/Barry Thumma, File )

It was 1994 and former first lady Barbara Bush was holding court with David Brudnoy, one of Boston’s most popular radio talk show hosts, as the switchboard lit up.

One caller was running for U.S. Senate against Ted Kennedy and Mitt Romney that year as the Libertarian Party nominee. She wanted some advice. “I’m a two-party man,” Bush replied, before offering the third-party woman some encouragement anyway.

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