Legal At Last

[nickel]

President's Daughters Turn 21 Monday
WASHINGTON — President Bush's twin daughters, who have had brushes with the law for underage drinking, turn 21 on Monday, marking their birthday in Texas and looking to stay clear of the spotlight.

Both Barbara Bush, who attends Yale University, and Jenna, a student at the University of Texas at Austin, were in their home state in advance of a Thanksgiving family celebration. The president and first lady planned to celebrate the twins' birthdays during the holiday weekend, a White House official said.

Laura Bush was returning to Texas on Monday and heading to the family ranch in Crawford on Tuesday. The president is to follow on Wednesday.

The White House is fiercely protective of the twins' privacy, and several officials refused to provide details about the birthday observances.

Barbara and Jenna Bush have drawn unwelcome headlines over the past few years for alcohol-related episodes.

In May 2001, police in Austin cited both of them for violating state alcoholic beverage laws.

Police accused Barbara Bush of being a minor in possession of alcohol and Jenna Bush of misrepresenting her age for allegedly trying to use false identification to buy alcohol.

Jenna Bush allegedly ordered a margarita and was asked to produce identification proving she was 21. She showed a valid driver's license belonging to someone else, police said. She was not served.

Witnesses told police that Barbara Bush was served alcohol.

The charges were dismissed after the then-19-year-old twins performed community service, attended alcohol awareness classes and paid $100 in fines.

The month before that incident, Jenna Bush had pleaded no contest to charges of underage drinking. She was ordered to take alcohol counseling and perform community service. A judge fined her $500 and suspended her license.

Last summer, Jenna Bush reportedly tried to persuade a bartender to sell her a drink, but the bartender asked her to leave after consulting with the Secret Service agents who protect her. Jenna Bush berated her agents and complained to her father about the incident, according to an account in U.S. News and World Report.

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[sbp]

And the first thing they did was to go out and party.

[Cantacuzene]

Its every prisoners right to try to escape and its every minors right to try to drink.

[Freelance Superhero]

silly me...

i thought this was some story about legalization of

[oblongmelon]

big deal-they drink-get over it..

[whitak24]

damn, and i thought this thread would be about the olsen twins

as the bloodhoundgang says "thou shalt resist the olsen twins/thou shalt not cut footloose"

[Jenny]

Originally posted by Yossarian




most minors over the age of 14 do

So? Does that make it right? Teenagers are stupid enough without adding alcohol into the mix to fuzzy things up even more.

I didn't have my first real taste of alcohol until I was engaged to Scott. Yeah, I was 19, but I also only had 1 drink. Up until that point, I had taken a sip and found I wasn't missing anything.

(*Disclaimer* I did not tell that to sound uprighteous or anything - just to point out that it isn't as common as most people think for teenagers to drink.)

[kain9i6]

mmMmMmMmmMmmM Olsen twins.. I still have a bet going that they will do Playboy before the age of 24...

[i6s1]

I think the legal drinking age in the US is pretty dumb. 21?

While a teen in the US, you can:
- Drive a car
- Have sex
- Get married
- Vote
- Go to a college and live on your own
- Join the army and kill terrorists in Afganistan
- Smoke

But not have a drink.

I think it's so wierd that the land of the free has such a high drinking age.

And no, I'm not saying that 13 year olds should drink.

[sbp]

Years ago the drinking age was lower. The results weren't pretty.

[Memo]

I think i'll go visit the Theta house

[Hoser]

I was stationed in Germany( and Italy) where the drinking age is lower than it is here. They don't seem to have as many problems with alcohol as we do. I'm not really sure why it's that way. Maybe they're more mature, or they've been used to always having access to alcohol. Does anybody overseas have any answers why it seems (or is) this way?

[sleepminded]

er...i have friends in holland and yea, thier drinking age is lower, and there are less problems...maybe we should do that too???