# Does Jeb Bush's WIfe Columba Speak English? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 6, 2015, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-jeb-bushs-wife-columba-speak-english/724395 "2015-07-06T14:40:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-jeb-bushs-wife-columba-speak-english/724395/21 "2015-07-08T23:11:49Z")
No worse than Arnold Schwarzenegger. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-jeb-bushs-wife-columba-speak-english/724395/22 "2015-07-09T02:45:48Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Given that Columba doesn’t quite fit the model of what most Americans are used to in terms of a first lady (out in the spot light glad handing), how will this affect Bush’s election prospects? If she avoids public appearances, (other than standing next to Jeb and smiling), it should have no affect. Laura Bush was pretty much invisible both during the election seasons and during GWB’s time in office. She had a few causes that she supported, but she rarely promoted them in ways that got her time on the evening news or plastered across magazine covers. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-jeb-bushs-wife-columba-speak-english/724395/23 "2015-07-09T06:23:45Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > You knew that Gaudere wouldn’t let that post off scot-free, didn’t you? A pair of words with similar ending sounds is a “rhyme”. “Rime” is a build-up of salt or frost. Has Gaudere been apotheosized now? ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-jeb-bushs-wife-columba-speak-english/724395/24 "2015-07-10T03:11:33Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > If she avoids public appearances, (other than standing next to Jeb and smiling), it should have no affect. Laura Bush was pretty much invisible both during the election seasons and during GWB’s time in office. She had a few causes that she supported, but she rarely promoted them in ways that got her time on the evening news or plastered across magazine covers. Are most first ladies really all that visible? Perhaps we have a skewed perspective because Michelle Obama is a media darling, and Hillary Clinton… well… kinda forced her way into the spotlight whether anyone wanted her there or not. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-jeb-bushs-wife-columba-speak-english/724395/25 "2015-07-10T15:37:57Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > Has Gaudere been apotheosized now? Well, I pronounce it in my head as God-air. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-jeb-bushs-wife-columba-speak-english/724395/26 "2015-07-10T19:13:25Z")
I had a conversation with her last month. She’s speaks conversational English just fine. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-jeb-bushs-wife-columba-speak-english/724395/27 "2015-07-10T23:06:58Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > I had a conversation with her last month. She’s speaks conversational English just fine. Agreed (although not last month, this was during JEBs time as Gov). I did also get the sense that she’s relatively introverted (especially for a politico’s wife). Really nice lady though. Actually, I think I’d be more inclined to vote for her (for just about anything) than JEB. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-jeb-bushs-wife-columba-speak-english/724395.md?page=1)