jeb's family is an embarrassment..if he can't lead his family, how can we expect him to lead the country?
Bush Embarrassed By Wife's Run-in With Customs
TALLAHASSEE — Florida first lady Columba Bush made a mistake and "feels horrible" about her embarrassing run-in with U.S. Customs agents late last week, a chagrined Gov. Jeb Bush said Monday.
"I can assure you it was a difficult weekend at our
house
," the governor said. "She knew that what she did was wrong and [she] made a mistake."
Columba Bush was briefly detained and fined at Atlanta's Hartsfield International
Airport
on Thursday after her arrival following a five-day shopping spree in Paris. The governor was not with her. She declared only $500 worth of merchandise on a Customs form at the airport. But during a random check, agents found receipts indicating the governor's wife was toting about $19,000 worth of clothing and jewelry bought in France.
Using a personal check, she paid $4,100 in duty and fines on the items. She was then allowed to continue to Tallahassee.
Still, the episode dogged the governor on Monday when he was forced to answer questions about his wife's run-in before signing into law a sweeping
education
reform package.
"It is a lot of money. But look, that's between her and me," said Gov. Bush, adding that his wife was embarrassed by the incident. "The mistake was not filling out the form at Customs properly -- that was the mistake," said the governor, who has reported a
net worth
of $2.4 million.
The question on many people's minds was why Columba Bush, an accomplished international traveler, disclosed only $500 in purchases.
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1999-06-22/news/9906220022_1_columba-bush-jeb-bush-governor-s-wife