Bush seemed to enjoy himself, according to Sager. He had his first matzah ball at my house. He didn t like my mother s gefilte fish. Be it his character, what he has done for her personally or his overtures to the state s Jewish community, she cannot seem to say enough about the two-term governor. One area of disagreement, she said, is on abortion.
Abortion is the law of the land today, but there ought to be limitations.
Bush was the featured speaker when Shapiro s parents were honored last year at the Holocaust memorial center in Dallas. She says the governor broke away from a campaign stop in New Jersey to make a special trip back to Dallas for the event. When New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani pulled out of a speaking commitment two days before a major event sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas, Shapiro said, she called on Bush to pinch-hit. Shapiro recalls Bush s campaign speeches when he first ran for governor in Texas Bible Belt. Every time he used the word church, he used the word synagogue.