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First lady critical of Hillary Clinton for knock

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TURIN, Italy – Laura Bush said Saturday that Hillary Rodham Clinton’s criticism of her husband’s administration was “out of bounds,” arguing that the former first lady should show some empathy for the current White House occupants.

Leading the U.S. delegation at the Winter Olympics in Turin, the first lady talked about a range of subjects. She was interviewed by ABC and CBS.

Clinton, the New York senator and a potential Democratic presidential candidate in 2008, has called the Bush administration “one of the worst” in history. In the interview with ABC News, Bush was asked if Clinton’s comments were “just politics, fair game or out of bounds.”

“Of course I think it’s out of bounds,” the first lady said. “But I think it’s politics, it’s certainly politics.”

She pointed out that former Presidents Bush and Clinton and her husband are part of a unique club that also includes the wives.

“We know what it’s like to live in that house. We certainly know what it’s like to have your husband criticized,” the first lady said.

“So I think there’s a certain empathy that we might have for each other that we wouldn’t have maybe for somebody else who said something like that.”