BARBARA BUSH HAS ADVICE FOR SON

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Barbara Bush thinks her son is saying a lot of right
things in his run for president, but she also suggests he be a bit careful
about his words -- advice she admits she doesn't always take herself.

``I'm glib and I think sometimes George is, which is to his detriment
sometimes,'' she said in an interview with USA Today.

The former first lady thinks her son was wrong to answer questions about
whether he had been faithful to his wife, Laura, which he said he had.

``You've got to draw the line, and maybe he should have drawn it sooner,''
Mrs. Bush said.

George W. Bush has declined to answer reporters' questions as to whether he
has ever used illegal drugs, and Mrs. Bush expects such scrutiny to
increase in the coming year.

``Do I think he had a lot of fun at college? You betcha he did. You should
work very hard at everything you do, but you also ought to have fun in
life. He had a lot of fun, I imagine,'' she said.

As part of her support for her son's candidacy, Mrs. Bush has raised money
for the campaign. But she said she's not the most interested family member
in the house.

Former President Bush ``is obsessed with the campaign, and I am not,'' she
said.

Still willing to take a political potshot, she said her son would win the
Republican presidential nomination and then beat either of the
``extraordinarily liberal'' Democratic contenders.

The interview with Mrs. Bush, now 74, was published today.