Nation : Barbara Bush Forgives Williams

Barbara Bush says an insensitive remark by Clayton Williams won’t deter her and President Bush from campaigning on behalf of the Republican gubernatorial nominee.

Mrs. Bush, who was inducted into the Texas Women’s Hall of Fame on Tuesday, said she is proud Williams apologized for a remark he made over the weekend about rape.

At a rain-delayed cattle roundup Saturday in west Texas, Williams compared the weather to rape, saying, “If it’s inevitable, just relax and enjoy it.”

Williams has apologized, saying the remark was “insensitive and had no place at the campfire or in any setting.”

Mrs. Bush said Williams is “quite a person to speak up immediately and apologize and say he made a mistake. I’m proud of him and that’s the last I’m going to say about it.”