New to the ways of Washington but impassioned about what her husband had been elected to do, she saw herself as a guardian of values.
"The United States Military Academy is the guardian of values that have shaped the soldiers who have shaped the history of the world," Mr. Bush said.
"I think the next 48 hours are critical in how this is handled," he said, adding that "when a party holds itself out as the guardian of values, this is not helpful". Foley's sudden resignation came at the end of a week that had delivered a series of blows to Republican hopes in November.
Taliban of the Hindu right, guardians of Indian values, or killjoys of the Bombay spirit?
He says he remains hopeful that progress can be made, and insists citizens remain the best guardians of liberal values.
Many of these middle-finger-waving, F-bomb-hurling people probably think of themselves as pillars of their community, guardians of fundamental values.
Guardians of democratic values and the environment, champions of economic opportunity and the national well-being will view them as an ever-growing damage report.
In Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Morocco and Algeria, leaders who once headed secular states or played down religion have struggled to reposition themselves as the guardians of Islamic values.
There have been political moves to curb the influence of guardians of liberal values, including attacks on the news media, efforts to impose sanctions on human rights organizations deemed to act against Israel abroad, and attempts to advance legislation in Parliament to override decisions of the Supreme Court.
It will be difficult for Religious Right leaders to position themselves as the principled guardians of "family values" after tying their political fortunes so closely with those of Donald Trump.
