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Memo to Barbara Bush: Zip It

By Jeralyn, Section Huricanes Katrina and Rita
Posted on Mon Sep 05, 2005 at 07:55:09 PM EST
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Via Atrios, former first lady Barbara Bush on NPR:

Former First Lady Barbara Bush said Monday that living in the Astrodome in Houston was working out well for many of the 15,000 hurricane victims there because they were underprivileged anyway.

Her exact words:

"And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this -- this [she chuckles slightly] is working very well for them."

Crooks and Liars has the audio .

Update: Billmon.

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    Memo to Barbara Bush: Zip It | 29 comments (29 topical)
    Re: Memo to Barbara Bush: Zip It (none / 0) (#23)
    by glanton on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:03:15 PM EST
    I've always thought 'Bar' was the most sensible member of the whole dynasty and even after these incredibly callow and ignorant comments, I have no reason to believe otherwise. Neil, for example, undoubtedky gets his strict sense of integrity and fair dealing from her. All told, these are some pretty scary people.

    Re: Memo to Barbara Bush: Zip It (none / 0) (#24)
    by kdog on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:03:15 PM EST
    We need a constitutional amendment banning any Bush from public office. They are worse than the mafia.

    Re: Memo to Barbara Bush: Zip It (none / 0) (#1)
    by Ernesto Del Mundo on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:03:18 PM EST
    She really puts the compassionut into compassionate conservative. Typical of her class, though.

    Re: Memo to Barbara Bush: Zip It (none / 0) (#2)
    by Paralegal on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:03:18 PM EST
    All I can say is "wow". Others will articulate better I am sure.

    Re: Memo to Barbara Bush: Zip It (none / 0) (#3)
    by scarshapedstar on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:03:18 PM EST
    The unaltered quote is even worse. She describes the prospect of thousands of negroes displaced into Texas as "scary".

    Re: Memo to Barbara Bush: Zip It (none / 0) (#4)
    by squeaky on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:03:19 PM EST
    Along the same lines Helana Cobbain links Laura Rozan
    More from Knight-Ridder about the stage management of Bush's trip today: ...Bush and his wife, Laura, visited Louisiana and Mississippi three days after his first up-close look at the stricken region. The hastily arranged return trip came amid mounting criticism of the president's leadership in the aftermath of the natural disaster. Bush didn't venture into New Orleans, which he also skipped on his first visit. But after days of televised suffering by African Americans in the city, White House officials ensured that the television pictures of Bush's trip would include shots of the president with African-American survivors.
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