heuristik ([info]heuristik) wrote,
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Is it boring to keep posting about N.O. and the Bushies?

You may (or may not) remember that George HW Bush had never seen a supermarket scanner until forced somehow to enter a supermarket during his tenure. His dislocation from reality has nothing on his dear blue-haired wife's. I submit this brief article in full:
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Barbara Bush: Things Working Out 'Very Well' for Poor Evacuees from New Orleans

By E&P Staff

Published: September 05, 2005 7:25 PM ET updated 8:00 PM

NEW YORK Accompanying her husband, former President George
H.W.Bush, on a tour of hurricane relief centers in
Houston, Barbara Bush said today, referring to the
poor who had lost everything back home and evacuated, "This is working very well for them."

The former First Lady's remarks were aired this
evening on American Public Media's "Marketplace"
program.

She was part of a group in Houston today at the
Astrodome that included her husband and former
President Bill Clinton, who were chosen by her son,
the current president, to head fundraising efforts for
the recovery. Sen. Hilary Clinton and Sen. Barack
Obama were also present.

In a segment at the top of the show on the surge of
evacuees to the Texas city, Barbara Bush said: "Almost
everyone I’ve talked to says we're going to move to
Houston."

Then she added: "What I’m hearing which is sort of
scary is they all want to stay in Texas. Everyone is
so overwhelmed by the hospitality.

"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."

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[info]moxiegirl

September 7 2005, 20:21:22 UTC 6 years ago

i keep telling people about that and no one had heard it for some reason.

[info]object_holder

September 7 2005, 20:27:24 UTC 6 years ago

Yeah, I hadn't either until Dad emailed it to me. (And I thought he was talking about GWB's daughter!)

[info]object_holder

September 7 2005, 20:27:50 UTC 6 years ago

(I obviously thought that because I didn't read the article carefully enough the first time!)

[info]heuristik

September 7 2005, 21:17:43 UTC 6 years ago

My Yahoo

You would have thought that this story would have been fodder for "The Nation" or some other left-leaning publication. But it's all over My Yahoo. When I first read it, my reaction was "This has to be made up!" But no one has come forward to say that. So, I'll take it as true until proven otherwise.

[info]moxiegirl

September 8 2005, 07:13:44 UTC 6 years ago

Re: My Yahoo

no, i either saw or heard the actual clip. >:(

[info]vuzh

September 7 2005, 20:52:33 UTC 6 years ago

You know, it's just like jail where they get free food and a nice warm room all to themselves, and they don't have to work for it at all. It's practically paradise for those people!

[info]vuzh

September 8 2005, 17:51:08 UTC 6 years ago



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