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 National Public Radio'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."
3 comments:
I think at this point a lot of people are getting in front of mics and cameras and saying stupid things. It's all based on either sheer ignorance, as in Barbara's case, or sheer emotion. I wouldn't quite lump "It's working very well for them" with "Let Them Eat Cake" but it's pretty darn close.
Don't wanna be an American Idiot,
dah dah dah dah dah dah dah dah dah dah dah.
"Heckuva job, Brownie" is STILL the "let them eat cake" of this debacle, as far as I'm concerned.
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