http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001054719

Quote :

""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." "

Holy Hell!

9/7/2005 10:44:24 AM

oh no

9/7/2005 10:46:35 AM

ooh it's worse than that.

And here's a link to the audio of the NPR Marketplace segment containing this incredible quote. It's real. Although some people might I suppose call it a nervous giggle rather than a chuckle.

PS. E&P actually ameliorated the quote from la Bush. What she said on the tape about New Orleans' newly destitute is: "What I'm hearing which is sort of scary is that they want to stay" in Texas.

http://www.publicradio.org/tools/media/player/marketplace/2005/09/05_mpp?start=00:00:01:00.0&end=00:00:04:36.0

9/7/2005 10:47:13 AM

9/7/2005 10:54:05 AM

My, those apples look like they're falling very close to that particular tree.

You're turning into another marko.

9/7/2005 11:07:45 AM

Luke 19:1-10 He entered Jericho and was passing through it. A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was rich. He was trying to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was short in stature. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see him, because he was going to pass that way. When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, hurry and come down; for I must stay at your house today." So he hurried down and was happy to welcome him. All who saw it began to grumble and said, "He has gone to be the guest of one who is a sinner." Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, "Look, half of my possessions, Lord, I will give to the poor; and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay back four times as much." Then Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because he too is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save the lost."

9/7/2005 11:28:11 AM

<-----NOT SHOCKED

9/7/2005 11:50:27 AM

who the hell is barbra bush? is she any relation to barbara bush?

9/7/2005 11:52:24 AM

oh damn, i heard this as an audio clip, but i didn't catch who said it. what a dumb bitch.

9/7/2005 11:54:23 AM

senility

she thinks is 1839 again

[Edited on September 7, 2005 at 11:56 AM. Reason : *]

9/7/2005 11:56:05 AM

not surprised in the least

and people wonder why these people have speech writers

9/7/2005 11:56:45 AM

UH OH!!!

9/7/2005 12:07:46 PM

Shocking, but true for the most part. The ones in the Astrodome will be better off now that they've relocated. And Texans will pay for it until they are dispersed to other states by HUD.

9/7/2005 12:27:15 PM

OMFG! I WON THE KATRINA HURRICANE LOTTERY!

[Edited on September 7, 2005 at 12:39 PM. Reason : ]

9/7/2005 12:39:16 PM

9/7/2005 3:34:32 PM

When the bitch dies, I will be throwing a party.

9/7/2005 7:50:31 PM

I fail to understand what's wrong with what she said...

???

9/7/2005 8:31:45 PM

you fail to understand that she is basically saying the hurricane was a good thing for these people?

OOOOOOOOOOOK

9/7/2005 8:33:21 PM

I read it to mean that their living situation in the Superdome was much better than their living conditions pre-hurricane...which is probably true.

Maybe I just fail to read too far into things.

[Edited on September 7, 2005 at 8:36 PM. Reason : cowbabies]

9/7/2005 8:35:33 PM

WOW

9/7/2005 8:39:19 PM

superdome astrodome

9/7/2005 9:12:16 PM

the bitch is back.

9/7/2005 10:12:36 PM

See now we can understand why lil Georgie continued his vacation while one of the worst disasters in the history of America battered one his states.

9/7/2005 11:10:33 PM

you dumb bitch, he cut his vacation short for the hurricane.


^^^^^have you completely lost your mind?

9/7/2005 11:28:13 PM

Quote :

"^^^^^have you completely lost your mind?"

No. Why, have you?

9/7/2005 11:43:43 PM

Quote :

"Shocking, but true for the most part. "

I was wondering who'd be the first bitch to try and defend what she'd said. I was betting on 1337b4k4 though.

9/7/2005 11:47:16 PM

FUCK BUSH AND HIS WHOLE FUCKING FAMILY. period no comma's

9/8/2005 12:09:34 AM

man, does the bush family discriminate against the poor.

9/8/2005 12:14:15 AM

context anyone?


biased reporting?


uh huh

9/8/2005 2:58:30 AM

so what context would you say would justify those remarks, then? Does it matter? If someone says that "you know, underprivileged people" (read: poor, black people) should be used to living in dirty and dangerous conditions already, so putting them in another dirty and dangerous condition "works out well for them", does it matter under what circumstances it is said?

[Edited on September 8, 2005 at 6:28 AM. Reason : .]

9/8/2005 6:25:21 AM

and that it's "kidn of scary" that they might want to move to texas

9/8/2005 6:46:17 AM

Quote :

" I know the people of this part of the world are suffering."

Quote :

"The people in this part of the world have got to understand"

--Bush talking about that 3rd world country, Louisiana.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/02/national/nationalspecial/02BUSH-NOTEXT.html

Laura Bush called the hurricane, "Hurricane Karina" 3 times today during a speech about getting children back to school.

This family is completely disconnected from the reality of the less fortunate.

9/8/2005 11:16:57 PM

Quote :

"I read it to mean that their living situation in the Superdome was much better than their living conditions pre-hurricane...which is probably true."

WTF

seriously, try to educate yourself

9/8/2005 11:27:26 PM

9/9/2005 3:40:03 PM

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"WTF seriously, try to educate yourself"

Please do tell me what I need to learn, oh Enlightened One.

I'm listening.

9/9/2005 6:43:24 PM

everyone thats in the super dome lived on cots and didnt have homes and had no money or food

so yeah... its a perfectly valid, true statement

9/9/2005 6:44:48 PM

dont forget no electricity or running water. so you know, they just shit and pissed on the ground.

NO PLACE LIKE HOME

9/9/2005 6:58:06 PM

i mean they are black

9/9/2005 6:58:38 PM

I think that's what jlphipps was getting at.

9/9/2005 8:09:17 PM

Quote :

"Please do tell me what I need to learn, oh Enlightened One. I'm listening."

Only that your entire perception of the situation is skewed.
Handing out any more answers would only hurt you in the long run.

9/10/2005 12:17:04 AM

I like this one.

9/12/2005 11:00:18 AM

is there any chance she was talking about political rammifications of the displaced people? There was some CNN article saying something to the effect that the population redistribution could move some local political races in texas slightly to the left, with the greatest effect on Houston. I'll look for the article.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/11/katrina.politics.ap/index.html

Quote :

"In Texas, which stands to gain the largest number of evacuees, analysts do not expect much impact on statewide races. But local races -- for everything from school boards to legislative seats and perhaps even congressional districts -- could be affected. ... The place to watch is Houston, which has taken in the most evacuees, at least temporarily. Richard Murray, director of the Center for Public Policy at the University of Houston, said Republicans hold every elective office in Harris County, which takes in most of Houston, but did not win by much. "This could accelerate the tipping of the county, which was expected to happen in the next four to six years," he said. "

[Edited on September 12, 2005 at 2:36 PM. Reason : found it]

9/12/2005 2:34:09 PM

yeah
i'm sure she had that in mind

QUIT COVERING UP

9/12/2005 3:32:30 PM

maybe she's the woman behind karl rove

9/12/2005 3:34:28 PM

maybe with a strap-on

9/12/2005 3:38:20 PM

I don't see her as being that profound. (In reguards to the "pendulum" of public opinion swinging back to the left.)

9/12/2005 4:13:44 PM