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Jon8503 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-08-05 05:51 AM
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Barbara Bush's comment about the underprivileged being at
the Astra Dome working out so well because they were already so underprivileged anyway was really a unbelievable and callous comment. It shows how out of touch the Bush's are with those not so rich. Remember how her husband was so shocked about seeing a scanner in the store when he was running for president.

They do not have a clue.
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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-08-05 05:52 AM
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1. NOT A fucking CLUE!
It is that silver spoon that is stuck so far up their asses.
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Tesla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-08-05 05:55 AM
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2. Man, I can't STAND Babs!!!
She is the one popping out "Evil Spawn" all over the place!
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ladylibertee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-08-05 06:12 AM
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4. I do not like her now and.......
not only that, I can honestly say now that George Walker Bush really is a Son of A BITCH.....
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fasttense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-08-05 06:09 AM
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3. They are like the rich Roman Senators, living in the lap of
excess wealth and debauchery while the rest of America barely gets by.
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latebloomer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-08-05 06:19 AM
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5. That woman needs to be muzzled!
Or maybe not-- the whole world needs to hear how these people think!

"Why should we hear about body bags and deaths and how many, what day it's gonna happen? … It's not relevant. So why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?"

Barbara Bush
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jmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-08-05 06:31 AM
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6. and to make things even worse
when this story first broke most of the press carried this version of her comment

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,16516211%255E28737,00.html

So what did Mom Bush say when she spoke to National Public Radio during a tour of Houston relief centres for refugees? "What I'm hearing 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 is working very well for them."

then later the full quote comes out

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N08230015.htm

Speaking of evacuees in the Astrodome, the former first lady told a reporter in Houston: "What I'm hearing, which is sort of scary, is they all want to stay in Texas. Everybody is so overwhelmed by the hospitality. And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway. This is working very well for them.
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BlueEyedSon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-08-05 06:51 AM
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7. But not entirely unexpected. (With her "beautiful mind" and all....)
Edited on Thu Sep-08-05 06:52 AM by BlueEyedSon
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Jon8503 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-08-05 09:28 AM
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8. You got that right. They are truly unbelievable. N/T.
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