Barbara Bush praises outpouring of support

[sabra]

http://www.islandpacket.com/24hour/nation/story/2722003p-11287602c.html

Barbara Bush praises outpouring of support

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A week after drawing criticism with comments about Hurricane Katrina evacuees, Barbara Bush focused on the nation's outpouring of support for those in need.

During a ceremony at Maine Medical Center, the former first lady said Wednesday that Americans have shown compassion following the devastation of the hurricane. The United States isn't perfect, she said, but the nation never stops trying to make life better for its citizens.

"If you don't believe this, then look at the outpouring of care and money and comfort our great country has given to the victims of Hurricane Katrina," she said.

Mrs. Bush was criticized last week when she suggested, while visiting the Houston Astrodome, that poor people from Lousiana being housed there were faring better than before the hurricane struck.

[wtmusic]

1. The United States isn't perfect, and you're living proof Babs nt

[saigon68]

37. SHE'S A FILTHY, DISGUSTING, LOW LIFE, PIECE OF GARBAGE

[JustSayNO 2 Sheeples]

2. How long will it last?

"If you don't believe this, then look at the outpouring of care and money and comfort our great country has given to the victims of Hurricane Katrina," she said.

Yes, the outpouring of support should last well into the next century. Or next week, which ever comes first.

[defiant1]

3. Yeah, Babs!!!

Those under-priviledged souls sure are having a good time, right?

[datadiva]

4. Damage Control

Rove must be coaching the whole bunch of them.

[Lochloosa]

20. So, did he pee his rocks out yet

god, I hope it hurt like hell...

[Imagevision]

5. Who cares what this Jack Daniels totin mama says between swigs??

[gratuitous]

6. Forgive my impertinent question, Mistress of the Pit

But what YOU personally done for the hurricane victims? I mean, it was awfully nice of you to deign to notice them at all, but how much of the Bush family fortune has found its way into the coffers of the Red Cross or any other relief agency?

[Eurobabe]

7. graphic, thanks MoPaul!

[DinahMoeHum]

8. Anhhhhh, STFU, you old hag.

:argh:

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[Maven]

10. The silver douchebag strikes again! n/t

[ronnykmarshall]

23. I agree Hedy!

[Maven]

24. Thanks Pats!

Oh, and P.S: That's Headleh.

[Betsy Ross]

11. maybe she really is greatful.

With so many common people sending support to the Katrina victims, Babs and her ilk may be able to hold on to their tax cuts. And they are going to make it big on the rebuilding contracts anyway. So she can only be pleased as punch.

[MaineDem]

12. Ewww, I hate it when she appears in public in Maine

I feel like we have to wash down the streets of Portland.

(I know that's really unkind but I have no respect for her or her spawn.)

[symbolman]

13. The she told a little joke about the white man she caught

rolling bowling balls off the dock in the deep south, and how he was trying to help reduce the population problem by compassionately drowning Negro Eggs..

I've actually been around rich white shitheads that get one too many glasses of expensive wine in them and then TELL JOKES like that..

I usually tell the women doing that, that they are nothing more than prostitutes living in their "johns" big old house, spending his money, doing their and their dogs nails, while the old man is screwing the mexican maid and thinking about trading the old worn out trophy wife in for this year's model..

They actually try to THINK when you say things like that to them, but you have to go easy or they'll stroke out on you :)

When I had a rich witch, not unlike Babs show me your VERY expensive pearl necklace, explaining that the pearls were so expensive because the area where these beauties grow so large is getting too polluted and killing off all the oysters, I almost slapped the fancy case right out of her hand..

I had to leave the room. The evil of ignorance seems to be worse at times, and the trivial minds can be the most dangerous of all.

[Danmel]

14. How much of the Bush Family Fortune did you give, Babs

Normally you wouldn't wnat blood money but in this case....

[TheCowsCameHome]

15. Nice pool of out-of-work "darkies" for work around the mansion, eh Babs?

What a hypocrite. In this case "the tree doesn't grow far from the apple."

[Bridget Burke]

28. The Bushes don't have a mansion in Houston....

Babs & Bush Sr built a house on a smallish lot they owned in a gated community. They have never invested in Texas land--Bush's official address during his presidency was a fancy hotel.

[TheCowsCameHome]

32. Don't tell me Bab's cleans the bathrooms and does the laundry

And how 'bout the compound at Walker's Point, Maine?

[cwydro]

16. A preview

methinks, of what Shrubber will spew tonight.

[arwalden]

17. George W. Bush Is A Son Of A Bitch

[driver8]

18. "Ah am pleased as punch that y'all are helping the darkies..."

Racist old bag.

[Zynx]

19. "Good work helping those poor bastards."

[geomon666]

21. Yeah, people have shown compassion

Too bad you haven't and never will.

[deminks]

22. "But, you know, these people were underprivileged anyway, so...

the outpouring of care and money works out great for them." Right, Babs? :sarcasm:

Quit trying, you only get in deeper.

[otohara]

25. They Wouldn't Be So Poor if Your Greedy Family Gave a Shit - FUBB

Outpouring of support for the nation's poor should be a policy of all branches of government, expecially the federal 24/7.

[donheld]

26. So how much has this old crone herself given?

Or can her beautiful mind be bothered by such peasantry stuff?

[tinfoilinfor2005]

27. Ooops, reporter got it wrong. She was praising the outpouring of the gin

at cocktail time from her black butler. The conservative reporter just put his own spin on it.

[Bridget Burke]

29. Barb was mentioned in the Houston Press's Katrina Kwiz...

6. Former first lady Barbara Bush famously declared, "What I'm hearing, which is sort of scary, is they all want to stay in Texas...And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them." This:

a. Means Babs won't be interviewed again until she has a really, really well prepared response for this.

b. Isn't as bad as when she said she wouldn't trouble her "beautiful mind" worrying about body bags from Iraq.

c. Shows that different folks can define "working very well for them" different ways.

d. Pretty much sums up the Bush mind-set.

Here's the rest of it:

http://houstonpress.com/Issues/2005-09-15/news/hairballs2.html

[Gregorian]

30. God, is there nothing above those pearls?

If her son's administration hadn't yanked the levee funding, there would be no need for any "outpouring".

You son's administration essentially killed a shitload of people. Idiot.

[shavedape]

31. yes, its working out quite well for everyone!

yes, quite well indeed.

[Az_lefty]

33. Fuck off Bab's...we don't need your thoughts on anything. n/t

[Lindacooks]

34. Oh God, they let her open her fat, wrinkled pie hole again?

Just STFU, Babs. You're an embarrassment to the human race.

[adigal]

35. You, Babs, are not perfect - Americans tend to be

more generous and less royal than you, Barbara.

What a tone deaf dolt.

[AlCzervik]

36. there outta be law---no more Bush family in public life again

no presidentin, no talking to the press and no paid public appearances.