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friesianrider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 04:18 PM
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Babs: Black people moving to Texas "scary"
I'd heard about the "living in a football stadium is a step up for these people" comment, but hadn't heard this:

Bush, Clinton Announce Katrina Relief Fund

By Pam Easton / Associated Press

HOUSTON - Former Presidents Bush and Clinton got smiles, hugs and requests for autographs when they met with refugees from Hurricane Katrina — but it was Bush's wife who got attention for some of her comments.

Barbara Bush, who accompanied the former presidents on a tour of the Astrodome complex Monday, said the relocation to Houston is "working very well" for some of the poor people forced out of New Orleans.

"What I'm hearing, which is sort of scary, is they all want to stay in Texas."

"Everyone is so overwhelmed by the hospitality," she said during a radio interview with the American Public Media program "Marketplace."

"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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Clinton toured the shelter with his wife, Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York, and Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois.

Obama, picked up a little girl who brought him a small heart she had made in a makeshift daycare center at the shelter.

"What's your name, sweetie? You look so pretty," Obama said to the girl. "You made this heart and you decided to give it to Bill Clinton, didn't you?"

The little girl, named Kearra, shook her head affirmatively.

"Well, I give you my heart," Clinton said, giving the tiny toddler a hug. "You're beautiful. Thank you for the heart."
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Sunkiss BlueStar Donating Member (232 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 04:21 PM
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1. You would think
she'd have mirrors in her home:crazy:
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Ms. Clio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 04:26 PM
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2. She and her ilk better be scared of all those Democratic voters
and their families and friends. No wonder they are dispersing the survivors to all four corners of the country.
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