First Lady steps in to defuse anger at Bush

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/09/11/wkat11.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/09/11/ixnewstop.html


First Lady steps in to defuse anger at Bush
By Philip Sherwell in Washington
(Filed: 11/09/2005)

The White House has turned to its most popular performer in an effort to rebuff criticism of its handling of Hurricane Katrina.

Laura Bush, the normally mildly spoken First Lady, is defending her husband in defiant terms - describing some of the criticism of President George W Bush as "disgusting".

Her remarks came as Mr Bush's attempt to defuse public anger by replacing the man in charge of the recovery operation appeared to have fallen flat. Although Michael Brown, the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, was recalled to Washington, he was not sacked from his job - and President Bush's approval ratings continues to hover at an all-time low.

Mrs Bush intervened after Kanye West, the rapper, and Howard Dean, the Democratic Party chairman, said that race played a role in the United States government's poor response to the hurricane and blamed her husband for the disproportionate numbers of Afro-American victims.

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[bluedeminredstate]

1. What a sissy!

Can't even defend himself - now that's DISGUSTING!

[Born Free]

32. Time to sign up the twins

If poll numbers stay low, look for him to sign up the twins to make believe they might go to Iraq. It will all be a fox farce, as with everything else they but it may help the poll numbers.

[0007]

39. Here's a scene Americans will never see

[MercutioATC]

2. Let's be REALLY clear: The West and Dean statements were WAY different.

West said that Bush didn't care about black people.

Dean said that minorities and the aged made up for a disproportionate percent of the economically disadvantaged who were hit particularly hard by disasters like Katrina.

[swag]

24. As much as I revere Howard Dean,

I prefer West's statement.

[MercutioATC]

48. It has more impact, but it's a lot harder to sell.

Personally, I prefer Dean's statement.

:)

[DemBones DemBones]

36. Chris Rock said "George Bush hates

midgets."

At least that's what it sounded like to us, though some claim he used the N word. He said it kind of under his breath and quickly before starting his bit on the "Shelter from the Storm" benefit concert. They might have cut it in the re-runs.

[cliss]

3. "Most popular"?

I wonder. Mike Malloy played the clip of Laura talking about the hurricane. She said "Hurricane Corina", not once but 3 times.

Malloy mentioned that she sounded drugged. I had to agree.

[Hekate]

4. Marie Antoinette defends Louis XVI

How dare the nasty peasants criticize hubby dearest?

Hekate

#Why won't the Chickenhawk cross the road?#
#Why isn't the Chickenhawk waitin' on the levee?#

[Erika]

6. Yep

She just wishes her husband was a dictator so he could silence any opposition.

The Stepford wife has been reprogrammed.

[NVMojo]

5. mustsee, check out the analysis of the Laura photos here ...too much!

http://bagnewsnotes.typepad.com/bagnews/2005/09/laura_just_say_.html

[OKDem08]

7. who gives a shit about what she says?

she's a stepford wife...nothing upstairs!

[Delphinus]

43. Agreed.

And her stepping into the fray will not diffuse any anger. It's only going to make it worse. So, with that thought, I think she ought to go ahead and step in the shit!

[caligirl]

9. From Dave in SF at kos tonight: MA and W let them eat cake

[othermeans]

38. Nice graphic n/t

[RallyInDC]

8. she is nuts.....crazy freeper woman

there is nothing sane about laura she should shutup, before making everything worse. desperate stepford.

[ShockediSay]

15. She's living in a world not too many of us share

And if only we could trade our paycheck to paycheck (or complete cave-in after that) existence for her perspective and the ASSets behind it.

How about a government that represents all of the people all of the time?

[skrunch]

10. Well, I'll just let you have it then...

Since you are so into education and literacy why don't you teach your hubby how to fucking read so he dosen't have to be personally "briefed" wasting valuable time so people can do their fucking jobs instead of his.

And speaking of jobs, when are your deadbeat daughters going to get some? Those twits are what?...15 months out of college? At least Paris and Nicole got off their mattressbacks and humped some minimum wage jobs (at least on TV). I'm sure B&J are qualified to be extras on "Taradise" at least.

At least you didn't get your parenting skills from your bug-eyed battle-ax mother-in-law (did you?)

Oh and PS...(GFY Pickles)

[Kool Kitty]

11. She sure is a White House performer.

Bush trots her out like a trained monkey every time he gets in trouble, so he can hide behind her skirt. What a ninny.

[thebigidea]

12. so they are going to try the same tired old GHWB/Barbara double act?

she's too drugged and docile to reach the silver douchebag's level of hate.

[Maple]

13. I don't understand

How could this possibly help Bush?

It's always ASSUMED his wife supports him.

Same as it is with any other president.

After all, she stays with him.

This would only be newsworthy if she DIDN'T.

[LibDemAlways]

14. Pickles doesn't even know the name of

the hurricane. I find it disgusting and embarrassing that this drugged-out Stepford wife is hustled in front of the cameras to supposedly shore up her train wreck of a husband. I look forward to the day when the two of them pack up their fully-stocked liquor cabinet, and load it onto a U-haul truck with a big sign on the side that reads "Crawford or Bust."

[MADem]

37. She confused it with the popular film CORRINA, CORRINA

Whoopi Goldberg starred, and hey, she's black, so I guess it was easy for her to get confused....:sarcasm:

[WinkyDink]

16. Maybe Dems should have asked, re: Bush's absence,

"Was he milking a stallion, Laura?"

[Skip Intro]

17. MOMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

well, something like that.

GEORGE W BUSH IS A FUCKING COWARD.

[antonialee839]

18. Laura is also pissed that the media isn't reporting the good news.

[Gregorian]

19. One of the most beautiful things...

When someone perpetrates a crime and sees their error, and then apologizes and changes their way, dramatically, it is a thing of peace and beauty. This does not diminish the crime. I have seen a murderer befriend the victim's family in a genuinely caring way. And it is like a rebirth. But it cannot be done for the criminal by anyone else. And it is a profound transformation that is real and can be witnessed by all. Laura cannot do it for George. And I have serious disbelief that Mr. George Bush can and will alter his behavior pattern. That is partly because his behavior is part of a group. It is very much akin to a Mafia family. This is not George Bush acting alone. This is a complex personal/corporate relationship. Even if George comes clean, it would not be the same as a personal transformation. We need every single person involved to come forward and make admissions. But this isn't going to happen without legal consequences. And I can all but guarantee that the lies and criminal activities will continue.

I don't think Laura knows the full extent of the mess she is in the middle of.

[bostonbabs]

40. I agree...she looks stunned n/t

[lebkuchen]

20. Don't send his mommy. She's already said enough.

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[Algorem]

22. Joker-faced drape-wearing smoke-sneaking homicide-vehiculator says

WHAT?

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26. baghdad! stay-cog! analyst!

"They say nothing ever changes
Which is certainly true of the Poly-ocracy
The sweetest sound she had ever heard
Was the whinging and crying due to the recession.
In fact, if you get up pretty close enough

She had a Joker Hysterical Face

Her back head's full of skriking* kids
There's no cure so find a case for it
There's no cure so find a case for it
Let's face it, you don't make the same mistake twice X2

Joker Hysterical Face!"

. . .

http://thefall.lyrics-online.net/JOKERHYSTERICALFACE.html

[seattlemetal]

23. Hurricane Corrina?

is this the one where she calls it Hurricane Corrina? (twice even!)

[Pachamama]

25. Watchout Pickles! Don't get caught in the crossfire! When you step out

front of a moving vehicle and try to stop it, your going to fail and get some of the fallout!- same for Mr. Bush....

[LostInAnomie]

27. How does she have time to do this?

Isn't she supposed to be solving the problem of inner-city gangs?

[GRLMGC]

29. ahaahhahahahahahahhahaha nt

[acmavm]

44. Inner city gangs and the problems of women in Afganistan.

And we all can see what a successful job she'd one, can't we?

[Algorem]

28. eh,the marryin' librarian,'karina'-ing from one crock of bull to the next.

[mogster]

30. Marie Antoinette also was pissed at those criticizing Louis XIV

Further, I can imagine Mrs. Stalin doing hissing speeches to defend her husband's Gulag camps and nightly abductions.

What about Mrs. Pol Pot? Mrs. Ceaucescu?

[truthisfreedom]

31. who gives a fuck what the lump thinks. she's killed one more person than

any of us ever will. she's guilty of manslaughter.

[Skittles]

33. yeah we know what disgusting is - we saw it on national TV

YOUR HUSBAND AND EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTS HIM IS A F***ING DISGRACE AND THAT INCLUDES YOU, NUMBER ONE BUSH WHORE

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[ropi]

35. hahaha

poor stepford wife....

[Lochloosa]

41. Hey Pickles, GO FUCK YOURSELF

it's the only piece of ass your going to get. Something about alcohol and impatience

[geckosfeet]

42. Disgusting? Look at what happened in NO. Thats disgusting. n/t

[robbedvoter]

45. Sorry, Corinna Pickles if facts interfered with your valium nap

We'll try to keep it down next time, die quieter.

[genieroze]

46. If I had to be married to *, Prozac would be mandatory.

[CascadeTide]

47. Too bad they don't respond to disasters as fast as criticism NT