Help me out here. I could possibly understand Brazile's (9/11 type?) reaction, her support of Bush, in light of the suffering and tragedy her family, and her city, have gone through. But, as I understand it, the vast majority of others who shared her tragedy have nothing but anger and contempt for George Bush. Is Donna in thrall to her friend, Karl Rove? Is she hoping for more help for NO if she is supportive of Bush and his administration? Or is she sincerely convinced that Bush is doing what he can now, after an intial failure to respond to Katrina?
NY Post, gossip columnist Cindy Adams, A PERSONAL LIFE UNDER WATER
....CNN regular Donna Brazile, who now runs her own company out of D.C., was born in a Louisiana charity hospital. Mother a maid, father a janitor, dirt poor, no running water, Donna is one of nine children. The hurricane devastated them. She says: "I'm an African-American whose life has been a victory. But then came Katrina."
The family's whole area was under water. Her diabetic dad couldn't leave and was rescued after five days, dead bodies floating in his face. His only chair, a rocking chair, destroyed in 8 feet of water. One sister wasn't found for six days. Another's children, in the care of an older child, drowned. A disabled sister in a nursing home was only located after Donna appealed on CNN and offered $500 for someone to go there and look. The Wildlife and Fisheries operation eventually found her. An elderly cousin was raped in the Superdome. There was an autistic niece who couldn't help herself. An uncle lay trapped in an attic nearly a week....
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Donna Brazile's DNA is Democratic. During 2000's famous fateful vote, she was in Florida fighting that system that produced those chads that rejected her candidate and elected his opponent. But, today, as President Bush is pummeled for inadequacies in the wake of this tragedy, she's his fierce defender.
"Right now we need a president who will help. He's helping. I'm so grateful. Poverty and misery is humbling. I'm humbled to the core that this administration is helping the poorest of the poor. Why beat up on a president who's helping? When I'm calling around for willing hands, I'm not worrying about party affiliation....
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This Brazilnut's tough to crack. Hard on the outside, sweet on the inside....."These people are hurting. You can't put roadblocks in front of them. Can't tell them to go file an application. They don't know how. They have no computers. They have nothing. They're lost. Don't embarrass them. They've been humiliated enough.
"Girl, I only tell you, I applaud this president for stepping up."
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