Barbara Bush's repulsive statement (exact quote)

[highplainsdem]

from Editor and Publisher

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001054719

"And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this (she chuckles slightly)--this is working very well for them."

[Brightmore]

1. "Chuckles slightly"

Disgusting.

[liveoaktx]

84. Vid Clip-Welcome to Texas (from Countdown)

Beautiful Mind Wasted

Political Videos

[gort]

85. How is the old Bag's beautiful mind doing lately?

Former First Lady Barbara Bush said of the war in Iraq: "Why should we hear about body bags and deaths? It's not relevant. So why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?"

[Auntie Bush]

111. Seems that beautiful mind is getting old, wrinkled, sagging and

dried up just like her face and body. Probably doesn't even work any more than her disgusting son's.

[Cronus Protagonist]

100. I think that's the name of her wattle

Surely she didn't say that....?

[eleonora]

115. Photoshop the button to say "FUCK ALL"

:rofl"

[MojoXN]

2. OH MY GOD!!!

That's even worse than the paraphrase that I just read! "They were poor anyway, so fuck 'em?!"

My God, is this how those people really think? How? Why? I can't... Aw fuck. My mind just got blown!

MojoXN

[serryjw]

88. is this how those people really think?

yes!

The X First Madem has spoken She doesn't like being inconvenienced

[Liberal Veteran]

3. As I said: No wonder her son is a sociopath.

:grr:

[MojoXN]

31. Yeah, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

L'il George W: Mommy, why is their skin black?

Mommy Bush: Because they aren't as good as we are, Georgie.

FUCKIN' BASTARDS! You were poor anyway, so be glad we're giving you our crumbs. And stay out of our neighborhoods! Oy, I hate each and every Bush. I'll give the kids a chance, but if familial history is any indicator, I'm not sure why I'm wasting my time.

MojoXN

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[merbex]

39. Please do, loudly

[Waya]

5. Gee, and we wonder where Dubya gets his compassion from.....

...damn, that woman .....damn...words fail....

[Turbineguy]

6. As some have pointed out.....

George Walker Bush is his mothers son.

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[ornotna]

72. It's true

I listened to the show on the way home tonight. She makes me want to puke. listen for your self.

http://www.publicradio.org/tools/media/player/marketplace/2005/09/05_mpp?start=00:00:01:00.0&end=00:00:04:36.0


edit to add link.

[SledDriver]

9. Paging Barbara Bush... Paging Barbara Bush...

Mrs. Bush, please report to the Superdome rest rooms. Mrs. Bush, you're needed in the Superdome rest rooms.

[DemExpat]

10. OMG.....she CAN'T possibly get away with this!!!!!!

:puke: :nuke: :puke: :nuke:

:puke:

DemEx

[bertha katzenengel]

24. Get away with it? What are they gonna do, arrest her for being an

inhuman asshole? Take away her gigantic pearls?

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[DemExpat]

40. That would be nice....

but in a moral sense - that 100% of the US population won't totally reject and chastise her for this.... :dunce: I know....

Wishful thinking.


:-(

DemEx

[tabasco]

69. Marie Antoinette got this for saying "Let them eat cake."

[Bernardo de La Paz]

104. Cake

[Skittles]

11. we can see why her sone is a freaking sociopath

imagine being raised by trash like her

[Jacobin]

12. You may or may not be amazed at the number of people

who share that view and who love that someone says shit like that.

Unfortunately, I know a few of them

[WestHoustonDem]

29. We had an incident at work last week where a customer said

"All of the good people have already left New Orleans". I wasn't there at the time and therefore still have a job. But a good friend who is also a customer was and let her have it. This woman has been saying disparaging things about Dems and Liberals for as long as I've been there. I've been able to walk out of the room, but this would have been too much for me. I'm really proud of my friend for calling her out.

[silverweb]

33. I'm not amazed.

I know some of them, too. In fact, unfortunately, I'm related to a few.

:banghead:

[ikojo]

105. A departmental director where I work said he really

believes that those who stayed behind in N.O. did so for the sole purpose of looting. He was serious when he said this.

I have heard comments similar to Babs Bush's from both Bushies and those who voted for Kerry, so anti poor and anti black sentiment falls on both sides of the political spectrum.

[durablend]

13. Given how blunt they are nowadays...

They must be CERTAIN that they're untouchable.

[SeattleGirl]

14. I don't throw the word "evil" around lightly

but this may be an occasion where it would fit! That woman is absolutely disgusting! But what do we expect from someone who wanted to know why she should "bother my beautiful mind" about dead bodies.

:puke:

[brettdale]

15. kick

kick

[RagAss]

23. If this is true....We need to get this out to the World....Now !!!

[SledDriver]

35. Drudge has it already. n/t

[Pirate Smile]

16. That literally made me gasp and

:wow:

[flamingyouth]

17. I want to plaster that quote on a billboard...

:banghead:
How can working people in this country continually vote for this family? I absolutely freaking do not get it... x(

[Cha]

18. babs bush is dumber than a sack of

fleas..course, their base will eat it up because as dumb as babs is..they're DUMBER!

[DemocracyInaction]

Has the media said anything?? This is the type of remark

that blows sky high. Can't wait until Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton get a hold of it. And when our Dems get a hold...oh, well, that's just whishful thinking isn't it?

[ikojo]

106. What will the Dems say about Babs' comments?

NOTHING!

Heck they are loath to criticize her son let alone an elderly former first lady. They (and I am sure some on DU) will say she is a private citizen and entitled to her own opinions.

Nah, the Dems will do what they do best...sit back and say nothing.

Remember welfare reform, the fruits of which we are witnessing in N.O., was championed by Clinton/Gore and I believe they were Democrats.

[KyndCulture]

19. *GASP* I had not heard about this..

holy fuck... I'm speechless

[FightingIrish]

20. Is it any wonder why her spawn is a narcissistic idiot?

[Bob3]

21. Dear god what a sorry excuse for a human being she is

But at least I now know * learned his depraved indifference to anyone other than members of his own class. It's very like the jackass statements he's been making talking about rebuilding Trent Lott's house, remembering fondly being drunk off his ass in New Orleans and thinking people would care about that. Pathetic. Sick is what it is, just sick.

God if we had any left wing paper equivalent to the New York Post that would tomorrow's headline. In big big letters.

[serryjw]

92. Before the election many said to me

that they are voting for Bushit because he is a good Christian.....WHY is everyone soooooooooooo suprised? IF she was truly compassionate over their blight, I would ask for a doctor.

[BooScout]

22. This shows what happens when you wear your pearls wrapped too tight

[bobbieinok]

25. a la 'Negroes benefitted from slavery'

[TheCowsCameHome]

26. Sounds like you're recruiting some help for the mansion, eh Babs?

I'll bet you'd pay them a whopping $2 an hour, wouldn't you?

Why don't you and your dysfunctional family just go away. Far, far away.

[Child_Of_Isis]

27. Send it to Keith. He'll make sure it gets out. eom

[Bumblebee]

68. He already did.

[Fovea]

28. Here's another fuckwad on my shit list.

I want to live long enough to take a squat on their grave.

[jody]

30. Just when I think the Bush family can't go any lower -- they go lower. n/t

[highplainsdem]

97. True. And this is just what they say in public...

[Ruffhowse]

32. That's right up there with the old "let them eat cake" line.

[Montauk6]

34. Livia Soprano, ladies and gentlemen, let's hear it for her...

[blue neen]

91. Perfect.

You nailed it. Livia Soprano, Mafia Mother=Barbara Bush

[Child_Of_Isis]

36. Everyone send this to Keith & nominate it for worst person award.

I did. ;-)

[SharonRB]

37. Someone should strangle her with her triple strand of pearls.

:WTF:

[newswolf56]

41. This is the most significant news to come out of New Orleans:

What is happening here is that the oligarchy is now dropping its pretense of caring about the rest of us: workers, elderly, disabled, poor, whomever. Barbara Bush's statement is the comment of an aristocratic socioipath who is truly indifferent to the magnitude, horror and agony of what has happened.

Alas, it is also a wholly predictable development -- a grim yardstick by which we can measure how far into the dark depths of tyranny the Bush Administration has thrust the United States -- not only into fascism, but into the malevolent, genuinely vicious class warfare that is typical of so many Third World countries.

The fact Barbara Bush would make such a "let-them-eat-cake" utterance -- brazenly showing herself to be the Marie Antoinette of New Orleans -- is a savage slap in the face dealt everyone who is not part of the oligarchy. It is also a genuine turning-point in U.S. history: utterly without precedent, and utterly terrifying in its implications for our future.

Once again, the deep irony that the Bush family -- the paragons of the restoration of capitalism to its pre-1917 Tyrannosauric worst -- have by their very excesses made Marx again relevant: especially in the context of our own Constitutional freedoms.

(I strongly urge that everyone copy this E&P article to files. I have no doubt it will soon vanish down the Orwellian memory hole.)

[Pooka Fey]

48. Bravo !!!!

[Junkdrawer]

42. READ THIS YOU PATRICIAN COW...

The Dispossessed of New Orleans Tell of Their Medieval Nightmare
The dispossessed of New Orleans tell of their medieval nightmare

By David Usborne inside the Houston Astrodome

Published: 04 September 2005

<>
And, happily, they are no longer cowering in the New Orleans Superdome, a place that turned mad with murders, rapes, suicide, abortions and the ammonia fumes of human waste. Or imprisoned in the convention centre without food or water, in the company of corpses. Those two places of sanctuary became hell-holes of a kind unthinkable in the United States of America. Until last week.

<>


Devan Allen is 11 years old. Here with his dad, he gingerly approaches to tell what he saw in the Superdome. They were things no child should witness. Like the moment on Tuesday - or was it Wednesday? The days have blurred together for everyone here - when a man stood on one of the balconies and screamed so everyone could hear that he had lost everyone in the storm and now he would die also. He dived headfirst on to the playing field below, his head bursting open. Devan shouldn't have seen that. Nor should he have heard the gunshots. Nor the whispers of the girls who were raped and stabbed to death, right there with him in the Superdome. Or of the boy who was raped.

<>

"You don't want to know what it was like. We had killings, abortions, babies born, toilets stacked up and it was hot, hot, hot." Pressed for details, she doesn't hesitate. She speaks of two girls being raped and murdered inside the dome, one aged seven. The other was 16 and was "slit open" by a knife after she was raped in the woman's bathroom, she says. Much of what she tells is similarly described by several other dome evacuees. A boy aged seven was also raped by two men. (Mr Allen says the rapist was chased down by other men and beaten before being handed over to the soldiers. He claims they also beat him and then threw him from a terrace outside the Superdome to the asphalt, killing him.)

"There was babies born and put in the garbage," Ms Farrell continues. Apparently, someone else found one infant alive and took it to the small clinic they had inside. Almost everyone talks of gunshots in the night, including one shooting of a National Guard soldier. Ms Farrell says the soldier died, others spoke of him being wounded in the leg and surviving. Meanwhile, she adds, a black-market trade flourished in marijuana cigarettes, crack cocaine, guns and alcohol, in plain view of the authorities. Men were flashing their penises at the women, who dared only go to the bathroom in groups of five. When the bathrooms became so foul that going into them was impossible, people began squatting down just anywhere to relieve themselves. "Human beings don't live like that, people in the street don't live like that," she says.

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article310194.ece

[wli]

71. the shot guardsmen was from accidental discharge

i.e. he shot himself in the leg by accident.

[cmf]

43. Why, oh why couldn't Barbara have lived in late 18th century France?

At least then she could have gotten her just desserts. :evilgrin:

I can't imagine a more disgusting, evil hag.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

44. Yes, they are incredibly priveleged to live in a sports arena

and sleep on a wooden cot and shower with stangers in a locker room. And cry themselves to sleep wondering if their husbands and wives and children and parents are floating face down in sewage.

And I bet very few of these good people would ever wish this on you, mrs. bush. Sleep well.

[ecstatic]

45. someone confront her about this shit TONIGHT

she is on Larry King live. I don't even know what number to call but someone needs to present this exact quote live on air to her and ask her what the $#@$ she was thinking.

[Gabi Hayes]

47. this is on tape....they know better than to be confronted by real people

[Gabi Hayes]

46. the CREATURE is on Larry King right now

that couple is BEYOND disgusting

[speedoo]

56. Poppy is starting his whining about the "blame game".

Bar nodding her agreement.

Bar now talking about all the progress.

Notice they are wearing the same shirt.

Poppy repeats his "editorial page of the NY Times" comment.

Bar says that her son made "all the difference in the world to them (victims)".... well she's certainly right about that.

This is a disgusting charade.

[AbbyR]

49. It's no wonder her son turned out as he did...

what has our country come to that this is the mother of the person who "leads" us. I'm disgusted.

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[yellowjacket7]

50. She is as phony as her son

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[Mich Otter]

52. GEORGE W GOT TO BE THE ASSHOLE HE HIS THROUGH GENES!!!

Neither Georgie's daddy or his mommy has a bit of sense or compassion. This makes me think Georgie had a miserable childhood, even though he was rich.

[Karmadillo]

53. Is great wealth a form of mental illness?

nt

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[Syncronaut Seven]

62. Ewww...

My testicles just shrunk and withdrew completely. That's just gross, please don't say things like that.

[AuntieM1957]

74. it's a sign of spiritual illness in some - affects entire Bush clan nt

[notadmblnd]

55. Barbara bush should be made to clean up the Superdome

on her hands and knees with a toothbrush. Maybe that would teach this wretch of a creature some compassion and humility?

[Manix]

57. May the wicked old witch "BURN IN HELL"!

[biscotti]

58. In addition her GMA

comment " why should I worry my beautiful mind about body bags"
referencing a question posed to her at the beginning of w*'s slaughter of Iraq.

[mopaul]

59. goddamn

[RegexReader]

60. absolutely unbelievable,

and to have the title 'Lady' attached to her.


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[NiteOwll]

61. That is truly unbelievable

But it just goes to show how far removed these people are from all us "commoners."

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[mzmolly]

63. Uhm, that isn't what "them" said Ms. Bush.

Disgusting.

[me b zola]

64. I *so* want to make something work for her & her murderous family

:grr: :nuke: :grr: :nuke: :grr: :nuke: :grr: :nuke: :grr:

[gizmo1979]

65. apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

go bake some cookies you ugly old bag.

[mom cat]

66. This is even worse than dimson's fretting about Trent Lott's house!

Total moral bankruptsy!
"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."
Glad you think that it is funny Babs!

[riverwalker]

67. send this to Oprah before

her show tomorrow on Katrina. http://www2.oprah.com/email/tows/email_tows_main.jhtml

[ikojo]

108. Oprah wont say anything against the Bushes.

What Oprah will probably do is a show that highlights the positive stories of survival and family togetherness. She's not about to showcase the incompetence of the Bush administration and others who failed the black and poor.

No, that would be to negative for Ms Winfrey.

Be sure to look for that celebrity angle as well!

[spanone]

70. Hey Babs, Kiss This...

n/t

[Marr]

73. Someone call the French- ask them to send over their guillotines.

You have got to be fucking kidding me. She actually said that?

[scarface2004]

75. translation...

eff those stupid nigras...they ain t worth a bag of feces...now watch this drive!!!

[philosophie_en_rose]

76. She's sullying her beautiful mind on this?

Wow! Such a sacrifice for those "underprivileged" people.

Yeah. I'm so sure that almost drowing, losing everything, and dead family members are such a great bargain for MREs and a cot.

[SammyWinstonJack]

77. This would make an excellent billboard or a great sign for

freeway bloggers. Show Americans just what the (p)Resident and former first lady think of Americans who are not the haves and have mores. We are all underprivileged to her kind.

[blue neen]

78. What an ignorant, bigoted toad she is.

Oh yes, being separated from their families is nice! Losing their homes, belongings, and everything they owned is wonderful. The horrible days they spent in the Superdome were like a festival!

Why should those people mourn for their city? It was only their home, their culture, and their way of life. I'm sure they'll forget all about the loved ones and friends who died...being in the Astrodome sleeping on cots will make up for all of that.

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[FightinNewDem]

80. Kick

This leaves me speechless, and that's no small feat.

[Cell Whitman]

81. photo of Barbara Bush working her way through school

Bar when she was winning...


and her pride and joy...

[bunny planet]

82. Can she be impeached from the human race???

What a monstrous woman.

[CoffeeCat]

83. Racist, elitist wrinklebags--party of one! Your table is ready! (nt)

[DawgHouse]

86. So, basically she's saying these poor people are better off now. NT

[Laughing Mirror]

109. and it's "sort of scary" so many are amassed in Houston, no place to go

Heavens! Hope they don't plan on staying.

[Lost-in-FL]

87. That shows how disconnected this people is....

What a shame.:-( :wtf:

[izzybeans]

89. I couldn't imagine a more elitist out of touch comment being made

What a disgusting waste of human flesh she is.

[SofaKingLiberal]

90. &$#%

[Pharlo]

93. I did not think it was possible,

but I honestly believe that woman's soul is as ugly as her face.

[susanna]

95. Maybe the ugliness is to balance

out her "beautiful mind."

Heartless wretch.

on edit: spelling

[mitchum]

94. That goddamn family doesn't even bother to fake it

[nadinbrzezinski]

96. I tend not to wish ill to people

but hot damn, she deserves hell, the deepest hole in hell, or to end up poor, and begging for food and water.

[Contrary1]

98. "What I’m hearing which is sort of scary

is they all want to stay in Texas..." "SCARY" :wtf:

Does being around "the underprivileged" scare all multi-millionaires?
Or is it a mental defect unique to the Bush dynasty?

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[rasputin1952]

102. Miserable old bag...I can see the flying monkeys leaving her castle

as I type this....what a COW!!!!!!:grr:

[azoth]

103. Well gosh...WHAT a fucking humanitarian.

[elperromagico]

107. To be fair, she was late for her hourly martini

and just a trifle grumpy as a consequence.

110. She is like one of those horribly selfish

annoying people that in the old time horror movies, is eventually eaten by the monster so everyone can cheer.

[txaslftist]

116. LOL

[newportdadde]

112. Do we have confirmation for this quote?

Really when you think about it, * had the deck stacked against him from day one to grow up with even some normal empathy and decency.

[BlueIris]

113. What I hated were the OTHER part of the remarks:

"What I’m hearing, which is sort of scary, 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 is working very well for them."

Gee, why do you think she thinks it's "sort of scary" that "they" all want to stay in Texas?

[grace0418]

114. Dear Bar

Do you honestly think this is "working out well for them?" Every thing they had in this world, however meager, just gone? Loved ones missing, injured or dead, no money, no home, no job... So your son FINALLY gets off his ass and gets them evacuated after 5 days of unimaginable horror and you think it's working out WELL FOR THEM?

Fuck you, fuck your husband, most especially, fuck the evil spawn you squeezed from your frigid loins. You are a callous, bigotted, completely unfeeling disgrace to humanity. Much like your son.

Sincerely,
grace0418

[Loge23]

117. I'll second that (nt)

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[Iris]

119. They need to retire this old mare. Brown could use his expertise here.