Barbara Bush & Katrinagate outrage in main Australian media

[WearyOne]

Barbara Bush comments on survivors spark outrage
September 7, 2005 - 12:31PM

"Comments about Hurricane Katrina victims by the mother of President George Bush have fuelled the ire of some Americans, who see the Bush family as out-of-touch patricians.

The refugees in Houston, Texas, were "underprivileged anyway" and life in the Astrodome sports arena is "working very well for them", former first lady Barbara Bush said in a radio interview.

"Almost everyone I've talked to says: 'We're going to move to Houston,' " Mrs Bush said late on Monday after visiting evacuees at the Astrodome with her husband, former president George Bush.

"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.

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


http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/barbara-bush-comments-on-survivors-spark-outrage/2005/09/07/1125772563296.html

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[Extend a Hand]

1. she's a despicable old bat

She better be glad she has $$$ because otherwise none of her wastrel and greedy would give her the time of day in her old age.

[Eureka]

2. SMH = Lefties, News.com.au = Righties

And even Ruperts Righties are taking a swing on old bag bush.

http://www.couriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,16517579%255E952,00.html

Times are tough for Bush when NewsCorp takes a swing at his mother.

[WearyOne]

3. your'e right there..if Murdoch attacks it's worse for Bush than he thinks

[ailsagirl]

4. "underprivileged anyway?" Oh, well then, no big loss??? WTF??

What a stupid, ill-advised, outrageously callous thing to say!!!
:puke:

[Skittles]

5. AMERICANS GOING FROM LOUSIANA TO TEXAS ARE NOT REFUGEES

JEEZ wtf? This has got to STOP - they would never call wealthy white AMericans going to Texas "refugees" in a million YEARS.

That being said, is there anything really surprising about what that rich old hag said? It's not like she's ever had a feeling bone in her body - and she passed it on to her piece of crap son.