About the Bush photo op with the two women?

[politicasista]

Did they confessed that it was staged? How was it staged?

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. Their shoes were white and not muddy

One of them asked the prez "How is my family?"

[politicasista]

2. Thanks

[dogman]

3. They were interviewed on CNN.

They were not from Biloxi. One had a trash bag for "salvaging" clothes.

[growlypants]

4. so then they were LOOTERS. I thought BU$H shot looters.

[TheDebbieDee]

8. They weren't looters - they were actresses, paid to perform

the "grateful, thank God for coming to save us" role.

[rzemanfl]

14. Someone I know has a teenage daughter who is quite attractive

and in school theatre, drama, etc. She has an "agent" doesn't pay him anything but he apparently has her name, number, picture, etc. In July she was contacted because FEMA wanted an "Asian teen" for a job, she didn't do it because they were going on vacation. I am wondering if FEMA has a list of people to do acting roles for them and that's where these women came from? Just speculating.

[deadparrot]

5. They're not American...

Haitian, maybe?

In any case, I think they went to college as international students somewhere (FL?).

Someone more knowledgable can probably give you far more detailed information...

[brettdale]

7. please get all the information you can

and send it thru cyberspace.

[bobbieinok]

9. there were several DU threads abt them

[daninthemoon]

6. I've been waiting and hoping for the press to explain some things

about that accidental meeting on the street.

[punpirate]

10. Since it's a bit difficult to search right now...

... here's what known, based on prior research. The two young ladies are from Durban, South Africa. The elder of the two has been in this country for a little more than four years, going to community colleges in Gainesville, FL and in Mississippi.

They seemed a bit suspicious to some because their clothes were fairly neat and clean, and were wearing rather bright white and clean sneakers, a somewhat odd thing for two distraught young ladies clutching trash bags and talking about scavenging for clothes. It seemed a bit more suspicious when it turned out that they were not from Biloxi, where they were filmed with Bush, and declined to tell Aaron Brown during an interview where they were from. Some research revealed that the most recent address for the elder girl was in Gautier, roughly twenty miles east of Biloxi.

One person here is quite sure, when she saw the live feed, that as Bush approached them, the younger of the two said, "how's my family?," and Bush said, approximately, "they're fine," and then the elder girl and Bush seem to be talking about someone known to both of them, but these parts of the audio aren't on the later videotape.

Unless someone has added something new to those previous threads, that's about what's known so far, I believe.

Cheers.

[goclark]

11. kick for even more details

This is a really important story IMO.

It proves that Bush was photoshopping his photo op.

It proves that he is once again afraid to go near real people.

They just 'happened to be running down the road and BINGO, there is the President of the United States!

MIHOP MIHOP MIHOP MIHOP

[brettdale]

12. keep kicking and sending

keep kicking and sending

[rzemanfl]

13. Whoops. n/t

[deadparrot]

15. here's a thread with good info...

TONS of awesome research done by DUers...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4600320

[liveoaktx]

16. I noticed in looking at the footage again that Bush was

walking along and came up to the women, who were sort of pushed forward by some man (security?)-no other people of ordinary type were even in the picture, not even in the background, except for Bush's entourage.