"Why should I worry my beautiful mind?"

[Rex_Goodheart]

Has that Barbara Bush quote about deaths in Iraq ever been corroborated as genuine?

[Kerrytravelers]

1. Yep. David Hare found it in his research for "Stuff Happens."

[nini]

2. I thought she said that in a TV interview

20/20 maybe???

[nini]

3. Here you go

http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0429-11.htm

it was good morning America


"Why should we hear about body bags and deaths," Barbara Bush said on ABC's "Good Morning America" on March 18, 2003. "Oh, I mean, it's not relevant. So why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?"

[Rex_Goodheart]

4. Thank you, nini

What a bitch. Have you read Al Franken's chapter on his encounter with her in an airplane?

[nini]

6. yep... no surprise to me

I've been telling people for years she's not the sweet granny she tries to get people to think she is.. :puke:

[wakemeupwhenitsover]

5. try googling

"Why should we hear about body bags and deaths," Barbara Bush said on ABC's "Good Morning America" on March 18, 2003. "Oh, I mean, it's not relevant. So why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?"

Barbara Bush on "Good Morning America," March 18, 2003

[OneBlueSky]

7. one of the most disgusting comments by one of the most vile . . .

individuals ever to be in the public eye . . . piece of shit with white hair . . .