first of all, i take issue with your mocking black accent. second of all, the reason they weren't going back was that the city was destroyed!
What Barbara said was STOOPID.
That being said, she is the 80+ year old wife of a former president. She does not speak for the President, she does not hold any political office.
The press really needs to move on. If this was Clinton's mother, it would probably never have been mentioned. It is a despicable tactic to use a politician's family against him, whether it's Bill Carter, or Barbara Bush now that George HW is no longer in office.
"NOTHING TO SEE HERE FOLKS, MOVE ON, MOVE ON."
" . . .the reason they weren't going back was that the city was destroyed!"
Ken, I hesitate to join in this conversation, because I think Mama Bush should probably have been a little more circumspect. Much as I like her.
However, I spent most of yesterday working at a church-sponsored hurricane shelter near Fort Worth.
The stories are horrendous, the people traumatized. I talked to many. Over and over, they said what Barbara Bush said. They want to find their families, they want to resettled, and they never want to go back to New Orleans. And it's not because it's flooded.
They're asking about jobs, they are gracious and appreciative and ready to start over.
These are people who came straight to us from the Superdome, not screened, still in the wet clothes they had been wearing for a week.
I wish them the best.