Katrina Live Threads, Part XV

Various ^ | 4 September 2005 | Various

[TexKat]

Barbara Bush: Things Working Out "Very Well" for Poor Evacuees from New Orleans

By E&P Staff

Published: September 05, 2005 7:25 PM ET updated 8:00 PM

NEW YORK Accompanying her husband, former President George H.W.Bush, on a tour of hurricane relief centers in Houston, Barbara Bush said today, referring to the poor who had lost everything back home and evacuated, "This is working very well for them."

The former First Lady's remarks were aired this evening on National Public Radio's "Marketplace" program.

She was part of a group in Houston today at the Astrodome that included her husband and former President Bill Clinton, who were chosen by her son, the current president, to head fundraising efforts for the recovery. Sen. Hilary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama were also present.

In a segment at the top of the show on the surge of evacuees to the Texas city, Barbara Bush said: "Almost everyone I’ve talked to says we're going to move to Houston."

Then she added: "What I’m hearing 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--this [she chuckles slightly]is working very well for them."

[michaelt]

I'd like to think that one of the LA politicians would like to break from the pack and distinguish himself by saying they need to do better in the future.

You know, act as a leader.

I guess that doesn't fit the Louisiana political culture though. They seem to be really good at circling the wagons, blaming others, living it up (Edwin Edwards) and acting as demagogues (Huey Long).

[ohioWfan]

Our evacuees aren't PC, apparantly! LOL

Sweet!!

[sodpoodle]

The Sodpoodle Award goes to....SODPOODLE!

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What about the Buckhead award?

Ok I'll take the Buthead award;)

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[TexKat]

This is why the Clintons and their operatives are out there. They're trying to cover up what amounts to grand theft and criminal neglect, if not outright manslaughter. I call it murder, but I'm just looking at what these bums can be charged with.

Did not the President request Clinton and Bush 41?

[publana]

I apologize. I've seen so many posts this week that have shocked me that I misunderstood yours. Of course, I don't want sick children in school. I would hope the doctors will check them thoroughly before sending them, but I'm sure some will slip through the cracks.

For those in the stadiums, I wouldn't think they'd get much of a rest there. If it were my child, I'd rather him be at school than in a stadium packed with thousands of people. I'm guessing... are the people in Plano staying in the stadium for the Minor League Baseball Team? Or are these children staying in homes where they could indeed rest and heal?

[Not A Snowbird]

Bookmarked! Thanks.

[TheSpottedOwl]

Thanks for the correct link. It's mind boggling : (

[FarmersFight]

JT & TC are going to NO to meet the mother ship that caused all this.

[SE Mom]

Believe it or not- Shep and B O'R are having a level-headed discussion about this- Bill points out the federal bureaucracy is nearly impossible to move in a HUGE event like this. Shep points out THERE WAS NO PLAN. Bill replies- yes there was- he's studied it- it's in his briefcase- and The Plan was ineffective and worthless (paraphrasing)...

[toldyou]

I just found this FR thread in regard to the 1996 election of LA Democrat Mary Landrieu for the Senate. It's easy reading. The first 5 or 6 very short paragraphs are a MUST read! I didn't even need to read the rest. Now we know how she was elected!

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/796352/posts

[maica]

I have been transfixed by listening to a royal rant by the MSNBC guy, which I had switched to in a no-O'Reilly hour. He is amazing in his scathing blame of everything on the President Bush and his admin. Not one word about the mayor, the buses, the Governor, the LANG, etc. Phenomenal. I just hope his ratings are down around 100000 viewers. Wow, he just emitted a lot of his own toxic sludge. Wow! Pure vitriol!

[plain talk]

Louisisanans will want to blame somebody

Right. I saw a Republican politician from LA saying the same things the dems are.

[Types_with_Fist]

I guess that doesn't fit the Louisiana political culture though. They seem to be really good at circling the wagons, blaming others, living it up (Edwin Edwards) and acting as demagogues (Huey Long).

It may be difficult to see but they are looking out for themselves individually. Any one of them would throw another under the bus for self-preservation, witness Nagin blaming Blanco.

It's the pirate culture -- and, yes, Eddie Edwards-type politics. It all goes way back to the most honest, forthright and popular public figure in Louisiana history... Jean Lafitte.

[Soul Seeker]

No, I listen online from WA.

Generaly laura has three hours in the morning, and an hour-sometimes more-after Mark. Not all the time, but some of the time.

[GOP_Proud]

< Generaly laura has three hours in the morning,... >

Praying that Laura does not make your list. Somehow, I'm confident that she won't.

[Master of Orion]

She wanted to get in on the tax free shopping!

http://www.wimp.com/orleans/

Pretty sad video clip of some of NO's finest.

[Petronski]

An excellent post. I wish I'd written it.

[TheSpottedOwl]

What a mess. Thanks for posting this. Did you notice the funds that were allocated for road repairs/improvements?

[Jrabbit]

NPR? Oh well....I guess they wouldn't like to hear what I have to say, either. Our evacuees that haven't gone on to relatives in other states...are staying in Texas! The little family I was working with are leaving for Houston tomorrow. Dad has already been offered a job...he's a construction/house painter worker. They're very happy. Didn't want to return to NO.