In the Bush Manor, she spoke Spanish and her name was Maria
Posted on 06/26/2007 5:17:28 PM PDT by Mamzelle
Over the past months of this nightmare of immigration scofflawry, listening to the rhetoric from the aristocratic Republican elites--I’ve been carried back to the Magnolia Melodramas I enjoyed reading as a teenager. Gwen Bristow’s “Plantation Trilogy”; Frank Yerby’s “The Foxes of Harrow” and the magnificent mother of them all--Margaret Mitchell’s “Gone With The Wind.”
George Bush once said, “I’m not a southerner, I’m a southwesterner.” He was trying to distance himself from the south and the taint of racism, a “compassionate” insult to every southerner who voted for him. But he has every resemblence to the linen-suited julep-drinking Massa of the Old South.
And the dynamic of the Elites verses Middle-class Conservatives is exactly like the plantation owner and his nearest inelegant neighbors...White Trash. Scots-Irish subsistence farmers couldn’t afford to the leisured fineries of the Planter Class because they were trying to eke out an existence in competition with the institution of slavery.
Remember the characters of the Slatterys and the Macintoshes, Gerald and Scarlett O’Hara’s WT neighbors? Not only did the O’Haras hold them in contempt for being so hardscrabble, tacky and rough-textured, but the slaves themselves of the plantations held themselves in higher esteem than “po’ whites.”
And the Massa with the Big Heart dearly loved his servants, loved condescending to them--What treasures! Just like members of the family! Not that he set them free, or ate at the same table. There are limits to paternalism and noblesse oblige. But Massa and Missus were unfailingly thankful that Mammy and Pork picked up Scotty’s poop off the Big House lawn.
The irony--it’s the Southern middle class that makes up a lot of the soldiers who trusted him enough to serve in Iraq.
George Bush thinks he can afford to openly display the contempt he has always felt for Joe Redneck...er...Sixpack. His chief overseer, Tony Snow, let us in on the secret in the wee hours after election day. He can now concentrate on indulging his oozing childhood sentimentality by handing his house servants a deed to America.
I’m reminded of another scene from Gone With The Wind--Scarlett was being lectured by an elderly matriarch about Trash. “And when you’re done with them--kick them away and do it thoroughly, because Trash clinging to your coattails can ruin you.”
I have entered into many discussions about illegal immigration with a comment--housework and yardwork are political. This is a class issue between overlord elites who can’t conceive of a life spent actually cleaning up after themselves. They break the laws, then have to justify the transgression by accusing the law of being bad. That’s why they become insulting and defensive when requested to obey the law.
I’m done with Bush. I don’t trust him--or any member of his Indolent family.
I believe Ann Coulter has referred to Bush as a “nincompoop.” That about sums up my feelings also.
“Very perceptive.”
Not.
"Jorge = nincompoop", Ann sure does have a way with words! :)
Well, I never...George Bush is a decent (snort) honorable (gulp) elitist (gulp) (snort) piece of white trash.
If there were a petition to sign, to impeach him, I'd sign it in a heartbeat!
When President Bush was elected the first time, many in DC thumbed their noses at him because he wasn’t an insider. They didn’t like his BBQs and wept all over themselves because there were fewer “state dinners”. Now, George Bush is a snob? I swear, it must be the water in DC. I can find no other reason for such widespread dumbfoolery.
How is it that President Bush takes all the heat for this and Dimocraps like Ted Kennedy and RINOs like McLame get off scott free?
I also disagree with President Bush on the issue of immigration but know that he also tried to get Social Security reform through Congress which went nowhere because of Dimocrap opposition. How is it that this immigration issue is now his and only his issue? Frankly, I disregard those of the “Blame Bush” crowd or those who say they have now become Bush blamers.
I will no longer defend Senor Bush! Even Jimmah Cahtar did not do our country this much harm! Legacy? He has none! He should build his library in Nuevo Laredo!
Cracka’ please! LOL! Really cool imagry. I voted for the man twice with no regrets. (Considering the alternatives). I have no idea what’s going on inside his head these days. I also wonder what the hell happened to the Republican party.
In the Bush Manor, she spoke Spanish and her name was Maria
Maria and her family were not brought here in chains.
She was the descendant of the Conquistadors, one of the most vicious and rapacious groups to ever descend on the Americas.
She and her family were never slaves of the Anglo white people, but possibly were slaves of the Spaniard white people, if she was "Indio".
And she came here of her own volition because of the abject failure of the Conquistador culture.
But now Maria and her friends like to portray themselves as akin to the Africans. Poor, poor Conquistadors: they lost the war, but now they want the spoils. Like you said, the deed to the country.
And Marse Boosh thinks the country is "Mi Ranchito" as Somoza once said, and the deed is his to give away.
Absolutely right - and Texas IS considered the south west - whether the writer, seemingly having to really stretch it to slam the Pres, likes it or not.
I have lot's of family in Texas - they do not consider themselves part of "the South", nor do many others - I'm a Mainer, and have lived all over the country - never heard Texas referred to as anything other than 'south western' - geeze.
As a writer, I'd call this lazy writing...get a real point.
Had he pursued SS reform with the vigor of immigration reform we might have a viable SS.
Instead WHORE-HEY decides it’s best to destroy SS with 193 million illegals.
If that's not hitting the nail bang on the head then nothing is.
Being a Texan myself, I tend to agree with you and Dog Gone.
Where can I get a Bushit bumper sticker?
Heck, they even played Dixie at the U of T, and I know the Aggies played it. But that was some years ago.
Well said. He also thinks that we are too stupid to see how good uncontrolled illegal immigration and the NWO will be for him, er, I mean, us.
I heah 18 lil brown folks work for Massa George on his ranch in Crawford. I wonder how many of them have their own real social security numbers. I wonder if Massa George really worries about whether they’re illegal or not. I wonder what they really think of Massa George behind his back.
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