The Mindless Cruelty of Barbara Bush
After visting refugees staying at the Houston Astrodome, Barabra Bush had this to say:
“And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this (she chuckled slightly)–this is working very well for them.”
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001054719
Finding out that their fellow Americans can be kind and generous must feel good, especially if you have lived long years in cities that are still divided into race and income bracket enclaves. But this ..this.. unprecedented national disaster is not “working well” for anyone, especially the husband of the maker of this cruel, or at the very least criminally-mindless, remark.
Just had to get that off my chest. What a drunken, bleary-eyed, rich lady blindly hoping for the best, happily blinkered from reality, thing to say.
Tags: barbara-bush, cruelty, houston, new-orleans
6. September, 2005 at 18:00
oh god i know- and it only gets worse:
VDARE contributor Steve Sailer:
” It also should have been expected that a large fraction of New Orleans’s lower class blacks would not evacuate before a disaster. Many are too poor to own a car, or too untrustworthy to get a ride with neighbors, or too shortsighted to worry… In contrast to New Orleans, there was only minimal looting after the horrendous 1995 earthquake in Kobe, Japan–because, when you get down to it, Japanese aren’t blacks.”
VDARE is considered a hate group by the SPLC. One of their other columnists, incidentally, is conservative darling and internment apologist Michelle Malkin, who has made it a point in the past to endorse both VDARE and Steve Sailer specifically.
John Derbyshire at NRO endorses the racist drivel without apology:
“Under the circumstances, to say, as Steve Sailer does, that African Americans “tend to possess poorer native judgment than members of better-educated groups,” and “need stricter moral guidance from society” does not seem to me very outrageous.”
all garbage collected and spread out for us to take a look at by the good people at the daily kos : http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/9/6/144015/1917
6. September, 2005 at 18:37
He got it honestley. It is said, an apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. WOW, WOW, WOW, So what, comes the attitude. They are a bunch of underprivs anyway. That’s what I got from the former first lady’s comments in which she stated with a chuckle, “And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them.†Them, to me, equals THOSE PEOPLE.
Let’s look back.
Mr. Bush turned his back on the NAACP. He constantly snubbed them throughout his administration. The so-called desirable (a)mericans (Including Alan Keyes – an image of blackness) had no problem courting the support of Bob Jones University,a school whose founder’s lips, sang in concert the drooling bigotry of many so-called Christian conservatives. Look back America. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, an organization which has made America stronger wasn’t worthy to have our president’s ear. Why? Can he hide behind the fact that he talked to other blacks that are mere yes men?
We are still divided and the divide is growing precipitously worse. Donnell Harris predicted this in his book One Last Call. In this book Mr. Harris challenged American to reign in isms that continue to divide us. If you don’t think we are divided. Look at the CNN clip from this morning. As the former Chief Justice was carried to lay in state, one lone black face was seen. It was that of Justice Thomas. He gives the other America comfort to believe that everything is alright. IT IS NOT! The Supreme Court belongs to us all. We should not be seeking a consevative or a liberal court. We should be seeking a fair and just court. The Supreme Court of the United States of America is part of what once was our system of checks and balances. Now it is slated to become a system to support the ideologies of the other America. The poor, the helpless, and all those marginalized by the overprivileged deserve the best and no less than what America has to offer of its good.
We only hear from the same old talking heads. They are mainly white. Those who speak from the other side of the street are only represented by Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, members of the Congressional Black Carcase and yahoo liberals whose morals are suspect(codeword Hollywood). What is going on now, as our nation’s history is transcribed, is a direct indictment of the truest heart of America. We see the outpouring of sympathy and support in the aftermath of a crisis. This is how we handle national shock.
Transparently, we see our Mr. Bush as he is. He is the pilot at the helm of our nation’s ship. Where is his co-pilot Dick Cheney? By the way where is Mr. Robertson? You know a friend from Mr. Bush’s America. Has he awakened from his trance in which he called for the assassination of Venezuela’s President? The other America, as headed by Mr. Bush, saw the looters the criminal element. If there were no crisis the criminals would have been there anyway. The focus placed on those who did what criminals do was greater than the focus on those needing rescue.
Is this what we want the world community to know about us? We are dedicating Hundreds of BILLIONS of dollars to an unjust war in Iraq. Yet, we are finding great despair in aiding our own. A fly over is insufficient. Walking on the ground with the acceptable people (including acceptable blacks) is not enough. We must address the issues of race and class that continue to haunt our nation.
With the fervor of a real American hero, who said “Mr. Gorbachav, tear down this wall”, I say MR, BUSH TEAR DOWN THIS WALL. Many of the victims of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast may not look like the picture we feed the world about the AMERICAN DREAM however, they are non the less just as we all should be. We are a mere patch of fabric in the quilt that labels us all AMERICAN. Please find “One Last Call”. The time to heal is now. When we answer this call, we can truly earn the title and be a real shining city on a hill.
Bless the supporters and the supported in this time of national crisis. And most of all, God Bless America.
6. September, 2005 at 18:43
Here is a very close look at Barbara Bush’s words, and their unintended similarity to W.’s:
http://elephantpoopsheet.blogspot.com/
6. September, 2005 at 18:58
I’ve posted her quote on my site too, and have received numerous angry posts from rightwingers claiming I’m an idiot, and that I misquoted her. It’s plain as day what she said, and truly represents the mentality of the top 1%
7. September, 2005 at 18:08
Hey guys, thanks for the comments. I’m glad there’s been a general hoopla about her words and Bush’s ridiculous propagandistic-type actions this week. And that bit on Elephantpoopsheet did cast light on a few of the finer points in the first lady’s rude, belittling gaffe.
We’ve also been talking about the media and rhetoric around this event over on Open, if y’all are interested: http://open.touchbasic.com/journal/innovation-thats-not-evil-getting-water-to-new-orleans/
anyway, thanks again for sharing
r.