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BUSH MOM: EVERYONE WANTS TO MOVE TO TEXAS
Drudge Report ^ | 9/5/05 | Matt Drudge

Posted on 09/05/2005 5:19:27 PM PDT by wagglebee

Former first lady and mother to President Bush said Monday that evacuees from New Orleans have found a home in Houston.

"Almost everyone I’ve talked to says we're going to move to Houston," Barbara Bush told NPR.

"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 (she chuckles slightly)--this is working very well for them."

Editor & Publisher notes the former First Lady's remarks were aired this evening on National Public Radio's "Marketplace" program.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Louisiana; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: barbarabush; evacuees; katrina
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To: Frustration

Ummm...this isn't 1920. Life in the U.S. is vastly different without the prejudices of yesterday. An open mind is a good thing.


61 posted on 09/05/2005 6:08:31 PM PDT by madison10
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To: nj26

I am trying to figure out what she said that you object to?


62 posted on 09/05/2005 6:10:05 PM PDT by ladyinred (Leftist=Anti American!)
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To: popdonnelly
You nailed it. The rat Mayor and Landriew just lost their voting blocks.

Where is Mass, NH, CT, VT, NJ in this equation???

I think Texas needs an infusion of chicken wings.

63 posted on 09/05/2005 6:13:07 PM PDT by oldtimer
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To: ndt

One thing about her - when people start to distort what her meaning was she will publicly set them straight. Unlike the Republican males who lack intestinal fortitude, she has an abundant supply of it and knows when and how to unleash it.


64 posted on 09/05/2005 6:13:17 PM PDT by Virginia Queen (Virginia Queen)
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To: Jrabbit

Please do all the discouraging that you can muster up!


65 posted on 09/05/2005 6:13:39 PM PDT by dalereed
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To: No Blue States

What is wrong with you??? Ever been to Pleasant Grove?? Go to a shelter and talk to some of these people. I can't believe what I'm reading on this thread.....FR is so much better than this. You and your ilk are centainly the minority.

Grow up


66 posted on 09/05/2005 6:14:37 PM PDT by Jrabbit
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To: madison10
You think half a million criminals, looters, murders, and welfare recipients are going to be a positive thing for Houston if they all choose to stay?

Your an optimist.
67 posted on 09/05/2005 6:14:45 PM PDT by Frustration
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To: wagglebee

OY VAY. NOT what we need right now.


68 posted on 09/05/2005 6:15:15 PM PDT by Hildy (a fact to a liberal is like Kryptonite to Superman.)
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To: wagglebee

It's GW's fault that Barbara said this stuff!


69 posted on 09/05/2005 6:15:37 PM PDT by Don'tMessWithTexas
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To: Jrabbit

I welcome any law abiding visitors.


70 posted on 09/05/2005 6:16:29 PM PDT by No Blue States
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To: Jrabbit

New Orleans had a murder rate 10 times the national average...

You think all the bad people drowned? and only the good ones are in Houston?

Heck even the New Orleans Police were looting! What does that say to you about the morals of the average citizen?


71 posted on 09/05/2005 6:17:49 PM PDT by Frustration
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To: sine_nomine

what she said was OK???

WTF..she sounds like every bit the snobby country club republican..

a true conservative should be repulsed by her words.

sick.


72 posted on 09/05/2005 6:18:45 PM PDT by jabotinsky ("I die with Jabotinsky's name on my lips" - Shlomo b.Yosef, moments before his hanging by Brits)
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To: TXBubba

Our church is running a shelter with about 120 evacuees, DFW area. Yesterday one man was overjoyed to find that his wife and children were in a Houston shelter, but he insisted they join him rather than traveling to meet them because "this place is like heaven. I've never been treated so good in all my life."

True story. (I'm sure his family was getting the same hospitality in Houston.)

Somebody will get their panties in a wad when I say this, but the silver lining in this very black cloud is that a degenerate and crime-ridden subculture has been disrupted and dispersed. With guidance and the right help, many of the evacuees may build better lives for both themselves and the next generation.


73 posted on 09/05/2005 6:18:47 PM PDT by Jedidah
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To: Frustration
You think half a million criminals, looters, murders, and welfare recipients are going to be a positive thing for Houston if they all choose to stay?

You're an optimist.

You think that's all that's showing up? I'd be wary, too if I thought only riff-raff were coming to the door, but if the authorities can sort through the evacuees & find the hard working people who just want a new chance at life...maybe Houston will benefit in the long run.

The same goes for those coming to Michigan. I just hope the our brilliant governor doesn't send them to Detroit or Flint...that would be like moving from Upper H*** to Lower H***, with freezing weather thrown as additional torture.

74 posted on 09/05/2005 6:21:51 PM PDT by madison10
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To: Jedidah
Somebody will get their panties in a wad when I say this, but the silver lining in this very black cloud is that a degenerate and crime-ridden subculture has been disrupted and dispersed. With guidance and the right help, many of the evacuees may build better lives for both themselves and the next generation.

I've said the same on other threads. And as someone else pointed out, those that would try to raise themselves up are often pulled back down by their neighbors. This has cut the string for many of them. Has freed them from the neighborhood so to speak.

75 posted on 09/05/2005 6:24:07 PM PDT by TXBubba ( Democrats: If they don't abort you then they will tax you to death.)
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To: indcons

Howdy, and welcome to the Lone Star State!


76 posted on 09/05/2005 6:25:09 PM PDT by Jedidah
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To: Jedidah

Our shelter has 60 today. I reckon I've met most if not all of them. The ladies are helping with the cooking and cleaning. The men are helping store supplies, set up tables, etc. Perhaps we just got the cream of the crop....but I doubt it. I'm done with this thread. Seeing posts that so openly discriminate against the poor is disturbing.


77 posted on 09/05/2005 6:26:34 PM PDT by Jrabbit
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To: July 4th
Houston is not pleased.

Rats rear. This is a can do place full of can do people.

78 posted on 09/05/2005 6:26:36 PM PDT by HoustonCurmudgeon (I'm a Conservative but will not support evil just because it's "the law.")
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To: Brilliant

Amen. they attack everyone so it's old news.


79 posted on 09/05/2005 6:39:34 PM PDT by cubreporter (I trust Rush. He has done more for our country than anyone can ever imagine. He is solid as a rock)
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To: wagglebee
"Almost everyone I’ve talked to says we're going to move to Houston," Barbara Bush told NPR.
"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 (she chuckles slightly)--this is working very well for them."

I wish she had stopped after the first two quotes.

80 posted on 09/05/2005 6:39:44 PM PDT by KJC1
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