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Moral Compass

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10. That comment reminds of Barbara Bush
Sat Sep 2, 2017, 10:27 PM
Sep 2017

No one seems to have brought this up yet...but this particular comment very much echoes Barbara Bush's comments during the Katrina evacuation about the mega center in Houston that in thousands.

There is a certain base cluelessness that only those born rich can have. They can look on these poor unfortunates and think that this is a great result.

As President Bush battled criticism over the response to Hurricane Katrina, his mother declared it a success for evacuees who "were underprivileged anyway," saying on Monday that many of the poor people she had seen while touring a Houston relocation site were faring better than before the storm hit.

"What I'm hearing, which is sort of scary, is they all want to stay in Texas," Barbara Bush said in an interview on Monday with the radio program "Marketplace." "Everyone is so overwhelmed by the hospitality."

"And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway," she said, "so this is working very well for them."
(This is clipped from the New York Times article from September 7, 2005)

It is not so much cruelty or heartlessness so much as the inability to relate because of a total lack of having experienced any sort of deprivation in their lives.

As Nick from The Great Gatsby said--the rich are not like you or me.

not lbn nt msongs Sep 2017 #1
Nobody's president, election stolen, HRC won by millions of votes Eliot Rosewater Sep 2017 #2
Yes! C Moon Sep 2017 #8
Yeah, but how do we stop it? They have gotten better since 2000 Alice11111 Sep 2017 #13
He also told reporters that everyone at the shelter was "doing great," and that he saw tblue37 Sep 2017 #3
Well, they all got free food and a place to stay rent-free...so... flibbitygiblets Sep 2017 #4
You know Trump meant have a good time with all the free stuff maybe better lunasun Sep 2017 #6
We have a total fucking asshole "running" the country. Dark n Stormy Knight Sep 2017 #5
That's spelled "ruining" RainCaster Sep 2017 #15
Reminds me of... Snackshack Sep 2017 #7
Remember that. kairos12 Sep 2017 #9
Precisely what just came to mind sprinkleeninow Sep 2017 #20
"...working very well for them." shanny Sep 2017 #26
Yep. Babs full quote underpants Sep 2017 #28
That comment reminds of Barbara Bush Moral Compass Sep 2017 #10
Good quote reminder.They lack empathy, except for their owm Alice11111 Sep 2017 #14
He has gone way over the edge. No sense of reality whatsoever. raven mad Sep 2017 #11
Trump is removed from reality, totally. Hieronymus Sep 2017 #12
"Have fun at funerals". grantcart Sep 2017 #16
Totally out of touch. Kath2 Sep 2017 #17
Trump is so removed from reality, he probably meant it DFW Sep 2017 #18
Trumps Impeachment linnknee Sep 2017 #19
he was upstaged by pence. that's all this is about. ego. period. Javaman Sep 2017 #21
what can one say other than... mdbl Sep 2017 #22
such an EVIL POS heaven05 Sep 2017 #23
you too donny. BTW-your combover looked horrible at the center. riversedge Sep 2017 #24
And "heck of a job" Brownie justgamma Sep 2017 #25
"Best regards" everybody! "Have a nice day!" Just when you livetohike Sep 2017 #27
Locking Chemisse Sep 2017 #29
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