[Mb-hair] A news story that disappeared

[Sherwin Ross]

Did anybody catch this? I saw it on Fox News.


The story than disappeared.


 


 September 05, 2005


The Modern "Let Them Eat Cake" Moment


When I saw this quote on
<http://atrios.blogspot.com/2005_09_04_atrios_archive.html#11259638161969400
0>  Atrios's site, I thought it was a parody.

But Editor and Publisher, to whom he cites, is reporting it as straight
news:

Barbara Bush: Things Working Out
<http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_conten
t_id=1001054719> "Very Well" for Poor Evacuees from New Orleans 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.

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."

And here's a link to the
<http://www.publicradio.org/tools/media/player/marketplace/2005/09/05_mpp?st
art=00:00:01:00.0&end=00:00:04:36.0>  audio of the NPR Marketplace segment
containing this incredible quote. It's real. Although some people might I
suppose call it a nervous giggle rather than a chuckle. 

 

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