BaBa Bushka sez dem po' pipple better off as refugees

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Mon, 05 Sep 2005 18:41:57 -0700

[Zepps_News] #BaBa Bushka sez dem po' pipple better off as

refugees

 

 

 

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.

 

She was part of a group in Houston today at the Astrodome that included

her husband and former President Bill Clinton, who were chosen by her

son, the current president, to head fundraising efforts for the

recovery. Sen. Hilary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama were also present.

 

In a segment at the top of the show on the surge of evacuees to the

Texas city, Barbara Bush said: " Almost everyone I've talked to says

we're going to move to Houston. "

 

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. "

 

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