Via Dori Smith: former first lady Barbara Bush says things are working out “very well” for New Orleans evacuees:
In a segment at the top of [an NPR radio program] 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 which is sort of scary 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.”
Oh, what fun! It’s like a great big camp-out!
brainrow :: Exposed by the Storm | 04-Aug-06 at 6:42 pm | Permalink
[…] When Barbara Bush said things were “working very well†for poor evacuees, I joked that it was “like a great big camp-out.†House Republican Leader Tom DeLay compared the evacuation to camping out, too. He asked three boys at a temporary shelter, “Now tell me the truth boys, is this kind of fun?†[…]