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Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said President George W. Bush had a "race problem" during Hurricane Katrina, but she defended him against his critics who, she said, tried to use the "race card" against him, according to excerpts from her upcoming memoir, No Higher Honor, published in Newsweek.
In the book, Rice recounted how she went shopping at the expensive Ferragamo shoe store in New York and returned to her hotel:
The airwaves were filled with devastating pictures from New Orleans. And the faces of most of the people in distress were black. I knew right away that I should never have left Washington. I called my chief of staff, Brian Gunderson. "I'm coming home," I said.
Bush didn't necessarily have a "race problem", he had a compassion problem, as he didn't care about anyone but his wealthy, white supporters. If everyone in New Orleans was white, he still would have been indifferent to their plight.
I remember reading about someone who confronted Rice while shopping for shoes in Manhattan and asking her why she wasn't doing something. That entire administration was likely the most clueless and inept since those corruption filled years after the Civil War.
Bush in California, Cheney in Wyoming, Rice in New York, all of them had a weeks notice a killer hurricane was approaching the Gulf coast.
for all bush's shortcoming he had good political sense. trust me if you are wasp and answering a AA neighborhood distress call, the card is going to be played. it does not matter how well you do your job its guna happen.
been there done that. of the vast majority of law suits against law enforcement, it was the people that made the call for help that filed the complaint and the suit. standard city management procedure
when there is a fuss
throw officer whitey under the bus.
Bush didn't necessarily have a "race problem", he had a compassion problem, as he didn't care about anyone but his wealthy, white supporters. If everyone in New Orleans was white, he still would have been indifferent to their plight.
I remember reading about someone who confronted Rice while shopping for shoes in Manhattan and asking her why she wasn't doing something. That entire administration was likely the most clueless and inept since those corruption filled years after the Civil War.
Bush in California, Cheney in Wyoming, Rice in New York, all of them had a weeks notice a killer hurricane was approaching the Gulf coast.
Condi is safely on the gravy-train lecture circuit and she wants you to give her cash for her book.
no thanks. I hope she isnt smiling on the cover...
why cant that regime just fade into the woodwork......she has an oil tanker named after her, when's enough enough? I guess never in narcissistic America.
To think that I supported Condi '08. This is just dumb. If Michelle struts around in her expensive duds with 17 pct black unemployment, is it a 'race problem?'
Bush spent $150 million on Katrina. Yet still was called a racist by the left. Maybe the libs were right about Condi after all.
Bush didn't necessarily have a "race problem", he had a compassion problem, as he didn't care about anyone but his wealthy, white supporters. If everyone in New Orleans was white, he still would have been indifferent to their plight.
I remember reading about someone who confronted Rice while shopping for shoes in Manhattan and asking her why she wasn't doing something. That entire administration was likely the most clueless and inept since those corruption filled years after the Civil War.
Bush in California, Cheney in Wyoming, Rice in New York, all of them had a weeks notice a killer hurricane was approaching the Gulf coast.
"The airwaves were filled with devastating pictures from New Orleans. And the faces of most of the people in distress were black. I knew right away that I should never have left Washington. I called my chief of staff, Brian Gunderson. "I'm coming home," I said."
Rice knew many people were in need but she went shopping. The moment she found out they were black she had to do something??? If you want to help, why would skin color matter to anyone but a racist?
Condi is safely on the gravy-train lecture circuit and she wants you to give her cash for her book.
I think that pretty much nails it.
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Originally Posted by EdwardA
All the Black people who were actually in the path of the hurricane also had a week notice, works both ways.
Including that idiot black mayor of New Orleans. He'd effed up and he knew it and he played that race card as hard as he could to deflect blame. What a miserable, lying putz.
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no thanks. I hope she isnt smiling on the cover
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