BARBARA BUSH RELOCATED
Former First Lady Moved to New Location Away From Cameras, Microphones
Just days after former First Lady Barbara Bush made widely publicized
remarks about people made homeless by Hurricane Katrina, the White House
said today that Mrs. Bush had been moved to "a new location away from
television cameras and microphones."
Mrs. Bush, who in talking about Katrina refugees said that "This is working
very well for them" and that many of them "were underprivileged anyway," was
transported to a facility where she will have plenty of food and water but
no more media appearances, the White House confirmed.
"She will be much more comfortable in this new location, surrounded by armed
guards on a 24-hour basis, than she was at her compound in Kennebunkport,"
said White House spokesman Scott McClellan. "This is working very well for
her."
Responding to a reporter who questioned whether Mrs. Bush would be happy
being uprooted from her estate, Mr. McClellan said, "She was overprivileged
anyway."
While the White House took credit for its success in relocating Mrs. Bush,
some congressional critics argued that it did not act quickly enough to
relocate the outspoken former First Lady.
"This was an emergency situation," said Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del). "They
should have relocated her the minute she opened her piehole,"
For her part, the former First Lady remained out of view, but released the
following official statement: "I am doing well, but I remain envious of
those who were relocated after Hurricane Katrina - boy, do those folks have
a sweet deal."
Elsewhere, President Bush mourned the passing of actor Bob Denver, calling
the "Gilligan's Island" star "a great American and a role model for me
personally."
Former First Lady Moved to New Location Away From Cameras, Microphones
Just days after former First Lady Barbara Bush made widely publicized
remarks about people made homeless by Hurricane Katrina, the White House
said today that Mrs. Bush had been moved to "a new location away from
television cameras and microphones."
Mrs. Bush, who in talking about Katrina refugees said that "This is working
very well for them" and that many of them "were underprivileged anyway," was
transported to a facility where she will have plenty of food and water but
no more media appearances, the White House confirmed.
"She will be much more comfortable in this new location, surrounded by armed
guards on a 24-hour basis, than she was at her compound in Kennebunkport,"
said White House spokesman Scott McClellan. "This is working very well for
her."
Responding to a reporter who questioned whether Mrs. Bush would be happy
being uprooted from her estate, Mr. McClellan said, "She was overprivileged
anyway."
While the White House took credit for its success in relocating Mrs. Bush,
some congressional critics argued that it did not act quickly enough to
relocate the outspoken former First Lady.
"This was an emergency situation," said Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del). "They
should have relocated her the minute she opened her piehole,"
For her part, the former First Lady remained out of view, but released the
following official statement: "I am doing well, but I remain envious of
those who were relocated after Hurricane Katrina - boy, do those folks have
a sweet deal."
Elsewhere, President Bush mourned the passing of actor Bob Denver, calling
the "Gilligan's Island" star "a great American and a role model for me
personally."
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