{"id":116,"date":"2006-02-08T11:32:38","date_gmt":"2006-02-08T15:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/globalfund\/2006\/02\/08\/famous-quotes-on-katrina-and-ameri"},"modified":"2006-02-08T11:32:38","modified_gmt":"2006-02-08T15:32:38","slug":"famous-quotes-on-katrina-and-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/globalfund\/2006\/02\/08\/famous-quotes-on-katrina-and-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Famous Quotes on Katrina and America"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things
\nover and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of
\ncatapult the propaganda.” –George W. Bush, Greece, N.Y., May 24, 2005 (Source<\/a> (Listen to audio clip<\/a>)<\/i><\/p>\n

<\/b> “You work three jobs? … Uniquely American, isn’t it? I mean,
\nthat is fantastic that you’re doing that.” –President Bush, to a
\ndivorced mother of three in Omaha, Nebraska, Feb. 4, 2005 (Source<\/a>) (Listen to audio clip<\/a>)<\/i><\/p>\n

“Considering the dire circumstances that we have in New
\nOrleans, virtually a city that has been destroyed, things are going
\nrelatively well.” –FEMA Director Michael Brown, Sept. 1, 2005 (Source<\/a>)<\/p>\n

“Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job.” –President Bush, to
\nFEMA director Michael Brown, while touring hurricane-ravaged
\nMississippi, Sept. 2, 2005 (Source<\/a>) (Listen to audio clip<\/a>)<\/i><\/p>\n

<\/b> “Now tell me the truth boys, is this kind of fun?” –House
\nMajority Leader Tom Delay (R-TX), to three young hurricane evacuees
\nfrom New Orleans at the Astrodome in Houston, Sept. 9, 2005 (Source<\/a>)<\/p>\n

“What I’m hearing which is sort of scary is that they all
\nwant to stay in Texas. Everybody is so overwhelmed by the hospitality.
\nAnd so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were
\nunderprivileged anyway so this (chuckle) – this is working very well
\nfor them.” –Former First Lady Barbara Bush, on the hurricane evacuees
\nat the Astrodome in Houston, Sept. 5, 2005 (Source<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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