posted on Sep, 9 2005 @ 01:51 PM
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Laura Bush described as "disgusting" comments by rapper Kanye West and Democratic chairman Howard Dean blaming her husband for the disproportionate
numbers of black hurricane victims.
"I think all of those remarks are disgusting, to be perfectly frank, because of course President Bush cares about everyone in our country," the
first lady said Thursday in an interview with American Urban Radio Networks.
"And I know that. I mean, I'm the person who lives with him," she said. "I know what he's like and I know what he thinks and I know how he cares
about people."
The president has faced sharp criticism over federal relief efforts for Hurricane Katrina victims, who are disproportionally black and poor.
On a nationally televised telethon Friday, broadcast live on NBC, West departed from the script to declare "George Bush doesn't care about black
people."
Earlier this week, Dean, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, told the National Baptist Convention of America, a black religious group, that
race played a role in the hurricane casualty numbers.
Mrs. Bush said it was clear that poor......
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