Yesterday I watched a bit of Bush’s walkabout in some relatively dry patches of Alabama, I watched a briefing where he stood impassive with a bit of a smirk as various members of rescue teams told him of the situation. Why does this man find it so difficult to portray concern? Is it a facial disfigurement?
Then later, he was seen comforting a couple of women. Of course, he wasn’t going to give them the shirt off his back or even offer them a bottle of water, but I couldn’t hear what the conversation was and figured he was giving them some kind of advice or hope.
Wrong.
Here’s the transcript from the CNN video of the encounter in Biloxi:
Bush to women: “There’s a Salvation Army center that I want to, that I’ll tell you where it is, and they’ll get you some help. I’m sorry…. They’ll help you…..
Woman 1: “I came here looking for clothes…”Bush: “They’ll get you some clothes, at the Salvation Army center…”
Woman 1: “We don’t have anything…”
Bush: “I understand…. Do you know where the center is, that I’m talking to you about?”
Guy with shades: “There’s no center there, sir, it’s a truck.”
Bush: “There’s trucks?”
Guy: “There’s a school, a school about two miles away…..”
Bush: “But isn’t there a Salvation center down there?”
Guy: “No that’s wiped out….”
Bush: “A temporary center? “
Guy: “No sir they’ve got a truck there, for food.”
Bush: “That’s what I’m saying, for food and water.”
Bush turns to the sister who’s been saying how she needs clothes.
Bush to sister: “You need food and water.”
At least he brought a turkey to the troops in Iraq. Oh, wait… that was fake, too.
