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First Lady: Remarks Critical of President Are “Disgusting”

HeadlineSep 09, 2005

First Lady Laura Bush has lashed out at hip hop artist Kanye West, Howard Dean and others for criticizing her husband’s handling of Hurricane Katrina. Last week West said during a nationally televised telethon “George Bush Doesn’t Care About Black People.” On Wednesday, Dean said “We must … come to terms with the ugly truth that skin color, age and economics played a deadly role in who survived and who did not.” Laura Bush said “I think all of those remarks are disgusting, to be perfectly frank, because of course President Bush cares about everyone in our country.”

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