Another Revealing Comment from the Former First Lady

This is just remarkable. The Bush family does indeed live in a world apart from "them" -- and I define "them" as people with an ounce of decency.

Here's the president's mother Barbara Bush, commenting on what she saw while visiting refugees evacuated to the Houston Astrodome: "And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this (she chuckled slightly) -- this is working very well for them."

That's no misquote or embellishment, by the way. It's from tonight's edition of the radio program "Marketplace." So you can hear Mrs. Bush's voice and everything.

You may recall her callous remark about not wanting to trouble her "beautiful mind" with such things as "body bags and deaths" as her son led us into the Iraq War.

When off script, we get to know the Bushes quite well.

Speaking of, just like the president, I too can't wait to sit with Trent Lott on the porch of the new luxurious home he'll build on the Mississippi coast! And not sit on a folding cot in the temporary housing at a military base where poor black people from New Orleans will spend the next six months!

[UPDATE 9:53 pm: I just listened to the audio again, and found another gem from Mrs. Bush: "What I'm hearing -- which is sort of scary -- is they all want to stay in Texas." That's right, Bar! Scary black people in your town! Better rush on back to Kennebunkport where everyone is named "Whitey McWhite!" Just amazing.]