Why doesn't Barbara Bush care about the coffins of dead US soldiers?

Question

Quote from Barbara Bush's book:

"Why should we hear about body bags and deaths and how many, what day it's going to happen, and how many this or what do you suppose? Oh, I mean, it's, not relevant. So why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?"

Shouldn't ALL Americans be concerned about these deaths?

Answer 1

she is an out of touch fat cow with draftdodgers
4 kids and grandkids
COWARDS ALL THOSE BUSHs !!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 2

Out of place, but, what the hell.

President Bush was visiting a school and he visited one of the classes. They were in the middle of a discussion related to words and their meanings. The teacher asked the President if he would like to lead the discussion on the word "tragedy". So the illustrious leader asked the class for an example of a "tragedy".

One little boy stood up and offered: "If my best friend, who lives on a farm, is playing in the field and a tractor runs over him and kills him, that would be a 'tragedy'".

"No," said Bush, "that would be an accident."

A little girl raised her hand: "If a school bus carrying fifty children drove over a cliff, killing everyone inside and the driver, that would be a tragedy.

"I'm afraid not," explained the President "That's what we would call a great loss."

The room went silent. No other children volunteered. Bush searched the room. "Isn't there someone here who can give me an example of tragedy?"

Finally, at the back of the room, a small boy raised his hand...In a quiet voice he said: "If the aeroplane carrying you and Mrs Bush was struck by a "friendly fire" missile and blown to smithereens, That would be a tragedy.

Fantastic!" exclaimed The President "That's right. And can you tell me why that would be a tragedy?"

Well," says the boy "It has to be a tragedy, because it certainly wouldn't be a great loss and it probably wouldn't be a fu*king accident either."

Have a little humour *;*

Answer 3

Death is an unfortunate part of war and every American should mourn the loss of these brave souls. They are fighting to protect us so that we can sit on these blogs and ask our questions and get answers.

I believe you are taking this quote out of context. Barbara Bush is very respected person and while I have not read the book, she is probably refering to how the press takes glee in reporting these deaths. Remember the death watch for 1,000 and 2,000 deaths in the press. We heard about that for weeks.

All we hear about in the press is the bad, nothing good. If you read the newspaper in any major city, there is little or no good news reported.

Answer 4

These people really do live in a fantasy. I remember with Papa Bush was running for president back in 88 and some reporter asked him how much a gallon of milk cost. He states it was $20. Seriously out of touch. And baby Bush is the same way.

Answer 5

I have nothing but pity for this woman. I can't imagine having to live a lifetime with such a cold and dark soul.

If you do not grieve for the loss of fellow countrymen on the field of battle, you show no honor to their commitment to country, or to the courage of those left behind.

Answer 6

Let's see what Snopes has to say about it, not that there's any point, because you seem to be one of those who only sees what you want to see:

While niggling memories of the title of the film that took Best Picture honors in the 2002 Academy Awards might leave some to question the veracity of the purported Barbara Bush "beautiful mind" quote, the utterance was indeed the real thing. The former First Lady made this remark on national television shortly before the commencement of the invasion of Iraq.

The comment arose during a Good Morning America interview with the couple who were formerly President and First Lady, George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush. The interview was conducted by Diane Sawyer in Houston scant hours before the couple's son, President George W. Bush, delivered a televised ultimatum to Saddam Hussein to step down from power and leave Iraq or face U.S.-led military action. The chat with the senior Bushes aired the following morning, 18 March 2003.

The remark in question occurred early in the three-way conversation, following a line of query directed at Mrs. Bush regarding whether she found herself studying her son for verbal or visual signs of how well he was holding up under the pressure. (Sawyer: "As a mother, do you watch for strain on him?") Mrs. Bush replied that she looked for such indications in all five of her children and remarked on the family's propensity for having hair that turns white earlier than is the norm. An additional query about whether the senior Bushes, who do not normally watch a great deal of television, found themselves watching more TV during this period than was their usual custom fetched from Mrs. Bush the quote that has since earned a measure of notoriety:

"I watch none. He [former President Bush] sits and listens and I read books, because I know perfectly well that, don't take offense, that 90 percent of what I hear on television is supposition, when we're talking about the news. And he's not, not as understanding of my pettiness about that. But why should we hear about body bags, and deaths, and how many, what day it's gonna happen, and how many this or what do you suppose? Or, I mean, it's, it's not relevant. So, why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that? And watch him suffer."

Read within the context of the full interview, it is a tiny bit more clear that Mrs. Bush's "beautiful mind" statement referred to her desire not to become mesmerized by the pre-war media speculation of what such an invasion would mean, what sorts of weaponry and defenses U.S. troops might well be walking into, which troops would be committed and when they'd be deployed, how long the war would last, and how high the body count might be. Prior to the commencement of hostilities, such matters were the subject of endless supposition by various news pundits. While maybe not "90 percent" of what was filling the air waves was guesswork rather than hard news, Mrs. Bush's point that news of that moment was much more about what could or might happen rather than what was happening was valid. Her comment was not meant as a dismissal of actual deaths or suffering (troops had not yet been engaged at the time of her remark), but of news coverage that amounted to one expert after another making predictions about what they saw as likely to occur.


So there you go. It was said BEFORE the war even really started, before the first death. She didn't want to worry about what "might" happen. Is that so bad?

Answer 7

What a sad excuse of a human being. Can't say I'm shocked though, but at the same time, I'm sad for her attitude. She sure would not be saying that if one of her own ended up in one.

Even though the news does show sad things constantly - and we are all fed up with it, one of the reasons I don't watch the news as much as most people do - you can bet the rest of us humans who actually have "compassion", would never in a million years talk like that. Compassion is obviously not in her vocabulary.

I wish people would stop making excuses for them.

Answer 8

Hey...the lunatic she's married to cares even less, and that's a bigger problem than whatever Barbara Bush thinks! I won't shed a tear the day she becomes a widow, I can tell you that.

Answer 9

She said that!!! What a COW. I would say a few choice words, but I'm sure the rest of the NORMAL people in this forum will agree how she is a nobody, a nothing. How sad. I should not be writing, I'm to upset now.

Answer 10

She obviously does not care about our soldiers. She is disconnected from the people and because she lives within the restraints of the upper echelon in this society, she feels that she should ignore the truth. What a *****.

Answer 11

she is comfortable with death she has even killed and yet there is no remorse when she killed her friend while drunk driving when she was approached by the emergency tech. at the scene of the accident all she was worried about was if the cut on her face would turn into a scar....with no thought for her dying bleeding friend