Matt Drudge quoted President Bush’s brief conversation with Mary Mornin in Omaha today (PR Newswire transcript). Mornin, a woman in her late fifties who told the president she was a divorced mother of three, including a ‘mentally challenged’ son. Just in case it goes away here is what I read:
"Begin transcript:
MS. MORNIN: That's good, because I work three jobs and I feel like I contribute.
THE PRESIDENT: You work three jobs?
MS. MORNIN: Three jobs, yes.
THE PRESIDENT: Uniquely American, isn't it? I mean, that is fantastic that you're doing that. (Applause.) Get any sleep? (Laughter.)
MS. MORNIN: Not much. Not much."
I don’t but perhaps you find this funny; all I see from this is an enormous lack of sensitivity on the part of a man who seems lost in the ether when he doesn’t have prepared remarks to lean on if an off-message question comes his way. This woman is struggling to make ends meet yet finds the time to attend a rally supporting his (full of crap) Social Security reform proposal and the BushMeister falls back on his fratboy mean humor to thank her. Wonderful!
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