Bush hypocrisy knows no bounds
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In case you missed it in the news yesterday, former First Lady Barbara Bush on Friday generously donated to the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund, but included a fairly specific request with her contribution.
Former first lady Barbara Bush donated an undisclosed amount of money to the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund with specific instructions that the money be spent with an educational software company owned by her son Neil.
Since then, the "Ignite Learning program" has been given to eight Houston, Texas area schools that took in substantial numbers of Hurricane Katrina evacuees.
I didn't think my regard for the Bush family could get any worse but these people somehow manage to surpass even my overly-cynical expectations.
I can appreciate Barbara Bush looking out for her ne'er-do-well son, but using the Katrina Fund to promote Neil Bush's software company isn't just tacky, it's lower than low; especially when you consider the fact that her other son is mostly responsible for all the death and destruction caused there.
It's not like the former First Lady's reputation on the disaster was strong before. When we last heard from her, she was telling us that families left with nothing after the hurricane "were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them."
But that was just a dumb remark; Barbara Bush's earmark is far more ridiculous. As fellow blogger Josh Marshall noted:
"Ignite!'s has a unique business model, which works like this. Neil goes around the world finding international statesmen, bigwigs and criminals who want to 'invest' in Ignite! as a way to curry favor with his brother in the White House."
United Arab Emirates is reportedly a HUGE investor.