Telling Quotes

By Daniel Miessler on August 19th, 2005: Tagged as Philosophy | Politics

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? Oh, I mean, it’s not relevant. So why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that? — Barbara Bush, 2003

Comments

Carl M

Well, perhaps she'd rather waste her mind on months of media coverage of Jon-Benet Ramsey or the more recent case in Aruba. Maybe it's just me, but these things are news ONCE (per incident). So, after the initial news item, the Jon-Benet thing should not have ever come back until the case is solved ... same thing with the Aruba incident. On the other hand, EACH and EVERY death of a man or woman serving in the armed forces is NEWS. Sure ... it's similar to the news from yesterday, but it's NEWS. And the fact that we keep getting the SAME news ought to trigger something somewhere. But you are right ... it is a telling quote. "It's not relevant." Sad.