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Originally posted by robustpuppy
"And yet, I can still relate to the powerlessness and loss you all must be feeling in the wake of this disaster. Last spring during a trip to Paris, I tried to get into Hermes after it closed, and can you believe this, they turned me away. My best friend Gail can tell you, it had to have been the worst moment of my life. I'll be talking about it on my show next week. Please watch."

Of course, I'm sure Oprah's speech paled in comparison to these words of comfort from Babs Bush:

Barbara Bush, who accompanied the former presidents on a tour of the Astrodome complex Monday, said the relocation to Houston is "working very well" for some of the poor people forced out of New Orleans.

"What I'm hearing, which is sort of scary, is they all want to stay in Texas. Everyone is so overwhelmed by the hospitality," she said during a radio interview with the American Public Media program "Marketplace." "And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them."