If ever there were an example of how words can say something differently from what’s meant, this might be it.

The Under-Secretary of State, Karen Hughes, has defended the way Mr Bush responded to the hurricane.
“I think the President’s heart breaks when anyone would ever think that he wouldn’t want to do everything humanly possible to get help quickly to those who need it,” she said.
“He’s the President of all the people that we saw who so desperately needed help.
“He’s their President as well as all of our President and he is a wonderfully compassionate human being.”

“Our” President means what? President of the white middle and upper classes? “Their” President means President of minority groups and the poor?