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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: DMaA who wrote (12861)2/28/2000 12:54:00 PM
From: Brian P.  Read Replies (2) of 769667
 
In the last analysis, speaking at B. Jones while remaining silent about the racism and anti-Catholicism is indeed to quietly "tolerate" it. By definition. He is admitting that by apologizing. Time to move on, lessons learned. No one is accusing Bush of being racist or anti-Catholic, only of not clearly standing up to it as a public LEADER. Wow, he had such an opportunity to prove his mettle at B. Jones and he blew it.

I feel bad for Bush as an individual person at this point, I really mean that, because this whole thing--his losing his grip on a sure thing handed to him and backed by $60 million--has to be humiliating.

<<Bush's visit to Bob Jones was strongly criticized by his rival, Arizona Sen. John McCain, in phone calls targeted to Catholicvoters in Michigan ? calls that Bush said today had "slandered" him with the "suggestion that I tolerate anti-Catholic bigotry."...McCain spokesman Dan Schnur said, "Now that Governor Bush has apologized . . . it's difficult to see what he finds so objectionable about the calls.">>
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