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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: DMaA who wrote (20815)	6/16/2000 10:38:00 AM
From: Red Heeler	Read Replies (2) of 769670

Buchanan Lashes Out at Bush The Associated Press Thursday, June 15, 2000; 8:32 p.m. EDT NEW YORK Reform Party presidential hopeful Patrick Buchanan lashed out Thursday at Gov. George W. Bush for removing Civil War commemorative plaques from the Texas high court. "Mr. Bush is kowtowing to the NAACP, quite frankly," he said at a news conference. "Removal of plaques that respected and honored Southern heritage is an act of political vandalism which tells us that 'compassionate conservatism' is but a synonym for squishy Republicanism." He went on to accuse Bush of "sacrificing the honored heritage of the South to the unappeasable gods of political correctness." Bush's presidential campaign declined to comment Thursday. Two plaques bearing Confederate symbols were removed from the lobby of the Texas Supreme Court building this month and replaced with ones that say equal justice is available to all Texans "regardless of race, creed or color." The original plaques quoted Gen. Robert E. Lee and included symbols of the Confederate battle flag and seal of the Confederacy. Confederate heritage groups complained about the removal and promised legal action. The Texas chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and others said the original plaques were offensive to minorities and had asked Bush, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, to have them removed. The Confederate flag became a campaign issue earlier this year during the primary in South Carolina, where officials were debating the flying of the Confederate flag over the state Capitol. Bush declined to comment then, saying the issue was for South Carolinians to decide. ¸ Copyright 2000 The Associated Press

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