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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: puborectalis who wrote (159372)	7/9/2001 9:48:55 PM
From: Mr. Palau	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

White House Bristles at Bond Comments WASHINGTON (AP) - A White House spokesman bristled Monday over NAACP board chairman Julian Bond's harsh criticisms of President Bush (news - web sites)'s first few months in office. ``The comments made by Mr. Bond are another reminder about why the tone in Washington needs to be changed,'' said chief White House spokesman Ari Fleischer (news - web sites). In a speech Sunday at the NAACP annual convention in New Orleans, Bond criticized some of Bush's Cabinet choices, saying he selected a few people ``whose devotion to the Confederacy is nearly canine in its uncritical affection.'' Fleischer said ``there was a certain sense of going too far'' in that remark and Bond's reference to ``the Taliban wing of the Republican Party.'' The Taliban is a militia that rules Afghanistan (news - web sites) under a strict version of Islamic law. The criticisms were unfair, Fleischer said, given Bush's outreach to black Americans since taking office. ``Those remarks were excessive,'' Fleischer said. ``Those remarks were not made under Kweisi Mfume's leadership, when Kweisi Mfume was president of the NAACP.'' Mfume is currently NAACP president, and has held the post since December 1995. Bond, a 1960s student activist who is now a history professor at the University of Virginia, has been NAACP board chairman since 1998. When a reporter reminded Fleischer of his error, the spokesman didn't acknowledge the reminder and seemed not to notice that he misspoke. Despite Bond's strong condemnations, there is no bad blood between the president and the leadership of the country's oldest civil rights organization, he said. ``Certainly not on the president's part,'' Fleischer said. Bush addressed the NAACP's convention in Baltimore last year as a candidate, telling the gathering he wanted to make civil rights a cornerstone of his administration. ``While some in my party have avoided the NAACP, and while some in the NAACP have avoided my party, ... I'm proud to be here,'' Bush said then. The president planned to send videotaped remarks to this year's gathering, Fleischer said. ``Unfortunately, he cannot attend everybody's event every year of his presidency. He still wishes the NAACP a successful convention,'' Fleischer said. Neither Bond nor Mfume has met with Bush since he took office in January. Fleischer said no meeting was on the president's schedule as of Monday. dailynews.yahoo.com

To: puborectalis who wrote (159372)	7/9/2001 9:50:04 PM
From: PROLIFE	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Naacp nothing but toadies for the Demolibs..

To: puborectalis who wrote (159372)	7/9/2001 10:00:52 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Respond to of 769670

Dear fall, you post the info. Do you feel the mr. bond speaks the truth or do his words reflect the same obscene ideas of the dragging death add. I found the remarks offensive and nothing in the actions of the President warrants anything like these comments. The NACCP appears to be lead by sick hate filled people. So what is your opinion. tom watson tosiwmee

To: puborectalis who wrote (159372)	7/9/2001 11:01:36 PM
From: CYBERKEN	Respond to of 769670

There is a race to see who can fill the void left when Jesse Jackson self-destructed last Winter. Establishment liberal black "leaders" have been positioning themselves, based on the very reasonable assumption that Sharpton is a buffoon with far too much baggage to sell himself outside New York. The emerging black middle class, however, seems to have no ostensible leader. There are plenty of qualified candidates around, including some in the current administration. Perhaps they simply admire them all equally, and pick people to vote for based on principle, rather than race...