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

To: d.taggart who wrote (277242)	7/17/2002 11:23:41 PM
From: sandintoes	Respond to of 769667

Jackson couldn't have done it without help!

To: d.taggart who wrote (277242)	7/18/2002 12:00:15 AM
From: Mr. Palau	Respond to of 769667

Another Presidential action you will no doubt endorse. Every couple of years, East Bay politicians realize that Berkeley City Councilmember Maudelle Shirek is, you know, really old, and was working on progressive causes before they were even soiling their jammies. So it was again last week, when the Alameda Board of Supervisors conducted a ceremony honoring Shirek's 91st birthday and paying tribute to a life of activism that began with defending the Scottsboro Boys. But the supes had a special treat in store for Shirek. No less than our very own president, George W. Bush, signed a proclamation thanking her for her work. ""Congratulations on your 91st birthday," the president wrote. "Thank you for your community service and being a vital part of volunteerism in America. We wish you the best in future years." Exactly what community service could the president have had in mind? Could it be the four-hour dinner Shirek had with Fidel Castro two years ago? Or maybe it was the numerous goodwill tours she took to the Soviet Union, East Germany, and Czechoslovakia? Or the antiapartheid work she performed throughout the '80s, including cooperating with Chris Hani and the South African Communist Party? Or her marriage to Communist Party USA member Brownlee Shirek? Karl Rove must have been sleeping on the job, but Shirek's friends are tickled, um, pink that the White House has chosen to honor "Red Maudelle." As Shirek aide Mike Berkowitz put it, "We're working on her replacing J.C. Watts." eastbayexpress.com