[Clara Lou]

Did President Bush make a presidential proclamation extolling the virtues of that holiday?
extol: to praise highly : GLORIFY [from Webster's dictionary]
You have exaggerated. The President's statement does no such thing. Go read it.

[Jigsaw John]

The President's statement does no such thing. Go read it.

But a Presidential acknowledgment such as this would seem to lends credibility to it. If this wasn't the purpose in this case, what would it be?

[Spiff]

extol: to praise highly : GLORIFY [from Webster's dictionary] You have exaggerated. The President's statement does no such thing. Go read it.

You're entitled to your opinion. You've certainly stated it often enough over the past few days that you feel that Bush did no wrong in mentioning Kwanzaa. I think that the vast majority of FReepers here would disagree with you, but you can say whatever damned crazy thing that comes to your mind and that you bang out on your keyboard. However, your opinion not withstanding, Bush was extolling the virtues of Kwanzaa when he gave it such unworthy praise and recognition.