[William McKinley]

And that is the important thing, and the right thing. I don't know who wrote Bush's speech this week, but that kicked ass. Every day that this country was segregated (or worse, had slavery) we were betraying the very tenets our nation was founded upon.

[Texasforever]

Every day that this country was segregated (or worse, had slavery) we were betraying the very tenets our nation was founded upon.

It would have been a better speech if he had added a repudiation to 50 years of massive spending, special legislation and increased racial tension that have not improved blacks station in life one iota.