I understand that, you understand that, the Honorable CyberCongressman understands that, as do most intelligent, informed people.
The rest, will scream when Bush himself doesn't stand at the school house door and rail against the evils of affirmative action. They will howl even louder, if and when the Court finds in favor of AA, and Bush does his job by enforcing the law as it was written, and interpreted by the Court.
Will George W. work for
a color-blind America?
Michelle Malkin
I WANT A PRESIDENT who opposes racial discrimination by the government with every fiber of his being.
Yes, it's personal. My future children will be full-blooded Americans of half-Filipino, half-Russian Jewish descent. I want them to grow up, go to school, get jobs, and raise their own children in a country where they will not be penalized for their race or forced to identify their ethnicity in order to achieve their dreams.
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/michelle/malkin091099.asp
Q Ari, will the administration be filing a brief in the Supreme Court affirmative action case?
MR. FLEISCHER: That is under review. This is something that the Department of Justice and the White House are reviewing as we speak and no decisions have been made.
Q There's only a week left, so presumably they have to be writing this now. Can you give us a little more on where you are in the process?
MR. FLEISCHER: Well, the deadline is a week from today. And that's a lot of time.
Q Why wouldn't you?
MR. FLEISCHER: Well, I'm not indicating whether the administration will or won't, or if we do, what it might say.
Q But the signal landmark case on affirmative action in 25 years, and the U.S. government isn't going to take a position?
MR. FLEISCHER: I didn't say we would or we wouldn't. I'm just saying it's a matter that's under review, precisely because it is a landmark case and a case that's important and a case that the President, who is very sensitive to issues involving diversity and opportunity for all, wants to make sure that it's approached in a thorough and careful, deliberative manner. And so there is one week remaining on the court given deadline for when an amicus brief would have to be filed. And so it remains an issue under review.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/01/20030109-8.html
Keeping the Republicans Feet to the fire
lets End Affirmative Action Mr President
He's in, well, maybe:
"Bush May Enter Affirmative Action Case"
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/820656/posts?page=133#133
He's torn:
White House torn over affirmative action case
He's out:
White House set to stay out of affirmative-action case - Washington Times - January 9, 2003
White House Set To Stay Out Of Affirmative Action Case
For once, Bush, would you take a stand?:
Bush must take a stand on affirmative action
Affirmative Action Faces a New Wave of Anger
He's defending affirmative action:
Bush administration to defend affirmative action
Bush to defend affirmative action policy
Bush to defend affirmative action policy
Bush selling out for votes, you're kidding:
Bush selling out on Affirmative Action to get votes
Never-Ending Supreme Court Case Has Bush Fighting for Affirmative Action
Bush Administration Defends Affirmative Action
Bush May Enter Affirmative Action Case...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/820656/posts?page=133#133
Keeping the Republicans Feet to the fire
For once, Bush, would you take a stand.......
End Affirmative Action
THANKS..........
:>)
Eleanor Clift says that since Bush has given conservatives Pickering, he won't give in to conservatives on AA
tick tick tick as the day cometh!
Keeping the Republicans Feet to the fire lets End Affirmative Action
affirmative action-- Bush May Enter Affirmative Action Case...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/820656/posts
Affirmative action-- Quotas on trial (Thomas Sowell)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/820114/posts
affirmative action-- Wishful Thinking Not Enough to Rid Country of Racism (Big Barf Alert)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/820648/posts
affirmative action--bush May Enter Affirmative Action Case...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/820656/posts
affirmative action--White House set to stay out of affirmative-action case
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/819379/posts
affirmative action--White House torn over affirmative action case
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/820077/posts
affirmative action--Words of Advice: The speech the president should give on the Michigan cases.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/820342/posts
It's affirmative action and that is the issue here!
Supreme Court enters debate over affirmative action on campus
http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/news/nation/4650532.htm
Affirmative Action
Chronology & History
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/race/affirm/homepage.htm
Q Ari, will the administration be filing a brief in the Supreme Court affirmative action case?
MR. FLEISCHER: That is under review. This is something that the Department of Justice and the White House are reviewing as we speak and no decisions have been made.
Karl,
I know that there must be much on your plate these days, and one of the tasty morsels must be the question of what to do about the University of Michigan cases now pending before the Supreme Court.
Letter from Ward Connerly to Karl Rove
left is able to smear reasonable arguments as racist
It is now time for white America to realize that they are part of this same battle. The words “racist,” “bigot,” and “hatemonger,” coming from embittered followers of demagogues, mean nothing. The real strength is in those who give these words no mind and continue to stand against racism and for what is right. Enduring these attacks is a part of a blessed life. Christ said that whenever you stand up for right you will go through such attacks. If Christ had to endure, why shouldn’t we? After all, in enduring as Christ did, we come closer to God.
If Americans of all races can lay aside their fear to stand up for truth, we will all be blessed. If they do not lay aside this fear, then destruction will be widespread.
Jesse Lee Peterson
White Fear
http://www.washingtondispatch.com/article_337.shtml
As I sat in that muddy field, shivering, with rain drops falling on my scalp, and watched George W. Bush take his Oath of Office, I felt proud to be an American citizen once again. Many of us who had traveled from all across this land to share that moment--total strangers we may have been--smiled at each other with a sense of shared appreciation that we had elected a president who would never subordinate the best interest of the nation to his personal or political whims, as we thought had been the case for the previous eight years. The University of Michigan cases present an opportunity for our president to reaffirm what we thought on that day three years ago.
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Powerful Letter and it is showtime like you said..
All Freepers should send emails to the White House and call the White House and urge the President to take a stand and do what is right......
From all things I have seen on this matter the President has never given an opinion, so the only indictment would be that we have no clue and so holding him to the fire and plending the case is not out of the question in my mind!
I would like to see the Bush administration stand tall and do what is right and not sit out the arguement or side with quotas. But as I said from everything I find he has not given an opinion except to change words around. Anyway here is a old thread from freerepublic back in 1999 that Michelle Malkin based her 1999 story on. Nothing has changed since then except he is now President and must take a stand now one way or another.
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Topic: George W. Bush
Where does George W. Bush stand on affirmative action?
Campaign For a Colorblind America
The Campaign For a Colorblind America (www.equalrights.com) asked George W. Bush to answer the following questions:
Congress should enact a law that would ban discrimination and preferences on the basis of race, color, sex, ethnicity and national origin in the operation of public employment and public contracting.
Agree_____ Disagree_____ No Opinion_____
Race-based "affirmative action" should be replaced with class- or need-based affirmative action or a system based on merit only.
Agree_____ Disagree_____ No Opinion_____
No recent immigrant of any race should benefit from "affirmative action" or racial preferences because they have not faced a history of discrimination in the United States.
Agree_____ Disagree_____ No Opinion_____
In his answer, to each of these questions, Gov. George W. Bush checked "No Opinion."
Also, Gov. Bush did not take a position on Measure A, better known as the Houston Civil Rights Initiative, which would have outlawed race and gender preferences in contracting in Houston.
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a36e138b1462f.htm
Good post #42
All Freepers its time for action as only freepers can do.
For the next 3 days send your emails and Fax's and call and let The President know he has our support on this matter. Do the right thing and start the end of affirmative action in America!
So of course your for affirmative action? Gee justshe telling that deb gets a pass from you for calling me a scum.
Hey the threads called Affirmative Action Case is it not? Why not give yoourpoint of view instead of whinning. Read the thread.
Do you really think ANYONE ever reads a thing you post? Throw in a few ratty rat rat weeper rats and you just break up the monotony.
I make it a habit to not to read long, cut-and-paste posts if it takes longer than a screen length to get to the bottom of it. It's downright rude, hardly anybody reads them, and takes up bandwidth. You're right. It is SPAM!
I said to Louis that this is enough for now as the ball is already rolling on this issue.
