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I have been in semi-retirement from FR. But this, as old-timers here know, has long been "my issue."

This case is SHOWTIME for the current administration, and they have until Jan 16th to take a stand. I believe this letter is informative for freepers, and I hope we can make a difference.

Best to all,

Richard Ferrier,

President, Declaration Foundation

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[I_Love_My_Husband]

Ward is a good man. On most issues (he's pro-gay, but I won't hold it against him).

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[DeweyCA]

I hope that Bush comes out against this discrimination, and at the same time says that he wants to help minority kids in education by pushing for school vouchers. That would give minority kids a real chance at freedom to advance in our society. And it would nicely balance his opposition to admissions quotas.

[Marianne]

I submit to you that the "diversity" rationale and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment are incompatible.
Excellent letter.
Thanks for posting.

[Intolerant in NJ]

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[bonesmccoy]

Thanks for the very informative posting. Ward has terrific perspective and is wonderfully eloquent. His sentiments are spot on!

[cynicom]

My money goes that Bush will do nothing. He destroyed Lott on national tv, yet here he cannot make up his mind and will depend on advice of others. Cop out to me.

[prognostigaator]

"...the bigotry of lower expectations."

AKA- who can strive today to get a better job or better grades? [without hurting someone elses feelings].

[Nephi]

My recollection of the Lott fiasco is that when Lott appeared on BET TV and said he was for Affirmative Action he sealed his fate with conservatives.

While it is true that many conservatives were ready to be rid of Lott before his BET appearance, when he made his about-face on Affirmative Action, his supporters practically disappeared.

Eleanor Clift says that since Bush has given conservatives Pickering, he won't give in to conservatives on AA, too. Isn't it convenient of Clift to see the two issues as part of a zero sum political equation?

Clift could be onto something - a wrong move by the Bush administration on Affirmative Action could cancel out the political points scored with conservatives in the Pickering renomination. That would leave a zero sum, wouldn't it?

[Redhd2]

As long as the diversity rationale is given governmental legitimacy, every black and Hispanic student in college will suffer the presumption of inadequacy that is implicit in that rationale.

The very worst form of bigotry. You cannot do it without our help.

[Carry_Okie]

Rove had better pay attention (you can tell I have my doubts).

As long as institutional preferences exist, people will smell injustice and will bear without shame a deeply seated rage. Racism is getting worse, not better, and it's largely because of the affirmative action industry.

[TLBSHOW]

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......

[RJCogburn]

Bush and the administration have no choice but to come down clearly on the correct side of this issue. As Ari said,

it is a landmark case and a case that's important

Were Bush&co. to do any less, it would be a complete failure of integrity, of courage, of character.

Period.

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[iconoclast]

fugedaboutit.

Karl Rove's running this county, not Ward Connerly.

[anniegetyourgun]

I appreciate your letter and that of Ward Connerly. Both of you are in important positions to be heard on this matter.

[davidosborne]

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