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Posted on 01/11/2003 2:14:05 PM PST by davidosborne
In anticipation of the UPOCOMING deadline for the President to weigh in on the Affimitive Action issue... we the undersigned request the President Of the United States to take a strong public stand to OPPOSE racial discrimination and put an END to the so called "Affirmitive Action"....
Click here to sign petition...
18 names, including T. Lott, lol
Richard F.
29 TOTAL SIGNATURESLOL!
Affirmative Action is today what slavery was a century and a half ago. I hope the day will come when history books mention the two "peculiar institutions" on the same page as deplorable deviations from the principle of judging people by their character, not by their ancestry.
FReegards,
David
FReegards,
David
To: President of the United States
In anticipation of the UP COMING deadline for the President to weigh in on the Affimitive Action issue... we the undersigned request the President Of the United States to take a strong public stand to OPPOSE racial discrimination and put an END to the so called "Affirmitive Action"....
Sincerely, THE UNDERSIGNED..Click here to sign
Q Can you tell us what the latest thinking of the President is on the University of Michigan case, the affirmative action case, which way he's leaning, if he's leaning any way so far?
MR. FLEISCHER: No, I'm not prepared to say if he's leaning one way or another because it remains under review. The deadline for any decision by the federal government to enter into an amicus brief in this matter is Thursday. This is Monday, and so the matter remains under review.
Q Can you shine some light, though, on kind of part of his thinking, part of the White House thinking of how or why they would come down one way or another on --
MR. FLEISCHER: Well, let me at least inform you about the process, and I don't think, again, there's anything I can say about any ultimate outcome for a mater that is not yet decided. But the President views matters of race as some of the most important, sensitive matters in our country. He is very sensitive to issues involving race and giving opportunities to people from a variety of backgrounds, while also giving opportunities in a manner for one and for all in our country. And so the President, having been governor of a state that was so ethnically diverse as Texas, I think is well-versed in many of the sensitivities, the ups and the downs and the ins and the outs to these issues. They are all inherently very complicated parts of our social formula and our social fabric in the United States.
So, with that said, the President and his staff have been meeting with officials of the Department of Justice talking about the case, listening to both sides of the case. And as I said, the President is sensitive to all issues involving matters pertaining to opportunity and race, and I think there's nothing I can offer beyond that about what ultimate decision will be made. And it can be one of any number of decisions, or no decision.
Q Is that off the table? Is it a possibility that you wouldn't file a brief at all at this point?
MR. FLEISCHER: We'll know by Thursday, or around Thursday.
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