[TLBSHOW]

bttt

[ShuShu]

Go Bush!!! Long Overdue!

[stylin19a]

Siding with white students so soon after the Lott controversy could be seen as an affront to blacks

Why did AP need to put this in ?

[Aaron0617]

Thanks for the post JeanS, but I wont believe it until I see Bush or Ari say it.

Sounds good though.

[What Is Ain't]

You go, Dubya!

[copycat]

Siding with white students so soon after the Lott controversy could be seen as an affront to blacks.

Rejecting the UM policy of giving extra points to minorities because of the color of their skin is not "siding with white students" It is siding with the belief in a "colorblind society."

[LS]

Once again, the President hands an "in your face" to liberals and to many here who constantly expect him to pander to the left. Bravo, Mr. President.

[APBaer]

"The lawyers intend to argue that diversity can be achieved through ways other than racial preferences and quotas"

If they put in a new rule like this, the schools will get to their quotas using "new" and "different" methods rather than quotas:

e.g., 20 points for repeating rap music lyrics is not a quota, and is on its face racially neutral.

[Right_in_Virginia]

"Such a step would inject President Bush into the politically explosive affirmative action debate at a time when the Republican Party is seeking support from minorities."

Each and every debate in this country about race is "politically explosive". But, "stepping" into it is what leadership is all about.

Only through the right leadership will we be empowered to remove the hyphenates taking root in American citizenship...and replace them with our most basic mandate: ~ "From many...one".

Leadership in this area is our last best hope.

Godspeed, Mr. President.

[GraniteStateConservative]

And the Dems would be smart to demand Lott write a friend of the court brief in favor of the university policy-- since he's written SCOTUS briefs before and is on record supporting affirmative action.

[Uncle Miltie]

Long ago I found that anything written by Ron Fournier drips with liberal lies and cant. Please note his "work" with a B.A.

[Holden Magroin]

The fact that Bush has taken so long to take a stand against racial quotas is a a pretty sad reminder that he isn't really a conservative. Opposing a policy that gives 20 extra points to some because of his skin color and only 12 extra points to someone who gets a perfect score on the SAT should be a no-brainer to a conservative. I don't trust Bush as far as I can throw this house.

[rintense]

Affirmative Access, not affirmative action in schools.

[The Wizard]

good