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[guitfiddlist]

I love it. After the 'Rats thought they had him cornered on the Lott/race issue - he turns right around on them and says "Wrong, buds - we're on to your little scam. And for quite some time."

[PRND21]

Mr. Frist suggested that the Lott debacle should not discourage Republicans from wading into the affirmative-action debate.

Bump

[Jhoffa_]

President Bush is planning to side with white students against the University of Michigan in a landmark affirmative-action case before the Supreme Court this week, said a source close to White House deliberations..

Go Dubya!!

Go-Go-Go! Rah-Rah-Rah!

Yeah Dubya!

[doug from upland]

I hope that FReepers who are black would be insulted if they competed with me for something and were given extra points. The message is clear --- you are just not as good as the white guy. That is a racist and disgusting message from the "compassionate" left. Damn them for creating racial strife. Dubya has it right. Everyone gets an opportunity, and there own hard work and dedication is what will prevail.

[dead]

President Bush is planning to side with white students

I guess the Washington Times has been studying at the feet of the NY Times.

If Bush actually has the gonads to do the right thing here, he will not be siding with the "white students", he will be siding with the color-blind goals of Martin Luther King Jr, who envisioned a nation that didn't judge people by their ethinic origins and didn't hand out spoils based on a citizen's skin color.

“I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”

[Flyer]

Mr. Bush, . . . instituted a policy of "affirmative access," which guaranteed college admission to students ranked in the top 10 percent of their classes academically — regardless of race.

These was not a good idea as the top 10% of a poor performing school get admission before better students statewide.

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[Redbob]

How about if Dubya came out and said,
"This Adminsitration has chosen to stop pandering to the poverty pimps and race-mongers who purport to represent a small minority of American citizens while lining their own pockets and advancing their own political agendas. Instead, and at the risk of alienating the 3 or 4 Blacks who might someday vote Republican, we have chosen to speak out in favor of what is right, instead of merely what is politically expedient."

Naw, it'll never happen...

[austinite]

While liberals are expected to sharply criticize the president if he sides with the white students, conservatives are expected to be deeply disappointed if he does not.

This is the understatement of the year. AA is MY ISSUE. If George doesn't do the right thing, I'm going over to the Libertarians, even though I think they are a bunch of dope smoking slackers

[Godel]

The case is a political hot potato for the Republican Party, which is still smarting after a racial flap that toppled Sen. Trent Lott of Mississippi from his post as Senate leader last month.

The media bias is showing here. Why is opposing racial discrimination a hot potato?

[Caliban]

THANKS Trent Lott...you have successfully given the media the brush to paint the NEW FACE of the Republican Party!

[skeeter]

Either the government will evolve into a colorblind meritocracy or our nation will continue to slowly come apart at the seams.

If true, bully for Bush. I sincerely hope the GOP comes out from under it's bed on this issue.

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[xzins]

I fully disagree with any admission policy based entirely on grades as some supposed "equalizer" that provides us to "fairly compare" the different students. Anyone who's ever been to school knows that even within one school the politics surrounding grades are nearly as important as the work going into any given test or assignment. Turn in a paper in a literature class and you might well discover more about how the teacher feels about you than how your paper stacks up against someone else's. It's just a fact.

Then there's the issue of comparing grades from one school to the next. Who knows if the name of the school really gives insight into the ability of the student? If only children of the rich and powerful go to the Yales and Harvards, then who knows if the students are actually better? Cannot a student at Kansas State or Ohio State be just as quality, if not more so?

Then there's the issue of the interests of the school. If this school wants a kid who can also throw a football 100 yards in a perfect spiral, then isn't that a gift that that school should be allowed to consider?

Shouldn't they be permitted to consider other giftednesses that particular students bring with them? If Student A is a gifted student AND a gifted musician, why cannot RahRah University choose them over a student with a slightly higher GPA who doesn't bring that added gift of musical ability?

If a school wants to cater to students who will eventually work in rural, inner-city, or international regions of need, shouldn't that calling be something that the school can consider, even if the student has a GPA that is lower but is still admirable? (How do you compare GPA's anyhow, as mentioned above?)