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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

The Campaign For a Colorblind America (www.equalrights.com) asked George W. Bush to answer the following questions

Sometimes folks don't want to be TIED to any particular organizations. If he didn't know who this group was, he may not have wanted to be connected publicly with it.

In his answer, to each of these questions, Gov. George W. Bush checked "No Opinion."

that is a smart politician...it's these kinds of "no-win" baiting questions that Jesus responded to by writing in the dust when he was asked if they should follow Mosaic law by stoning the adulterous woman.

Lincoln said he was opposed to slavery, but would either free all, some, or none, if that was what was needed to preserve the Union.

W knows our priority should be the rule of law and the Constitution. He has his eye on the ball, just like the FIRST Republican president did refused to let the side issues get him distracted. Lincoln knew it would be useless to "ban" slavery if the South couldn't be returned to the Union. And there will be no "diversity" if we only use past injustices to justify new ones...

He's in good company...that's good enough for this strict constructionist.