It definitely is the color of his (or anyone else's skin). I do, however,
agree that many people use the race card too often. But if you believe for
even a minute that a man (or woman) of African-American descent can win the
office of president, you are deluding yourself. There is still way to much
racism in this country. It is all around us, if we but open our eyes.
President Reagan's administration played off it with the "welfare queens"
statements and attacks on welfare.
No, the reason Bush stacked his cabinet with people of color was to get the
votes he needed from that sector of our population and keep them later. For
the most part they are yes people. Powell is actually a stabilizing and
calming force in the administration. He is even at odds with it. If not for
his overwhelming popularity with the people right now, he might have been
out. He is too moderate.
I will also say that Bush is getting better at reading the teleprompter. His
speech writers need to work though. At least when he reads the teleprompter,
he does not invent new words along the way. Hispanically speaking, that is.
As for the adlib at the WTC site, well, how hard can it be to shake some
hands and say "We hear you". I mean, isn't the President supposed to be
like, well, the cream of the crop. You know, a world leader. In Canada, he
could not even remember the names of the other world leaders.
BTW -
With the troubled economy, why haven't we heard more about picking where we
invest our SS money? That was hot news before the downturn. Any of you loose
any money in the stock market?
Why has drilling in the arctic wild-life refuge gotten much quieter? I bet
that irked Cheney and his confederates who wanted make some bucks off that.
Would not have helped most Americans much, but that was never the plan
anyway.
-Gary
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adkins, Randy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 10:18 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: George W. Bush
>
>
> I agree. It is not the color of his skin that kept him
> from running for President. The one problem with the US
> today is everyone is so eager to turn ANY situation into
> a racial issue. Thus, this is not.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephenie Hamilton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 11:09 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: George W. Bush
>
>
> for those of us not up on our racial slurs....what the heck is a "WASP"??
> ~~
> Stephenie Hamilton
> Macromedia Certified ColdFusion Professional
> http://coldfusionwebs.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Howie Hamlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 10:53 AM
> Subject: Re: George W. Bush
>
>
> > I think the USA as a whole may be ready for a non-white President.
> > Colin Powell may have had a chance (certainly, he seems more qualified
> > than our current President).
> >
> > As for the "WASP" remark:
> >
> > Hmmmm....last I checked JFK was not a "WASP"...
> >
> > Howie
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Neil Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 10:44 AM
> > Subject: RE: George W. Bush
> >
> >
> > > Thats because old Colin IS running America and if he wasn't Black he
> > would
> > > have been the President - as there is so much colour hatred in some
> > states
> > > of the US that he would never have been voted for; unfortunatley if
> > you aint
> > > a WASP you aint in the game :-(
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
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