Comments on: That George Bush, always on top of things

By: Cara

Cara — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:21:59 +0000

Um . . . I’m assuming that the entirety of Bush’s remarks wasn’t printed there. But did anyone else notice that while he strongly condemned both lynching and the hanging of nooses (what a maverick!), the words “black,” “African American,” “race” and “racism” didn’t appear at all? I’d like to think that the bits where he talked about lynching not only as horrifying injustice but as racist, white supremacist horrifying injustice, but you know. Its Bush.

By: louise

louise — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:03:55 +0000

Oh please- if he had come out and said this when Jena was “THE” hot topic, it would bear some weight. As it is, this is just George doing a PSA for his last Black History Month. Means NOTHING.

By: gordo

gordo — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:29:59 +0000

To be fair to Bush, he is on the right side of this issue, even though he’s about 7 years too late. Compare that to his position on torture.

By: Gina

Gina — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:38:02 +0000

I think he just figured out that black people can vote.

Either that or someone just clued him in that it’s Black History month.

By: ThickRedGlasses

ThickRedGlasses — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:49:09 +0000

Come on. Give the guy some credit. At least he didn’t say “displaying nooses are bad.”

By: Sarah J

Sarah J — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:01:08 +0000

I think he just figured out that black people can vote.

By: Astraea

Astraea — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:57:44 +0000

“The noose is not a symbol of prairie justice, but of gross injustice,” the president said.

Wut? Who the hell thinks of the noose as a symbol of prairie justice?

Can I just sleep through the next year?

By: Erik

Erik — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:42:35 +0000

What! Will he next ban burning people at the stake??? What kind of commie country is this turning into?