Bush tells CBC he's 'unfamiliar' with Voting Rights Act

[True_Blue]

WASHINGTON (NNPA) Ñ President George W. Bush met with the Congressional Black Caucus recently for the first time as a group in nearly four years, but what CBC members said stood out the most was the president's declaration that he was "unfamiliar" with the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most significant pieces of legislation passed in the history of the United States.

At the conclusion of the meeting, Bush was asked by Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Illinois) whether he would support the re-authorization of a portion of the Voting Rights Act that must be approved every 25 years (It will come up for consideration next year).

"I don't know anything about the 1965 Voting Rights Act," Jackson quoted the president as saying.

He said that a hurried Bush went on to say that "when the legislation comes before me, I'll take a look at it, but I donÕt know about it to comment any more than that, but we will look at it when it comes to us."

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[MO_Dem]

1. WE already knew that, didn't we?

I don't think Duh?bya knows anything about anything.

edit to add: I also think he doesn't CARE about much of anything.

[Conservativesux]

8. He knows how to do just about everything in his life wrong.

Read his bio.

Without big daddy backing him, * would be a nothing.

Oh yeah, thats right: He still is a nothing! <bg>

[radfringe]

35. Ignorance of the law is no excuse

but then who is holding bush* accountable for anything? certainly not the press-puppies

[rwenos]

2. How Effing Predictable

This clown bragged before he was elected about never reading a book after leaving Yale.

Wonder if he reads the bills he signs. Or does he just shrug and gesture across the desk to Rove.

What a superficial, stupid man. Can you imagine spending a dinner with him? (I'd end up discussing Jane Austen with Laura, I'm sure.)

[progressiveandproud]

17. If I had dinner with W...

...I'm not sure I could hold my food down. That man disgusts me in well over 200 distinct ways. I haven't counted exactly; could be closer to 680. I'd prob'ly make snide remarks all dinner long, especially about the nice FLAT SALES TAX at the end of the meal. Ugh.

[rwenos]

20. Avoiding Dysentery

Would indeed be a challenge. Laura might actually be able to carry on an adult conversation at a college level, that's why I figure I'd just focus in on her. I'm not fond of her, but let's face it, rich assholes like W always get better wives than they deserve!

[progressiveandproud]

23. I'm afraid you're right.

Come to think of it, though, I'd like to have dinner with Mary Cheney. No, how 'bout a nice down-home potluck with Dick, Lynne, and Mary Cheney. And then, out of the blue, I'd ask Mary, "Do you have a significant other?" Her parents' reactions would be priceless, no doubt.

And if G.W. were present, he'd say something like, "What's significant about the other?"

Eh, don't want to think of the Bushes and Cheneys any more: they're poisonous before bedtime.

G'night!

[JoFerret]

40. Are wives then some kind of prize?

And have no will of their own? Why would such women (in your view) choose these inferior men? Or are they distributed somewhere by an unseen hand?

[toymachines]

3. that sounds about right

did you really expect him to know anything about voting rights, equality, or issues he should be thinking about?

[rodeodance]

13. bet this slippo was not on his script!

[Conservativesux]

4. Is there anything this bozo does know? Oh, yeah * doesnt like to read.

[Rainscents]

5. This man is such a MORON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Conservativesux]

34. Yeah, but what about all the morons that voted for * twice ? EOM

[Ediacara]

6. Wow

Not that I am surprised considering his "sovereignty" speech, but you'd think his handlers would have at least briefed him on some issues this time around...

[sonicx]

7. I say they keep quizing him...

expose him more.

[Pirate Smile]

9. Make sure you read the entire article. He sounds like an even bigger

asshole if you read the whole thing.

[htuttle]

10. "I'll take a look at it..."

[cally]

11. It's even worse than many of you know

When * was college aged, the voting rights act was discussed constantly. I'm a few years younger than he is, but we discussed it endlessly. There is no way a person could avoid discussions about the implications of and successes of the VRA unless you were trying to avoid insightful discussion. Again, I'm appalled he's ...whatever.

[Colorado Blue]

12. Whoa - maybe we shouldn't let him in on the text of

the Act - he might try to repeal it.

[TahitiNut]

25. I got my B.Sc. in '66 and there's no way anyone could be unaware.

The Civil Rights movement and the Voting Rights Act were HUGE topics of conversation no matter who you were or where you were. This asshole's brian is fried. Many thousands of us students from all of the northern colleges and universities were activists, including the "Freedom Riders."

[Itchinjim]

28. I was five years old in 1964,

and even I had somewhat of a grasp of that issue thanks to the adults around me discussing it. God what a dumb fuck that man is.

[Erika]

14. He's got Condi and Alberto in place

so he thought he was immune from questioning. He thinks they serve their duties as parrots and deflectors quite adaquately. He let Powell, the independent voice, go.

[kskiska]

15. I remember how during the first debates with Al Gore

* didn't know the difference between Medicare and Medicaid.

[Bozita]

16. He's only familiar with cocaine and beer -- Voting rights??

Somebody's got to read a 25-words-or-less briefing to him.

Then and only then does he become "informed."

This process is known as the "Enlightenment."

[Fridays Child]

18. The look on his face is classic. Meeting with the CBC was an...

...unpleasant chore that he could no longer put off.

[WindRavenX]

19. Are you shitting me?

That is so goddamn pathetic I don't have words.
That "man" is a utter waste of life.
I hope the CBC never meets with him again. How insulting, how..how...argh! :mad:

[Gyre]

21. You just know that

at some point some paper is going to snap, begin to print what's really going on, it's gonna get a little traction, and then the landslide's gonna happen.

Then we'll see that closest thing to rapture any pubes gonna see. They're gonna be fleeing Washington with their shirt-tails hanging out. :evilgrin:

Gyre

[NVMojo]

22. stupid is as stupid does ....

[NIGHT TRIPPER]

32. it's spelled STOOPID! and it doesn't even come close to describing

the lack of credentials of this GREEDY liitle brat, spoiled, rich kid, coke head, alchoholic, AWOL, 85 I.Q, fake cowboy who's actually from Connecticut, who's scared of horses, and can't even get his own dog to obey him.
Anyone and I do mean ANYONE has more ability to lead this country than this bubble brained idiot.
He know nothing about nothing and even less than that.

[burn the bush]

24. he's got to wait til somebody puts it in his picture book

imagine condi and laura pasting pics in georgies book so that he can understand those rules and legislations as they come before him

[TheFarseer]

26. President Bush went on to say

"Why should I familiarize myself with a law we're going to repeal next year anyway? WAIT! I didn't say that! DICK HELP!

[Book Lover]

27. "As for Rice..."

As for Rice, Rush said the new secretary of state said "absolutely nothing. She was just there. For what reason, I'm not sure."

Maybe even she is appalled?

[truthisfreedom]

29. Democratic LEADERS take note! it's time to put GW on the spot over and

over. he's a big fuck-up, and we know it, and the world needs to see proof.

[quaoar]

30. Un-fucking-believable

It would be funny if the consequences of failing to reauthorize the Voting Rights Act were not so ominous.

Is it even possible to be the governor of a state covered by the Voting Rights Act and not be familiar with it? Can anyone be that pathetically stupid?

[Conservativesux]

31. Oblivious....err..I mean obviously * can! EOM

[98geoduck]

33. Yale and Harvard can really turn out some bright ones.

[FlyByNight]

36. His ignorance is stunning

I guess his inner circle didn't bother to inform him about this either.

:eyes:

[w4rma]

37. Equal protection clause of the Voting Rights Act was used in Bush v. Gore

By Bush's lawyers. The equal protection clause of the Voting Rights Act is the clause they used to bring the case into the federal courts. Then the 5 "conservative" judges on the Supreme Court twisted the Voting Rights Act to disenfranchise the very minorities that the Act was written to protect.

more info:
The Gore Exception: A Layman's Guide to the Supreme Court Decision in Bush v. Gore

[The Zanti Regent]

38. Another argument for Secession!

Every day, this worhtless piece of shit proves that he's an even bigger asshole than what I thought he was.

I said all along, he was elected in the 0 year, this time the curse is that he lives, but America dies, and it surely has. The only way to stop him is to work for secession and cut off his money!

[rawstory]

39. RAW STORY reported this Monday! This isn't LBN.

And provided a verified source, the Chicago Tribune and had Jesse Jackson in the article. These are the times I really wish the mods would let some of our stories be LBN so we could actually get the message out and stop have people be so surprised when it comes out. Someone posted it here and the mods locked it, even citing another article in the Tribune.

Disappointed.

http://rawstory.com/news/2005/index.php?p=13

[Moderator]

41. locking

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