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Posted on 12/27/2001 3:56:49 PM PST by MeekOneGOP

NewsMax.com

Friday, Dec. 28, 2001

Bush Wins Black Support

Nearly three of every four blacks and nine of every 10 whites approve of President Bush's performance, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll, taken from Dec. 7 to 10.

The surge in support from blacks is remarkable, given the longtime attacks on Bush from such Democrat tools as National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, which was behind a vicious campaign ad falsely trying to associate him with the dragging death of a black man in Texas.

"I think he's done a tremendous job in managing the war on terrorism," Donna Brazile, manager of Al Gore's bungled presidential campaign in 2000, told the Times. "He's rallied the country, kept us focused on goals and kept us informed. I don't have any beef with him."

NAACP bigwig Julian Bond grumped that the president was looking good because the war on terrorism had "driven most of the radical conservative agenda both out of the headlines and out of present-day politics."

The Rev. George A. Price of Jacksonville, Fla., told the Times that Bush had merely done the obvious in leading the war effort.

"The bottom line is that in these times you've got to support your leader," Price said. "Would I vote for him? No. But do I think that there should be any overt opposition? Not at a time like this."

However, other blacks "in Jacksonville seemed almost sheepish in admitting that they had voted for Mr. Gore last year," the Times said. "They said that Mr. Bush had shown them something during the last three months, and that they would at least consider voting for him in the future."

"I've got all good things to say about him right now," said fireman Robert K. Hickson, a former Gore voter. "From what I get, he's keeping cool, he's showing good leadership, he's supporting all the troops. So far it seems like it's working."

Margaret A. Izevbizua, a nurse, said she might vote for Bush in 2004.

"He went forward with action, not just talk," she told the paper. "I didn't vote for Bush. I voted for Gore. I was born and raised a Democrat. But after all this happened, I said, `Well, you know, he turned out to be different.' I don't look at him as being Republican or Democrat."

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