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White House Brief Stops Short of Bush Speech January 17, 2003 Folks, I really don't relish the next words, sentences, and paragraphs, which you will read on this page or hear from my mouth in the audio links below. There is some angst today in the conservative legal community over the University of Michigan case and the brief filed by the Bush administration late Thursday night near the midnight deadline, and how this brief differs in scope from the president's amazing speech. Now, the mainstream press, of course, is late to pick up on this. We have several wire reports,...

So Much More Than Lott So, already by Christmas the Republicans took their newly revealed "racist" Trent Lott and chopped him off like a hood ornament and left him folded up in the glove compartment like a paper napkin full of forgotten fruitcake. Nice crisis resolution, huh? Neat image management, right? Not so fast. One problem. Trent Lott is NOT a racist. Nobody believes Lott is a racist. His enemies don't believe that. His friends don't believe that. And nobody believes Trent Lott believes America would have been better off if Strom Thurmond had been elected president in 1948. What...

George W. Bush and the Betrayal Of Trent Lott Being a Texan, I’ve been a Bush fan for a long time. Not that everyone in Texas is a Bush fan, but I’ve supported him and his policies for a long time, reaching back to his days as governor here. I’ve even convinced others to support him. I’ve trusted him to be a strong and fair leader and to appoint other strong and fair leaders. I’ve accepted him at his word when he claims to be a Christian, and a compassionate conservative. It’s too bad I’ve had to revise my opinion...

WAKE UP GOP THE ATTACK ON LOTT IS ALL ABOUT THE BANNING OF PB ABORTION ITS COMING FROM NOW Now has had it in for Lott since the second week of November and are using african americans to stop Lott from banning PB abortion. Fact! .....more to come