[optimistically_conservative]

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[Ronin]

I would be pissed, too!

What in the hell is Bush doing pandering to Jesse Jackass?

[Luke Skyfreeper]

Kevin Martin, who as head of Project 21 in Washington had helped convince NASCAR to stop its financial support of Jackson and his groups, thought Bush had gotten the better of Jackson. "If he'd refused to meet Jackson, then all the television networks would have put Jesse on TV to talk about the snub," Martin said. "As it was, Bush came away from this meeting the bigger man. He played Jackson like the fiddle that he was. It was a good political move."

Astute as always.

[q_an_a]

This is the third time this story has been told by different groups of people. The problem is that they forget that President Bush will listen to people and give them a chance to repent, but he won't accept people who lie to his face. Maybe he was reminding JJ that to lie to his face means five more years in the badlands.

[shiva]

Hey! At least Bush showed up at the meeting.

[Bobsat]

As time allows, GWB should give an audience to anybody properly vetted by staff. Otherwise he'd appear to be churlish. He can handle meeting with anybody anytime.

After all, the Pope gave an audience to Bill Clinton....

[The_Republican]

'A Slap in the Face' - Bush meeting with Jackson a slap in the face say Black conservatives

I hope both of those guys forgive him for meeting Jackson.

[Biblebelter]

I guess one might say one man's slap in the face is another's kiss on the a**.

[GeoPie]

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer...

[Zack Nguyen]

The president has yet to have a one-on-one meeting with CORE National Chairman Roy Innis or with any other black conservative leaders.

If the President wants to meet with his worst political enemy, that is fine. But at the very least he should spend twice as much time meeting with people who support him.

Bush has the same Republican disorder that so many in Washington have - they are desperately concerned with getting their enemies to love them. They never ever learn - their enemies hate them and always will. Their friends, meanwhile, wonder why they bothered.

[AdamSelene235]

How exactly are our 15 billion dollars in free African healthcare any different from "Reparations".

[Quicksilver]

Rush Limbaugh: Bush Sandbagged Into Jackson Meeting

[South40]

"Stay out-da Bushs---stay out-da Bushs!"-je$$e jacka$$

GWB's brain must be fried.

[L.N. Smithee]

But not all black conservative leaders are angry. Kevin Martin, who as head of Project 21 in Washington had helped convince NASCAR to stop its financial support of Jackson and his groups, thought Bush had gotten the better of Jackson. "If he'd refused to meet Jackson, then all the television networks would have put Jesse on TV to talk about the snub," Martin said. "As it was, Bush came away from this meeting the bigger man. He played Jackson like the fiddle that he was. It was a good political move."

Excellent point.

Conservatives, he argued, need to take a longer view of meetings such as this. "What this president has done is to sideline the far-left NAACP, which is still suffering from the reign of terror of Julian Bond, in favor of the more moderate National Urban League and others. Fifteen minutes of the president's time with Jackson in the context of national politics is nothing. If you want to get this president re-elected, you take away the temper-tantrum toys from the likes of Jesse Jackson."

[cake_crumb]

15 minutes, eh? What was the meeting about? Has he refused to meet with members of CORE? Or is this one of those many "sow the dissent as thick as we can" pieces, meant to confuse and divide conservative voters?

[cake_crumb]

15 minutes, eh? What was the meeting about? Has he refused to meet with members of CORE? Or is this one of those many "sow the dissent as thick as we can" pieces, meant to confuse and divide conservative voters?

[MissEdie]

It was not only a slap in the face, but it was a kick in the teeth to all of us hardworking, honest Americans.

[CyberAnt]

"Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, a Maryland Democrat"

I believe this is the guy who sandbagged the President - asked to meet with Bush and didn't tell Bush Jackson would be attending the meeting. It was an impromptu meeting - and not something Bush set up.

But the blacks are always looking for an excuse to dislike Bush - guess they have made one now!

[GOPcapitalist]

A top black Republican Party insider, who asked not to be named, believes Bush addressed the Urban League on the mistaken belief that it would help him win support from black voters in next year's election. "The president has about as much chance of getting votes from the Urban League as he does from convicted felons at Folsom Prison," he said.

That sums it up precisely.

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