On 13 Jul 2004 20:18:41 GMT,
<Xns9525A5ED211D5keegannycaprrcom@130.133.1.4> "james g. keegan jr."
<keegan@nycap.rr.com> wrote:

BUSH MISLEADS ABOUT RACE RELATIONS

In 2000, Presidential candidate George W. Bush courageously chastised
his own conservative colleagues saying "while some in my party have
avoided the NAACP, and while some in the NAACP have avoided my party,
I'm proud to be here...I believe we can find common ground." [SOURCE:
Bush Speech, 7/10/2000] But after refusing to speak at yesterday's
NAACP's annual convention, President Bush became the first President
since Herbert Hoover not to attend an NAACP convention.[1]

According to NAACP President Kweisi Mfume, the NAACP "has reached out to
Bush numerous times in hopes of meeting with him,"[2] but the President
never responded to the NAACP. Instead, the President chose to mark key
civil rights holidays with racially-insensitive announcements and
behavior. For instance, last year, the President chose the Martin Luther
King holiday to announce the Administration's stance against affirmative
action.[3] This year, the President used the same holiday to
unilaterally elevate Charles Pickering to the federal appellate bench[4]
in the face of what Mfume noted was "Pickering's hostility to civil
rights and leniency to cross burners."[5] This year he also used a visit
to Martin Luther King's grave to force taxpayers to foot the travel
costs for a $2,000-a-plate political fundraiser in Atlanta, Georgia.[6]

Sources:

1. "Bush says no to NAACP speech," NewsDay.com, 7/09/04,
http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=2103488&l=45442.
2. "NAACP chairman calls for Bush's ouster," CNN.com, 7/13/04,
http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=2103488&l=45443.
3. Presidential Remarks, WhiteHouse.gov, 1/15/03,
http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=2103488&l=45444.
4. "Bush Gives Recess Appointment to Pickering," Fox News, 1/16/04,
http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=2103488&l=45445.
5. "NAACP chairman calls for Bush's ouster," CNN.com, 7/13/04,
http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=2103488&l=45443.
6. "Bush Exploits MLK's Grave For Political Fundraiser," Misleader.org,
1/15/04, http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=2103488&l=45446.

I noticed all of your sources are from a left wing kook web site known
for its lies and distortion and that the same web site quotes out of
context and also uses left wing biased news sources.