I'm a liberal and I think Bush did something right

[DaveColorado]

As much as I disagree with Bush on most issues, I think he deserves Kudos for doing this. Flame away.



Updated: 04:04 PM EST
Bush Signs Bill for Rosa Parks Statue
By JENNIFER LOVEN, AP

WASHINGTON (Dec. 1) - While honoring civil rights hero Rosa Parks , President Bush on Thursday delighted modern-day black leaders by calling on Congress to renew the provisions of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act that are set to expire.

On the 50th anniversary of Parks ' refusal to give up to a white man her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus, Bush signed into law a bill directing that a statue of Parks go up in the Capitol's Statuary Hall. Parks , who died Oct. 24 at age 92, will be the first black woman to be represented in Statuary Hall, where many states have statues honoring notable people in their history.

Bush credited Parks for helping to "set in motion a national movement for equality and freedom."

"Eventually the civil rights movement would succeed in persuading Congress to pass more sweeping legislation that dealt with voting rights and discrimination in public places, and school segregation," said the president. "And the United States Congress should renew the Voting Rights Act of 1965."

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[Captain Hilts]

1. Agreed. Good on him. When he does something good. nt

[hippiegranny]

2. Oh whoopie...

it took him five years to actually do SOMETHING right. What a man.

[Kazak]

3. Well, there WAS that no call list...

:puke:

Oh, and that lousy $150.00 (would'a much rather have had health care!).

[davidinalameda]

4. even a broken clock is right twice a day

[OldLeftieLawyer]

5. Seriously,

even Fuckface isn't so stupid as to alienate the black voters.

Karl told him where to sign, and he signed.

He hasn't a clue as to who Rosa Parks was.

[Cha]

19. Yeah, bush called her

"Rosa Park".

[OldLeftieLawyer]

20. There you go

He could read up on her on the Internets if he could figure out how a computer works.

Or a phone.

Or a zipper.

[stop the bleeding]

6. the sun shines on a dog's ass every once in awhile.

[RagingInMiami]

7. That was a very ceremonial act

If he was really down with America's black people, he would not have fucked off after Katrina.

[Catherine Vincent]

8. Another good thing Bush did was the speech he gave for Clinton's

official portrait at the White House. It was great...the only time I enjoyed listening to him.

[jobycom]

9. Wow. He rode the coattails of an American hero he probably opposed, and

he called for the renewal of a 40 year old civil rights act he violated while running for president. I'm impressed.

Now, let's have a Right to Vote Amendment, true voter reform, prosecution of state officials who deny people the right to vote based on race, federal law requiring former felons have the right to vote, a significant attempt to end poverty in places like East LA, the Ninth Ward in Louisiana, and in the Valley in Texas. Let's have an apology for the atrocious response to Katrina that cost the lives of hundreds of Americans--mostly black and poor00and reparations to the families of New Orleans scattered throughout the nation without jobs or homes or hope.

He can put a damned statue of Martin Luther King Jr in his bedroom for all I care, but until he does something to actually help people I won't be praising him.

I find no fault with his actions concerning Rosa Parks. That's the most praise I'll give him, but I have much higher standards than to say he did something good.

No offense meant to the OP. Thanks for posting and pointing this out.

[Joe for Clark]

10. The only hope for B*sh at this point

Is to admit he is so far over his head his ankles are bleeding and resign.

At best here, he read the notes on a cue card without thinking and signed where Karl told him to.

There is a VERY good reason blacks are pissed, as are the vast majority of us. No photo op is going to change that.

I am sure if you quized him an hour later he'd say, "Rosa Who?"

No, this guy really is as bad as he appears. And even I thought Reagan had redeeming qualites. And I am no fan of RR.

Joe

[AntiCoup2K4]

11. Chimp might have signed the bill....

....but the dumbass probably still doesn't have a clue what "Rosa Park" did.

[shaniqua6392]

12. George Bush hates black people.

He only did this because it would have looked horrible if he didn't to the african american voters that the repugs have been trying to influence.

[Swamp Rat]

40. Exactly!

:mad:

[LostinVA]

43. Let's see, when's the last time he addressed the NAACP?

Anyone? Bueller?

[Bluebear]

13. He called her Rosa Park when she died. Not a clue who she is.

Rove gave him his schedule and he appeared.

[DoBotherMe]

14. It was Kerry's bill

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=273&topic_id=50209

[porphyrian]

15. How could he have refused to do it? - n/t

[dkofos]

16. When your poll #'s are at 2% for AA's you must do something

[Cha]

17. And I'm a Liberal and I

think like Al Sharpton ..that when bush reaches out his hand he's got something up his sleeve.

bush's ratings are sliding towards the toilet and after Katrina..he knows he better toe some lines..hell, he might even finally show up at the NAACP!!

FUCK bush.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5493195

[peace frog]

18. Color me underwhelmed

When it's whispered in his ear, he repeats it... hasn't a clue what he's saying, doesn't give a shit about it. What a humanitarian!

[newswolf56]

21. This is just another example of Bush employing Big Lie tactics:

Applying the principles of Josef Goebbels as refined by Karl Rove and Grover Norquist, Bush often makes gestures that -- on further investigation -- are proven not only meaningless but false and therefore deliberately misleading. While the Iraq War is the most obvious example, Bush's action on the Rosa Parks statue is another, since Bush's own Justice Department is working hand-in-glove with Republican-resurrected southern segregationists to undermine the very voting rights act Bush falsely claims he wants renewed: Bush's own attorney general enthusiastically approved a harsh, expensive identification requirement imposed by the (GOP controlled) Georgia legislature -- a requirement clearly intended to eliminate impoverished and elderly voters, most of whom are Democrats.

Bottom line, anything Bush does that appears progressive (or even humanitarian) is a lie:

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/1105/18natvra.html

[never_get_over_it]

22. OH Please how the hell could he have not signed this

and how could he be given praises for this when he and his party has done everything possible to disenfranchise blacks in both the 2000 and 2004 elections. They'll try to do it again in 2006 and 2008. NOTHING I MEAN NOTHING THIS MAN DOES can get praise - he is so far past that - he can't be trusted on anything even when what he does appears good.

You know I heard someone today - might have been while listening to archive of Bernie Ward that Former Senator Bob Graham voted against IWR primarily because Bush can't be trusted - that is exactly why I wouldn't have voted for it - that and what I heard from Scott Ritter and because it was just stupid - but anyway - the man can not be trusted - all the Dems who voted yes should have known that - and everyone should remember it.

[Hippo_Tron]

23. It was the right thing to do but it was also a huge political stunt

[DaveColorado]

25. O Come All Ye Irascible Dems

:nopity:

[alcibiades_mystery]

30. Oh fer fuck's sake

I don't praise Bush for doing the obvious and right thing. He doesn't eat babies either. I don't start a thread trumpeting his accomplishment on the not-eating-babies front.

[Shakespeare]

37. Uh, were you in a coma during the Katrina aftermath?

Empty gesture. Period.

[Binka]

39. Dave Is Still In A Coma

I REALLLLLY love the new folks who wait two months or so to tell us something good about Bush. The "I am a liberal, I am a progressive, or I am a Democrat" intro is a dead give away.:silly:

[LostinVA]

44. Took the words out of my mouth, Binka

Hope Ben's doing well! I sent the link with the photos of him and Miss America to my Mom. My Mom is violently anti-war, and Junior's invasion of Pland... errr.... Iraq turned my moderate Mom into a raging Lefty.

[Binka]

50. Ben Is WALKING On His Own!! He Is Kinda Wobbly

But he is fully 6 weeks ahead of where they thought he would be at this point in his recovery. He will be going back to CA on December 15. He will be so happy to get away from his fundy Dad.

I hope your Mom didn't see the gnarly photos.

Ben Robert & Kade (Nov 5, 2005)

[LostinVA]

45. Is the violin playing smiley REALLY necessary?

And, you're misusing "irascible," which means:

1. Prone to outbursts of temper; easily angered.
2. Characterized by or resulting from anger.

Gosh, I don't see any of this on this thread. Just alot of people savvy enough to see what this is.

[JAbuchan08]

24. I reallly, really dislike Bush, but I think he did the right thing

only because it is soooooooooooo obviously the right thing that *almost* (but not quite) no one one Earth would be so morally tone deaf as to do otherwise.

[Marr]

26. And Fox News did not cover it. I have to wonder if the WH requested that.

[LittleClarkie]

27. Politics. They're trying to pretend that minorities

have a place in the GOP. I'm surprised they didn't try to claim she was a closet Republican.

I'm proud of the Dems who sponsored the bill, myself. All Bush had to do was sign it.

As if he's ever used his veto power...

[DaveColorado]

29. I'm not talking about the Rosa Parks bill

I'm talking about his call for reenactment of the Voting Rights Act.

I think that's a big deal considering who we are talking about here.

[LittleClarkie]

31. Oops. Excuse me and sorry. But still, cynical me, I have a question

Did the Voting Rights Act help us in 2000 or 2004.

What will it hurt him to renew the thing, then?

This gives him cover. He can say he did something. But that something hasn't protected us yet. Esp if it's not enforced.

[GOPisEvil]

28. Too bad his party works to set the cause of civil rights back to 1955.

Nice job on the statue, but how about living up to the example?

[NYC Liberal]

32. What about the MLK portrait ceremony, where he 'joked' about

how "I can't wait to HANG it" and chuckled. He really gives a shit about civil rights :sarcasm:

[RepublicanElephant]

34. it's probably hanging in some white house bathroom...

...the one marked "colored".

[zbdent]

33. So, he thinks the black vote is now going to save his party's collective

asses, since they were rubber-stamping all his other oppressive stuff?

:eyes:

[cornermouse]

35. At attempt to get the black vote.

He's hoping they'll forget what he did at Martin Luther King's ceremony.

[AspenRose]

36. Hell, he's hoping Katrina will be forgotten.

eom

[cornermouse]

38. I think Katrina is well beyond anyone's ability to forget.

In spite of the media's best efforts, I think the black population is going to remember that one for a very very long time.

[mandyky]

41. In Bush World code speak that means just the oppossite

I am so cynical about him and the current GOP that I think they want just the opposite of what they say, aftter all there was:

No Child Left Behind
Clear Skies
Healthy Forests
Social Security Reform

None of them do what the words say.

[NewJeffCT]

42. One of the few small things he's done right in 5 years

as well as the anti-telemarketing bill. I think that's about it. Wasn't there anti-spam legislation, too? Or, was I dreaming about that?

Of course, that doesn't make up for all the other BS like Iraq, 9/11, stealing the election, dividing America, raping the environment, tearing down the middle class, running up the deficit, mortgaging our future to the Chinese, destroying our military, gay marriage, etc, etc.

[Vinca]

46. The problem for Shrub is this: he's such a low down, lying

skunk that when he ever does something decent you have to be suspicious about his motives. I couldn't help but remember it was also International AIDS Day and Shrub's contribution to fighting AIDS in Africa - a hefty amount which was lauded by all - comes with conditions: the money can't be given to clinics that dispense birth control or condoms. Nothing is ever as it seems. There's a plan behind honoring Rosa.

[DemonFighterLives]

47. Did he have to do it with buses parked in front and the

protestors locked in the free speech zone like he did at MLK's grave.
This sniveling asshole only does this for it's perceived benefit to him and his party. He doesn't seem to have any compassion in him.
Besides he thought it was about a park, thus Rosa Park. :freak:

[Mutley]

48. I agree with you.

We can't disagree with every little thing Bush does just because we don't like him. We have to acknowledge when he does something right (and it's such a rarity anyway), or we're no better than the wingnuts.

[DistressedAmerican]

49. He Signed A Democratically Sponsored Bill Into Law And Took The Credit.

I guess that is doing something right if exploiting a woman who's opposition to his policies was publicly expressed in a phone call of support to Cindy Sheehan is "doing something right". I admit that I thought the same thing until I watched him thank the sponsors at the bill, Jesse Jackson Jr. and John Kerry.

If you ask me, the guy can't even choke on a pretzel correctly.

[mwb970]

51. It's an empty gesture.

Bush's words and symbolic actions, like this one, often do come across as right and reasonable. It's his actions, and those of the people around him, that are reprehensible, and always, always dead wrong.