NAACP Leader Blasts Bush Policies

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Source: Associated Press

The NAACP is needed now more than ever because the Bush administration has done little to support blacks, the civil rights organization's national chairman said Sunday as its 98th annual convention opened.

From the administration's slow response to Hurricane Katrina to the war in Iraq and immigration issues, Bush has seen his presidency questioned, Julian Bond, board chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, told an audience of about 3,000.

The number of Americans living in poverty has increased by more than 5 million, to 37 million, during the Bush administration, Bond said.

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''Katrina served to underscore how the war in Iraq has weakened, rather than strengthened, our defenses, including our levees,'' Bond said. ''The problem isn't that we can't prosecute a war in the Persian Gulf and protect our citizens on the Gulf Coast at home. The problem is that we cannot do either one.''



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[MasonJar]

1. Glad that this made the NYT...Bush cannot do both? Bush cannot do anything successfully!

[Cant trust em]

2. A worrisome trend

"The number of Americans living in poverty has increased by more than 5 million, to 37 million, during the Bush administration, Bond said."

Pretty disparaging numbers. Free markets and decreasing government regulation always works, right?

[defendandprotect]

3. Beyond IMPEACHMENT, how much more damage in 18 months????

In another year, who knows . . . the Blackwater troops may be in charge of our nation -- !!!!

[burrowowl]

4. Go Julian!

I have always admired Julian Bond!
And this goes back longer than I care to say.
Like Angelia Davis too! That is how old I am.