Discussion of critical report about Bush civil rights record postponed

[struggle4progress]

ERICA WERNER, Associated Press Writer
Friday, October 8, 2004
(10-08) 14:30 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) --

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights voted Friday to wait until after next month's election to discuss a report critical of the Bush administration's civil rights record. Republican members had objected to the report's timing.

The report remains posted on the commission's Web site, however, despite objections from GOP commissioners who sought to get it removed. <snip>

The 180-page report written by commission staff says Bush "has neither exhibited leadership on pressing civil rights issues, nor taken actions that matched his words" on the subject. Among other criticisms, it finds fault with Bush's funding requests for civil rights enforcement agencies; his positions on voting rights, educational opportunity and affirmative action; and his actions against hate crimes. <snip>

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/10/08/national1730EDT0704.DTL

<link to: Redefining Rights in America: The Civil Rights Record of the George W. Bush Administration, 2001-2004 (PDF) (Staff Draft)>
http://www.usccr.gov/

[teach1st]

1. Yeah, postpone discussion...

..wouldn't want informed voters in the United States, would we?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Quick -- download it before they take it off.

And spread it everywhere.

[w4rma]

3. direct links

U.S Commission on Civil Rights Investigates Suppression of Youth Vote, Barriers to Registering & Impact of the Voting Rights Act (Press Release)
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Assails Bush Administration Record on Civil Rights (Press Release)
Redefining Rights in America: The Civil Rights Record of the George W. Bush Administration, 2001-2004 (PDF) (Staff Draft)
http://www.usccr.gov/

[LynnTheDem]

4. And if Clinton were president, would the GOP still be screaming over

the timing, and demanding the report be delayed?

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