***** BUSH to NAACP: Racism persists. *****

President Bush spoke to the meeting of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored people (NAACP). This is the first time that the President has addressed the group since he was elected President over 5 years ago.
You can read the news report. You can also see the video.
In one of the MOST candid and truthful statements of all time ever uttered by anyone, the President stated: "I understand that racism still lingers in America,". "It's a lot easier to change a law [the Voting Rights Act, which the Senate has just renewed, 98 to 0, and which the President has vowed to sign] than to change a human heart. And I understand that many African-Americans distrust my political party." ... "I consider it a tragedy that the party of Abraham Lincoln let go of its historical ties with the African-American community," Bush said. "For too long, my party wrote off the African-American vote, and many African-Americans wrote off the Republican Party."

Yes, indeed, Mr. President. Yes, indeed. And the tragedy is NOT only happening on the federal level, either. You ought to see the tragedy that is taking place in the states, too, such as in Kentucky -- the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln!