Bush meets with Jesse Jackson!!!!!!

[wndycty]

Guys, this is big. We need to make sure the Freepers and others on the far right know this. He is up for re-election and he is meeting with Jackson (only for 20 minutes). This is not enough to get Jesse to tone down his criticism of Bush, but it could be enough to piss of the Freepers who despise Jackson. He you go from today's Chicago Tribune. Think about this. . .Bush meeting with Jackson had to be interesting. Don;t forget he recognized Jesse in his speech. Ge this info out there. The White House does not want anyone to know they met. How come the White House did not release these photos?

-snip-
Bush appeared hours before seven of the nine Democratic presidential hopefuls arrived at the Urban League conference for separate appearances.

Immediately after his 36-minute address, the president arranged an impromptu backstage meeting with Jesse Jackson and Cummings, both of whom attended the speech.

Cummings said later that he and Jackson pressed Bush during their 20-minute meeting to make a greater military commitment to Liberia, the West Africa nation caught in a bloody turmoil over its leadership.
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0307290311jul29,1,6431639.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed

[wndycty]

1. From the speech

-snip-

I see Reverend Jackson is with us today. Jesse Jackson, it's good to see you. (Applause.)

Congressman Cummings, I'm honored to see you, Congressman. Thank you for being here. (Applause.)
-snip-

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/07/20030728-3.html

I know this may not seem like a big deal, but think about how much the right hates Jackson, this can hurt Bush if only just a little bit.

Also just an FYI, I listened to the speech on whitehouse.gov and Bush thought Elijah Cummings was John Lewis, you can hear it on the audio then he was corrected that it was Elijah Cummings. . .I guess we all look a like. You know this may have been an ambush by Cummings and Jackson because if Bush knew Cummings was going to be there he would not have thought it was John Lewis.

[whoYaCallinAlib]

2. I love it. Those racist RW nut-bags ain't gonna like

their boy recognizing Jackson.

[wndycty]

3. The won't know about it unless we tell them. . .

Does anyone have Freeper access?

[trof]

4. Saw a little on TV

of his* speech to the Urban League.
I never saw a more stone-faced audience in my life.

[wndycty]

5. Are there pictures. . .

. . .and do you think the White House will release them?

[wndycty]

6. Kick

:kick:

[osaMABUSh]

7. I was at the Urban League and saw the Dems. Anbody see * ?

I kinda snuck into the Conference and saw the Dems give their talks. The audience was excited about the Dems.

Did anyone out there actually see *'s talk in person? What was the crowd like?

[Ishoutandscream]

8. Oh man! O'Reilly is probably peeing in his pants!

Wonder if this will come out in his talking points at the start of his show.

[wndycty]

9. I don't think anybody knows. . .

. . .if I had not pointed this out, would you have known. We need to make sure everybody understands this meeting took place.

[wndycty]

10. Kick

:kick:

[KeepItReal]

11. Don't get it twisted...he gave 15 minutes & probably didn't want to

"Bush traveled to Pittsburgh on Monday to address a conference of the National Urban League, a group less critical of his policies than the NAACP, which he has shunned during his 2 1/2 years in office.

Bush planned to give a 25-minute speech, but not to meet otherwise with Urban League leaders or members.

Bush has yet to meet with the head of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (news - web sites), whose leaders have met with every president since Warren Harding. Bush addressed the NAACP's annual convention as a presidential candidate in 2000, but he hasn't been back.

Nor has he met with the omnibus Leadership Conference of Civil Rights. He met for just an hour or so, during his first month in office, with the Congressional Black Caucus, but has ignored the group's half-dozen subsequent requests to meet again. "

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030728/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_7

"Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean was one of several candidates to criticize Bush for opposing the affirmative-action admissions programs at the University of Michigan.


"The president played the race card and he had the nerve to come before the National Urban League to ask for your help and your support," Dean said. He drew a standing ovation when he promised to talk about race before white as well as black audiences.

Backstage after his speech, Bush spoke for about 15 minutes with Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Elijah Cummings, D-Md., Jesse Jackson and former Clinton administration Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater. The three encouraged Bush to intervene in the civil war in Liberia .

Jackson said he told Bush the United States has a legal obligation to help Liberia under a treaty that Abraham Lincoln signed with the country. He said it's not enough that Bush has ordered U.S. ships to take up positions off the African coast.

Cummings said Bush told them he wanted to let troops from other African nations go in first to bring humanitarian aid and peace. "

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030729/ap_on_re_us/blacks_politics_10

I think the pResident got sought out at the conference had a choice between standing and actually talking and listening (instead of dictating) for 15 whole minutes, or snubbing at least three prominent African-American leaders at an Urban League function. You be the judge.

Cheers, y'all

[wndycty]

12. I know that but. . .

. . .those on the right EXPECT Shrub to diss Jesse, they expect him to smack him down. An hour or 15 minutes any cordial meeting with Jesse could real upset Bush's base. . .think about it.

[KeepItReal]

13. No more than Al Sharpton appearing on FAUX News

...would undermine Bill O'Reilly's base?

Talking to the opposition just shows you'll "listen to anybody". Remember how he said he'd "listen" to the U.N.'s opinions on Iraq...but still did whatever he wanted?

No negatives to Bush meeting/getting-cornered-by Jesse. He may have even gotten a photo taken with Jesse for use in his '04 campaign. Don't think he wouldn't use it!

[wndycty]

14. I disagree. . .

. . .obviously if this is something the White House felt would help them they would be telling everyone that Bush met Jesse. They do not want anyone to know for a reason.