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</A> -Cui Bono?-
The George W. Bush who spoke at Bob Jones was the real George W. Bush. He is
a longtime member of the Religious Right, an avowedly born-again Christian
who was tasked by his father's Presidential campaign in 1992 as liaison with
Christian conservatives...an assignment he carried out with enthusiasm. Of
course he knew about the university's reactionary policies. Anyone who has
had even one eye open over the past thirty years knows about Bob Jones
University. The point is that he knew, *and he didn't care.* The clear
implication in his bluntly political decision to speak there is that George
W. Bush *approves* of the Bob Jones policies. That alone, IMNSHO, is
sufficient grounds to bar him from the Presidency.
(Please note that I'm not attacking conservative Christianity. My own
beliefs, as listmembers know, are strongly traditional Christian and
Bible-centered. It is the interpretation put on the Bible and the teaching
of Jesus Christ by Bob Jones University--an interpretation that deviates
sharply from historic Christian values--that I object to.)
----- Original Message -----
From: William Shannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2000 1:26 PM
Subject: [CTRL] Bush And Bob Jones U.
> -Caveat Lector- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">
> </A> -Cui Bono?-
>
> Did Bush Know About Bob Jones' Racist Policies? Towards the end of the
South
> Carolina campaign, reports had George W. Bush saying he did not know about
> Bob Jones University's racist policies until sometime after he went there
and
> gave his speech. That would make Bush the only candidate not aware of the
> school's racist policies, an unlinkely event, particularly since Bob
Jones'
> president trashed his father in highly-publicized statements not many
years
> ago and we are often reminded of Junior's obsessive loyality to his
family.
> Since Dubya is now willing to say he is against such policies, the
> implication is that he would not have gone to Bob Jones or, at the very
> least, he would have said something negative about the policies if he had
> known. Yet, last Wednesday the AP's Ron Fournier reported that Bush knew
> about these policies in advance of his speech. In fact, he was warned
about
> the consequences of giving a speech at racist Bob Jones and he went
anyway.
> Fournier: "He visited Bob Jones University, a hotbed of South Carolina
> conservatism. Some advisers urged him not to go, fearing the institution's
> segregationist history would become a general election campaign issue -
along
> with other recent efforts to tack to the right." Bush's response through
> spokesperson Mindy Tucker implied votes were more important than both
family
> loyalty and anti-racist principles: ""From our point of view, this is a
place
> where there are a lot of South Carolina conservative voters." If Bush were
to
> disavow advance knowledge of Bob Jones' racist policies in less
conservative
> states, let's hope that he'll be reminded of Fournier's AP report in order
to
> set the record straight. --Politex, 2/20/00
>
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