George - the Other

President Bush Deserves The Black Vote On Election Day

By Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele

... Many people ask me how any African American can support President Bush. Short answer: He has done significantly more for African Americans than his challenger, Sen. John Kerry, ever did or has promised to do.

... Look at where African Americans were 40 years ago and where we are today. During the Civil Rights Movement, our struggle was about gaining access to the lunch counter. Today, our struggle is about owning that lunch counter. This president gets it.

... For the first time in nearly a generation, we are creating jobs in our neighborhoods and communities, as more and more small minority business owners have greater access to capital and credit. The Bush administration is lending a hand. The Small Business Administration reports that loans to African Americans are up by 75 percent from last year.

... Sen. Kerry accused President Bush of not funding education. The truth is, President Bush has spent more in three years on K-12 education than the previous administration did in eight years.

... Sen. Kerry accused President Bush of reducing financial aid for college students. The fact is, President Bush has encouraged minority enrollment in higher education institutions and has increased student aid 55 percent to more than $73 billion, thereby making college more affordable for America’s low- and middle-income families.

Michael Steele, a close adviser to President George W. Bush, is the first-term lieutenant governor of Maryland and highest ranking elected state official in the nation. He was the keynote speaker at the Republican National conference in late summer.

Complete article at: http://africanamerica.org/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/4746007/m/4821004351
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"George Walker Bush—he’s tough-minded but he’s tender-hearted. He’s trying to reclaim that glory of that American Dream for all Americans. He put African-Americans in top policy positions higher than any president. He took two people, black, and put them in charge of 300 million people for their security. Even the racists and the extremists and all those who are untoward and un-American, we’re protecting them, too. This is a devastating blow to the color barrier." - Don King 08/09/2004

http://newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/news/people/columns/intelligencer/9583/
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"As an African-American, I was raised in a tradition in which voting Republican was simply not done, and in my mature life I have—traditionally—voted Democratic or Independent. Yet this year, I am coming to realize that the George W. Bush administration is the most promising for black advancement in 35 years." - John H. McWhorter, Spring 2001

http://www.city-journal.org/html/11_2_why_blacks.html

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