I'm Hoping Bush Can Finish What Lincoln Started
By Sophia A. Nelson
Sunday, October 23, 2005; B03 

Know why?

...make no mistake: He raised these issues at great peril to his standing with his own conservative base.

Oh. You do know.

When Bush spoke that night, I think he was being the compassionate conservative he campaigned as in the 2000 election. 

Come now, child. Five years, and the first sign is a speech he was compelled by circumstances (which circumstances include his own blunders) to make. And you get thrilled.

He didn't have to bring race into that particular speech.

Oh, yes he did. When almost one in three white people responded to the question "Does Bush care about black people?" with a definitive NO...which is to say they think he's a racist, largely based on what they themselves saw...He damn sure did have to bring race into that particular speech.

You obviously aren't ignorant. sis. Don't write like you are.