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do not square with his record in office.
“There’s a disconnect between what he says
and what he does,” says Frank Mesiah, presi
dent of the Buffalo, N.Y. Branch of the NAACP.
Mesiah remained seated during Bush’s
address while many delegates around him
gave polite applause, some jumping to their
feet.
“What he said is the right thing. People are
grinning and smiling because he said the right
thing,” Mesiah said. “But he appoints judges to
the federal bench who have histories of doing
the opposite of what he said. Nobody can aigue
about “No Child Left Behind.’But do they know
that it was not properly funded?”
Mesiah’s sentiments were the same as those
voiced by a string of civil rights leaders.
‘We not only need the right to vote, but the
right to health care, the right to education, and
the right to increased minimum wage,” Jesse
Jackson observes. “He also needs to engage, in
a meaningful way, with civil rights leaders. He
can meet with [Russian President] Putin and
they disagree. He can meet with us and dis
agree.”
Jackson, who has sought meetings with
Bush, since his first term in office, has encoun
tered what he describes as a “lock out of lead
ership.”
A1 Sharpton did not attend the speech
because, he says, “George Bush has not demon
strated in such a way that I wanted to sit and
act as if his words match his deeds and his poli
cies.”
While Jackson and AI Sharpton have been
excluded from some recent White House meet
ings with Bush, NAACP President and CEO
Bruce Gordon, the leader with the least civil
rights experience, has been embraced by Bush
and essentially serves as the point person
when Bush wishes to meet with a select num
ber of civil rights leaders. In fact, without
Gordon’s overtures to Bush, it is imlikely that
the president would have spoken to the
NAACP national convention for the first time
since taking office.
“The moment I stepped into this role. I’ve
been working to cultivate that relationship and
we’ve had candid conversations,” Gordon said
in an interview following the speech. ‘We don’t
always agree, but we understand each other
and that’s what’s important. I think that the
openness of our communication of our person
al relationship as weU as my relationship with
other members of his staff can at least provide
us comfort that we’re looking for ways to dia
logue and we’re hoping to find ways where our
principles and priorities intersect and where
they do, we will work on it.”
As Jesse Jackson sat glumly in the audience
and Al Sharpton was 544 miles away in
Atlanta, Bush was effusive in his praise of
Gordon.
“I’ve gotten to know him. See, shortly after he
was elected, he came by the Oval Office. He
doesn’t mince words,” Bush says. “It’s clear
what’s on his mind. He’s also a results-oriented
person. I’m pleased — I’m pleased to say that I
have — I’m an admirer of Bruce Gordon, and
we’ve got a good working relationship. I don’t
know if that helps you or hurts you. But it’s the
truth. I admire the man.”
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