George W. Bush: Difference between revisions

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Bush is the first ''Republican'' President to have appointed an openly gay man to serve in his administration [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/04/10/MN198145.DTL] (Scott Evertz as director of the Office of National AIDS Policy), and the first President to see one such appointment, that of openly gay Ambassador to Romania [[Michael E. Guest]], receive Congressional confirmation. Bush has claimed to support the executive order issued by Bill Clinton banning employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, but [[Scott Bloch]], whom Bush chose as Special Counsel in 2003, does not feel he has the legal authority to enforce the ban. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/24/AR2005052401496.html] During his 2000 campaign trail he met with the [[Log Cabin Republicans]], a first for a Republican Presidential candidate. The organization endorsed him in 2000 but not in 2004.

Bush has gained a slight increase in support from [[African-Americans]] during his presidency. Although he only got 9% of the black vote in 2000, he received nearly 12% in 2004, with the increased black vote in Ohio giving the victory to Bush over Kerry. Some claim Bush has opposed most forms of [[affirmative action]]. Although Bush expressed appreciation for the [[Supreme Court]]'s ruling upholding the selection of [[college]] applicants for purposes of [[diversity]], his Administration filed briefs against it. Bush has said he opposes quotas and racial preferences, but that the private and public sector should be encouraged to reach out to minorities. Bush has met with the [[National Urban League]] as President, but has not yet met with the [[NAACP]] as a group since he became president (though he did address the NAACP at its 2000 convention in Baltimore as a presidential [[candidate]], and he met with outgoing NAACP President and former Congressman, [[Kweisi Mfume]] on [[December 21]], [[2004]]).

What does the W stand for really well it stands for walrus yes he is a weasel wacking a but fucking motherfucker with nothing better to do than agree to wars with the communist parties what he should do is just nuke cuba and get it over with. This is Alex Parker of Afganastan New Mexico and I approve this message.

In his first term, Bush appointed [[Colin Powell]] as [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]], who became the first [[African-American]] man to serve in that position. He was succeeded by [[Condoleezza Rice]] in 2005, who became the first African-American woman to hold the post, and has been called the "Most Powerful