Nice twist on the acronym. :applause:
There's another group that *jr has shut out. The CBC. *He met with them in late January, 2001 - then repeatedly refused another meeting.
January 31, 2001
Remarks by the President Before Meeting with Congressional Black Caucus The Cabinet Room
5:32 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: I want to thank Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson from Dallas, Texas, and you all for coming. I appreciate -- Madam Chairman. I look forward to a good dialogue on subjects that are on the members' minds and on my mind, as well. I think we'll have a good discussion about public education. While there may be some discussion about details, all of us, surely, believe the great hope for this country is to make sure every child -- I mean every child -- is educated.
I look forward to sharing with the members who don't know me well some of my experiences as the governor of the state of Texas and what I've tried to do to fulfill that promise and fulfill that pledge.
This will be the beginning of, hopefully, a lot of meetings. I hope you come back, and I'll certainly be inviting. But thanks for coming. It's an important part of my job -- is to talk to everybody who is in the legislative body. I will remind you all, I understand the difference between the Executive Branch and the Legislative Branch. I only get to suggest. You all pass the laws. And that's what we're here to work --
REPRESENTATIVE MCKINNEY: That's right. (Laughter.)
THE PRESIDENT: I understand that well. But thank you all for coming. It's an honor for you to be here.
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"This will be the beginning of, hopefully, a lot of meetings. I hope you come back, and I'll certainly be inviting."
LIAR It's an honor for you to be here?
What the heck kind of statement is that? Not, I'm honored, but it's an honor for you?! Sometimes I think his little 'bushisms' are not 'bushisms' but deliberate and barbed truths.
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CBC Chair Declines Meeting With President Bush Press Release
July 17, 2003
The Congressional Black Caucus Chair was invited by the White House to join a group of Congressional members to meet with President George W. Bush to discuss the President's recent trip to Africa. In a letter submitted to the President today, Chairman Cummings respectfully declined.
Chairman Cummings issued the following brief statement:
"I respectfully declined an invitation to meet with the President today.
The CBC has requested a meeting with the President for over two-and-a-half years and, unfortunately, each time he has refused. I appreciate the President's gesture to include me as a part of a group of congressional members to be briefed on his recent trip to Africa.
However, I would hope that the President would meet with the CBC, as a whole, on the many pressing domestic and international challenges facing this country. As public servants, we have a duty to put aside our differences and come together for the good of the country. I hope the President feels the same way." http://www.globalblacknews.com/Cummings.html