President Bush said yesterday that people who have skin that is "a different color than white" are capable of self-government.
Bush made the comment during a Rose Garden news conference, while discussing his goal of more freedom in the Middle East.
"There's a lot of people in the world who don't believe that people whose skin color may not be the same as ours can be free and self-govern," Bush said.
"I reject that. I reject that strongly. I believe that people who practice the Muslim faith can self-govern. I believe that people whose skins aren't necessarily -- are a different color than white can self-govern." - Washington Post
It's been a busy week for the Bush attack machine. First, Karen Hughes compares pro-choicers to terrorists. Now Bush says anyone who questions his lack of a plan for the Iraq transition is a racist. Of course, this shouldn't surprise us. This is an administration that prides itself on questioning the integrity of anyone who asks a free-thinking question (Ashcroft and Ari Fleischer: Watch your questions, Congress and the media, or you're aiding and abetting the enemy). Oh, and it gets better:
"Bush never says who the people are who think that, and McClellan did not, either.
Ok, I want names. Who thinks that? If Bush can demand Kerry name names of foreign leaders who support him, then I want names of these supposed people who question Bush's plan on the transfer of power in Iraq because they're racist.
