Democracy Weeps as GW Bush Sworn In
Bush Dynasty Delivered "W", not the American People
January 20, 2001
Today, under a dreary and foggy sky, as one lone bird soared amid
the clouds, G.W. Bush was sworn in as America's 43rd President. In
the face of a deeply divided nation, G.W. Bush renounced
partisanship and celebrated civility. However, the struggle for
confirmation of his nominee for Attorney General, John Ashcroft,
revealed the deep divisions that the Bush presidency will have to
span.
One hundred thousand people protested while Bush was sworn in by
Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who once wrote that
the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson decision was correct for America. The
Rehnquist Court handed the Presidency to the Bush family and the
Republican Party; now America faces an uncertain future with a
President whose legitimacy is questioned.
The clarion call has gone out that the votes of all Americans count
and must be counted. America's powerless and disenfranchised will
never be the same, because they will not forget. And just as civil
rights protesters two generations ago had the active support of huge
segments of white America, today the boldfaced disfranchisement of
minority voters has served as a call to conscience for white America
to stand up for dignity, and justice, and the right to vote for all
Americans.
George W. Bush now has an opportunity to legislate "compassionate
conservatism." I hope that he moves to heal this great country and
right the great wrong that has been revealed
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