washington post eugene robinson. the two best possible people to talk about this. first of all, the stunning fact. it s stunning because i fwru up in philly where you had racial division up the kazoo for many years and still does. the black vote, because rizzo seen as the enemy of the black community drove off the vote. if he s mayor, i m going to show up and vote to protect myself. exactly. and in a way, i think reince priebus and the boys with their multi, multi, dozen state efforts to keep the blacks from the voting booths aroused you tell me. no. i think the voter suppression efforts drove up the black vote. i think they ticked people off and they made people more determined to show up at the polls. you saw that effect particularly in a state like ohio, for example. which was sort of ground zero. they really thought they had something going in ohio. it turned out they didn t at all. because the black vote was was greater than the white house proportionally. it s an incr
years and still does. the black vote, because rizzo seen as the enemy of the black community drove off the vote. if he s mayor, i m going to show up and vote to protect myself. exactly. and in a way, i think reince priebus and the boys with their multi, multi, dozen state efforts to keep the blacks from the voting booths aroused you tell me. no. i think the voter suppression efforts drove up the black vote. i think they ticked people off and they made people more determined to show up at the polls. you saw that effect particularly in a state like ohio, for example. which was sort of ground zero. they really thought they had something going in ohio. it turned out they didn t at all. because the black vote was was greater than the white house proportionally. it s an incredible thing. for a guy who grew up in the south, when black people couldn t vote, it s extraordinary. talk about this. talk about this. there s three things going on
that saddam hussein was an imminent threat who must be dealt with unilaterally if necessary. so there is a certain shock value to the new bush library. but if the iraq war isn t exactly your thing if you want to relive the glory of another bush decision, the george w. bush library gives you the opportunity to do that. take a look at the list of scenarios in front of me. first, you will select which one you want to tackle. the majority of the theater chose hurricane katrina. yep, hurricane katrina. what is the decision point that the bush library asks you to confront when it comes to hurricane katrina? a disaster in which nearly 2,000 americans died, many in their own homes. what s the decision point that s laid before you at the bush library? officials in new orleans are overwhelmed. the president can send in troops, but those troops would serve in supporting roles and state efforts and would not have law enforcement powers unless the president invokes what s called the insurrect
library? officials in new orleans are overwhelmed. the president can send in troops, but those troops would serve in supporting roles and state efforts and would not have law enforcement powers unless the president invokes what s called the insurrection act. president bush had to make a choice. one, rely on the national guard and local police. two, send in federal troops in a supporting role with no law enforcement authority. three, invoke the insurrection act and send in troops to restore order. excuse me, restoring order was the problem when it it came to hurricane katrina, seriously? the main dilemma faced by president bush when it came to the government s response to hurricane katrina was quelling disorder? the bush library takes you through this whole scenario about how to deal with the problem of looters and how to restore law and order in new orleans. that is the decision point. no mention at all of, you know, search and rescue. eight years later, the people of new orleans w
necessary. so there is a certain shock value to the new bush library. but if the iraq war isn t exactly your thing if you want to relive the glory of another bush decision, the george w. bush library gives you the opportunity to do that. take a look at the list of scenarios in front of me. first, you will select which one you want to tackle. the majority of the theater chose hurricane katrina. yep, hurricane katrina. what is the decision point that the bush library asks you to confront when it comes to hurricane katrina? a disaster in which nearly 2,000 americans died, many in their own homes. what s the decision point that s laid before you at the bush library? officials in new orleans are overwhelmed. the president can send in troops, but those troops would serve in supporting roles and state efforts and would not have law enforcement powers unless the president invokes what s called the insurrection act. president bush had to make a choice. one, rely on the national guard