Mr. Bush's Big Faux Pas

Even though Mr. Bush doesn't like anything French, he made a big faux pas when talking to Jesse Jackson and the nice people at the Congressional Black Caucus meeting.

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) says he's "shocked" and "utterly amazed" by President Bush's response to his question during last week's Congressional Black Caucus meeting at the White House.

According to Jackson, the Congressman asked the president if the CBC could rely on him to extend the 1965 Voting Rights Act when it comes up for renewal in 2007. Jackson said Bush had no clue what he was talking about. Jackson said the president basically said he "didn't know enough about the law" to answer the question.

"To not know that the 1965 Voting Rights Act is the single largest moment of the civil rights movement ..." Jackson said, sounding so disturbed that he could not complete his thought. He said he's now expecting a "big fight" in 2007 over renewal of the Voting Rights Act without which he said most black politicians could not win election to Congress.

Mr. Bush should know better than to make Mr. Jackson so disturbed that he can't finish his thoughts, especially if he's trying to con black people into voting Republican.