sorry, my car is at the shop right now ;)

Wasn't this question at a native-American related stop on the campaign trail? He should have been prepped. The problem is that some politicians can think on their feet really well, and field questions like that without incident. GW isn't one of them. Not the end of the world, but given that deficiency, there has to be other stuff to make him worthwhile to have around. And those things are up for debate...I think you'd have to agree that the "thinking/talking on his feet" is a pretty weak aspect of GW.

Weak compared to . . .? (ya know ya can't say Kerry)

Tribal sovereignty means that, it's sovereign.

...but only as sovereign as the gov't wants them to be.

Can you hold the guy at the top accountable is he's unfit to lead?

Bush Strategist Denies Allegations
http://casinocity.com/news/?ArticleId=50614&PlaceId=272&City=
LOUISIANA – As reported by the World Net Daily: "Ralph Reed, former executive director of the Christian Coalition and current Bush campaign strategist for the Southeast, has responded to allegations that he had been secretly taking funds from one Indian tribe with a casino monopoly as payment to launch a moral crusade against a competitive tribe that wanted to start up its own casino.

"In the July 12 edition of The Nation, a leftist publication, veteran journalist Jack Newfield wrote that if the rival Jena Band tribe obtained rights to run a casino, it posed a potential $1 billion loss in gambling revenue to the Coushatta tribe of Louisiana.

"The Coushattas are one of four tribes being investigated by Congress for some $45 million paid to Washington lobbyist/lawyer Jack Abramoff and public-relations executive Mike Scanlon, the former spokesman for House GOP Majority Leader Tom Delay.

"…According to Newfield, Reed was hired by the Coushatta to fend off the newcomers and offset the influence of former GOP national Chairman Haley Barbour, who had been hired by the Jena Band to help ensure their casino compact was approved by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

"…But Newfield's allegations are not true, says Reed…"

Maybe he could have just said "**** off!" or "Shove it!" Either way, it was a stupid question that was unanswerable. Good grief, people, get over yourselves already!

Randy

me

Hey Doc

If you lived in the Soutwest, especially Arizona, even you might understand the question...

The question was relevant. Ask the Apache, The Hopi, The Navajo. You remember them from your history, I assume....AZ has more Native American land than any other state. Check it out....

The answer was, to be kind, awkward. One does not use the word being defined in the definition.

I was going to add something, but I am too much of a gentleman.

"What is 'I choked'"... I'll take 'Pretzels' again for $400, Alex"

I've been listening to GWB so much that it kinda makes sense if you combine a lack of ability to form coherent thoughts and English sentences with a politician's natural reluctance to say anything meaningful.

He says 'the Federal government recognizes Native American reservations as a form of sovreeign nation and respects their right to exist.'