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...music is ominous, the footage grainy: a pickup truck with Texas plates, a chain tied to the bumper, something unseen hooked to the other end as the truck pulls away. The voice is that of James Byrd Jr.'s daughter, recalling her father's 1998 death and George W. Bush's refusal to back a new hate-crimes bill. The kicker: "We won't be dragged away from our future...
...Byrd ad, running in 10 states where black-voter turnout could make the difference, is part of a $2 million-plus campaign by the N.A.A.C.P. National Voter Fund. The group said it would replace the ad this week with a less graphic version, as part of a planned rotation. But Heather Booth, the group's executive director, makes no apologies. "Sometimes the truth hurts," she says...
...record as being adamantly opposed to hiring an openly gay person in his Administration. And his running mate, Dick Cheney, was forced to back off on his support for recognition of gay and lesbian relationships. Bush got positively gleeful over sending the three men who dragged James Byrd on the back of a truck to the death chamber, when only two are going (the other got a life sentence). And contrary to what he said in the debate, he did block hate-crimes legislation...
...hand, is determined to increase penalties for hate crimes, which are designed to stigmatize and dehumanize entire groups of people. Bush panders to the right wing and insists that hate crimes are no different from other crimes because every killer has "hate in his heart." The family of James Byrd, who was brutally murdered by bigots in Texas, pleaded with Bush to support a new hate-crimes statue in Texas. He refused. There is a difference between hate crimes and other crimes, and we need a president who understands that...
...this election year, Bush embraced Bob Jones University in South Carolina and refused to criticize the school's ban on inter-racial dating. Gore embraced the family of James Byrd, and vowed to fight for a Hate Crimes Prevention Act. The contrast could not be clearer...