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Meanwhile, after weeks of fudging, Bush sent a letter of apology to New York's John Cardinal O'Connor (though not to leaders of any of the other faiths that might have felt equally aggrieved), saying he regretted not speaking out earlier against intolerance at Bob Jones. (By week's end, tired of the rumpus, Bob Jones III told Larry King the university would lift its ban on interracial dating.) Bush spent the week surrounding himself with Roman Catholic supporters and clerics, visiting Catholic charities and generally waltzing back toward the center and the soothing themes he was singing last...
Politically, Bush has yet to fully recover from his visit to Bob Jones University, whose founders are have criticized Catholicism. He wrote an apologetic letter last week to New York Cardinal John O'Connor, but he has struggled to reconcile his actions with his rhetoric that he is a "uniter, not a divider...
...restricted to registered party members. Nevertheless, in states like New York, both GOP candidates could benefit politically by distancing themselves from the religious far right. Even Bush, in the wake of critical attacks regarding his appearance at Bob Jones University, recently wrote an apologetic letter to Cardinal John O'Connor, the leader of New York's Catholics...
...exploited by the McCain campaign. With the clock ticking, Bush is scurrying to re-group, and is taking a page from McCain's "authenticity" book by admitting that he made a mistake. In a direct appeal to New York Catholics, Bush sent a letter to John Cardinal O'Connor on Friday, writing of his failure to denounce the anti-Catholic rhetoric of school: "It was a missed opportunity, causing needless offense, which I deeply regret...
...always cotton to Rosenblatt, but his ruminations on the "dainty violence" writers visit upon one another were delicious! Even the sainted American novelist Flannery O'Connor could not resist taking part in the intramural sport. Asked if she thought universities "stifle writers," O'Connor replied, "Not enough of them." CLARE MEAD ROSEN Bloomfield Hills, Mich...