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02/12/2008: "Hippies and Republicans agree: nooses are bad, m'kay"

"The era of rampant lynching is a shameful chapter in American history," Bush said at a black history month event at the White House, which began with serious comments about prejudice and ended with music performed by The Temptations.

"The noose is not a symbol of prairie justice, but of gross injustice," the president said. "Displaying one is not a harmless prank. Lynching is not a word to be mentioned in jest."

As a civil society, Americans should agree that noose displays and lynching jokes are "deeply offensive," Bush said.

"They are wrong," the president said, referring to such displays and jokes. "And they have no place in America today."

[ They tell you what they think you want to hear. But reality is always offensive to someone. Who steers the ship? ]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080213/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush