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President Bush Is 'Our Bull Connor,' Harlem's Rep. Charles Rangel Claims

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There's so much in this report (also here) that I'm not going to even bother trying to excerpt the best parts, just this:

Mr. Rangel's metaphoric linkage of Mr. Bush to the late Theophilus "Bull" Connor - who in 1963 turned fire hoses and attack dogs on blacks, including Martin Luther King Jr., demonstrating in favor of equal rights - met with wild applause and cheering at a Congressional Black Caucus town hall meeting, part of the organization's 35th Annual Legislative Conference.

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