http://www.reuters.com/printerFriendlyPopu...storyID=5760235

DETROIT (Reuters) - President Bush told African Americans on Friday he wanted their vote and acknowledged his Republican Party had "a lot of work to do" to win the support of blacks, who rejected Bush in 2000 by a margin of more than 9 to 1.

Two weeks after he rebuffed an invitation to speak at a gathering of the nation's oldest civil rights organization, the NAACP, Bush struck a chord with some blacks when he urged them not to allow the Democratic Party to take their support for granted in the November presidential election.

But he appeared to face a tougher sell when he asked members of National Urban League, a group focused on civil rights and economic issues affecting blacks, to consider whether his policies might better serve their interests than those of the Democratic Party.

"I'm here to ask for your vote," he told the attendees, who numbered about 1,200. "I know, I know, I know," he said, when the blunt appeal appeared to catch many off guard.

Bush did not look too happy at that Urban League speech.
I ALMOST felt sorry for him...no one was clapping very much and they were looking at him with disdain throughout most of the speech.
The only time they seemed to perk up a bit was when he asked for their votes... they could not believe he had the nerve to ask them! :lol:

Bet he was glad to get out of there and immerse himself in neocon love. (Karl Rove: "Its ok, Dubya..there, there.)

Too bad he doesn't understand the concept of "earning" their votes.