Priceless
Bush’s new home:
“Said property shall be used and occupied by white persons only except these covenants shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of different race or nationality in the employ of a tenant.”
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You see, it is stuff like this that makes me generalize that all Republicans everywhere are just evil racists. I know that it is not a correct characterization, but this supporting material keeps popping up.
Hear, hear
Until 2000, the neighborhood association’s covenant said only white people were allowed to live there, though an exception was made for servants.
So I guess it’s OK for Colin Powell to visit?
/going to hell
Does the man employ a PR person, or does he just not give a damn now that he’s leaving the white house? Former White House resident to former white neighborhood resident? The jokes will write themselves.
This is carelessly stupid, and will become a bigger deal than it should due to the typical Bush Team message mis-management. A competent PR person would have been out in front of this story, acknowledged the fact the neighborhood was once segregated, and simply stated that the President wouldn’t have considered living there in 1999. It ain’t rocket science.
I’m not sure if Bush is racist, or just oblivious.
At this point, I think he is just oblivious. I really don’t think Bush is a racist. His extramarital relationship with Condi Rice alone refuts that. 😉
The question is, what plans does Bush have that would require Texas residency? Is there a legal reason?
If nothing else, I suppose it would make it easier to raise funds for his library from the Texas good ol’ boys.
DD,
You see, it is stuff like this that makes me generalize that all Republicans everywhere are just evil racists.
not ALL, most
Do the neighborhood covenants define what color Muslims are?
Disbelief, friends of ours (a mixed couple, he’s Indian and she’s white) got married in Delaware back in the late 60s. He had to prove he was Arayan in order to get married.
Stop the presses!
you have friends?
Yes, your mom is one of them. 😉
I’m just glad he’s staying in the USA where we can subpoena him. I was afraid he would run to Dubai.
If he is indicted they will strap him into an SR-71 and have him in Dubai in 45 minutes.
Most north Wilmington subdivisions had similar clauses (Jews were usually excluded as well) until the mid-60s. Nemski, I think the miscegenation law in Delaware was overturned a little earlier than the late 60s, but not much.
Geezer, the law may have been overturned at the point, however when they got their marriage license, they were grilled about the fact that he wasn’t white.
Remember that when someone criticizes Joe Biden for calling Delaware “a slave state.”
Oh, good grief, what a pointless post. Restrictive covenants based on race in deeds have been illegal for decades now; they have been unenforceable since the late 1940s.
In Shelly v Kraemer, decided in 1948, the Supreme Court held that restrictive covenants based on race were allowable and private individuals could choose to abide by them, but that state action to enforce them was not allowable. A homeowners association that tried to “enforce” such through private action today would be subject to both private civil action for damages, as well as action under the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Many deeds retain these unenforceable restrictive covenants because it can be expensive to have them removed.
Many deeds retain these unenforceable restrictive covenants because it can be expensive to have them removed.
Dana says Racism is okay, because sometimes its just too expensive to have it removed.
as usual dana misses the point.
clinton set up an office in Harlem.
Bush moves to a place that was whites only upto 8 years ago…
irony Dana, Irony.
Bush certainly took the opportunity to sell his fake ranch pretty fast. He must have cleared all the brush away already.
If Bush had any shame, he would move into his parents’ basement in Kennebunkport.
Where does it say he sold the Crawford property? That’s his “retreat,” not his primary residence.
I read he’s selling the Crawford ranch.
UI and Geezer…I have seen both reports. Recently Laura Bush said that they will use the ranch on weekends, after I saw a report that they were selling it. So who knows. My guess is that the Bushes will separate (de facto) with George in Crawford and Laura in Dallas.
I think that’s a good guess DD.
Wait. So Clinton lives in Harlem? Wow!
George Bush moves to a tony residence and because there used to be racist restrictive covenants it’s his fault? What, are you just retroactively blaming George Bush for everything that ever happened in the U.S.? Why not just blame him for slavery in the first place.
spare me Sharon, your stupidity is astounding. Either you are acting this stupid or you really are, the later is my guess.
This is still amazing to me. Y’all are complaining that George and Laura Bush bought a house in an area that used to have a racially restrictive covenant. How many years have to pass, in your minds, from when something like that is removed before “good” people can buy there?
I think that maybe the homeowners among you ought to read your deeds; you might be surprised at what you’ll find.