If you were watching the networks' coverage of President Bush's speech to the NAACP, you'd be left wondering why he hasn't spoken to the group in 5 1/2 years. According to the Media Research Center, NBC, CBS, and ABC all neglected to mention the proximate cause of Bush's 5-year boycott: The disgusting 2000 ad blaming Bush for the death of James Byrd -- a black man who was brutally killed by a trio of racist rednecks.

The NAACP complained that Bush hadn't signed a hate crimes law, implying that the murderers had gotten off easy -- if my memory is correct two of the three got the death penalty and the third is going to rot in jail. Exactly how much more would a hate crimes law added to their sentence?