George Bush actually said...

"It is extremely important that the statute be properly interpreted -- by executive branch officials, by the courts, and by America's employers."

"I support affirmative action. Nothing in this bill overturns the Government's affirmative action programs."

"I believe in an America where anyone who wants to work has a job."

"S. 1745 codifies this theory of discrimination, while including a compromise provision that overturns Wards Cove by shifting to the employer the burden of persuasion on the 'business necessity' defens..."