Bush on tribal sovereignty

In case you haven’t heard the audio file or seen the video, here’s the President on tribal sovereignty:

Tribal sovereignty means that, it’s sovereign. I mean, you’re a — you’re a — you’ve been given sovereignty and you’re viewed as a sovereign entity. And therefore the relationship between the federal government and tribes is one between sovereign entities.

Update: Democracy Now! has the full Bush response in audio and video, including Jesse Jackson’s hilarious, but also well-informed, follow-up response. (Thanks to Ralph.)

3 thoughts on “Bush on tribal sovereignty”

  1. Ken: You missed Jesse Jackson’s response, which I will paraphrase:

    “He explained it, you just didn’t understand it. Sovereignty means you’ve been sovereignicized. You’ve been subjected to sovereignitization.”

  2. Oh: You can listen to Jackson’s response here: Warning–don’t drink milk while listening to it–it will come out your nose.

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