I Think It's Important For The Public

I Don't Back Down. I Don't Cave When The Pressure Gets Too Great From These Partisan Political Ideological Forces.

Covering The Civil-rights Movement Was A Mind- And Eye-opener For Me. Houston Was A Segregated Society, As Was Texas As A Whole - Some Of It By Law, A Lot Of It By Fear And Tradition. But There Was No Violence Where I Lived, And If There Was Hate, It Was Either Concealed From Me Or I Just Didn't Recognize It.

I'm Of The Belief That You Can Have Only One Commander-in-chief At A Time, Only One President At A Time. President Bush Is Our President. Whatever He Decides Vis-a-vis War Or Peace In Iraq Is What We Will Do As A Country. And I For One Will Swing In Behind Him As A Citizen ... And Support Whatever His Decision Is.

On Capitol Hill, The Republican-controlled House Voted Mostly Along Party Lines Tonight To Pass President Bush's Federal Budget Blueprint. This Includes His Big Tax Cut Plan, Partly Bankrolled, Critics Say, Through Cuts In Many Federal Aid Programs For Children And Education.

President Bush Insisted Today That He Was Not Caving In To Big-money Contributors, Big-time Lobbyists, And Overall Industry Pressure When He Broke A Campaign Promise To Regulate Carbon Dioxide Emissions From Power Plants. But The Air Was Thick Today With Accusations From People Who Believe That's Exactly What Happened.