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<\/a>Yet another indication<\/a> that President Bush may actually care about black people, contrary to what is popularly alleged<\/a>, has turned up in the news. On Wednesday, the President held a lunchtime tete-a-tete<\/a> with pop’s most famous human rights and AIDS crusader frontman Bono of the megagroup U2<\/a>. Picking up where they left off at the G8 summit in July, the two discussed various topics including African AIDs relief, malaria control and world poverty.<\/p>\n

Never short of chutzpah <\/a>in the presence of world leaders, Bono has actually been very complimentary of Bush lately. In a Rolling Stone Magazine<\/a> interview set to hit newstands today, <\/a>Bono praises the POTUS for his administration’s $15 billion dollar outlay for African AIDS relief, much of which is being used to purchase and distribute needed anti-retroviral drugs. This is in contrast to the Clinton administration’s $300 million. As you might recall, that disparity was enough to even get Richard Gere’s attention<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What an odd pair–a self described evangelical whose “iPod One”<\/a> is full of George Jones and Alan Jackson, working together with a self-described “loud-mouthed Irish rock star” whose Christian faith is nothing if not unorthodox. Is this a cynical photo-op designed to prop up sagging opinion polls, or perhaps a sign of the “breaking-in” reign of Christ that so many are hoping for? You be the judge.<\/p>\n

As for Bono, when it comes to a listening ear for his pleas, maybe he really has found what he’s looking for.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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