Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[ergo sum]

Mr. Bush was flanked as he spoke by Mayor Kip Holden of Baton Rouge and T. D. Jakes, a conservative African-American television evangelist with a megachurch in Dallas who has been courted by the White House as a partner in reaching out to the black vote. "I want to thank my friend, T. D. Jakes, for rallying the armies of compassion to help somebody like the mayor," Mr. Bush said.