WAS IT RACIAL ?

THE WHITE HOUSE (FinalCall.com) - It was a picture perfect morning in the Rose Garden. Blue skies. Bright sun. The temperature was 74 degrees Fahrenheit, with low humidity. The hum of the cicadas in the trees rose and fell the way it does in late summer mornings in this Potomac basin, even as President George Bush, flanked by his national security inner circle, walked to the podium Sept. 3.