Bush is running a scam with the rightwing-dominated US Congress to dupe Africans long enough to stage a photo-op visit to Liberia and South Africa. While loudly proclaiming to the media that he promises to increase aid to Africa, Bush's henchmen in the Congress are planning to insure that funding to Africa is not only NOT increased, but SLASHED. This is just a transparent version of the "good cop/bad cop" scheme, with Bush playing "good cop" and his confederates in Congress playing "bad cop." Both have the same goal: withhold real help from the continent that needs it most.

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3055924.stm

Course, we here in Maryland have seen this sort of scam before...how about those promises Ehrlich made to increase funding and support to education?