Posted on 10/16/2011 10:33:02 AM PDT by matthewreporter
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama saluted Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Sunday as a man who “stirred our conscience” and made the Union “more perfect,” rejoicing in the dedication of a monument memorializing the slain civil rights leader’s life and work.
“I know we will overcome,” Obama proclaimed, standing the 30-foot granite monument to King on the National Mall. “I know this,” the president said, “because of the man towering over us.”
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The dedication has special meaning for the Obamas. The president credits King with paving his way to the White House. Before his remarks, he left signed copies of his inaugural speech and 2008 convention address in a time capsule at the monument site. The first couple and daughters Malia and Sasha made a more private visit to the site on Friday night, before the crowds and the cameras arrived.
In his talk, he focused on King’s broad themes — equality, justice and peaceful resistance — as the nation confronts, 48 years later, some of the same issues of war, an economic crisis and a lingering distrust of government in some quarters.
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Well, I’m sure archeologists from the future will need toilet paper.
A communist leaving some of his scribblings under a statue made by commies in China.The whole thing makes me ill.
MLK is rolling over in his grave.
Something for the great grandkids to sell.
Obama’s desecration of the memorial.
Something for the great grandkids to sell.
Only slightly less self aggrandizing as giving the Queen of England an iPod filled with your speeches.
Why doesn’t Nobama mention that because of Democrats, King had to hold marches and protests? That 80% of Republicans voted for the Civil rights act as compared to 60% of Democrats? Because as we know, Democrats are here to protect blacks from evil Republicans like Ronald Reagan who made MLKs birthday a National holiday.
Whaaaa? Did the Queen of England return her iPod?
Who is 'we' and what will be overcome?
The only redeeming feature of this is that in fifty
years, the children of the OWS will be spraying
graffitti on it and protesting for the same thing
as their parents.
What, no movie DVDs?
Ok, but why is MLK’s statue white?
He buried a teleprompter??
Also... I believe MLK was a Republican. Wonder if anyone mentioned that today?
Why does he also look like Mao??????????
Some dogs gotta poop in every yard.
Seeing the monument on the news, they did make MLK look strangely like Mao.
The toilet paper dispenser in the nearby porta-potty would be a much better place for Hussein to leave his dribble. In fact he should serve out the rest of his term from there.
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