Maybe some research should be done before deciding that someone is lying simply because you don’t support them as a candidate. http://hotair.com/archives/2007/12/20/did-mitts-father-really-march-with-martin-luther-king/
‘We’re tired of Lyndon Baines Johnson,’ Williams said from a pulpit in the Flipper Temple AME Church as Romney sat in a front row pew. ‘Johnson is sending black boys to Vietnam to die for a freedom that never existed,’ Williams said. Pointing to Romney, Williams brought the crowd of 200 to its feet when he said, ‘He may be the fella with a little backbone.’ Williams said Romney could be ‘the next President if he acts right.’ The potential GOP presidential nominee left the rally before it ended.”
Sounds like George got his "I love Blacks Too" ticket punched, and left before anymore brainwashing occurred.
From your link:
Update: Here’s a fact sheet being circulated by Romney’s campaign. There’s little question George Romney was sympathetic to the civil rights movement and publicly known to be so. There’s also little question, it seems, that he never did actually march alongside MLK (although he marched at events sponsored by him).
Thanks for the reference. I have been noting that the march Romney was in was called an MLK march, but I didn’t have a link. But from your link:
“FACT: In The Summer Of 1963, Governor Romney Participated In Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Freedom Marches” In Grosse Pointe, Michigan.”
That puts three of the original story claims to bed. 1) the march was NOT in 1967; 2) so Mitt was NOT out of the country; 3) Romney DID march through Grosse Pointe.
But it also shows that the march was one of Martin Luther King’s marches.
So if Romney had said “My father walked IN Martin Luther King’s march”, he would have been completely accurate, even though that might still make some people think he was saying that Martin Luther King was in the march with him.
It’s this kind of thing that makes history so interesting — people can’t remember what they did 4 days ago, but some people are getting upset over one word describing a story from 4 decades ago.
Well, in fact, they aren’t getting upset. The only people who are screaming about how “bad” this is are people who hate Romney already.