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Sorry, But I Do Not Concede Absolute Moral Authority to Congressman John Lewis
American Thinker ^ | January 15, 2017 | Thomas Lifson

Posted on 01/15/2017 1:15:06 PM PST by drewh

The people who want to destroy the Trump presidency demand that John Lewis, be awarded absolute moral authority (shades of Cindy Sheehan) for his public denial of the legitimacy of the next commander-in-chief. At least that is the conclusion one must draw from the torrent of abuse Donald Trump has received for his tweets suggesting that Lewis should better spend his time helping his constituents.

Lewis is invariably described as a “civil rights icon,” but the man is an utter fraud. He has been coasting on his 50-year-old reputation for decades. Andrew Breitbart exposed Lewis as a liar when he claimed, falsely, to have been subjected to racial epithets by a crowd outside the Capitol. Lewis disgracefully testified against Jeff Sessions’s nomination as Attorney General, again playing the fake race card. And, for what it’s worth, he didn’t consider George W. Bush a legitimate president, either.

There is no reason to treat John Lewis with kid gloves, and Donald Trump doesn’t do so.

I would like to point out that the American public has been fed political garbage before by flawed human beings accorded national hero status. Charles Lindbergh’s status in the United States in the 1930s exceeded the heroism of Lewis. He was seen as the embodiment of the American spirit, and was almost universally loved throughout media and popular opinion.

But he also thought Chancellor Hitler should be negotiated with and visited the Nazi regime to great fanfare.

(The story doesn’t end there, and Lindbergh did see the light as events proceeded, and pricvided valuable intelligence on the Luftwaffe. But Lewis’s story does not end here, either.)

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: crackhead; johnlewis; lewis; racism; trump
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1 posted on 01/15/2017 1:15:06 PM PST by drewh
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To: drewh
What makes Lewis the arbiter of whether Trump is legitimate or not?

And the media is losing their minds that after Lewis insulted Trump, Trump had the nerve to insult him back.

2 posted on 01/15/2017 1:16:54 PM PST by Mr. K ( Trump kicked her ass 2-to-1 if you remove all the voter fraud.)
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To: drewh

and NO ONE ELSE should do so either. Lewis is the prime example of “there is no fool like an old fool.” and he’s just as stupid as that other Georgia congressman who said that Guam might tip over if we send more Navy personnel there.


3 posted on 01/15/2017 1:18:01 PM PST by euram
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To: goldbux
"Sorry . . ." (Title)

No need to feign an apology.

4 posted on 01/15/2017 1:19:21 PM PST by goldbux (When you're odd the odds are with you.)
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To: drewh
...he didn’t consider George W. Bush a legitimate president, either.

Probably just a coincidence that he considered the outgoing failed president as legitimate!

5 posted on 01/15/2017 1:19:36 PM PST by Brandonmark (Made America Great Again! 11.08.2016 - A DAY OF RENEWAL)
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To: drewh

“Past performance does not guarantee future results.”

What has he actually accomplished lately?

Anything?


6 posted on 01/15/2017 1:21:35 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT (Go Trump!)
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To: drewh

Trump has balls.

He calls out black politicians on their crummy results for their voters. Nobody else has had the guts to do this that I’ve seen.


7 posted on 01/15/2017 1:25:26 PM PST by TigerClaws
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To: DUMBGRUNT

The morons think that since he fought in the civil rights battle 50 years ago, he is immune from any idiotic action or saying that he utters today.


8 posted on 01/15/2017 1:26:12 PM PST by stratboy
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To: Brandonmark

He sees everything through the prism of color. He’s always been that way.


9 posted on 01/15/2017 1:27:09 PM PST by stratboy
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To: drewh

Lewis has proven himself to be the purveyor of #FAKENEWS - on numerous occasions.


10 posted on 01/15/2017 1:27:25 PM PST by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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To: drewh
Already a leader of the left wing (SNCC) of the Civil Rights Movement, Lewis had the fortune (bad and good) to be savagely beaten on the head by Alabama State Troopers (under the command of Democrat Governor George Wallace), and today bears the visible scars. This sacrifice in a great and victorious cause, combined with his position as a man of the left, built the armor of an unassailable hero around Lewis. The American left created a claque around him, requiring any serious discussion of the man to include a disclaimer as to his heroic status and infallibility. He became a valuable weapon: a voice that could present outrageous lies.

Interesting! The theme sounds remarkably similar to a certain Republican Senator...


11 posted on 01/15/2017 1:29:05 PM PST by COBOL2Java (1 Tim 2:1-3)
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To: euram
Is the Civil Rights movement really all that great? Blacks and Whites in the Sought were on the path to improving relations when the Civil Rights movement exacerbated things. Martin Luther King, Jr., although better than his aide, Jesse Jackson, was a plagiarist, fellow traveler, and a provocateur. Not to mention his romps with prostitutes are something a man of the cloth should not do; e.g., "I'm not a Negro anymore." As for all the help my fellow co religionists gave the Civil Rights movement, that was repaid in the reality that the black community is the most antisemitic community in America (Islam is a religious not an ethnic group). Not to mention that the 1964 Civil Rights Act being an attack on the fundamental human right of private property, too.
12 posted on 01/15/2017 1:29:55 PM PST by Stepan12 (go)
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To: drewh

Exactly my point on an earlier piece re Lewis. Resting on his laurels the whole time in DC.
#DTS


13 posted on 01/15/2017 1:30:06 PM PST by connyankee (#MAGABEGINS)
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To: drewh

Exactly.

John Lewis, celebrated for something he did 50 years ago, and resting on his laurels ever since.


14 posted on 01/15/2017 1:30:42 PM PST by pioneerstakethearrows
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To: COBOL2Java

McCain helped elect Obama; e.g., “I’m suspending my campaign,” and helped send America on the path to destruction. The President Elect has his work cut out for him.


15 posted on 01/15/2017 1:31:44 PM PST by Stepan12 (go)
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To: connyankee

Hee hee. You beat my post by 36 seconds!


16 posted on 01/15/2017 1:32:57 PM PST by pioneerstakethearrows
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To: TigerClaws

Lifson nailed Lewis on that Breitbart incident! I’ve been waiting for someone to bring that up...


17 posted on 01/15/2017 1:40:45 PM PST by drewh
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To: pioneerstakethearrows

John Lewis, Jesse Jackson and others of their ilk are a disgrace to the memory of Martin Luther King. MLK was a hero.


18 posted on 01/15/2017 1:44:01 PM PST by nomifyle
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To: pioneerstakethearrows

:))


19 posted on 01/15/2017 1:48:22 PM PST by connyankee (#MAGABEGINS)
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To: drewh

20 posted on 01/15/2017 1:51:56 PM PST by CodeToad (If it weren't for physics and law enforcement, I'd be unstoppable!)
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