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King said George Romney didn't march (follow-up article)
Phoenix ^ | December 21, 2007 | DAVID S. BERNSTEIN

Posted on 12/22/2007 7:28:50 PM PST by ellery

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I continue to believe that the most pertinent story in this whole mess is how absolutely poorly Romney and his campaign have handled it -- releasing several different and somewhat conflicting statements, resorting to what the meaning of "says" and "together" are, etc. Damage control is a big part of any president's job.

However, to add to the factual record, here is a direct link to the 1963 article this article discusses ("Detroit's Civil Rights Parade Attracts 125,000 -- it's a .pdf): http://thephoenix.com/x/Holland.pdf

This article is from Monday, June 24, 1963, and reports on Martin Luther King's march in Detroit the day before: Sunday, June 23. It confirms that Romney did not appear at the march with King, in King's own words.

This is not to slam George Romney, who was by all accounts a leading civil rights advocate. It is merely further evidence that contradicts the book citations put out by Romney's camp or supporters.

These books that Romney's camp is using to support Mitt's claim that he saw his father march with MLK refer to a *Sunday, July 23, 1963* Detroit march and say that Romney and King marched together. However, the only Detroit march MLK attended in that timeframe was the June 23 march -- and contrary to the Romney camp's book citations, July 23 did not fall on a sunday in 1963. I think most reasonable people would concede that those books probably meant to cite the Sunday, June 23, 1963 march (and it's documented here that Romney did not attend that).

The pertienent passages:

"Gov. George Romney did not take part in the demonstration because of his policy of participating in nothing but church activities on Sunday. Romney, however, declared the day 'Freedom March Day in Michigan; and designated two personal representatives to take part in the activities."

"At a news conference following the march, King told reporters he was aware of the possibility of racial violence in the non-violent movement. But he said the purpose was 'to create a situation that is so crisis-packed that the community is forced to act.'

He refused to criticize Romney for not attending the demonstration. However, he said that he felt the 'social gospel is as important as the personal gospel. I would leave it to his own conscience and not say words of condemnation.'"

At this point, people have decided whether they think this is relevant or not. This is just to sort out the underlying facts, since it appears that some of the supporting material Romney's camp is citing is incorrect (as to the eyewitnesses that claim to have seen Romney marching with MLK in Grosse Point -- there is no evidence that MLK *marched* in Grosse Point...but that's a separate issue).

1 posted on 12/22/2007 7:28:53 PM PST by ellery
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To: ellery

Mitt might make a good president in the years to come, but he’ll have to prove he’s a real conservative to me first...and that will take a long time.


2 posted on 12/22/2007 7:35:47 PM PST by glmjr
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To: ellery

Great piece, Ellery. Thanks for posting it.


3 posted on 12/22/2007 7:36:53 PM PST by SpringheelJack
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To: glmjr
 THE REAL CONSERVATIVE

                FRED THOMPSON

                

                 "Saddle Me Up"

4 posted on 12/22/2007 7:38:38 PM PST by glmjr
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http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NmEyOTMzNWQzOTNmZDhlNThjMjUyOWZkODZlNGE5NTM

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1207/7524.html

Enough of drivel like this article.

Romney will be Fred’s running mate, and thank God he’s no John-Kerry-style pathological liar.


5 posted on 12/22/2007 7:38:50 PM PST by devere
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To: SpringheelJack

Thanks. I actually saw it last night, but didn’t post it. The reason I posted it today is that Romney’s campaign is supporting his initial accounts with book citations that according to this do not appear to be correct.


6 posted on 12/22/2007 7:41:14 PM PST by ellery (I don't remember a constitutional amendment that gives you the right not to be identified-R.Giuliani)
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To: devere
Romney will be Fred’s running mate, and thank God he’s no John-Kerry-style pathological liar.

You're a master of satire, D.

7 posted on 12/22/2007 7:55:49 PM PST by SpringheelJack
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To: ellery

Nice article. I liked how they took a picture from that newspaper from June 24th. I don’t know why their isn’t more respectable journalist and bloggers going to Detroit and doing the same thing with the other news papers printed around that time. It would defiantly put a end to all of this one way or another.


8 posted on 12/22/2007 8:02:12 PM PST by pepperhead (Kennedy's float, Mary Jo's don't!)
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To: ellery; JCEccles; Petronski; Owen; restornu; Sir Gawain; pepperhead; JRochelle; ansel12; ...

Alerting you to a good article — some new bits of info too.


9 posted on 12/22/2007 8:14:01 PM PST by SpringheelJack
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To: ellery

I guess this proves that Romney marched against MLK.


10 posted on 12/22/2007 8:16:41 PM PST by Perchant
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To: glmjr
Mitt might make a good president in the years to come, but he’ll have to prove he’s a real conservative to me first...and that will take a long time.

He'll never be a real conservative nor would he make a good president. He has no character and no integrity.

11 posted on 12/22/2007 8:19:51 PM PST by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Democrats spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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I have only been lightly following this story, but when I first looked at it I checked into the previous work of this David Bernstein. Let’s keep in mine he is not working for the Globe or the Herald. This is the Boston Phoenix, a privately held company of between 50-200 employees. The guy does not even rate a bio with his education listed, assuming he has a journalism degree at all.

Most of all, when you go to this guy’s name at this Phoenix website, you will see the previous articles he has done on Romney. None are impartial journalism. Here are some titles:

http://thephoenix.com/Author.aspx?name=DAVID%20S.%20BERNSTEIN

Mitt’s equity army: Romney’s war chest is overflowing with the contributions of his financial-world pals. But what is the price of their loyalty?

Romney’s chicks: Mitt’s kind of women

The rats in Romney’s corner: The dirty tricksters behind Romney’s money

This guy is a far left wing writer and almost certainly has been funded to propagate this story, which is evolving to be a hugely powerful mistake for the left wing. The more this elevates, the more the Romney family is portrayed as a friend of blacks. This can equate to just 2% of elderly blacks peeled off Hillary in November next year, and frankly even if that is only in Michigan it would swing Michigan’s ( his home state) EVs to Romney.

That, people, would be the ballgame. MoveOn has POURED money into Ohio. Ohio has a Democrat Governor now. If the GOP can’t hold it, the EVs to make up for it have to come from elsewhere. Michigan is the prime candidate for a Romney grab and this story is moving in just the right direction to do just that for him in the general election. Keep it going.


12 posted on 12/22/2007 8:38:41 PM PST by Owen
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To: devere

Fred will be ending his campaign after he finishes 6th, behind Paul, in the NH primary, and 4th in the SC primary. He’ll probably endorse McCain before the FL primary. All the Mitt hating in the world cannot save Fred. Only Fred can save Fred. He needs a lifejacket in a real bad way.


13 posted on 12/22/2007 8:52:05 PM PST by Ron in Acreage (Thinking of new tagline)
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To: SpringheelJack

Thanks for the ping....excellent reading


14 posted on 12/22/2007 8:54:04 PM PST by 2nd amendment mama ( www.2asisters.org | Self defense is a basic human right!)
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To: Ron in Acreage

“All the Mitt hating in the world cannot save Fred.”

I don’t hate Mitt. Do you? Mitt’s my third choice after Fred and Duncan. I think Mitt will be Fred’s running mate.

Fred is the overwhelming choice of the Republican bloggers ( not just FR ), and he’s a very intelligent man. On all the issues that matter to me, immigration, global warming, taxes, defense, gun control, and social security, Fred has an intelligent and well-reasoned position. I just have faith that my fellow Republicans are going to get their act together and nominate the best man to lead us to victory. As Tug McGraw of the 1973 NY Mets once said, “You gotta believe!”.

Go Fred!


15 posted on 12/22/2007 9:08:37 PM PST by devere
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To: ellery; Petronski; greyfoxx39
And yesterday, after being called on the issue, he offered more specifics. He told reporters in Iowa that he recalled his father changing his mind, and deciding to march even though it was Sunday.

Is this true? I haven't read that anywhere else. If it is I would say he is one sick guy. Throwing dad under the bus too.

16 posted on 12/22/2007 9:14:55 PM PST by JRochelle (I support Mitt Romney, figuratively speaking of course.)
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“If it is I would say he is one sick guy. Throwing dad under the bus too.”

This Romney hating is sick. Romney is a slick flip-flopping politician who cares a bit too much about getting elected. But he’s not evil, or a pathological liar like Kerry. George Romney marched with Dr. King, and Mitt, who was a teenager at the time, remembers it. He has good reason to be proud of his distinguished father.


17 posted on 12/22/2007 9:25:45 PM PST by devere
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No I don’t hate Mitt. A lot on these threads do. I think Fred would be excellent as well. I hope he’s the nominee. But I refuse to join in the smear campaign against all the others. These latest numbers look very bleak though.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/charts/2008_election_primaries/republican_primaries_chart.html


18 posted on 12/22/2007 9:53:02 PM PST by Ron in Acreage (Thinking of new tagline)
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