And I can't find a "go to" moment in this brief bio. I'm sure she was a nice woman who did positive things along the way. But Barry is overacting.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Height
Posted on 04/29/2010 1:32:33 PM PDT by Biggirl
Tears streaming down his cheeks, grief overcame Barack Obama today as he attended the funeral of the woman he called the 'Godmother' of the American civil rights movement. The U.S. president was weeping openly as he watched the service for Dorothy Height in Washington today. He delivered the eulogy for Dr Height, whose activisim stretched from the New Deal right up until Mr Obama's election as the first African American president of the United States.
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Did Obama know her personally?
She looks like a really spunky, interesting, sweet lady.
I wish he would break down in tears for what he’s doing to America!!!
And I can't find a "go to" moment in this brief bio. I'm sure she was a nice woman who did positive things along the way. But Barry is overacting.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Height
just last night i was reading something and came across an article about this very same thing and in the article it stated that “Barack and Michelle laughed as they scattered his grandmother’s ashes” Laugh? maybe they wee laughing for a lot of reasons which i don’t know about but one would think laughing isn’t part of the equation
LMAO look at Michelle’s face.
Michelle could take tips from this lady on dressing properly!
What in the name of god is Pelosi doing?
She was a communist, IIRC. Of course he misses her.
...something happened back here in Selma, Alabama. Something happened in Birmingham that sent out what Bobby Kennedy called, “Ripples of hope all around the world.” Something happened when a bunch of women decided they were going to walk instead of ride the bus after a long day of doing somebody else's laundry, looking after somebody else's children. When men who had PhD’s decided that's enough and we’re going to stand up for our dignity. That sent a shout across oceans so that my grandfather began to imagine something different for his son. His son, who grew up herding goats in a small village in Africa could suddenly set his sights a little higher and believe that maybe a black man in this world had a chance.- Barack Obama - March 2007What happened in Selma, Alabama and Birmingham also stirred the conscience of the nation. It worried folks in the White House who said, “You know, we're battling Communism. How are we going to win hearts and minds all across the world? If right here in our own country, John, we're not observing the ideals set fort in our Constitution, we might be accused of being hypocrites.” So the Kennedy’s decided we're going to do an air lift. We're going to go to Africa and start bringing young Africans over to this country and give them scholarships to study so they can learn what a wonderful country America is.
This young man named Barack Obama got one of those tickets and came over to this country. He met this woman whose great great-great-great-grandfather had owned slaves; but she had a good idea there was some craziness going on because they looked at each other and they decided that we know that the world as it has been it might not be possible for us to get together and have a child. There was something stirring across the country because of what happened in Selma, Alabama, because some folks are willing to march across a bridge. So they got together and Barack Obama Jr. was born. So don't tell me I don't have a claim on Selma, Alabama. Don't tell me I’m not coming home to Selma, Alabama.
I’m here because somebody marched. I’m here because you all sacrificed for me. I stand on the shoulders of giants. I thank the Moses generation; but we've got to remember, now, that Joshua still had a job to do. As great as Moses was, despite all that he did, leading a people out of bondage, he didn't cross over the river to see the Promised Land. God told him your job is done. You'll see it. You'll be at the mountain top and you can see what I’ve promised. What I’ve promised to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob. You will see that I’ve fulfilled that promise but you won't go there.
Timeline:
1960 (President is Ike, VP Richard Nixon runs against Senator John Kennedy for the presidency)
Ann Dunham is 18. Her family moves to Honolulu, Hawaii. Ann begins classes at the University of Hawaii.
- She meets Barack Obama Sr. in a Russian-language class. Barack Obama Sr. is a foreign student from Kenya, who has a magnetic personality. Barack Obama Sr. is very opinionated, talkative and passionate. The two start dating.
- Ann tells her parents about her African boyfriend and they invite him for dinner.
February 2, 1961: Ann Dunham and Barack Obama Sr. get married in Maui in a discreet ceremony. Nobody is invited. At the time of the wedding Ann is already three months pregnant with Barack Obama Jr.
August 4, 1961: Barack Obama Jr. is born. Ann is eighteen. She drops out of college after one semester in the University of Hawaii.
1964
Ann files for divorce from Barack Obama Sr. and he signs the papers.
The Selma to Montgomery marches were three marches in 1965 that marked the political and emotional peak of the American Civil Rights Movement.
They were the culmination of the voting rights movement in Selma, Alabama, launched by Amelia Boynton and her husband. Boynton brought many prominent leaders of the American Civil Rights Movement to Selma, including James Bevel, who initiated and organized the march; Martin Luther King, Jr.; and Hosea Williams.
The first march took place on March 7, 1965 — "Bloody Sunday" — when 600 civil rights marchers were attacked by state and local police with billy clubs and tear gas. The second march took place on March 9. Only the third march, which began on March 21 and lasted five days, made it to Montgomery, 54 miles (87 km) away.
---- Mr. Obama, YOU LIE.
Another sly way to pick his nose in public?
Maybe he needed a cigarette.
I’m sorry I am turning into a bitter old woman, as I watch this douche bag destroy my country.
She wasn’t just white. She was “typically” white.
How much did it cost the Clintons, I want to know. The media is always to quick to disclose how much Sarah Palin spent on this or that.
Photo op, pity me...blah blah, don’t turn around, Barry will stab you in the back.
It was suggested that she just had another botox injection.
I stated that she is tired of the ugly pictures Drudge shows of her and she had apermanent smile injected.
This is the new face of the EVIL One.
1. Rest in peace, Dr. Height.
2. Why does Michelle ALWAYS have this scowl on her face?
What a fraud!
How did he get the tear drop going? By applying a bit of onion juice, Vics Vaporub, tea-tree oil, or glycerine to his eye corner? Actors always touch their eye before the first tear. I hope he’s not crying because he skipped his meds.
“cry me a river you a$$clown-you laughed when you scattered your typical white grandmother’s ashes
obowmao you make me wanna puke you ignorant fraud”
aint that the truth.
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