Posted on 09/23/2012 9:41:08 AM PDT by yoe
[snip]Take Congressman John Lewis, for example. He was the son -- (applause.) Yes, indeed. He was the son of sharecroppers.
[snip] And then there's Congressman Louis Stokes who was raised by a widowed mother in Cleveland's public housing.
[snip] But from so many unlikely places, members of this caucus rose up and lived out their own version of the great American Dream. And that is why they came here to Washington. They came because they were determined to give others that same chance;
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.suntimes.com ...
How do you think it could sound a “Congressional White Caucus”?
During her speech she told the story pasted below. What she forgot to mention was that the committee chairman was a DEMOCRAT, John Stennis, chairman from 1969-1981. But I’m sure the lefty press will be reporting that fact straight away. /s
“Now, this work wasn’t always easy, especially in the early years, when many members of this caucus faced challenges they never could have anticipated. For example, back in the early ‘70s, Congressman Ron Dellums was appointed to the Armed Services Committee — (applause) — as was Congresswoman Pat Schroeder. Displeased about having both a woman and an African American assigned to his committee, the chairman at the time added just one seat to the committee room — and he forced the two of them to share it. But Congressman Dellums was unphased. He said to Congresswoman Schroeder, “Let’s not give these guys the luxury of knowing they can get under our skin. Let’s sit here and share this chair as if it’s the most normal thing in the world.” (Laughter.)
And that is why their journey will never end. They will never find or be able to enter the promise land either individually or collectively
“our journey is far, far from finished”
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What will the destination look like?
——What will the destination look like?——
The destination will not be viewed by those who marched.
When they are are at last dead and gone, the dream can be accomplished. The marchers are more intent on filling their pockets than fulfilling the dream
Poor, poor Blacks, forever the victims.
"I don't feel no ways tired..I come too far from where I started from...Nobody told me that the road would be easy...I don't believe he brought me this far to leave me."
I'm a Democrat. Pandering for the black vote is what we do.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/horsesmouth/2007/03/yet_another_win.php
“Congressional black caucus”, LOL. The most corrupt of the corrupt, the most inept of the inept. The klan wit’ a tan.These A-holes would fit right in running Mogadishu. Look at what black demonrats have done to Detroit, Gary, Indiana, Birmingham and Atlanta. These ones want to do that to the whole country. Repayrations fo’ all and sheeit.
I AM SO SICK OF THESE PEOPLE.
We hope to finish it for you, come November.
Now, the Chicago Black supremacists and their foolish enablers are dangerously close to setting race relations in the U.S. back more than a half century.
IOW, “We won’t rest until 100% of blacks are on the Democrat Plantation. We need the last 1% to come home.”
Hey Manchelle, how much did your great-grandparents pay for the tickets to ride that railroad???
"The Race Card" covers it, of course....
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