Posted on 08/30/2013 6:55:59 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Conservative commentators have had a lot to say over the last 24 hours about the fact that Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), the only African-American in the Senate, was not invited to yesterday’s March on Washington 50th Anniversary celebration. According to Bill O’Reilly, it was strange that no Republicans and no conservatives were invited” to the event. As it turns out, that’s just not true.
As the Washington Post’s Ed O’Keefe reported today, “not a single Republican elected official stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Wednesday.” But it’s not because they weren’t invited. While Scott’s office has confirmed that the senator was not invited, many of his senior colleagues were.
Here’s a run-down of the top Republicans who were invited to the March on Washington anniversary event, and why they reportedly decided not to show.
The Rev. Leah D. Daughtry, who served as executive producer of the commemoration, told the Washington Post’s O’Keefe that her committee began inviting members of Congress to attend four or five weeks before the event.
We had a very concerted effort, because this is not a political moment. This was about us coming together as a community, so we wanted to be sure that we had all political representations, Daughtry said. We attempted very vigorously to have someone from the GOP participate and unfortunately they were unable to find someone who was able to participate.
[photos via House.gov, Senate.gov]
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Why would they? It was the Republicans who ALWAYS fought to give the blacks a better life while the Democrats thwarted the efforts. The uninformed, lied-to blacks crap on us anyhow. What would be the point participating in their pathetic lives or events?
I have come to the realization that just about everything I was taught growing up (on a variety of subjects) was false. The real truth has been hidden, re-written, and suppressed and propaganda has been substituted for it.
its on them.....
the rats did not want pubs there and they made that very clear....
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Daughtry served as Chief Executive Officer of the 2008 Democratic National Convention Committee, responsible for all aspects of planning and execution of the Democratic Partys quadrennial presidential nominating convention. She simultaneously served as Chief of Staff of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), the governing body of the national Democratic Party, where she was responsible for the day-to-day management of the national Partys affairs, ensuring that the Party is best positioned to help Democrats win elections.
Behind her as she preached today Leah was delivering the sermon Below the sanctuary, in the fellowship hall, a banner for slavery reparations proclaimed, They Owe Us.
(Hat Tip: Conservative punk)
Can Leah Daughtry Bring Faith to the Party?
House of the Lord Church in Brooklyn sizable sanctuary of the church, which is headed by her father, Herbert Daughtry.
Below the sanctuary, in the fellowship hall, a banner for slavery reparations proclaimed, They Owe Us. Herbert Daughtrys ministry has always combined consuming spirituality with black liberation theology the theology Jeremiah Wright invoked this spring to defend his controversial sermons and zealous political activism. Leah holds these forces within her.
Leah, who was raised according to a strict religious code that forbid females to wear pants, lipstick or makeup, took part in the protests at the age of 13. Her eyes brightened when she recalled those demonstrations and the assorted groups that joined together to give them strength, just as her voice took on extra passion when she discussed black liberation theology and the writing of James Cone.
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- “Walking Around Money” Daughtry?
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I would no more attend a heathen moonbat occasion ‘honoring’ a conservative hero than I would attend an event on religious freedom sponsored by the AC-Hell-U.
You already know the composition of the attenders, the agenda, the speakers, the slogans, and not a one of them are scarcely worth the ink to describe their worthlessness. You already know that you may as well walk around with a “hate me” sign on your back and possibly expect everything from petty vandalism to assault.
Seriously, why even bother?!
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