The original source is me and photoshop.
Posted on 12/22/2007 7:04:49 AM PST by Leisler
Mitt Romney continued to cite a 1967 book reference as proof his father marched for civil rights with Martin Luther King Jr. even as the author insisted he has no evidence to back up the claim.
“In 1963, George Romney did participate in Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘Freedom Marches’ in Grosse Pointe,” said Romney spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom yesterday, citing the book titled “The Republican Establishment: The Present and Future of the GOP.”
But Stephen Hess, a senior fellow of the Brookings Institution who wrote the book with Washington Post columnist David S. Broder, said the reference to Romney’s father, the late Michigan Gov. George Romney, marching with King was “meant totally symbolically.”
“The point we were making was that the issue of Mormonism had to do with its civil rights record. Did he walk with Martin Luther King? Today I have no idea,” Hess said.
The book, lacking footnotes and references, says in a chapter about George Romney, “He has marched with Martin Luther King through the exclusive Grosse Pointe suburb of Detroit and he is on record in support of full-coverage Federal open-housing legislation.”
But two members of the Grosse Pointe Historical Society said yesterday King never set foot in Grosse Pointe in 1963 and they woud have known if George Romney marched with him.
A member of the committee that invited King to appear at Grosse Pointe High School on March 14, 1968 - the only time historians say King appeared in the Detroit suburb - says George Romney wasn’t at the event and there was no “march” at that time.
“Dr. King was flown into Detroit and rushed into Grosse Pointe under heavy security, gave his address and then left very shortly thereafter,” said Russell Peebles, 88, who was a member of the Grosse Pointe school board’s Human Relations Committee, which invited King to speak. “George (Romney) was not in the audience. He certainly wasn’t on the stage.”
Romney claimed in his widely watched speech on religion earlier this month in College Station, Texas, and in a Sunday appearance on ‘Meet the Press’ that he “saw” his father march with the leader of the civil rights movement. In Iowa today, as his campaign tried to wriggle out of questions, Romney parsed definitions of the word “saw” and claimed his use of the term was “figurative.”
Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics called Romney’s parsing “Clintonian,” adding, “He just thought no one would ever check.”
The original source is me and photoshop.
This reminds me of Bob Dornan being challenged by Jesse Jackson on whether Dornan actually went to a King march until a photo was found of the 3 of them together.
Interesting. I thought that bat attacking the back of her head was photoshopped as well. I guess that part actually happened.
Thanks!
LOL...this thread is too funny.
At issue are the eyewitness accounts of the June 29th NAACP march; two corroborating eyewitnesses. It’s possible both are wrong, but ordinarily that’s considered strong evidence. The 1978 interview has very weak support-only one second-hand source, 30 years after the event. Your gotcha is a few links short of a chain.
What a novel idea!
My take is that there are two key issues-- the war on terror and border security.
Duncan Hunter is great on both.
Fred is good on the war on terror and so-so on border security.
Mitt is about the same as Fred or possibly a bit behind in that my perception is that he wouldn't rank high on border security, but would probably do the right thing because it is popular.
Rudy and McCain are good on the war on terror but totally untrustworthy on border security.
Huckabee is as bad or worse than Rudy and McCain on border security and probably not as good in the war on terror.
People should be doing this analysis on every major issue and weighing them accordingly.
What tipped you off the you are there part. ;)
You meant this kind
LOL
Let me save you some time.
I am nasty and small minded.
What is wrong with it? It is fake but accurate. ;)
Shall I post one of Lenore with looterman?
and 148 is also photoshopped?
Hilarious, pepperhead. Did you realize this might make you famous.....you were there...ROTFLMAO
The source for 148 is .” the Instructional Media Center Collection At Michigan State University Archives And Historical Collections: “Dr. Martin Luther King speaking to graduate student Laura L. Leichliter (center) and Michigan’s First Lady Mrs. Lenore Romney in February 1965.
I think the original newspaper reports is stronger evidence.
Although I will say that I found your defense of #107 damn funny.
Well, for one thing, I'm a graphic designer and that is as horribly obvious a "Photoshop" (which I use daily) as the phony smoke over Lebanon.
Even the most casual of photographers can recognize the difference in light on the subjects. See how it's the same on the Romneys, but different on MLK? Also, look at MLK's jacket, between the mics. Doesn't it look a bit "unnatural"? Yes, it does. It's because the picture fraudulent.
So, my experience in my profession is my source. You can call it "prejudice" all you want. I call it "reality".
I call your candidate names and belittle him because the names are accurate and he has been falsely built up into something he is not.
In response, supporters of your candidate routinely post personal insults directed toward me and anyone else like me who sees Willard for what he is.
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