If MLK were alive today, he would have been on that stage today with Glenn and Sarah, arms high in the air, to celebrate what he knows is right. I’m watching this now and Sarah is out there.....
And I’ve posted this numerous times before and it deserves to be repeated. Martin Luther King was as much a conservative as many would ever want to admit. And if alive, would take Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton and brow beat the 2 of them for what is going on today....
If alive, MLK would have been on stage with Glen and Sarah.
If MLK had been on stage he would have been a mighty lonely black man. I decided to go to both events to see what was happening. I believe there were easily several hundred thousand for Glen and Sarah, although I have been at big events where most were standing, and at this one many were sitting down or on blankets which takes up more space. At least they had lots of nice trees for shade. One thing that struck me is that this event was all white. Walking past about 10,000 attendees, I saw 3 black people, and no hispanics. I asked them politely what their reason was for being there. One was just trying to see the event, one was trying to find the Sharpton event, and one smiled enigmatically.
If this event represents the tea party, then TP is an all white movement, and Becks statements of inclusion echo very hollowly. It almost made me said to think that if Beck is really for inclusion, then he is trying to create what will not happen with this group.
Then I went to find the Sharpton event. It was really hard to find, and police could/would not give very definite info. On radio I had heard the first event would end at 1 pm, but did not. I heard that Sharpton’s group would start marching at 11 am and arive at 1 pm. Eventually, I located it near the fence for a new MLK memorial which is in development a little after 1 pm. There was a very large field with no trees, and lots of hot sun, and a few people sitting/walking around talking. A black man on the small stage said that Sharpton was always late, but that they were on their way. I think perhaps they had to delay the start when the first event ran late. Finally, after 3 pm the main group arrived. I think the total was from 3 to 5,000. Speeches by Martin Luther King III, Sharpton and others were mercifully short. The crowd was perhaps 15 to 30% white with some hispanics. Everyone was friendly.
One thing both groups had in common was a lot of emphasis given to God and his message. I don’t know why white people are so afraid of blacks, they really are not that well organized.