Posted on 02/07/2013 1:13:27 AM PST by JohnHuang2
At the inauguration just past, Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee shoehorned a quote by Alex Haley into his introduction of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
“The late Alex Haley, the author of ‘Roots,’ lived his life by these six words: ‘Find the good and praise it,’” said Alexander. “Today we praise the American tradition of transferring or reaffirming immense power as we inaugurate the president of the United States.”
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Like so many patronizing gestures by establishment Republicans to minority communities, Alexander’s forced non-sequitur rang hollow. Haley was the last person he should have been holding up as a role model on Inauguration Day.
Haley did not find the good in America, just the opposite. Despite the easy-going tone of “Roots,” a mega 1976 best-seller that is still being read and watched by unsuspecting schoolchildren, Haley quietly laid out an indictment against the United States that was always loaded and often gratuitous.
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Thursday morning MEGA PING!
Thursday morning MEGA PING!
Thursday morning MEGA PING!
You’re not supposed to remember that stuff!
“Roots” was not merely a work of fiction, it was mostly plagiarism...and from a white dude, no less!
Jack Cashill strike s again.
Why does Jack always have to be so politically correct?
/sarc
Plagiarism (viz., Haley, MLK, Biden, JFK, ... ) once was taken quite seriously - today, not so much.
I think Congress should work far less, not more. By the way, Alexander needs to go.
Around here, the kids call ‘em wiggers
I like the Texas model. Meet once every two years for a couple of weeks.
Kunta Kinte Alexander just another PhonyCon pandering to liberals
“Why was fraud Alex Haley quoted at inauguration?”
Because “they” won.
Amazing. The American tradition of reaffirming or transferring of power.
Once again a flaming liberal shows the world just what is valuable to their ilk.
That day is not about power. That day is about the vows of our nation’s number one public servant, and the example he or she will set for us.
The example of humility set by Washington and Lincoln and Reagan is gone forever.
My name is kunta kinte obama -not toby
More like "Find the good and steal it"
I remember seeing Haley on television. He seemed like a sober, intelligent man, Coast Guard veteran, Readers Digest editor. His intellectual manner is what helped him fool people about Roots.
“My name is kunta kinte obama -not toby”
Obama’s ancestors never felt that that lash. they may have applied it.
Because he was a globalist.
Alex Hailey’s is merely about some book parts of which he plagiarized. His fraud pales in comparison to the fraud committed by two black communist con-men, the celebration of a fraudulent holiday and a fraudulent election.
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