Definitely see a story brewing about McCain/MLK Death: 40 years later April 4, 2008
Posted by baxtersbrother2 in Election 2008, Race Relations, The press, Uncategorized.Tags: McCain, Media Matters, MLK, NPR, Swift-Boating
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Well, in my quest to be fair, Media Matters sent me this email that I thought was interesting. It indicates an ABC Blog, NBC Blog and CBS blog, that McCain is planning to take time off today to honor Dr Martin Luther King in the 40th Anniversity of his Assassination. However, what Media Matters noted was that McCain in 1983, as a Congressman voted against the creation of the holiday and the Governor of Arizona, in 1987, signed an executive order to rescind the holiday. McCain regrets the vote as told in an Meet the Press interview in 1999 but given the extreme sensitivities of this election, it could prove very dramatic. Things have not been reported, but ever since Swift-Boating politics and pulling DUI’s of 30 years ago, mark my words, this will surface.
To be fair, I did read some of the comments on the Media Matters website regarding this post. Some of the comments are horrible, repeat our prejudices and divides.
Dr Martin Luther King was a great man who fought for the civil rights of ALL Americans.
I have also attached the “I have a dream speech” that always makes me cry.
Here is what NPR has to say: Link
In the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King, & hope for reconciliation, McCain should address this issue head on! This will play negatively. He should address it, apologize for it and move on.
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Wow. Ill-tempered, white republican who voted against MLK holiday vs. charismatic, black democrat who polls awesome with blacks and whites. May turn out to be a landslide.
NickyCheese’s last blog post..The Most Ridiculous Statement of March
McCain is truly a gentleman and a scholar. On CNN today, as per redstate.com
Heckling? I don’t think so.
By Erick
John McCain today, speaking about Martin Luther King, Jr., admitted he was wrong in opposing an MLK Day in Arizona. A few folks are trying to suggest he was heckled. And there may have been a few to do so — there are always a few, even at Obama rallies.
But, CNN really captures the overwhelming reaction of the people at the event:
CNN: “From The Audience There Were People Yelling, ‘We Forgive You, We Forgive You.” “And an interesting moment that took place moments ago, you witnessed it here on CNN. He was explaining that he didn’t support the King holiday initially. And then he said he supports it now, he made a mistake, ‘a little late in doing the right thing.’ And then from the audience there were people who were yelling, ‘We forgive you, we forgive you.’ And that great acknowledgement that he gave to them as well.”
(CNN Live, 4/4/08)
Oh! Perfect job!
Very interesting and helpful post.
Thx, your blog in my Google reader now