Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Pics show Obama now thinks he is channeling Dr. Martin Luther King
Drudge Pic ^ | 8-28-08 | Republican Extremist (AKA: JLB)

Posted on 08/28/2008 9:32:43 AM PDT by Republican Extremist

Looking at the pictures of Obama's "Temple of Dumb", it struck me that it looked a great deal like the Lincoln Memorial.

Then I heard that Obama's speech is on the anniversiary of Dr. King's speech from 45 years ago today.

Where did Dr. King give that speech? He gave it in front of the Lincoln Memorial.

So we got it wrong. Obama does not think he is a Greek God, he really thinks he is Dr. Martin Luther King!

The sweet irony of a Democrat who divides people on race, speaking on the anniversiary of the Dr. King speech, and in front of a stage modeled after the founder of the Republican Party should not be lost.


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: 2008dncconvention; convention; drking; hubris; obama
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-60 next last
To: Republican Extremist

21 posted on 08/28/2008 9:49:04 AM PDT by Republican Extremist
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Republican Extremist
You are exactly right. The papers carried photos of the King speech in their convention coverage. Clearly The Chosen One is going to make this comparison and the Temple is intended to be reminiscent of the Lincoln Memorial.

I wonder how this will go over? Obama isn't really African-American - his ancestors were never slaves here. King is revered in the African-American community - will they resent this rookie who hasn't accomplished anything yet comparing himself to King? How about Jesse Jackson, who considers himself King's heir, and who actually was with King in Memphis?

This whole Sermon on the Temple strikes me as a big gamble that could easily backfire. Can you say hubris?

22 posted on 08/28/2008 9:50:17 AM PDT by colorado tanker (Number nine, number nine, number nine . . .)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Republican Extremist
The Lincoln Memorial doesn't curve like the Obama stage does.

I don't think it was designed to be a replica of the front of the Lincoln Memorial. That doesn't mean that Obama and company can't say that that is what it's suppose to be. I just won't buy their BS.

23 posted on 08/28/2008 9:51:13 AM PDT by Artemis Webb ("The church is near, but the road is icy. The bar is far away, but I will walk carefully.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Republican Extremist

The windows on the set clearly show that it is NOT the Lincoln Memorial. It is the White House.


24 posted on 08/28/2008 9:53:24 AM PDT by Wyatt's Torch (I can explain it to you. I can't understand it for you.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: trustandhope

25 posted on 08/28/2008 9:55:45 AM PDT by Alice in Wonderland
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Republican Extremist

Good catch. I think you’re right.

Instead of “I Have a Dream”, it’ll be “I AM The Dream!”


26 posted on 08/28/2008 9:55:51 AM PDT by Hazwaste (Vote! Vote for the conservative local, state, and national candidates of your choice, but VOTE!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Republican Extremist
Heheheheh....

Illinois Obama stars in "Raiders of the Lost Party"
Illinois Obama and The Temple of Dumb
Illinois Obama and "The Last Crusade"
Illinois Obama and the Kingdom of the Empty Skull

27 posted on 08/28/2008 9:59:59 AM PDT by KriegerGeist (Lifetime member of the "Christian-Radical-Right-Wing-Kook-Factor")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: Republican Extremist

It’s pretty clear to me that it is the Oval Office... Honestly, who give a sh*t. Let this putz give his speach if front of whatever he wants.

Lipstick on a pig.


28 posted on 08/28/2008 10:00:12 AM PDT by NYleatherneck (It ain't a World War until the French surrender.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: FastCoyote
Obama is not anything like Dr. King, the Kingfish, maybe.
29 posted on 08/28/2008 10:00:17 AM PDT by ANGGAPO (Layte Gulf Beach Club)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: Republican Extremist
Well, King was a plagiarizer and Obama has a plagiarizer as his running mate. King was a womanizing philanderer and Obama was endorsed last night by a womanizing philanderer. King was a socialist who sought U.S. defeat in Vietnam and Obama is a socialist who seeks U.S. defeat in the WOT.

I can see the similarities.

30 posted on 08/28/2008 10:00:55 AM PDT by puroresu (Enjoy ASIAN CINEMA? See my Freeper page for recommendations (updated!).)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Artemis Webb
I think it has to curve to visually embrace the stage.

Here is the White House.

It has Ionic columns, where the Lincoln Memorial are Doric, so I don't think that's it.

31 posted on 08/28/2008 10:02:54 AM PDT by Republican Extremist
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 23 | View Replies]

To: Blue Turtle

I think he was a Republican, although his last few years, I’m not sure if he changed affiliation or not. He definitely was a liberal in terms of social policy and the war, and flirted with the Communist Party for a while. But in the 50s, he was a Republican.


32 posted on 08/28/2008 10:03:45 AM PDT by Defiant (The Obamessiah creed: There was a pedophile named Mohammed, and Obama is his messenger.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 19 | View Replies]

To: Republican Extremist

So, he’s switching parties? ;-)


33 posted on 08/28/2008 10:04:24 AM PDT by Constitutions Grandchild
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Republican Extremist

So, he’s switching parties? ;-)


34 posted on 08/28/2008 10:04:36 AM PDT by Constitutions Grandchild
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: atc23
The term, “Useful Idiots” comes to mind.
35 posted on 08/28/2008 10:04:53 AM PDT by ANGGAPO (Layte Gulf Beach Club)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: Republican Extremist

Exterior entrance from the Rose Garden into the Oval Office. Note the doric columns and windows.

36 posted on 08/28/2008 10:07:49 AM PDT by SuperSonic (Bush "lied", people dyed.......their fingers purple.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 31 | View Replies]

To: SuperSonic

I actually think it is a view from inside. those two large structures on the sides of the windows are the fire places. there is a pic on wikipedia, but i can’t get into my photobucket account to post it here.


37 posted on 08/28/2008 10:10:06 AM PDT by NYleatherneck (It ain't a World War until the French surrender.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 36 | View Replies]

To: Republican Extremist

Rush really is correct: in a sane world, this 143-day experience of this joker would make him a laughingstock even in the Democrat party.


38 posted on 08/28/2008 10:12:20 AM PDT by Recovering_Democrat (Just say NObama!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Defiant

Is there any documentation that you know of that King was a Republican? I’m not disputing it, because it wasn’t uncommon back then for people to register with a party they had almost nothing in common with for various regional or technical reasons. For all I know, Saul Alinsky may have been registered as a Republican.

The thing that bothers me is that people keep saying over and over that King was a Republican as if he was someone like Michael Steele or Clarence Thomas. And as if it’s somehow distorting or perverting King’s legacy for leftists today to invoke King. Sorry, but I see it as perfectly appropriate for leftists to invoke King, since he was a leftist both in his public stances and his less-than-honorable private conduct.

You are quite correct that King was not a conservative, and even had sympathy for Communists.


39 posted on 08/28/2008 10:16:45 AM PDT by puroresu (Enjoy ASIAN CINEMA? See my Freeper page for recommendations (updated!).)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 32 | View Replies]

To: SuperSonic
Either way is good. If he thinks he is already in the White House, it will go over like those pics of his throne on Obama Force One with the word "President" on it I posted a while back.

If he thinks he is Dr. King, some Republican should say "I knew Dr. King, and you are no Dr. King".

It's Hubris, either way.

40 posted on 08/28/2008 10:17:20 AM PDT by Republican Extremist
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 36 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-60 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson