Posted on 09/05/2010 3:36:42 PM PDT by markomalley
White House planners have mistakenly attributed a quotation to Martin Luther King in the new Oval Office carpet but the original author was in fact a now-forgotten 19th century activist.
Though President Barack Obama would no doubt admire the record of Theodore Parker, a Boston preacher and campaigner against slavery, his aides included the quote in the carpet to honour Dr King.
Among a series of quotes woven into the edge of the new beige carpet are the words: "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice."
Dr King often used the phrase in his campaigns for black rights, which paved the way for the current White House occupant, to emerge as the first black leader of America.
However Dr King never claimed he had come up with it as his own.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Big “O” seems to think that he represents only blacks: The
President is supposed to represent ALL AMERICANS!
Confucius say White House lie like its own rug.
The real seal: 
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