Posted on 08/28/2008 9:32:43 AM PDT by Republican Extremist
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?
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.
The windows on the set clearly show that it is NOT the Lincoln Memorial. It is the White House.
Good catch. I think you’re right.
Instead of “I Have a Dream”, it’ll be “I AM The Dream!”
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
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.
I can see the similarities.
Here is the White House.
It has Ionic columns, where the Lincoln Memorial are Doric, so I don't think that's it.
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.
So, he’s switching parties? ;-)
So, he’s switching parties? ;-)
Exterior entrance from the Rose Garden into the Oval Office. Note the doric columns and windows.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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