Little Know Fact: Mitt Romney and Dad marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

[rdean]

So you're going to keep denying that there is no way to interpret it besides your strict interpretation?

Im not terribly surprised.

It's all about "thought bubbles".

Oh my Gawd. I think I've found "proof".​

 

[Vel]

Wow.. This shows how racist the Romney family was.

http://digitize.gp.lib.mi.us/digitize/newspapers/gpnews/1960-64/63/1963-07-04.pdf

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

WIDELY KNOWN FACT, rdean is a tool.

Thank you, that is all.

 

[rdean]

Wow.. This shows how racist the Romney family was.

http://digitize.gp.lib.mi.us/digitize/newspapers/gpnews/1960-64/63/1963-07-04.pdf

Romney brought up his family, not me.

Kudos for his father. And remember, George Romney was the first state governor to publish ALL of his tax records for public scrutiny. How do you think his father would feel about Mitt's lies?

 

[Lakhota]

‘Was Not Intended To Be A Factual Statement’
--Jon Kyle

 

[rdean]

‘Was Not Intended To Be A Factual Statement’
--Jon Kyle

This has to be one of the best political cartoons of the season. This dog is in deep "Mitt".

 

[auditor0007]

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In the most-watched speech of his political career, speaking on “Faith in America” at College Station, Texas, earlier this month, Mitt Romney evoked the strongest of all symbolic claims to civil-rights credentials: “I saw my father march with Martin Luther King.”

He has repeated the claim several times recently, most prominently to Tim Russert on Meet the Press. But, while the late George W. Romney, a four-term governor of Michigan, can lay claim to a strong record on civil rights, the Phoenix can find no evidence that the senior Romney actually marched with King, nor anything in the public record suggesting that he ever claimed to do so.

Nor did Mitt Romney ever previously claim that this took place, until long after his father passed away in 1995 — not even when defending accusations of the Mormon church’s discriminatory past during his 1994 Senate campaign.

Was it all a dream? - News Features

Romney said in a 1978 interview with the Boston Herald, "My father and I marched with Martin Luther King Jr. through the streets of Detroit." It's a claim that he continued to make over the years, most notably during a 2007 interview on Meet the Press with the late Tim Russert.
He said, "You can see what I believed and what my family believed by looking at our lives. My dad marched with Martin Luther King. My mom was a tireless crusader for civil rights." A few days after the appearance, The Boston Phoenix reported that they could not find any record of a march that featured both King and Romney.

Mitt Romney's Martin Luther King problem: Will the candidate's MLK tall tales come back to haunt him?

MITT ROMNEY ---> I HAD A "DREAM" NO SERIOUSLY, IT WAS A "DREAM"

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So there is no way to substantiate it either way based on what you know. I am no longer a fan of Romney, but why would he have made this up 30 some years ago and continue to stick to the story if not true? Sorry, but I hate innuendo and made up crap. I would rather stick to the facts.

 

[texasdon]

If this is true--then it is just another reason for me to vote 3rd party!!!

 

[rdean]

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In the most-watched speech of his political career, speaking on “Faith in America” at College Station, Texas, earlier this month, Mitt Romney evoked the strongest of all symbolic claims to civil-rights credentials: “I saw my father march with Martin Luther King.”

He has repeated the claim several times recently, most prominently to Tim Russert on Meet the Press. But, while the late George W. Romney, a four-term governor of Michigan, can lay claim to a strong record on civil rights, the Phoenix can find no evidence that the senior Romney actually marched with King, nor anything in the public record suggesting that he ever claimed to do so.

Nor did Mitt Romney ever previously claim that this took place, until long after his father passed away in 1995 — not even when defending accusations of the Mormon church’s discriminatory past during his 1994 Senate campaign.

Was it all a dream? - News Features

Romney said in a 1978 interview with the Boston Herald, "My father and I marched with Martin Luther King Jr. through the streets of Detroit." It's a claim that he continued to make over the years, most notably during a 2007 interview on Meet the Press with the late Tim Russert.
He said, "You can see what I believed and what my family believed by looking at our lives. My dad marched with Martin Luther King. My mom was a tireless crusader for civil rights." A few days after the appearance, The Boston Phoenix reported that they could not find any record of a march that featured both King and Romney.

Mitt Romney's Martin Luther King problem: Will the candidate's MLK tall tales come back to haunt him?

MITT ROMNEY ---> I HAD A "DREAM" NO SERIOUSLY, IT WAS A "DREAM"

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oops

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So there is no way to substantiate it either way based on what you know. I am no longer a fan of Romney, but why would he have made this up 30 some years ago and continue to stick to the story if not true? Sorry, but I hate innuendo and made up crap. I would rather stick to the facts.

IF? There is video of Mitt saying this stuff and walking it back. Just like there is video of Mitt talking about putting his dog on the roof of the family car, driving down the highway and after 5 or 6 hours, after the dog shit all over itself, hosing down the dog, putting it back on the roof and driving the rest of the 12 hours.

 

[California Girl]

Yeah. It's on par with President Obama getting BORN because of Selma!

Obama told his audience that, because some folks had the courage to "march across a bridge" in Selma, Alabama, his mother, a white woman from Kansas, and his father, a black Muslim from Africa, took heart. It gave them the courage to get married and have a child. The problem with that characterization is that Barack Obama, Jr. was born on August 4, 1961, while the first of three marches across that bridge in Selma didn't occur until March 7, 1965, at least five years after Obama's parents met.

-- snopes.com: Say What, Barack?

Snopes does its usual biased apologia for The ONE. But clearly, The ONE is not real good with dates or the notion that time moves FORWARD, not backward.

You beat me to it.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

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In the most-watched speech of his political career, speaking on “Faith in America” at College Station, Texas, earlier this month, Mitt Romney evoked the strongest of all symbolic claims to civil-rights credentials: “I saw my father march with Martin Luther King.”

He has repeated the claim several times recently, most prominently to Tim Russert on Meet the Press. But, while the late George W. Romney, a four-term governor of Michigan, can lay claim to a strong record on civil rights, the Phoenix can find no evidence that the senior Romney actually marched with King, nor anything in the public record suggesting that he ever claimed to do so.

Nor did Mitt Romney ever previously claim that this took place, until long after his father passed away in 1995 — not even when defending accusations of the Mormon church’s discriminatory past during his 1994 Senate campaign.

Was it all a dream? - News Features

Romney said in a 1978 interview with the Boston Herald, "My father and I marched with Martin Luther King Jr. through the streets of Detroit." It's a claim that he continued to make over the years, most notably during a 2007 interview on Meet the Press with the late Tim Russert.
He said, "You can see what I believed and what my family believed by looking at our lives. My dad marched with Martin Luther King. My mom was a tireless crusader for civil rights." A few days after the appearance, The Boston Phoenix reported that they could not find any record of a march that featured both King and Romney.

Mitt Romney's Martin Luther King problem: Will the candidate's MLK tall tales come back to haunt him?

MITT ROMNEY ---> I HAD A "DREAM" NO SERIOUSLY, IT WAS A "DREAM"

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Little know9sic0 fact, rdean is an idiot that will believe anything bad written about a Republican.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

Why would Mitt make such an emotional claim, when it was a lie?
The Mormon's still discriminated against blacks at that time.

Because other people said it first? People get confused, I bet you can't remember everything accurately that happened in 1963.

Politico: Two Witnesses Saw Romney-King March - Talking Politics

 

[Quantum Windbag]

Yeah. It's on par with President Obama getting BORN because of Selma!

Obama told his audience that, because some folks had the courage to "march across a bridge" in Selma, Alabama, his mother, a white woman from Kansas, and his father, a black Muslim from Africa, took heart. It gave them the courage to get married and have a child. The problem with that characterization is that Barack Obama, Jr. was born on August 4, 1961, while the first of three marches across that bridge in Selma didn't occur until March 7, 1965, at least five years after Obama's parents met.

-- snopes.com: Say What, Barack?

Snopes does its usual biased apologia for The ONE. But clearly, The ONE is not real good with dates or the notion that time moves FORWARD, not backward.

Yep, politicians lie and what they lie about needs to be factored into one's vote. In this case, doesn't matter if one is black or white, seems Mitt has a long history of wishing to be seen as with Civil Rights Movement, not a bad 'wish.'

Not enough to make me a fan of him, but the wish still isn't bad.

It helps that they actually participated in a civil rights march, don't you think?

 

[Quantum Windbag]

i'll post all new laws for three days before i sign them

Five

 

[Quantum Windbag]

Selma got me born

My momma got heavy with child in 1961 because four plus years later my papa did her because Selma happened.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5D1bp6ZZ9s]Mark Rubio Lies to America - YouTube[/ame]

SON OF EXILES????????​

I never wrote anything about Rubio because I didn't care. People can be mistaken about what went on BEFORE they were born.

But Mitt lied about something he said he personally witnessed. You guys are something else.

Like Hillary getting shot at? Or Obama giving a Medal of Honor to a guy who survived who was actually dead?

BLACKFIVE: President Obama's Terrible Mistake

People are not perfect. Since I know that I have no reason to actually harp endlessly pointing out that people make them. If you want to play that game I can easily match you, and win, because you are the one that will end up looking clueless.

 

[jillian]

It's a little KNOW fact.

PERFECT for rderp.

maybe. but the bigger issue is why would romney lie about something so easily fact-checked?

seems silly.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

It's a little KNOW fact.

PERFECT for rderp.

maybe. but the bigger issue is why would romney lie about something so easily fact-checked?

seems silly.

Selma got me born, Twatwaffle

 

[Quantum Windbag]

It's a little KNOW fact.

PERFECT for rderp.

maybe. but the bigger issue is why would romney lie about something so easily fact-checked?

seems silly.

Because he actually marched, and actually believed that King was there? Couldn't possibly be an innocent explanation like faulty memory, could it, unlike Obama and the Selma thing.

 

[jillian]

It's a little KNOW fact.

PERFECT for rderp.

maybe. but the bigger issue is why would romney lie about something so easily fact-checked?

seems silly.

Selma got me born, Twatwaffle

s'matter, trollboy, feeling cranky? *shrug*

 

[NLT]

Selma got me born

My momma got heavy with child in 1961 because four plus years later my papa did her because Selma happened.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5D1bp6ZZ9s]Mark Rubio Lies to America - YouTube[/ame]

SON OF EXILES????????​

I never wrote anything about Rubio because I didn't care. People can be mistaken about what went on BEFORE they were born.

But Mitt lied about something he said he personally witnessed. You guys are something else.

What a lame ass fuck face you are. Your attempts at attacking the right fail every fucking time. Jerk