Only Black Senator Not Invited to March on Washington

[jasonnfree]

Well the American people didnt just vote for Obama out of the blue. The Democrats promoted him, first letting him give the keynote speech in 2004 at their convention. Then they nominated him, pushing Hillary aside. I wonder if anyone ever asked "you know, this guy has no experience, no resume, and his only claim is that he can be "the first black president". Aren't we getting ahead of ourselves here"?

George W. Bush military service controversy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


and Republicans elected a one term Governor George Bush who did not even complete his military duty ...

Don't forget the only "president" with an arrest record. Being an ex boozer and a draft dodger was the icing on the cake for all these supposedly moral repiglicans.

 

[bendog]

Sorry Republicans, But Sen. Tim Scott Was Invited To the March On Washington

The latest in Republican false meme creation began when ABC “Benghazi emails” News reported, “The only African American serving in the Senate, Republican Tim Scott, wasn’t invited to partake in the festivities today, a spokesman confirmed to ABC News.” This statement was also reported by the Newscorp owned Wall Street Journal, which was then quoted by The Washington Post.


But according to the event organizers, this isn’t true. Roll Call broke with the mainstream media tradition of taking a Republican’s word for it by actually asking the organizers of the event if Republicans were invited. In an email statement, a spokesperson for the event said, “This was truly a bipartisan outreach effort…All members of congress were invited to attend and the Republican leadership was invited to speak. Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s office was very helpful in trying to find someone to speak at the event. Making this commemoration bi-partisan was especially important to members of the King family, too.”

So....Tim Scott...being a Republican leader was invited to speak, right?

Looks like all of Congress was invited. That includes Tim Scott.

But FOXNEWS didn't invite Tim Scott on, either.

And you know that Mitch, Boehner, Lyin' Ryan, Ayn Rand Paul, Marco (Polo!), and Rafael Cruz are not gonna sit there listening to speech after speech railing against the restrictions to the Constitutional right to vote.

They ain't got the stones to defend their actions.

yeah, I think that's hammer on nail. Not that there aren't gopers with records on discrimination that are admirable. Orin Hatch comes immediately to mind. McCain absolutely refused to play the J. Wright race card, even knowing it was probably his only chance. Romney, unfortuntely, discarded his manhood in search of a nomination of a party controlled by a lunatic fringe.

But, how can any goper with any integrity stand up there when you see to voter suppression efforts at the state level? And then there's the civil rights act stuff. I really was for trashing the whole justice dept oversight stuff, but then the various states went forth and pretty much said we want Jim Crow back.

It's pathetically sad, because LBJ never could have passed his agenda without guys like Dirksen

 

[Jarhead]

Sorry Republicans, But Sen. Tim Scott Was Invited To the March On Washington

The latest in Republican false meme creation began when ABC “Benghazi emails” News reported, “The only African American serving in the Senate, Republican Tim Scott, wasn’t invited to partake in the festivities today, a spokesman confirmed to ABC News.” This statement was also reported by the Newscorp owned Wall Street Journal, which was then quoted by The Washington Post.


But according to the event organizers, this isn’t true. Roll Call broke with the mainstream media tradition of taking a Republican’s word for it by actually asking the organizers of the event if Republicans were invited. In an email statement, a spokesperson for the event said, “This was truly a bipartisan outreach effort…All members of congress were invited to attend and the Republican leadership was invited to speak. Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s office was very helpful in trying to find someone to speak at the event. Making this commemoration bi-partisan was especially important to members of the King family, too.”

Typical crap. Cherry pick paragraphs. No mention that Cantors invite was an afterthought 12 days before the event after he had already committed to other events, albeit, non official.

You guys are so ******* hell bent on painting the GOP as a bunch of racists, you refuse to see what the **** is happening around you.

 

[EriktheRed]

Sorry Republicans, But Sen. Tim Scott Was Invited To the March On Washington

The latest in Republican false meme creation began when ABC “Benghazi emails” News reported, “The only African American serving in the Senate, Republican Tim Scott, wasn’t invited to partake in the festivities today, a spokesman confirmed to ABC News.” This statement was also reported by the Newscorp owned Wall Street Journal, which was then quoted by The Washington Post.


But according to the event organizers, this isn’t true. Roll Call broke with the mainstream media tradition of taking a Republican’s word for it by actually asking the organizers of the event if Republicans were invited. In an email statement, a spokesperson for the event said, “This was truly a bipartisan outreach effort…All members of congress were invited to attend and the Republican leadership was invited to speak. Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s office was very helpful in trying to find someone to speak at the event. Making this commemoration bi-partisan was especially important to members of the King family, too.”

Typical crap posted by Deb the spinner. Cherry pick paragraphs to suit her position. No mention that Cantors invite was an afterthought 12 days before the event after he had already committed to other events, albeit, non official.

You guys are so ******* hell bent on painting the GOP as a bunch of racists, you refuse to see what the **** is happening around you.

Funny, I thought the title of this thread was, "Only Black Senator Not Invited to March on Washington". Sure looks like the source you're bashing pretty much disproves that.

Here's another one for you to bash:


Tim Scott Declined Invitation To Attend MLK Event As Spectator | TPM LiveWire

 

[paperview]

Sorry Republicans, But Sen. Tim Scott Was Invited To the March On Washington

The latest in Republican false meme creation began when ABC “Benghazi emails” News reported, “The only African American serving in the Senate, Republican Tim Scott, wasn’t invited to partake in the festivities today, a spokesman confirmed to ABC News.” This statement was also reported by the Newscorp owned Wall Street Journal, which was then quoted by The Washington Post.


But according to the event organizers, this isn’t true. Roll Call broke with the mainstream media tradition of taking a Republican’s word for it by actually asking the organizers of the event if Republicans were invited. In an email statement, a spokesperson for the event said, “This was truly a bipartisan outreach effort…All members of congress were invited to attend and the Republican leadership was invited to speak. Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s office was very helpful in trying to find someone to speak at the event. Making this commemoration bi-partisan was especially important to members of the King family, too.”

Typical crap posted by Deb the spinner. Cherry pick paragraphs to suit her position. No mention that Cantors invite was an afterthought 12 days before the event after he had already committed to other events, albeit, non official.

You guys are so ******* hell bent on painting the GOP as a bunch of racists, you refuse to see what the **** is happening around you.

Funny, I thought the title of this thread was, "Only Black Senator Not Invited to March on Washington". Sure looks like the source you're bashing pretty much disproves that.

Here's another one for you to bash:


Tim Scott Declined Invitation To Attend MLK Event As Spectator | TPM LiveWire

*ouch*

 

[Jarhead]

Sorry Republicans, But Sen. Tim Scott Was Invited To the March On Washington

The latest in Republican false meme creation began when ABC “Benghazi emails” News reported, “The only African American serving in the Senate, Republican Tim Scott, wasn’t invited to partake in the festivities today, a spokesman confirmed to ABC News.” This statement was also reported by the Newscorp owned Wall Street Journal, which was then quoted by The Washington Post.


But according to the event organizers, this isn’t true. Roll Call broke with the mainstream media tradition of taking a Republican’s word for it by actually asking the organizers of the event if Republicans were invited. In an email statement, a spokesperson for the event said, “This was truly a bipartisan outreach effort…All members of congress were invited to attend and the Republican leadership was invited to speak. Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s office was very helpful in trying to find someone to speak at the event. Making this commemoration bi-partisan was especially important to members of the King family, too.”

No mention that Cantors invite was an afterthought 12 days before the event after he had already committed to other events, albeit, non official.

You guys are so ******* hell bent on painting the GOP as a bunch of racists, you refuse to see what the **** is happening around you.

Funny, I thought the title of this thread was, "Only Black Senator Not Invited to March on Washington". Sure looks like the source you're bashing pretty much disproves that.

Here's another one for you to bash:


Tim Scott Declined Invitation To Attend MLK Event As Spectator | TPM LiveWire

too ******* lazy to read the thread...just read the title?

Read the thread....then MAYBE you will understand.

But I doubt you will read it....so cya!

 

[rightwinger]

Sorry Republicans, But Sen. Tim Scott Was Invited To the March On Washington

The latest in Republican false meme creation began when ABC “Benghazi emails” News reported, “The only African American serving in the Senate, Republican Tim Scott, wasn’t invited to partake in the festivities today, a spokesman confirmed to ABC News.” This statement was also reported by the Newscorp owned Wall Street Journal, which was then quoted by The Washington Post.


But according to the event organizers, this isn’t true. Roll Call broke with the mainstream media tradition of taking a Republican’s word for it by actually asking the organizers of the event if Republicans were invited. In an email statement, a spokesperson for the event said, “This was truly a bipartisan outreach effort…All members of congress were invited to attend and the Republican leadership was invited to speak. Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s office was very helpful in trying to find someone to speak at the event. Making this commemoration bi-partisan was especially important to members of the King family, too.”

Typical crap posted by Deb the spinner. Cherry pick paragraphs to suit her position. No mention that Cantors invite was an afterthought 12 days before the event after he had already committed to other events, albeit, non official.

You guys are so ******* hell bent on painting the GOP as a bunch of racists, you refuse to see what the **** is happening around you.

Funny, I thought the title of this thread was, "Only Black Senator Not Invited to March on Washington". Sure looks like the source you're bashing pretty much disproves that.

Here's another one for you to bash:


Tim Scott Declined Invitation To Attend MLK Event As Spectator | TPM LiveWire

Oops........nevermind

 

[Seawytch]

Tim Scott Didn’t Speak At MLK Event Because He Declined Invitation To Attend

A source connected to the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington said Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), the only sitting black senator, was not invited to speak at the event because his office had declined an invitation to attend the commemoration as a spectator, Roll Call reported.

An email exchange obtained by Roll Call showed that an invitation to the 50th anniversary commemoration appeared to be sent to all members of Congress, as the form letter identified the recipient as "Representative" rather than by name.

The exchange showed that a staff assistant to Scott, Rachel Shelbourne, sent a reply to the invitation that read in part, "Unfortunately, the Senator will be in South Carolina during this time, so he will be unable to attend the event. Please do, however, keep him in mind for future events you may be hosting," as quoted by Roll Call.

 

[OohPooPahDoo]

Of course, we all know that you're not a real black person unless you're a Democrat. Just one more example of why we don't need to take these fools seriously about anything they say or want.

Nation?s only black Senator not invited to speak at March on Washington

You have to have an invite?

 

[MarcATL]

Sorry Republicans, But Sen. Tim Scott Was Invited To the March On Washington

The latest in Republican false meme creation began when ABC “Benghazi emails” News reported, “The only African American serving in the Senate, Republican Tim Scott, wasn’t invited to partake in the festivities today, a spokesman confirmed to ABC News.” This statement was also reported by the Newscorp owned Wall Street Journal, which was then quoted by The Washington Post.


But according to the event organizers, this isn’t true. Roll Call broke with the mainstream media tradition of taking a Republican’s word for it by actually asking the organizers of the event if Republicans were invited. In an email statement, a spokesperson for the event said, “This was truly a bipartisan outreach effort…All members of congress were invited to attend and the Republican leadership was invited to speak. Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s office was very helpful in trying to find someone to speak at the event. Making this commemoration bi-partisan was especially important to members of the King family, too.”

No mention that Cantors invite was an afterthought 12 days before the event after he had already committed to other events, albeit, non official.

You guys are so ******* hell bent on painting the GOP as a bunch of racists, you refuse to see what the **** is happening around you.

Funny, I thought the title of this thread was, "Only Black Senator Not Invited to March on Washington". Sure looks like the source you're bashing pretty much disproves that.

Here's another one for you to bash:


Tim Scott Declined Invitation To Attend MLK Event As Spectator | TPM LiveWire

Yep, I just became aware of this and decide to come and find this thread and post the update.

Tim Scott Declined Invite to Attend MLK March as Spectator | The World's Greatest Deliberative Body
Tim Scott Declined Invitation To Attend MLK Event As Spectator | TPM LiveWire
Senator Tim Scott Turned Down Invitation to 50th Anniversary of MLK Speech | Mediaite

And as it turns out, they asked a long list of Republican leaders to come out and to a man/woman they all turned it down...
'They asked a long list of Republicans to come' - The Maddow Blog
Boehner, Cantor Turned Down Invitation To Speak At MLK Anniversary
Boehner, Cantor Turned Down Chance to Speak at March Anniversary (Updated) | Goppers

WoW!! This thread is not only a big FAIL, but a big LIE!!

What else to expect from another USMB rabid RW Republican poster.

*SMH*

 

[hazlnut]

Can we please close this thread now that it's been proven false?

http://www.usmessageboard.com/politics/310402-tim-scott-didn-t-speak-at-mlk-event-because-he-declined-invitation-to-attend.html

 

[bendog]

Never. Facts can never overcome a fetching narrative!

 

[rightwinger]

No mention that Cantors invite was an afterthought 12 days before the event after he had already committed to other events, albeit, non official.

You guys are so ******* hell bent on painting the GOP as a bunch of racists, you refuse to see what the **** is happening around you.

Funny, I thought the title of this thread was, "Only Black Senator Not Invited to March on Washington". Sure looks like the source you're bashing pretty much disproves that.

Here's another one for you to bash:


Tim Scott Declined Invitation To Attend MLK Event As Spectator | TPM LiveWire

Yep, I just became aware of this and decide to come and find this thread and post the update.

Tim Scott Declined Invite to Attend MLK March as Spectator | The World's Greatest Deliberative Body
Tim Scott Declined Invitation To Attend MLK Event As Spectator | TPM LiveWire
Senator Tim Scott Turned Down Invitation to 50th Anniversary of MLK Speech | Mediaite

And as it turns out, they asked a long list of Republican leaders to come out and to a man/woman they all turned it down...
'They asked a long list of Republicans to come' - The Maddow Blog
Boehner, Cantor Turned Down Invitation To Speak At MLK Anniversary
Boehner, Cantor Turned Down Chance to Speak at March Anniversary (Updated) | Goppers

WoW!! This thread is not only a big FAIL, but a big LIE!!

What else to expect from another USMB rabid RW Republican poster.

*SMH*

Fact of the matter is that no Republican was going to sit there and listen to speaker after speaker attack Republican voter suppression and meekly scowl

Fact is that no Republican was going to get up and try to explain to tens of thousands of blacks why GOP policies are in their best interests

 

[Camp]

Of course, we all know that you're not a real black person unless you're a Democrat. Just one more example of why we don't need to take these fools seriously about anything they say or want.

Nation?s only black Senator not invited to speak at March on Washington

You have to have an invite?

Ya, you need an invite if you want to be in the secure area reserved for participants and invited guest for security reasons. Anyone could attend if they wanted to hang with the crowd.

 

[peach174]

Why was none of this written before yesterday?
Because it isn't true. It's a deflection from the criticism.
Senator Scott was very graceful and dignified in his answer on why he was not invited.
Tim Scott Takes High Road After MLK Anniversary Snub

 

[bodecea]

hand, elect, whatever word you wish to deflect to.

So...you perceive "hand" and "elect" to be the same thing.

I don't perceive **** all, I leave that to you folks. Admittedly I could have chosen a better word I suppose, but I didn't' mean it the way you took it.

Doesn't matter to me though, infer and deflect all you like, my comment stands, regardless.

So...what more do you think should have been done besides a constitutionally proper election for President?

And are you comparing the duly elected AND re-elected President with a new APPOINTED Senator?

 

[rightwinger]

Why was none of this written before yesterday?
Because it isn't true. It's a deflection from the criticism.
Senator Scott was very graceful and dignified in his answer on why he was not invited.
Tim Scott Takes High Road After MLK Anniversary Snub

Sen Scott is no different than any other Republican. He chose to avoid the official ceremony where content would be uncomfortable for Republicans and attend a Republican only event where they could control content

 

[Pheonixops]

Lets stop the Bullshit and cut to the chase...

Republicans boycotted the event because Obama was the keynote speaker. This fake outrage over Sen Scott not being asked to speak is just another smoke screen to cover up the fact that Republicans are afraid that TeaTards will use it against them...Bad photo-ops

Republicans Decline To Speak At March On Washington Commemoration | News One

Not a single Republican elected official — not one — participated in the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington, despite invitations from event organizers, reports the Washington Post.

Republicans came up with a laundry list of excuses, from ill health to scheduling conflicts, to justify their absence, but former Republican Chair Michael Steele said that the conservative response is a typical — and damaging — one:

“It’s part of a continuing narrative that the party finds itself in with these big deals for minority communities around the country and how they perceive our response to them,” he said.

We had a very concerted effort, because this is not a political moment. This was about us coming together as a community, so we wanted to be sure that we had all political representations,” Daughtry said. “We attempted very vigorously to have someone from the GOP participate and unfortunately they were unable to find someone who was able to participate.”



Though the GOP couldn’t find time to attend the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington, the Republican National Committee did manage to organize a separate event at the Capitol Hill Club. Former U.S. Rep. Allen West and T.W. Shannon, speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, were in attendance, as were other high ranking conservative officials.

Once again, kudos and respect to Michael Steele!!!

 

[bodecea]

Why was none of this written before yesterday?
Because it isn't true. It's a deflection from the criticism.
Senator Scott was very graceful and dignified in his answer on why he was not invited.
Tim Scott Takes High Road After MLK Anniversary Snub

How many other Senators were invited to speak?

 

[paperview]

Lets stop the Bullshit and cut to the chase...

Republicans boycotted the event because Obama was the keynote speaker. This fake outrage over Sen Scott not being asked to speak is just another smoke screen to cover up the fact that Republicans are afraid that TeaTards will use it against them...Bad photo-ops

Republicans Decline To Speak At March On Washington Commemoration | News One

Not a single Republican elected official — not one — participated in the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington, despite invitations from event organizers, reports the Washington Post.

Republicans came up with a laundry list of excuses, from ill health to scheduling conflicts, to justify their absence, but former Republican Chair Michael Steele said that the conservative response is a typical — and damaging — one:

“It’s part of a continuing narrative that the party finds itself in with these big deals for minority communities around the country and how they perceive our response to them,” he said.

We had a very concerted effort, because this is not a political moment. This was about us coming together as a community, so we wanted to be sure that we had all political representations,” Daughtry said. “We attempted very vigorously to have someone from the GOP participate and unfortunately they were unable to find someone who was able to participate.”



Though the GOP couldn’t find time to attend the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington, the Republican National Committee did manage to organize a separate event at the Capitol Hill Club. Former U.S. Rep. Allen West and T.W. Shannon, speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, were in attendance, as were other high ranking conservative officials.

Once again, kudos and respect to Michael Steele!!!

Yep. I don't know why they canned him.

Hmmm.