Why am I bringing this up? Because on October 13th, 2008 Georgia Democrat Congressman John Lewis, who was one of the people beaten on television on that "Bloody Sunday" in 1965, made this sickening, partisan statement:
"As one who was a victim of violence and hate during the height of the Civil Rights Movement, I am deeply disturbed by the negative tone of the McCain-Palin campaign," Lewis said in a statement. "Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin are sowing the seeds of hatred and division, and there is no need for this hostility in our political discourse.
"During another period, in the not too distant past, there was a governor of the state of Alabama named George Wallace who also became a presidential candidate. George Wallace never threw a bomb. He never fired a gun, but he created the climate and the conditions that encouraged vicious attacks against innocent Americans who were simply trying to exercise their constitutional rights. Because of this atmosphere of hate, four little girls were killed on Sunday morning when a church was bombed in Birmingham, Alabama.
"As public figures with the power to influence and persuade, Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin are playing with fire, and if they are not careful, that fire will consume us all. They are playing a very dangerous game that disregards the value of the political process and cheapens our entire democracy. We can do better. The American people deserve better."
Congressman Lewis is cheapening his name as a civil-rights leader by this insane verbal fire-bomb. To compare McCain-Palin to a man that took away the human rights of people, Democrat George McGovern, is morally corrupt. How can Lewis, insist that McCain/Palin, create a climate where they maybe responsible for the death of innocent people? How can Lewis overlook the fact that Obama and his friends, Ayers and Dorn, actually did bomb and murder and are unrepentant? How can Mr. Lewis overlook Obama's Pastor of 20 years, Rev. Jeremiah Wright? How can Congressman Lewis, a once respected member of the civil rights movement, look at those wounds on his body and soul and still do what he did? The answer is unfortunately simple. Congressman Lewis, by choosing Obama because of his skin color and not of his politics and despite his connections with people that hate this country is himself demonstrating the racist behavior he and Dr. King fought so vehemently to stop. It's a sad, sad state of affairs, not surprising mind you, that party and government first and your soul and country last.
"During another period, in the not too distant past, there was a governor of the state of Alabama named George Wallace who also became a presidential candidate. George Wallace never threw a bomb. He never fired a gun, but he created the climate and the conditions that encouraged vicious attacks against innocent Americans who were simply trying to exercise their constitutional rights. Because of this atmosphere of hate, four little girls were killed on Sunday morning when a church was bombed in Birmingham, Alabama.
"As public figures with the power to influence and persuade, Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin are playing with fire, and if they are not careful, that fire will consume us all. They are playing a very dangerous game that disregards the value of the political process and cheapens our entire democracy. We can do better. The American people deserve better."
Congressman Lewis is cheapening his name as a civil-rights leader by this insane verbal fire-bomb. To compare McCain-Palin to a man that took away the human rights of people, Democrat George McGovern, is morally corrupt. How can Lewis, insist that McCain/Palin, create a climate where they maybe responsible for the death of innocent people? How can Lewis overlook the fact that Obama and his friends, Ayers and Dorn, actually did bomb and murder and are unrepentant? How can Mr. Lewis overlook Obama's Pastor of 20 years, Rev. Jeremiah Wright? How can Congressman Lewis, a once respected member of the civil rights movement, look at those wounds on his body and soul and still do what he did? The answer is unfortunately simple. Congressman Lewis, by choosing Obama because of his skin color and not of his politics and despite his connections with people that hate this country is himself demonstrating the racist behavior he and Dr. King fought so vehemently to stop. It's a sad, sad state of affairs, not surprising mind you, that party and government first and your soul and country last.
Is this what Dr. King had in mind, Mr. Lewis?
Or perhaps, Dr. King meant this?
Or maybe it was this!
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