Fifty years ago on a bridge in Alabama

[bobabode]

http://www.latimes.com/nation/politi...ry.html#page=1

[Tom Joad]

Scores of U.S. lawmakers are converging on tiny Selma, Alabama, for a large commemoration of a civil rights anniversary. But their ranks don’t include a single member of House Republican leadership — a point that isn’t lost on congressional black leaders.

None of the top leaders — House Speaker John Boehner, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy or Majority Whip Steve Scalise, who was once thought likely to attend to atone for reports that he once spoke before a white supremacist group — will be in Selma for the three-day event that commemorates the 1965 march and the violence that protesters faced at the hands of white police officers. A number of rank-and-file Republicans have been aggressively lobbying their colleagues to attend, and several black lawmakers concurred.

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[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

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Pretty lame of the GOP, but I would question the sincerity of a pinhead like Scalise if he were to attend. If he were to go anywhere near that place, he'd be wearing a white hood and a robe.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by finnbow

Pretty lame of the GOP, but I would question the sincerity of a pinhead like Scalise if he were to attend. If he were to go anywhere near that place, he'd be wearing a white hood and a robe.

Perhaps lamer than you think. Rep. Lewis specifically invited the Republican leadership to attend and, to a man, they blew him off.

Obviously they saw the great potential of problems with their base. You know, those those good liberty loving patriots, just like Edmund Pettus himself.

John

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Boreas

Perhaps lamer than you think. Rep. Lewis specifically invited the Republican leadership to attend and, to a man, they blew him off.

Obviously they saw the great potential of problems with their base. You know, those those good liberty loving patriots, just like Edmund Pettus himself.

John

They no doubt feel they'd lose more votes than they'd gain by attending - a sad commentary on their base.

[Oerets]

Not one of us picked the uniform of birth. Time some remember this point!



Barney

[Pio1980]

This and the Hispanic vote.
Good luck with that majority Southern white male base carrying the next election.

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[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by Oerets

Not one of us picked the uniform of birth. Time some remember this point!



Barney

Some uniforms are not adopted at birth, but quite young nontheless....

[bobabode]

Transcript of the President's speech today at the Pettus bridge in Selma.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politi...y.html?hpid=z2

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Transcript of the President's speech today at the Pettus bridge in Selma.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politi...y.html?hpid=z2

He quotes this, from the Constitution: "We the People ... in order to form a more perfect union,"

One of his points, restated: it doesn't say 'in order to form a perfect union,' just a 'more perfect' one. There is always room for improvement, and if you love your country, you want to improve it.