Okay, the Selma March “gaffe” is up on the Obama gaffe page now. Now, I feel so strongly about this “gaffe” that I’m posting it again, if for no other reason than to have a URL specifically for this Obamination of a speech. I also posted this (minus the vid and formatting) in an IMAO comment.
Selma March Lie
The Setting: Selma, Alabama, USA. March 5th, 2007.
The Gaffe: He claimed to have been born as a result of the Selma March of Selma, Alabama in 1965. The problem is, he was born in 1961. He blatantly lied here and the fact that the media ignores this is an indicator of how liberal our media is and how far down America has come. “Remember the height from which you have fallen,” America.
My Take: If you take no other “My Take” seriously, take this one seriously. And remember it. And pass on the link to your friends, Republicans, Democrats, Libertarian, Hippy, whoever!
I’ve got a few things to say here. First off, 2007?! Really?! Early 2007?!! What the heck?! Does the guy have nothing that he does that isn’t in some way campaigning? Think about it. He’s the first president to come on shows while in office. And he’s done it several times now, and his 100 days are barely over! The guy’s campaigning even after he’s won; and re-election (God forbid) isn’t even close! Toddlers from that time haven’t even been born yet!
Secondly, this is the one that really got me started against Obama. I already knew the general stances of Obama & Hillary (although the gaffe is 2007, I didn’t find it until 2008) & McCain, and so had already picked my vote, but I didn’t know many specifics. I found this, and an intense dislike for Obama started within me. I consider several of his gaffes to be lies. But they can all, with proper planning, be explained away; so, I do not make too much of a deal out of them. But this… this infuriates me! He lies blatantly! He does not bother to even try to make it a decent lie! He is trying to steal creditibilty from a movement that HE HAD NO PART IN, NOR DID THE BLACK SIDE OF HIS ANCESTRY, and, also notably, NEITHER DID THE PARTY FOR WHICH HE STANDS! Who drove the Civil Rights legislation? Republicans! Who opposed it? Democrats. Who were the biggest C.R. supporters? Blacks. Who were the biggest C.R. opponents? Whites. Which Obama ancestors were in the U.S. at the time? The white ones! He dishonors the sit-ins, the brave souls who endured hosing, dogs, bricks through windows. He dishonors King and all the other activists of that era, by trying to USE THEM as a tool to gain votes in a BLATANTLY dishonest manner!
Registered Republican Doctor Martin Luther King, Junior is spinning in his grave; weeping at how his message and efforts are being manipulated, at how a man is using race to gain favour, at how racism is still very much alive in America, when it is “racism” to vote against a black man for reasons totally unrelated to the color of his skin, for reasons related to the Content of His Character.
