Obama pays tribute to King

I hope the press will not follow MSNBC's suggestion that Sen. Obama in anyway slighted DR.King by not going to Memphis.He is not a pandering politician like we have seen before and I respect his decision to speak about DR.King in Indiana.

I HEARD ON TV, THAT OBAMA IS IN INDIANA BECAUSE THAT WAS WERE ROBERT F. KENNEDY WAS SPEAKING THE NIGHT DR. KING WAS KILLED.

Many years ago, Martin Luther King, Jr. came to Birmingham, Alabama. It was charged time. I was a student at Birmingham Southern College where there were
a number of students who wanted change. I quickly learned why segregation
was a stumbling block to racial equality. Dr. King spoke at a Black Baptist Church. It was filled to capacity. He inspired everyone in the room with hope. It was palpable.

I am excited about Barack Obama's run for president. I am inspired by his long
association with Rev. Jeremiah Wright, a Bible scholar with a passion for making
a difference to people facing difficult times. I am inspired by Jane Fisler Hoffman's
witness on You Tube to the warm, loving and welcoming people who are drawn
to worship at Trinity.

I think Dr. King would be thrilled by the beloved community that worships there.

I was born in 1968 and although Dr. King was never seen by the post-boomer generation, the history surrounding him was always one to be revered and admired. Not until later, did I truly come to see that MLK was also very much hated in many quarters, north and south. I've read that students at Syracuse hollered and cheered the announcement of his killing.

The struggle between whites and black Americans continues and is alive and inspired this time by Barack Obama. To me, Obama seems cut from the same cloth as Robert Kennedy and Dr. King when he struggles against inflammatory charges that question his ethnicity, religion and age. Obama is older than JFK, MLK and RFK ever lived to be and are leaders within the Democratic Party.

Isn't it curious that those who once charged their peers to never trust anyone under 30, have recalibrated their silly sloganeering to now say "Don't trust anyone under 60!"

Obama going to Memphis would have taking all away from Dr. King. I trust Obama and he again showed great judgement in not attending. Hill and Mccain need to court the black vote so they are "showing face" have a photo op with the black vote.

Obama draws to much press, it would have been a circus. He chose to let Dr. King have this day all to himself.

This is the kind of Man I want for President, someone who doesn't cherry pick his voters, someone who doesn't use important days in history as a way to get votes.

Obama is a class act.

I think Senator Obama showed as much respect in IN as he would have in TN. I agree he is not a pandering politician like we have seen in the past. McCain had to go because of his stand on the holiday & Clinton needs to get back some of the African-American vote. Neither has anything to do with honoring Dr. King.
I can appreciate his stand and sincere honoring of Dr. King's memory.

Obama is no different from the other politicians in this race. Was he not pandering when he atttended King's birthday celebrations in January? Has he not been pandering specifically to black folks to get upwards of 90% of their votes? Is Obama not pandering in his speeches of uniting America, and by not portraying himself in Iowa as the Black Candidate? Why can't people just accept it that McCain and Clinton were just simply honoring Dr. King's legacy? Some of the posters were not even born or were too young to appreciate Dr. King's vision for America? Lets not forget that many WHITE people marched and supported Dr. King. I was twelve years old when Dr. King was killed, and I have the Ebony and Life magazines chronicling the deaths of both Kennedy and King. So why don't you cynics give McCain and Clinton the benefit of the doubt. Attending the ceremony was the right thing to do. Dr. King would be honored by their presence regardless of their motives. Finally, Obama missed a great opportunity by not being present. This was a most important day, and being the Black Candidate he should have rescheduled his campaign and Attend. Perhaps, he feels that he has the black vote already locked up, so he doesn't have to impress anyone.

Reading these comments make me so sad. I cannot believe that over the last 40 years, we are still getting these views. I don't care what anyone says, I am almost 50 years old and racism was never anything my parents raised me with. I am so tired of hearing that we have this big racial divide. To me, this fuels me and makes me angry. I think the race card is often used as an easy out. As far as Reverend Wright, I feel sad for him. He is still living in the past and not freeing his mind and soul to move forward. I don't think the loop we heard and saw of him had anything to do with race. It had everything to do with being anti american. Thats why I wish Senator Obama would have addressed that issue.

Washington Post (on the Memphis MLK memorial): "Sen. Barack Obama, however, couldn't make it to Memphis. Later today he is the keynote speaker at the North Dakota Democratic Party's state convention, a long-standing commitment, and he couldn't squeeze in a Memphis stop and still make the Grand Forks date."

New York Times: "Members of Senator Obama’s staff said that while the candidate would have liked to have gone to Memphis, he had a scheduling problem. He had earlier accepted an invitation to speak late Friday afternoon at the North Dakota Democratic Convention in Grand Forks, and could not have attended commemorations in Memphis and still been able to fulfill his prior commitment in North Dakota."

Odd that Sen Clinton was able to both be in Memphis to speak at the MLK memorial and also be in Grand Forks, ND to speak at the North Dakota Democratic Convention, shortly after Sen Obama spoke.

Both are flying by private or chartered aircraft, so neither is constrained by airline schedules.

Obama has many Accomplishments!

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