Martin Luther King's Daughter: 'Lincoln Remembered for Signing the Declaration of Independence'
At a ceremony to honor the opening of the new Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in our nation's capital Friday, the late civil rights leader's daughter Bernice made an historical error that would evoke tremendous ridicule and derision if she were a conservative.
"Lincoln remembered for signing the Declaration of Independence" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
BERNICE KING: But as I close, I close with the recognition that daddy is standing, Lincoln is seated. Lincoln remembered for signing the Declaration of Independence. Daddy being remembered as standing up for truth and standing up for justice and standing up for righteousness and standing up for peace and standing up for freedom. Daddy is now standing on the National Mall in our nation’s capital.
Readers are strongly advised that I mean no disrespect whatsoever to Ms. King or her father. People when speaking in front of the public - especially without teleprompters - make innocent mistakes all the time.
We know Ms. King is fully aware that Lincoln didn't sign the Declaration of Independence. Toward the end of an eight-minute speech to her father's former fraternity Friday, she erred.
People do it all the time.
Likely - and frankly, rightly! - you haven't heard anything about this.
But would that be the case if this was an event for former President Ronald Reagan for example, and his daughter Patti Davis made such a mistake?
Imagine former Alaska governor Sarah Palin or Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann saying such a thing. This would have likely made headlines and been featured on all the nightly news programs.
That's what happened when Bachmann recently mistook the day Elvis Presley died for his birthday. A Google search of "Bachmann Elvis Presley" produced over 7 million results, and that's just a flub concerning a dead rock star.
This is a mistake concerning the Declaration of Independence and one of America's greatest presidents.
Also of note, a video of this speech including the error was posted at YouTube by CNN's Roland Martin. Of course, he made no mention of King's faux pas.
Seems a metaphysical certitude, though, that if this were Palin, Bachmann, or any conservative, Martin would have been ridiculing the speaker with both guns blazing.
But not in this case, for liberals are allowed to make mistakes with total impunity when speaking to the public.
Just ask the current President and Vice President.
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I get the jist of your
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 3:26pm.
I get the jist of your column, Noel.........and she did make a mistake, standing in front of a statue made in China with an incorrect quote engraved on it........and if she were anyone that you mentioned, she'd be ripped to shreds allready. Didn't Boy Blah-Blah say something about his parents meeting in Selma - something like that??? I'm sure more people actually thought that he was telling the truth than every knew it was a total fantasy......of course - we could go on all day about lib/Dem/MSM lies - that's what this whole website is about.
Killa.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 12:03pm.
I'm thinking that Bambi may have loaned the woman His TOTUS. It seems to get lots of His stuff wrong.
Quotes for Hire
Submitted by Tracker 3 on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 12:47pm.
Don't forget the King family so graciously charged $800,000 to have MLKs words on the monument...that is the true spirit of giving (sarcasm).
He signed it 33 years before he was born?
Submitted by drsamherman on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 3:41pm.
Lincoln was born in 1809. Declaration of Independence signed in 1776. I do hope Ms. King can tell us how this feat of time travel was accomplished.
In my opinion King's daughter
Submitted by Barack Must Go on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 3:52pm.
In my opinion King's daughter was intentionally slighting president Lincoln with her Lincoln just sits there ( possibly counting his money maybe ) while her father was standing up for truth and standing up for justice and standing up for righteousness and standing up for peace and standing up for freedom. Daddy is now standing on the National Mall in our nation’s capital.
Lincoln stood for all of those same things and deserves more than this.
I do not give her a pass, as this speech was intentionally racist and any honest " real " American knows it.
I do not believe her father would approve of her devisive words...not one bit.
That's a pretty intriguing
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 4:11pm.
That's a pretty intriguing statement, BMG..........with Lincoln 'sitting there', and Daddy 'standing up for freedom and justice' and whatever else she said. And I think that the MLK statue is bigger than Lincolns??? And we've also heard Boy Blah-Blah trying to compare himself to King on many occasions.................maybe there is something a little nefarious going on here.
I never used to pay much attention to conspiricy theories, but anymore I take them all into consideration.
Black, Race Baiting ...
Submitted by Bodini on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 4:12pm.
Marxist Democrat Race-Pimps re-writing history due to their own ignorance or desire to bash whitey ... is really nothing new!
HOPE - BO retires to Kenya in 2012 and takes MLK's stupid kids with him ... and
CHANGE - America gets back on its feet after black race-pimps have dragged it down for almost 50-years of the great society of LBJ and 4-years of incompetent governance by BO and his thugs!
No conspiracy
Submitted by Flig Narson on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 5:01pm.
BMG, I think you're reading waaaaay too much into what was, apparently, an innocent slip of the tongue. I agree with Noel Sheppard, though, that if Sarah Palin had made the same slip, the media never would have given her the benefit of the doubt that I'm willing to give Bernice King.
One more thing...
Submitted by Flig Narson on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 5:05pm.
...BMG, I have to say I resent your implication that anyone who disagrees with you on this is not a "real honest American." That's the sort of crap "progressives" resort to. I honestly disagree with you. So that means I'm not a real American?
Flig---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 5:13pm.
Don't sweat ol' Barack Must Go.
He'll soon make a decision, I'm sure, as to whether or not you are a REAL conservative, too. :o)
He is an absolutely phenomenal guesser; edging up to being wrong 99.999% of the time.
MD<
Lincoln/King
Submitted by 46Blitz on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 7:34pm.
Neither one was the epitome of morality but they were both Republicans.
I agree.
Submitted by rickbren on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 10:48pm.
I was taken aback by her remarks. . . But Lincoln was a Republican and Libs don't want to be reminded that it was the GOP that did more for the civil rights of Blacks than their plantation running Democratics.
What she said about Lincolns sitting was absolutely shameful. . .
I dunno
Submitted by DontFeedTheTrolls on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 3:52pm.
Maybe her dad was assassinated before he was born.
Maybe.
Tumbleweeds
Submitted by sergeant stogie on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 3:52pm.
Sit back, grab a beverage, and watch how this will get absolutely ZERO attention from anyone but here.
King clan
Submitted by markprice1983 on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 3:52pm.
How much did the Kings shake down the government for to include his erroneous quotes? Did they get help from "Rev." Jackson?
Kings Speech
Submitted by selmore on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 4:17pm.
Just to give you some idea idea how hard it is to have this discussion. Mr. Shepherd had to throw out the customary 'i mean no disrespect, etc' included in his article.
We will never get beyond race unless someone can just be a bonehead.
You're missing the point. And
Submitted by Jack Bauer on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 4:22pm.
You're missing the point. And it has nothing to do with race.
King is given a pass because she's a liberal. Bachmann mangles the "King's" birthday and has three days of media ridicule.
Both silly mistakes. Both mean nothing really.
That's Noel's point! I guess.
All of the above Mr Obama? --- How about ALL OF THE BELOW, instead.
No I disagree
Submitted by stunned on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 5:11pm.
If any other lib had made such a gaffe would Neil add the comment? Somehow I think he is just trying to dodge the racist label libs attach to anyone mocking a black liberal idiot.
tired of liberal lies
just guessing since I can't read Noel's mind
Submitted by mom_rox on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 5:50pm.
but my guess is that Noel used the phrase "I mean no disrespect" because Ms. King is not a politician nor a typical liberal flamethrower (e.g., Michael Moore and Janeane Garofolo).
before there was Palin
Submitted by MidAmerica on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 4:19pm.
Dan Quayle was ridiculed and run out of politics for adding an 'E' to potato. Unfortunately for him this happened before alternatives to the MSM news media existed.
Personally,
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 11:16pm.
I don't think that the level of ridicule that Quayl experienced is in the same league as the way and amount of time the liberals have spent looking for any fault to magnify, exaggerate and concoct to marginalize Palin and Bachmann.
Somehow I do not see Keith Olbermann
Submitted by djwolf12 on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 4:25pm.
putting her number one on his WPITW list for this HUGE gaffe. He only attacks people on the right for making mistakes like this or worse, the sin of not spelling a word right or having an apostrophe where it is supposed to be.
~I don't know..
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 4:41pm.
If you've ever seen Leno's "Jaywalking" segment you know that an awful lot of people are stupendously ignorant of history. I've seen it once, and he was asking people who the first man to walk on the moon was. One person out of about fifteen got it right; the rest were clueless. Jay gave one woman several clues, telling her that "He kneels, and his arm is strong". She floundered around and finally gave up. >.<
I have no problem believing that the woman said what she really thought; it's well within the realm of possibility, given the state of our education system.
Forget the Declaration
Submitted by seanrobins on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 4:58pm.
Forget the Declaration screw-up, consider the context: She finds it necessary to denigrate the Great Emancipator, in order to bolster her father. Neither of which was necessary. Shame.
sean robins
How's this for disrespectful?
Submitted by stunned on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 5:07pm.
That ignorant cow and her family demanded 850,000 bucks from the foundation in order to ALLOW them to use his image and words on the memorial. She is a disgrace and deserves absolutely no respect. Did the families whose loved ones names appear on the Vietnam Memorial demand compensation for our nation honoring their loved ones? Having this moocher speak at the dedication was disgraceful.
This comment takes nothing away from Dr. King whose personal courage in standing up for what he believed despite the attempts on his life should be commended. And although I disagree with some of his philosophy his work did change our country for the better by forcing the elimination of segregregation that was imposed on us by the Democrats and I am glad to see him honored on the mall.
tired of liberal lies
It all comes under the category of the soft bigotry of low
Submitted by virginia republican on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 5:17pm.
expectations. This, and other stupidity like Rep Sheila Jackson-Lee asking a NASA official if the Mars Pathfinder mission got a picture of the flag planted by Neil Armstrong, Rep Hank Johnson asking a Navy Admiral at a House hearing if there was a danger of Guam tipping over because of a U.S. military buildup there, or Dear Leader thinking they speak Austrian in Austria. Those who apparently think this kind of "thinking" is all blacks are capable of are the true bigots. It's one thing if these three boneheads worked behind the counter at a Seven Eleven but quite another when they're actually elected leaders. They have no business having any say in how we live our lives or by what laws, whether they be blacks, whites, Hispanics, whatever. A bonehead is a bonehead and deserves no pass because of their ethnic/racial background.
Agreed
Submitted by Galvanic on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 8:50pm.
I don't give Bernice King a pass on this. I think she believes that Lincoln signed the Declaration of Independence.
The King family was shamefully paid over $700,000 by the King Memorial committeed for the privilege of quoting MLK Jr. She should take her share and buy some history lessons.
Texas is embarrassed by two particular MOC's...
Submitted by drsamherman on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 12:49am.
...(members of Congress)....Eddie Bernice Johnson (she of the Congressional Black Caucus scholarship scandal - all of the money allotted to her went to her relatives) because of her "impartial" involvement in the Wright Amendment (multiple news reports talk about her blind trust owns a significant portion of the concessions at the airport) and other miscellaneous shady dealings; and Sheila Jackson Lee (pronounced Liar)...the dimwit from Houston who is known to abuse her staff, tell overt lies on the chamber floor and has a history of shady dealings commensurate with her beloved colleague EBJ.
Both are in heavily gerrymandered districts in Dallas and Houston respectively, and because of the federal voting laws and regulations regarding re-districting, both will probably retain their seats even though they both probably belong in prison.
Eddie Bernice Johnson is from
Submitted by Martin2717 on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 2:58am.
Eddie Bernice Johnson is from District 30, which covers the east, south and west part of Dallas. Those areas are heavily black and hispanic. Stephen Broden was trying to unseat her but couldn't and it's too bad. I guess District 30 here is stuck on stupid.
Lincoln was a republican
Submitted by Tjexcite on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 5:29pm.
But that always seems to be forgotten as well as MLK was a republican.
Yeah, MLK was a
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 5:42pm.
Yeah, MLK was a Republican..............until the Kennedy's made him an offer he couldn't refuse.
Look up what happened after
Submitted by connect4 on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 11:44pm.
Look up what happened after the Civil Rights Act to party alignment in the US.
Why don't you tell us trollie
Submitted by Denny Crane on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 1:53am.
Party Alignment in the US changed 30 years after.
It took that long to indoctrinate the minorities into believing a different history than what really was.
Oh Gee, it won't be missed.
We Are The 53%
Lincoln did perhaps sign a
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 5:35pm.
Lincoln did perhaps sign a declaration of independence, one for blacks to be free. Perhaps she meant the Emancipation Proclamation and was making it sound more important. Just a thought.
That was my thought exactly. Our D.O.I. did not free...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 1:13pm.
slaves in the south, the E.P. did. I think she made an honest mistake.
she is dumber than a box of
Submitted by jkwtrading on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 5:53pm.
she is dumber than a box of rocks.
I apologize the boxs of rocks is smarter.
In other news, Bloomberg shut down the Underground Railroad.
Submitted by SickofLibs on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 5:42pm.
Normally scheduled service is expected to resume sometime Tuesday, Allah permitting.
Perhaps she made an innocent mistake. Perhaps it was not
Submitted by Rush Fan on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 6:05pm.
a mistake, but the result of an education system where the high school dropout rate for Blacks approaches 40%, and 47 percent for Black males. An education system, as well as apathy for education, that turns out ignorant voters like this (video).
As long as the Leftist control most of the mainstream media, only those on the Right, especially Conservatives, will take the hit for mistakes and missteps. As far as those on the Left are concerned, that's the way it should be. That is what the Left calls "fair and balanced."
"I do not believe her father
Submitted by Pinetree3 on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 6:16pm.
"I do not believe her father would approve of her devisive words...not one bit."
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I seriously doubt she (or any other black liberal) gives a damn about what MLK believed/stood for. They just use him for a prop. MLK stood for equality. Liberal blacks want superiority.
"Daddy" also knew the difference.....
Submitted by Samaritan01 on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 6:17pm.
"Daddy" also knew the difference between the 18th and 19th centuries.... Don't you think that the King family should have spent their money on educations that didn't include Harvard, Yale and Columbia??
Just sayin' ya' know?
. . . imagine Palin's daughter saying it ! !
Submitted by Gary Hall on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 6:20pm.
. . or, Palin's daughter.
Oh my. The entire MSNBC anchorship would have to change their pants. Well, not perhaps Maddow - as she'd be wearing a skirt. What's that? Right - she wouldn't be wearing a skirt.
(;~/ gary
Come on, Pesky Fact Man!
Submitted by Blonde on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 2:00am.
A while back, in deriding Sarah Palin's choice of George Washington as her favorite founding father, Mika the Twit rolled her eyes at Palin's choice, then cited Lincoln as her own favorite founding father.
Proving, I suppose, that only *ahem* some blondes are dumb. And some blondes are dumber than a box of rocks.
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
Was it over when the Germans
Submitted by ricklail on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 6:40pm.
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
Rick,
Submitted by CommanderTaya on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 6:44pm.
Glad you are OK. God I miss Belushi...........................
~'Love'
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 6:44pm.
.
In King's stirring words, as retold by Rev. Tawana Sharpyton
Submitted by CO2Maker on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 7:17pm.
Resist we much!
Attention
Submitted by desert3030 on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 7:21pm.
This will pass unnoticed by the the Lib media, as was "57 states" by, you know the brillant law profressor... "They" POTUS.
Paid
Submitted by Scott Trent on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 7:40pm.
The King family was paid $800,000 to use the likeness of MLK for this memorial... Maybe Bernice can now afford to take some history classes. Just saying.
Ms. King should be applying to be
Submitted by Controse on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 7:56pm.
the next Democrat Party Chairperson. The Democrats specialize in ignorance is bliss. Maxine, watch your back. Ms. King is gaining on you.
I wonder too
Submitted by LewWaters on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 8:03pm.
Was her speech paid for in the $800,000 the King family charged the foundation for the use of his words and image? Or, was this an extra charge?
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/18/us/18king.html
This is how your comment should have read FATBOY!
Submitted by gailannr on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 11:56pm.
Everyone clapping and cheering. And the FATBOY wonders why HE is stuck where HE is. En masse, He, meaning FATBOY, is the most stupid and ignorant of any species yet identified. Stay off the blogs, you Useless Idiot!
Uh, Bernice...Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation....
Submitted by big.league.slider on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 12:01am.
And while I'm sure Bernice King has heard of the Emancipation Proclamation, I'd doubt that she actually understands what it involved.
While Lincoln (a Republican) signed the executive order in 1863, it only affected slaves in the Confederate states and not union states such as Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware. Slavery was not formally abolished in the Union until ratification of the 13th Amendment in 1865, under president Andrew Johnson. And even then, blacks did not have the full right to vote until passage of the VRA, which was overwhelmingly supported by Congressional Republicans.
Of course, in Bernice King's world history, when Lincoln signed the Declaration of Independence there were also only 13 states, instead of the 57 states in today's America.
So is 'weird' a new word in
Submitted by killa37 on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 1:15am.
So is 'weird' a new word in your limited vocabulary??? You've probably BEEN 'weird' your whole life............
Hey big
Submitted by killa37 on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 1:35am.
Hey big league.............this wasn't aimed at you..........it was a response to some dope who was here making some stupid comments - but I see that they've been deleted.
Talking to yourself again, killa?
Submitted by Blonde on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 1:44am.
Happens to me all the time. :)
That was some ugly stuff posted earlier....sheesh!
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
Funny girl, Blonde!!!
Submitted by killa37 on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 2:01am.
Funny girl, Blonde!!! Actually - I have conversations with my grandson all the time - in my addled little peabrain!!! He's on another island, but I can always imagine what we would be talking about when we are together - and he does call me a lot.
Hey, will you send me a pair of your extra spike-high-heels - instead of giving them to Wrathful Brunette??? I want to put them near my computer........or somewhere!!! Hahahahahaha!!
Yeah, that guy who was here was borderline-cretin.
Don't believe him, Blonde.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 12:17pm.
He's getting his Fantasy Fest costume together!
Ok bubba...............you've
Submitted by killa37 on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 12:52pm.
Ok bubba...............you've busted me (or as they say in the MSM, you've 'outed' me -and I HATE that phrase!!!).........I was really hoping to go the the Gay, Lesbian, and Transgendered Journalilst Convention, and I wanted to show up in drag - maybe get one of those 'donation' dates with the Lemon Squeezer or Anderson Pooper-Scooper...............but I couldn't get the spike heels, and I didn't get ahold of Wrathful for a suitable dress (she's tall like me)..............plus, I live over here in Obamaville, Barackistan, USSA..........so I didnt' have the 'stash' to make the trip anyway!!
So I guess I was going to have my own Fantasy Fest after all!!!!
Too bad, Killa.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 6:18pm.
I'll send pictures!
Send me a PM with address and I'll send previous year pics. Very interesting party, to say the least.
I'm sure that you'd be stunning in Bru's gown and Blonde's shoes.
Not too much more racist, connect4, than your---
Submitted by matthewdean on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 12:57am.
'I am sure all the non white NewsBusters would be furious, if there were any." comment.
You really think you should get a pass on that one, you liberal twit?
MD
Connect4, As I suspected you
Submitted by LAM SON 719 on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 1:26am.
Connect4,
As I suspected you are a buffoon. First negro is not racist remark even though to attempt spin it as such. Secondly please read MLK's writings and you will find many remarks about need to raise the standard of black education in America, be prepared though, MLK refered to them as 'negroes".
Lincoln was very busy at that time...
Submitted by bigdaddy on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 1:39am.
...that was after he concluded negotiations with Pharoah by turning his staff into a serpent and making the Nile run red with blood...
It appears the buffoon
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 1:54am.
has been disconnected, and Fatboy will no longer be throwing his weight around at NB.
Jer
Correction: Fatboy lives! He was apparently just expunged from this thread.
Be Proud To Be An American
Submitted by Lord Howard Hurts on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 2:13am.
Does anyone else find it strange that we have no Federal holiday named after either a President or a Patriot, but we have a Martin Luther King Jr. day? How about this idea: People who desire a "color blind nation" should not refer to themselves as Black or African American, as these "tags" clearly denote color ("A house divided against itself cannot stand." Abraham Lincoln, June 17, 1858). It is time for color based organizations, such as the NAACP, to fade away. They are self serving organizations. They can only exist by making color an issue, and to have a "color blind society" would put these racists out of a good paying job, so one can understand the real reason why they exist. Be proud to be an American, and work to see that the Congress, and the President, follow the Constitution, rather than "Trample On It".
Lord Hurts freedomfiles.blogspot.com
The State of Black Education
Submitted by Avitar on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 3:10am.
This is not 'Colour' or 'Humour' or the other words that they add extra letters to in different places and it isn't a word list in Chile with 'Potatoe' on it as an English word. This not after weeks on the campaign noting that the Japanese attacked on Sept. 7 or that the campaign had traveled to 57 states. (I will always wonder if he was thinking of Mrs. John Kerry, Teresa Heinz or if he was aspiring to certain parts of Canada and Mexico.)
This was a speech she made from notes. It was as bad a gaffe as the one before the joint session of Congress where Obama appeared not knowing that Herr Benz invented the automobile in Germany.
Alveda
Submitted by spikebu2 on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 3:56am.
Can you imagine the outcry if it had been Alveda King, who stood with Glenn Beck on 8-28, making this assertion? I'm not with the writer. I don't believe Ms. King knows her history. I think she thought Lincoln was a signer of The Declaration of Independence. She's a Liberal. They know nothing about our history. They only know what the media and government has taught them. There were Republican Senators and Representatives in the late 1700's who were black. There were black Judges of white towns. Black Ministers in white churches. Democrats didn't like it. Remember Dred Scott. Democrats argued blacks were "property". Republicans said they were free men. Somehow, the black community has gravitated to the people who believed they were "property". Go figure.
Sorry, Noel
Submitted by spikebu2 on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 5:44am.
I still love your reporting! Crap! I just told Noel Sheppard off? CRAP! My bad. Open mouth, insert foot. Ahhmm herrriby, horriby, horry. Without the foot, I'm terribly, horribly sorry.
Another Liberal Double Standard
Submitted by RealVet on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 7:34am.
Have to agree. I don't believe she knows history. Not only that, "Independence" is probably easier for her to remember than the words "Emancipation Proclamation".
Ignorance
Submitted by alltoosimple on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 8:37am.
Someone tell that ignoramus that if it had not been for the great man that was Abraham Lincoln, she and her father might very well have been slaves themselves. Thats a fact.
Another fact. She and her family also requested to be paid (and were, handsomely) for the right to have this display in D.C. What most families would have considered an extreme honor and priveledge was turned into a money making endeavor for these wastrels.
Stupid is as stupid does
Submitted by tincan53 on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 9:10am.
If you are going to be speaking in front of a large crowd, wouldn't you have someone proof read your speech? I know I would. If she has a staff and they did profit, wouldn't that mean her entire staff believes that Lincoln did indeed sign the Declaration of Independence instead of the Emancipation Proclamation?
Noel, I disagree with you that she should receive a pass on her mistake. She should be called out on it just as harshly as if she were a conservative. You are assuming that she does know the difference between the Declaration and the Proclamation and that is not what we know. She made the reference and if the journalists are honest in their reporting, she needs to be confronted. It might have been a mistake and it might not have. We will never know because the MSM swept this story and others like it, under the rug.
Bernice King is a conservative
Submitted by walterdeane on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 9:17am.
Unfortunately, the point of this article misses the mark. Bernice King is actually a conservative especially in the religious conservative perspective. She has apparently been at odds with siblings because they feel that she betrays his liberal ideals. You can read about it on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernice_King.
Regardless, I think that since she isn't running for office and she was at a memorial for her father the media liberal or conservative would probably let such a slip up slide.
Didn't see anything that
Submitted by NC Cop on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 9:31am.
Didn't see anything that would qualify her as a conservative in that article. Unless you're talking about her stance against gay marriage. I don't think that automatically qualifies her as a conservative.
Here she is talking at the democratic national convention in 2008. Harly a staple of a "conservative".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMI_v4p4o0A
FWIW...
Submitted by Beukeboom on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 9:52am.
FWIW...
walterdeane: Member for 10 hours 38 min
This thread is walter's first post.
I have to disagree with Noel
Submitted by Beukeboom on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 9:44am.
I have to disagree with Noel on a point: since this was a prepared speech and since multiple people were involved in its creation, there is no excuse for making such a gross error. Impromptu speeches are one thing, but prepared speeches are quite another.
→ You're right Beukeboom
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 12:09pm.
This was the speech of a lifetime for Bernice King. No way was this impromptu.
Any excuses provided here would be soft bigotry.
→ Lockerbie bombing of Pearl Harbor
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 10:01am.
Reading through these comments, it appears we are arguing whether to engage in the SOFT BIGOTRY OF LOW EXPECTATIONS.
Please leave that to the Liberals!!! Expect excellence from everyone!
Sorry, this came from a prepared speech, written and delivered by a monetarily remunerated member of the King family. It is absolutely expected she should know the difference between the Declaration Of Independence and the Emancipation Proclammation.
The other day,
Submitted by Boudin on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 10:07am.
I heard someone (conservative? Rush's fill in I think) say, too bad in the 60's there wasnt a powerful Black conservative to help keep the Black folks from the Dimwit plantation.
I thought to myself, what the hell do you think MLK was? The dimwits have been way to successful being the expressers, then convincing the oppressed, they are the saviors. Quite sad if you ask me.
It's obvious she was thinking of the "Emancipation...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 2:51pm.
Proclamation" that Lincoln signed. I'll check to see if anyone besides myself mentioned this.
→ It's just as obvious
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 3:01pm.
It's just as obvious that General Hirohito signed the Executive Order (9066) authorizing the Internment of 110,000 Japanese-Americans.
Certainly we're at liberty to surmise what she really meant, but that can never carry the weight of what she really said. (without immediate correction from her).
You blocked my edit. I went on to say the E.P. was to...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 3:15pm.
African-Americans as the Declaration of Independence was to whites. In spite of everything, including Obama as president, we are still a divided Country thanks to people like Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and Louis Farrakhan.
By the way, it was FDR who signed that particular executive order and not Emperor Hirohito. Perhaps you were thinking of General Tojo?
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Submitted by Cool Arrow on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 3:18pm.
Only thing that bothers me is the demand from Liberals that blacks be held to a lower standard than other races.
I'm sick of this liberal belief that blacks are lower on the evolutionary scale than whites.
Personally, I refuse to believe in their version of evolution.
The Declaration of
Submitted by poseA on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 6:48pm.
The Declaration of Independence actually meant something and had behind it the weight of a nation of men willing to die for liberty.
The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order made by an aspiring tyrant, which carried little weight regarding the abolition of slavery.
Sounds to me like you are someone who doesn't believe...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 1:07pm.
Lincoln saved our Country and as a result is considered to be, along with Washington, one of our two greatest presidents.