>>I've seen the documentary. I find it amazing that people tend to deify many of those who meet an untimely death. MLK was an ordinary man who did extraordinary things. He was a man of courage and vision, but he wasn't a god. Neither is Obama, who hasn't even done anything and still has donned the mantle of a sub-god, at least. MLK did what should never have had to be done.
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>I think you're attributing to Obama, not the things that Obama has said, but the things that have been said about him. He hasn't donned the mantle of a sub-god, it's been dropped on him from outside forces. What has he said in any of his speeches that makes you think he sees himself as The Saviour?
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It's his whole attitude and those around him. He is being hailed as the greatest president ever, and today is his first day. I fully expect him to fail and fail miserably, because the bar has been set higher than anyone could go - by himself and his supporters. The speech today was very ordinary, and many of the commentators were already talking about how there weren't any quotes they could chisel into the marble, the marble they had already prepared for those great words. Strike 1.....


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>>On another note, I also find it interesting that most black think Abraham Lincoln was another of their saviors. He wasn't pro black, he was pro union. He only emancipated the blacks who were in states he didn't control. He also said he didn't the blacks were equal to whites and that they would never attain parity with whites.
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>>Everyone should be a student of history, and not the history that is foisted upon us by the left leaning media outlets.
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>>At any rate, I'm thankful for MLK and his contribution to humanity, while maintaining my sensibilities and knowing that he was just as ordinary as any of us, except he dared to stand up when others were shouted down.
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>Careful, you're spoiling your image as a right wing racist bigot. ;)
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I only have that image among liberals who think they know me. I'm actually a fiscal conservative and social conservative - you know - kinder and gentler!.