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Michael Steele on MSNBC: Abhorrent That GOP Declined MLK Invitations
Chris Matthews opened his 7pm show Thursday evening by looking at the lack of Republican representation at yesterdays March on Washington 50th anniversary event. Contrary to popular belief, all Republican members of Congress, including Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), were invited to at least attend the commemoration. All declined.
The reason the Republican Party wasnt represented yesterday at the King reunion at the Lincoln Memorial, Matthews said, is that the Republican Party no more longer represents Abraham Lincoln. For more insight on the matter, Matthews welcomed former RNC chairman Michael Steele and Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD) to discuss how the old segregationist Democrats have been replaced by Dixiecrats pretending to be Republicans.
Quite frankly, Steele said, not showing up to that event yesterday to me was abhorrent. He described how disappointing it was for Republicans to not be there in that moment, to look America in the eye and complete that leap, that forward progress for the American people, and to say to the African-American community, that we have made missteps in the last 50 years, but we stand here united with you in the journey forward in the life and times of Dr. King.
Speaking about the generational shift in the GOP, Edwards said when the party changed, blacks decided we needed to go to a place where we were welcome and where we were at home; where somebody spoke to the agenda of things that were of concern to us. And right now the Republican Party just doesnt.
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Full article and VIDEO here: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/michael-steele-on-msnbc-abhorrent-that-gop-declined-mlk-invitations/
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)spanone
(135,795 posts)SidDithers
(44,228 posts)"Hey buddy, we've got a good job for you."
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NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Hey Token, give me a smooth baseline.
I don't know how to play the bass.
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)radicalliberal
(907 posts)At least he's speaking out now.
Of course, as a 63-year-old white guy who grew up in one of the stauchest Republican congressional districts in the country (the one in Texas that once was represented by Bush The First, whom I now detest for appointing Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court), I could have told him some truth; namely, that this district of "good" Republicans was a hotbed of racial hatred. I was a junior in high school when Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. Most of my classmates were either conservative Republicans or Wallace supporters. I knew of only two liberals among them. To this day I remember their reaction to his death. There was more jubilation then than there was when school let out for the summer. No wonder I'm not a conservative!
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Hate people of color. They do not have anything to offer but have a base they play to which displays so much hate they are unable to see any good. I am disappointed they hide behind Christianity, my Jesus did not teach this hate, he taught love and compassion for all.
Cha
(296,868 posts)Lincoln and themselves under the bus.
SleeplessinSoCal
(9,087 posts)As bad as it is for progressives, sane conservatives must be in a living hell.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Left Coast2020
(2,397 posts)Plus, Boner was probably busy playing golf somewhere.
mbperrin
(7,672 posts)Period.