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babylonsister

(171,096 posts) Wed Aug 28, 2013, 06:32 PM Aug 2013

Top Republicans Declined to Speak on MLK Anniversary

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2013/08/28/top_republicans_declined_to_speak_on_mlk_anniversary.html

Top Republicans Declined to Speak on MLK Anniversary

Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor, the House's two most senior Republicans, were invited to speak at the 50th anniversary of the historic March on Washington -- but declined, Roll Call reports.

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http://blogs.rollcall.com/goppers/boehner-cantor-turned-down-chance-to-speak-at-march-anniversary/

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That wasn’t a wise choice, said Julian Bond, a renowned civil rights activist, in an interview with MSNBC on Wednesday afternoon.

“What’s really telling, I think, is the podium behind me, just count at the end of the day how many Republicans will be there,” Bond told news anchor Alex Wagner. “They asked senior President Bush to come, he was ill. They asked junior Bush, he said he had to stay with his father.

“They asked a long list of Republicans to come,” Bond continued, “and to a man and woman they said ‘no.’ And that they would turn their backs on this event was telling of them, and the fact that they seem to want to get black votes, they’re not gonna get ‘em this way.”

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Top Republicans Declined to Speak on MLK Anniversary (Original Post) babylonsister Aug 2013 OP

I am embarrased to live on a planet with repukians olddots Aug 2013 #1

What. The. Fuck. alcibiades_mystery Aug 2013 #2

I know.. it's unreal. that's what it takes to be a republicon Cha Aug 2013 #4

The clown car is speeding toward the cliff. sheshe2 Aug 2013 #7

Hey she.. Cha Aug 2013 #8

Our work will be cut out for us. sheshe2 Aug 2013 #10

Egomania it is, she! Cha Aug 2013 #12

And, yet they want to claim MLK as their own.. Way to honor Cha Aug 2013 #3

I can see their outreach to minority communities is going perfectly ! steve2470 Aug 2013 #5

After all they are making the laws in which they believe will halt minorities from voting. Thinkingabout Aug 2013 #15

You just watch: they'll try to accuse dems of "co-opting" MLK or some such nonsense. arcane1 Aug 2013 #6

They don't have the courage... kentuck Aug 2013 #9

toon ... napkinz Aug 2013 #11

+1000 kentuck Aug 2013 #13

WE have a Dream, the R's have a Scheme. Coyotl Aug 2013 #14

I guess they had something better to do.. AsahinaKimi Aug 2013 #16

Thanks! Scurrilous Aug 2013 #17

olddots

(10,237 posts)

1. I am embarrased to live on a planet with repukians

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Wed Aug 28, 2013, 06:36 PM

Aug 2013

n.t.

alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)

2. What. The. Fuck.

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Wed Aug 28, 2013, 06:41 PM

Aug 2013

“They asked a long list of Republicans to come,” Bond continued, “and to a man and woman they said ‘no.’..."

Cha

(297,737 posts)

4. I know.. it's unreal. that's what it takes to be a republicon

Reply to alcibiades_mystery (Reply #2)

Wed Aug 28, 2013, 06:42 PM

Aug 2013

today. Devoid of humanity.

sheshe2

(83,934 posts)

7. The clown car is speeding toward the cliff.

Reply to Cha (Reply #4)

Wed Aug 28, 2013, 06:54 PM

Aug 2013

The plunge in imminent, Cha.

Cha

(297,737 posts)

8. Hey she..

Reply to sheshe2 (Reply #7)

Wed Aug 28, 2013, 07:02 PM

Aug 2013

It looks like the repubs don't think they needed to come to a important lifetime event like this because they're confident they will be suppressing votes of those who cherish MLK.

Our work as usual is so cut out for us! GOTV

sheshe2

(83,934 posts)

10. Our work will be cut out for us.

Reply to Cha (Reply #8)

Wed Aug 28, 2013, 07:15 PM

Aug 2013

However I see their confidence as egomania...

Egomania is obsessive preoccupation with one's self and applies to someone who follows their own ungoverned impulses and is possessed by delusions of personal greatness and feels a lack of appreciation. Someone suffering from this extreme egocentric focus is an egomaniac. The condition is psychologically abnormal.
The term egomania is often used by laypersons in a pejorative fashion to describe an individual who is intolerably self-centred. The clinical condition that most resembles the popular conception of egomania is narcissistic personality disorder.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egomania

They are going to fall Cha and fall hard.

GOTV 2014

Cha

(297,737 posts)

12. Egomania it is, she!

Reply to sheshe2 (Reply #10)

Wed Aug 28, 2013, 07:25 PM

Aug 2013

Sooner or later the ODS hate starts eating away at their brain and all they're left with is Egomania!

Cha

(297,737 posts)

3. And, yet they want to claim MLK as their own.. Way to honor

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Wed Aug 28, 2013, 06:41 PM

Aug 2013

him, gops. Snubbing his 50th Anniversary of "I Have a Dream Speech" because you don't want to be seen with the Black President. Bad for business.

http://theobamadiary.com/2013/08/28/let-freedom-ring-president-obamas-address/

Mahalo babylonsistah~

steve2470

(37,457 posts)

5. I can see their outreach to minority communities is going perfectly !

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Wed Aug 28, 2013, 06:45 PM

Aug 2013

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)

15. After all they are making the laws in which they believe will halt minorities from voting.

Reply to steve2470 (Reply #5)

Wed Aug 28, 2013, 10:16 PM

Aug 2013

They also have their base which would not vote for them again because there are many republicans who are one issue voters. It is a shame they even claim to be leaders, much the opposite.