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Romney Lied and Lied and Lied About His Family and MLK
Not only did Mitt Romney lie about his father marching with MLK, he also used to claim that HE and his father did so:
Mitt Romney went a step further in a 1978 interview with the Boston Herald. Talking about the Mormon Church and racial discrimination, he said: "My father and I marched with Martin Luther King Jr. through the streets of Detroit."
Caught in his lie, he went all Clinton "depends on what the meaning of is is" on us:
Romney said his father had told him he had marched with King and that he had been using the word "saw" in a "figurative sense."
"If you look at the literature, if you look at the dictionary, the term 'saw' includes being aware of in the sense I've described," Romney told reporters in Iowa. "It's a figure of speech and very familiar, and it's very common. And I saw my dad march with Martin Luther King. I did not see it with my own eyes, but I saw him in the sense of being aware of his participation in that great effort."
Homey should have just decried the historic racism of his Mormon Church and used true examples of his, and his father's, anti-racist efforts. Unless there aren't any...
At least now MLK will stop rolling in his grave. That is, until February when all the racists start using his Dream to prove he was opposed to actually doing anything about racism.
Detroit Free Press: "With Gov. Romney a surprise arrival and marching in the front row, more than 500 Negroes and whites staged a peaceful antidiscrimination parade up Grosse Pointe's Kercheval Avenue Saturday. ? 'the elimination of human inequalities and injustices is our urgent and critical domestic problem,' the governor said. ? [Detroit NAACP President Edward M.] Turner told reporters, 'I think it is very significant that Governor Romney is here. We are very surprised.' Romney said, 'If they want me to lead the parade, I'll be glad to.'" ("Romney Joins Protest March Of 500 In Grosse Pointe," Detroit Free Press, 6/29/63)
Detroit Free Press: "With Gov. Romney a surprise arrival and marching in the front row, more than 500 Negroes and whites staged a peaceful antidiscrimination parade up Grosse Pointe's Kercheval Avenue Saturday. ? 'the elimination of human inequalities and injustices is our urgent and critical domestic problem,' the governor said. ? [Detroit NAACP President Edward M.] Turner told reporters, 'I think it is very significant that Governor Romney is here. We are very surprised.' Romney said, 'If they want me to lead the parade, I'll be glad to.'" ("Romney Joins Protest March Of 500 In Grosse Pointe," Detroit Free Press, 6/29/63)
SO MITT ROMNEY HAD A DREAM TOO, HUH? Well, having grown up in Detroit, I have vivid memories of the historical event that will definitely shed some light on his questionable "vision" of his father marching with Dr. King. Governor George W. Romney wasn't there. But I was. I was a college freshman on Sunday, June 23, 1963, when Martin Luther King Jr. lead 125,000 people on what he called at the time, "The Great March on Detroit". My entire family and I were among the marchers. This demonstration was actually the dress rehearsal for the subsequent March on Washington which was still in the planning stages, and Dr. King used this event to try out his signature "I have a dream" speech in varying octaves and stentorian tones until he got it just right. AN ADDED NOTE OF INTEREST: My cousin, Bernard Lee, was Dr. King's road manager and personal assistant. (Bernard is the guy you see in all the archival King footage with the horn-rimmed glasses) In fact, several of the SCLC members came to our home for dinner shortly after the march.
Aundra Willis
South Pasadena California
Detroit Free Press: "With Gov. Romney a surprise arrival and marching in the front row, more than 500 Negroes and whites staged a peaceful antidiscrimination parade up Grosse Pointe's Kercheval Avenue Saturday. 'the elimination of human inequalities and injustices is our urgent and critical domestic problem,' the governor said. [Detroit NAACP President Edward M.] Turner told reporters, 'I think it is very significant that Governor Romney is here. We are very surprised.' Romney said, 'If they want me to lead the parade, I'll be glad to.'" ("Romney Joins Protest March Of 500 In Grosse Pointe," Detroit Free Press, 6/29/63)
I'm sure Gov. Romney will graciously accept your apology. (see previous post)
Ooo! Aundra got p0wned!
But Dr. King wasn't in Grosse Point and Gov. Romney wasn't in Detroit.