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January 16, 2006
Prostituting MLK's memory
In December 2003, Al Gore visited Harlem to announce his support for Howard Dean's White House campaign. Gore's introductory remarks were absurd: "I'm really proud and happy to be here with you. It's great to be back in Harlem. We shot basketball together one of the last times I was here."
The condescension continues. Last week Michelle Malkin previewed the left's plans to use MLK day to advance their anti-war agenda, their purported "national movement calling on Bush to step down and take his whole program of immoral war, bigotry, intolerance, and suppression of science" and the minimum wage, and to provide a soap box for Harry Belafonte, who thinks President Bush is the "greatest terrorist in the world." Today the hoop dreamy Gore piled on, too, delivering a tirade that had little to do with MLK's struggle and everything to do with Gore's palpable disgust for Bush. In doing so Gore came closer than anyone else has to think point of accusing the President of impeachable transgression. "What we do know about this pervasive wiretapping," he said, "virtually compels the conclusion that the President of the United States has been breaking the law repeatedly and persistently."
If Gore wants to offer up whatever's left of his self-respect as an impeachment trial baloon, that's a-okay with me. But it's something else entirely to sleaze up an occasion intended to honor legitimate struggle with illegitimate revenge. Gore and the rest of the loons will get away with this, of course, though American blacks' tolerating it is just as absurd as Gore's "black-audience-means- basketball-talk" logic. it. In any case, judge for yourself - the speech is here.
Posted by bill at January 16, 2006 05:49 PM
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