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		<title>By: myasnturs</title>
		<link>http://www.bloggernews.net/112537#comment-803004</link>
		<dc:creator>myasnturs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>DON'T LIE MARTIN LUTHER KING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>DON&#8217;T LIE MARTIN LUTHER KING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Pat</title>
		<link>http://www.bloggernews.net/112537#comment-191197</link>
		<dc:creator>Pat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 03:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The race for MLK affiliation is amazing.

Hillary went to watch him with her church group.
Obama watched him on tape at some point.

Romney: ?? a poser?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The race for MLK affiliation is amazing.</p>
<p>Hillary went to watch him with her church group.<br />
Obama watched him on tape at some point.</p>
<p>Romney: ?? a poser?</p>
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		<title>By: MoniQue</title>
		<link>http://www.bloggernews.net/112537#comment-164849</link>
		<dc:creator>MoniQue</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2007 05:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Romney's ads are filled with LIES—and he is showing how easy it is for him to lie to the American people.  It is about Romney's dishonesty. If he can't be honest in his commercials and interviews, how can we trust him with our country?

A politician who is willing to lie recklessly about minor matters is unlikely to hesitate when a lie would be useful in dealing with a major problem. Thus Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's dishonest claims about his status as "a hunter" are as troubling as they were stupid…and they were very stupid. http://www.ethicsscoreboard.com/liars/0704_romney.html 

Romney is WEAK ON IMMIGRATION and hired illegal aliens himself twice, even though he is rich and could afford to hire American citizens.

Romney says he marched with his father in a Martin Luther King march, but now he says that wasn't the truth.  That he was endorsed by the NRA and he's a lifelong hunter, but now he says, well he's been hunting twice for rabbits and never received the NRA's endorsement.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Romney&#8217;s ads are filled with LIES—and he is showing how easy it is for him to lie to the American people.  It is about Romney&#8217;s dishonesty. If he can&#8217;t be honest in his commercials and interviews, how can we trust him with our country?</p>
<p>A politician who is willing to lie recklessly about minor matters is unlikely to hesitate when a lie would be useful in dealing with a major problem. Thus Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney&#8217;s dishonest claims about his status as &#8220;a hunter&#8221; are as troubling as they were stupid…and they were very stupid. <a href="http://www.ethicsscoreboard.com/liars/0704_romney.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ethicsscoreboard.com/liars/0704_romney.html</a> </p>
<p>Romney is WEAK ON IMMIGRATION and hired illegal aliens himself twice, even though he is rich and could afford to hire American citizens.</p>
<p>Romney says he marched with his father in a Martin Luther King march, but now he says that wasn&#8217;t the truth.  That he was endorsed by the NRA and he&#8217;s a lifelong hunter, but now he says, well he&#8217;s been hunting twice for rabbits and never received the NRA&#8217;s endorsement.</p>
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		<title>By: Eyriq</title>
		<link>http://www.bloggernews.net/112537#comment-162993</link>
		<dc:creator>Eyriq</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2007 15:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>One problem with all this back and forth is that this smaller march took place, I believe, the Saturday after the larger Sunday march that Martin Luther King lead but Gov. Romney abstained from due to the Sabbath. I saw somewhere that Martin Luther King was placed in another city during this Saturday march and so it is argued that he could not have attended. I am a Mitt supporter and take his comment for what it was, a statement of his non racist upbringing. What concerns me in all this are the "first hand accounts" of them being arm in arm. If it did happen then it really needs to make headline news and if it didn't happen then at this point Mitt Romney needs to say so. I am unsettled by this and what it implies when combined with other semi inaccurate statements that Mitt Romney has made.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One problem with all this back and forth is that this smaller march took place, I believe, the Saturday after the larger Sunday march that Martin Luther King lead but Gov. Romney abstained from due to the Sabbath. I saw somewhere that Martin Luther King was placed in another city during this Saturday march and so it is argued that he could not have attended. I am a Mitt supporter and take his comment for what it was, a statement of his non racist upbringing. What concerns me in all this are the &#8220;first hand accounts&#8221; of them being arm in arm. If it did happen then it really needs to make headline news and if it didn&#8217;t happen then at this point Mitt Romney needs to say so. I am unsettled by this and what it implies when combined with other semi inaccurate statements that Mitt Romney has made.</p>
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		<title>By: Charley</title>
		<link>http://www.bloggernews.net/112537#comment-161437</link>
		<dc:creator>Charley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oops.
Flaming Liar Blogger caught again.
One little problem with the liar Warner Todd Huston:
He has no appreciation for FACTS.
However, he seems well schooled in generating moonbat rubbish and name calling.

FACT: In The Summer Of 1963, Governor Romney Participated In Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Freedom Marches" In Grosse Pointe, Michigan.
 
In 1963, George Romney Gave The Keynote Address At The Conference That Sparked The Martin Luther King "Freedom Marches" In Detroit. "The establishment of these human relations groups came in the wake of several major events (besides the embarrassing racist practices of such suburbs as Dearborn), which took place in 1963 and helped galvanize interracial support and cooperation for integrated housing. The first event was the Metropolitan Conference on Open Occupancy held in Detroit in January 1963. The second event was the Martin Luther King 'Freedom' March in June of the same year, the spinoffs of which were several Detroit NAACP-sponsored interracial marches into Detroit suburbs to dramatize the need for black housing. … Governor George Romney gave the keynote speech at this conference, in which he pledged to use the power of the state to achieve housing equality in Michigan." (Joe T. Darden, Detroit, Race And Uneven Development, 1987, p. 132)


 
Governor Romney Marched In July 1963 In An NAACP-Sponsored March Through Grosse Pointe.  "The next couple of NAACP marches into the suburbs were more pleasant. Both Grosse Pointe and Royal Oak Township welcomed the interracial marchers. Close to 500 black and white marchers, including many Grosse Pointers, marched in 'the Pointes' that July. Governor George Romney made a surprise appearance in his shirt sleeves and joined the parade leaders."  (Joe T. Darden, Detroit, Race And Uneven Development, 1987, p. 132)
 
·        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)
 
·        In Their 1967 Book, Stephen Hess And David Broder Wrote That George Romney "Marched With Martin Luther King Through The Exclusive Grosse Point Suburb Of Detroit."  "He has marched with Martin Luther King through the exclusive Grosse Pointe suburb of Detroit and he is on record in support of full-coverage Federal open-housing legislation." (Stephen Hess And David Broder, The Republican Establishment: The Present And Future Of The G.O.P., 1967, p. 107)
 
FACT: As Governor Of Michigan, George Romney Fought For Civil Rights And Marched In Support Of Martin Luther King Jr.
 
George Romney Was A Strong Proponent Of Civil Rights And Created Michigan's First Civil Rights Commission.  "The governor's record was one of supporting civil rights. He helped create the state's first civil rights commission and marched at the head of a protest parade in Detroit days after violence against civil rights marchers in Selma, Ala., in 1965."  (Todd Sprangler, "Romney Fields Questions On King," Detroit Free Press, 12/20/07)
 
In 1967, George Romney Was Praised At A National Civil Rights Rally For His Leadership.  "Michigan Gov. George Romney walked into a Negro Civil Rights rally in the heart of Atlanta to the chants of 'We Want Romney' and to hear protests from Negroes about city schools.  'They had invited me to come and I was interested in hearing things that would give me an insight into Atlanta,' the Michigan Republican said.  Led by Hosea Williams, a top aide to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the all-Negro rally broke into shouts and song when Romney arrived.  'We're tired of Lyndon Baines Johnson,' Williams said from a pulpit in the Flipper Temple AME Church as Romney sat in a front row pew.  'Johnson is sending black boys to Vietnam to die for a freedom that never existed,' Williams said. Pointing to Romney, Williams brought the crowd of 200 to its feet when he said, 'He may be the fella with a little backbone.'  Williams said Romney could be 'the next President if he acts right.' The potential GOP presidential nominee left the rally before it ended." ("Romney Praised At Civil Rights Rally In Atlanta," The Chicago Defender, 9/30/67)
Photograph:  "Dr. Martin Luther King speaking to graduate student Laura L. Leichliter (center) and Michigan's First Lady Mrs. Lenore Romney in February 1965." (Instructional Media Center Collection At Michigan State University Archives And Historical Collections)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oops.<br />
Flaming Liar Blogger caught again.<br />
One little problem with the liar Warner Todd Huston:<br />
He has no appreciation for FACTS.<br />
However, he seems well schooled in generating moonbat rubbish and name calling.</p>
<p>FACT: In The Summer Of 1963, Governor Romney Participated In Martin Luther King Jr.&#8217;s &#8220;Freedom Marches&#8221; In Grosse Pointe, Michigan.</p>
<p>In 1963, George Romney Gave The Keynote Address At The Conference That Sparked The Martin Luther King &#8220;Freedom Marches&#8221; In Detroit. &#8220;The establishment of these human relations groups came in the wake of several major events (besides the embarrassing racist practices of such suburbs as Dearborn), which took place in 1963 and helped galvanize interracial support and cooperation for integrated housing. The first event was the Metropolitan Conference on Open Occupancy held in Detroit in January 1963. The second event was the Martin Luther King &#8216;Freedom&#8217; March in June of the same year, the spinoffs of which were several Detroit NAACP-sponsored interracial marches into Detroit suburbs to dramatize the need for black housing. … Governor George Romney gave the keynote speech at this conference, in which he pledged to use the power of the state to achieve housing equality in Michigan.&#8221; (Joe T. Darden, Detroit, Race And Uneven Development, 1987, p. 132)</p>
<p>Governor Romney Marched In July 1963 In An NAACP-Sponsored March Through Grosse Pointe.  &#8220;The next couple of NAACP marches into the suburbs were more pleasant. Both Grosse Pointe and Royal Oak Township welcomed the interracial marchers. Close to 500 black and white marchers, including many Grosse Pointers, marched in &#8216;the Pointes&#8217; that July. Governor George Romney made a surprise appearance in his shirt sleeves and joined the parade leaders.&#8221;  (Joe T. Darden, Detroit, Race And Uneven Development, 1987, p. 132)</p>
<p>·        Detroit Free Press: &#8220;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&#8217;s Kercheval Avenue Saturday. … &#8216;the elimination of human inequalities and injustices is our urgent and critical domestic problem,&#8217; the governor said. … [Detroit NAACP President Edward M.] Turner told reporters, &#8216;I think it is very significant that Governor Romney is here. We are very surprised.&#8217; Romney said, &#8216;If they want me to lead the parade, I&#8217;ll be glad to.&#8217;&#8221; (&#8221;Romney Joins Protest March Of 500 In Grosse Pointe,&#8221; Detroit Free Press, 6/29/63)</p>
<p>·        In Their 1967 Book, Stephen Hess And David Broder Wrote That George Romney &#8220;Marched With Martin Luther King Through The Exclusive Grosse Point Suburb Of Detroit.&#8221;  &#8220;He has marched with Martin Luther King through the exclusive Grosse Pointe suburb of Detroit and he is on record in support of full-coverage Federal open-housing legislation.&#8221; (Stephen Hess And David Broder, The Republican Establishment: The Present And Future Of The G.O.P., 1967, p. 107)</p>
<p>FACT: As Governor Of Michigan, George Romney Fought For Civil Rights And Marched In Support Of Martin Luther King Jr.</p>
<p>George Romney Was A Strong Proponent Of Civil Rights And Created Michigan&#8217;s First Civil Rights Commission.  &#8220;The governor&#8217;s record was one of supporting civil rights. He helped create the state&#8217;s first civil rights commission and marched at the head of a protest parade in Detroit days after violence against civil rights marchers in Selma, Ala., in 1965.&#8221;  (Todd Sprangler, &#8220;Romney Fields Questions On King,&#8221; Detroit Free Press, 12/20/07)</p>
<p>In 1967, George Romney Was Praised At A National Civil Rights Rally For His Leadership.  &#8220;Michigan Gov. George Romney walked into a Negro Civil Rights rally in the heart of Atlanta to the chants of &#8216;We Want Romney&#8217; and to hear protests from Negroes about city schools.  &#8216;They had invited me to come and I was interested in hearing things that would give me an insight into Atlanta,&#8217; the Michigan Republican said.  Led by Hosea Williams, a top aide to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the all-Negro rally broke into shouts and song when Romney arrived.  &#8216;We&#8217;re tired of Lyndon Baines Johnson,&#8217; Williams said from a pulpit in the Flipper Temple AME Church as Romney sat in a front row pew.  &#8216;Johnson is sending black boys to Vietnam to die for a freedom that never existed,&#8217; Williams said. Pointing to Romney, Williams brought the crowd of 200 to its feet when he said, &#8216;He may be the fella with a little backbone.&#8217;  Williams said Romney could be &#8216;the next President if he acts right.&#8217; The potential GOP presidential nominee left the rally before it ended.&#8221; (&#8221;Romney Praised At Civil Rights Rally In Atlanta,&#8221; The Chicago Defender, 9/30/67)<br />
Photograph:  &#8220;Dr. Martin Luther King speaking to graduate student Laura L. Leichliter (center) and Michigan&#8217;s First Lady Mrs. Lenore Romney in February 1965.&#8221; (Instructional Media Center Collection At Michigan State University Archives And Historical Collections)</p>
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		<title>By: gws</title>
		<link>http://www.bloggernews.net/112537#comment-161306</link>
		<dc:creator>gws</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I'm sure Mitt will graciously accept your apology:

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)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m sure Mitt will graciously accept your apology:</p>
<p>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)</p>
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		<title>By: tk</title>
		<link>http://www.bloggernews.net/112537#comment-161268</link>
		<dc:creator>tk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 05:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It's figurative because Mitt wasn't at the event to be an eye witness.  He knew about, maybe saw it on a news clip, heard his parents talk about it, shared letters about with his parents.  The point is Mitt's parents were very supportive of the Civil Rights movement and Mitt was raised with those same values. 

I can't believe the way the media twists things....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s figurative because Mitt wasn&#8217;t at the event to be an eye witness.  He knew about, maybe saw it on a news clip, heard his parents talk about it, shared letters about with his parents.  The point is Mitt&#8217;s parents were very supportive of the Civil Rights movement and Mitt was raised with those same values. </p>
<p>I can&#8217;t believe the way the media twists things&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: Skeptical reader</title>
		<link>http://www.bloggernews.net/112537#comment-160781</link>
		<dc:creator>Skeptical reader</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>David Thompson:  If you saw them join arms and march together, why is the Romney campaign now denying that they ever marched together?  Why would the campaign say it was "figurative" if it actually happened?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>David Thompson:  If you saw them join arms and march together, why is the Romney campaign now denying that they ever marched together?  Why would the campaign say it was &#8220;figurative&#8221; if it actually happened?</p>
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		<title>By: David Thompson</title>
		<link>http://www.bloggernews.net/112537#comment-160776</link>
		<dc:creator>David Thompson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As a young man I was at the march in Grosse Pointe, Michigan and saw both George Romney and Martin Luther King get out of their cars and join arms to begin the march.  As they passed by me they invited me into the march.  I joined and it changed my life.

It was not a large gathering, unlike the one held in Detroit, Michigan the day before (which I also participated in as a representative of the 14th district Young Democrats.)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As a young man I was at the march in Grosse Pointe, Michigan and saw both George Romney and Martin Luther King get out of their cars and join arms to begin the march.  As they passed by me they invited me into the march.  I joined and it changed my life.</p>
<p>It was not a large gathering, unlike the one held in Detroit, Michigan the day before (which I also participated in as a representative of the 14th district Young Democrats.)</p>
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		<title>By: tim</title>
		<link>http://www.bloggernews.net/112537#comment-160767</link>
		<dc:creator>tim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Here's the link that impugns your claims!

http://blog.electromneyin2008.com/2007/12/20/despite-accounts-otherwise-george-romney-did-march-with-martin-luther-king-jr/

So STOP IT!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s the link that impugns your claims!</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.electromneyin2008.com/2007/12/20/despite-accounts-otherwise-george-romney-did-march-with-martin-luther-king-jr/" rel="nofollow">http://blog.electromneyin2008.com/2007/12/20/despite-accounts-otherwise-george-romney-did-march-with-martin-luther-king-jr/</a></p>
<p>So STOP IT!!!</p>
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