Trump Hits The Nail on the Head Again

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LeafByNiggle said:
If Louis Armstrong were alive today, he would still be respected and honored for his contribution to music, just as John Lewis should be respected and honored for his service to the cause of civil rights.
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And that is my point! MLK, Rosa Parks and all of those civil rights leaders are gone and, certainly to a degree, are forgotten.

John Lewis was beat up by police during a march. I don’t really see why that makes him some kind of hero. Besides, his antics of recent, including the falsehood that he was called the “n” word by Tea Party members does not make him a civil rights hero. It is a fact that many of the civil rights workers from back then turned into horrible political left-wing activists like Harry Belafonte. Martin Luther King only wanted what was guaranteed to him in the Constitution. After civil rights was achieved, the pursuit them became left-wing “justice.” Isn’t is laughable how people who fought for civil rights could become bosom buddies with hard-core communists like Castro and Chavez?
 
Tim_D said:
Of course, you don’t see it as disappointing that a sitting congressman refuses to attend the inauguration because he has deemed the president elect to be “illegitimate.”

Also, as a congressman, it is your duty to represent the people of your district. You don’t get to say that your district is a mess and crumbling to the ground but “that’s not my job, it’s the job of the mayor.” If it isn’t part of the duty of the representative, then what is his function at all?

Classic partisan politics: criticize Trump for stating the obvious but give a pass to the one on whom part of the burden lies. Pitiful. :rolleyes:
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I agree 100%, God Bless, Memaw
 
gilliam said:
And it is OK to say on national news that “I don’t see this President-elect as a legitimate president” ?
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That was wrong of Rep. Lewis, but there is certainly precedent for it in the last 8 years.
 
dvdjs said:
See post #17 for the numbers.
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Just took a look, thnx for posting that.

I understand that I hold a single perspective among many but I don’t think the Atlanta area is doing bad. I live just outside of Atlanta and went to college in this area. I don’t claim the area to be perfect, but it’s doing well. Right now the most significant problem that I’m seeing is the city is going through a significant growth explosion (population) and is seeing investments from lots of companies without a proportional amount of protections being made for the poor. There is an expectation that some of this will be pushed out of the area as it expands.
 
“Trump is not a legitimate President”? Is that hyperbole, falsity, or ignorance? I apply the rule of kind interpretations, and assume the more innocent intent. Trump is absolutely a legitimate President, and Hillary is absolutely a legitimate loser of an election. She lost on an entirely Constitutional basis, and California aside, she lost the votes of a majority. Had she won, we Catholics would be headed for the Catacombs. But I indulge in hyperbole. 😉
 
Bill1940 said:
“Trump is not a legitimate President”? Is that hyperbole, falsity, or ignorance? I apply the rule of kind interpretations, and assume the more innocent intent. Trump is absolutely a legitimate President, and Hillary is absolutely a legitimate loser of an election. She lost on an entirely Constitutional basis, and California aside, she lost the votes of a majority. Had she won, we Catholics would be headed for the Catacombs. But I indulge in hyperbole. 😉
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Bill1940 said:
“Trump is not a legitimate President”? Is that hyperbole, falsity, or ignorance? I apply the rule of kind interpretations, and assume the more innocent intent. Trump is absolutely a legitimate President, and Hillary is absolutely a legitimate loser of an election. She lost on an entirely Constitutional basis, and California aside, she lost the votes of a majority. Had she won, we Catholics would be headed for the Catacombs. But I indulge in hyperbole. 😉
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Amen!
 
LeafByNiggle said:
If Louis Armstrong were alive today, he would still be respected and honored for his contribution to music, just as John Lewis should be respected and honored for his service to the cause of civil rights.
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I proffer that both are honored by those who know who they are. The number that do diminishes as the years go by.
 
So, because of possible election “meddling” by Russia, Trump will not be a “legitimate” president according to Congressman Lewis.

Hummmm… now, what exactly is it that Russia is accused of? Hacking information about Hillary Clinton’s shortcomings. Russian hackers are not accused of tampering with election ballots, booths, machines, precincts, election departments or bribing electoral collage officials. So, the Russians didn’t actually tamper with our election, they just made information available to the voters*** that our own U.S. media should have made available to us before the election.***

It’s interesting how the Dems are so outraged about another country possibly interfering with our presidential election by making just information available to the public, but were absolutely silent when Obama used U.S. taxpayer money to campaign against Netanyahu prior to the Israeli election.
 
Rep. Lewis should apologize for his outrageously, insensitive remark that has no basis in reality. It shows no respect and he should be reprimanded.
Reminds me of kids demanding respect, yet they don’t have any respect for anybody but they sure demand it!
Grow up liberals!
 
Michael68 said:
Rep. Lewis should apologize for his outrageously, insensitive remark that has no basis in reality. It shows no respect and he should be reprimanded.
Reminds me of kids demanding respect, yet they don’t have any respect for anybody but they sure demand it!
Grow up liberals!
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I agree with you. Everyone should apologize for the disrespectful things they’ve said.
 
Tim_D said:
"President-elect Donald Trump harshly responded to civil rights icon John Lewis on Saturday, calling him “all talk” and “no action” after the Georgia lawmaker said Trump was not a “legitimate” president.

“Congressman John Lewis should spend more time on fixing and helping his district, which is in horrible shape and falling apart (not to mention crime infested) rather than falsely complaining about the election results. All talk, talk, talk - no action or results. Sad,” Trump tweeted Saturday, which happened to fall on the weekend of the Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday."
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Mr. Trump’s favorite word seems to be “sad”. Which is so sad. 😉
 
7_Sorrows said:
And “losers” as in democrats. They need to get over the reality they lost. The republicans won.
Stop whining.
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“Stop whining” seems to be a favorite refrain from Trump supporters. When I expressed concern that I might lose my health care coverage on Facebook, a Trump supporter told me, “Stop whining.” Yeah, I guess losing health care coverage if the Affordable Care Act is repealed isn’t anything to be too concerned about. 🤷
 
tuscany said:
Hummmm… now, … the Russians … just made information available to the voters that our own U.S. media should have made available to us before the election.
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Are you also willing to comment CNN and BuzzFeed for recently making “information” of dubious provenance about Trump?
It’s interesting how the Dems … were absolutely silent when Obama used U.S. taxpayer money to campaign against Netanyahu prior to the Israeli election.
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ALERT: FAKE NEWS.
Here the real story from the Jerusalem Post
jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/Senate-report-charges-NGO-of-using-US-tax-dollars-in-anti-Netanyahu-campaign-460187
 
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