He organized the Montgomery bus boycott and helped found the SCLC, so, yes. Wikipedia entry.
Fox News had the “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down that wall” speech writer comment that the Republican leadership should latch onto the part of the speech and test Obama on whether or not government isn’t too big or too small, but that it works; what works gets funded, what does ends.
Also, for what it’s worth, Fox addressed him as “Barack Hussein Obama”.
Never underestimate the power of the eyebrow.
What’s up with all this prayer and invoking of god left and right? The president was pretty clear about restoring science to it’s proper place, but DAYUM there’s a lot of sky pixie in this event.
There was just a shot of a Civil Air Patrol officer. Good to see them represented, if only for a second.
Better poetry during the prayer.
I’ve just identified my fatal flaw: I can’t hear the phrase “the time has come” without finishing it with “the walrus said”.
Stupid Lewis Carroll
The benediction is better than the poem. Rhymes, too.
The benediction was more poetic than her poem.
AMEN!
more of a prayer at least. and he is a better poet than the woman who spoke before him.
amen!
I kinda liked that last bit. Lowry’s got some fun rhymes.
Eloquent benediction. Less about asking God to do things for us, more about what we can do for ourselves.
Nice changeup at the end, too.
So is Joseph Lowery’s (sp?) prayer ok because he’s black?
“…when the red man can get ahead, man…”
Heh.
Ok, I love the eyebrow guy.
starts crying again
Heh.
“When brown will stick around,
when yellow can be mellow,
when the red man can get ahead, man,
when white embraces what is right.”
I can say Amen to that, sir.
I loved the skin color puns. Positive and it rhymed!
And NOW we get the national anthem. You hear that, Brits? That’s SSB.
The eyebrow dude’s ending cracked up my whole viewing party.
Okay, so did that girl shrieking.
Awesome!
Is that dude the new face of “American Christianity”? If so, then to that I say “amen!” 