When Obama settles into King’s footsteps Wednesday, black leaders will be listening for the substance of a president:http://politi.co/15jDvcI
@rolandsmartin @politico the footsteps phrase means when he literally stands in King's steps at Lincoln. Rest of piece makes point you make.
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@jonallendc@politico The right connection to Obama & King is that MLK was calling for then for where Obama is now: presidential leadership. -
@rolandsmartin@politico I think that's the point Jesse Jackson was making with his quote in the story: legislation vs. motivation. -
@jonallendc@politico The reax after Wednesday's speech will be telling. I'll hear both: the public reax & the private, no holds barred one -
@rolandsmartin@politico I hope you'll pass on what you hear - End of conversation
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@jonallendc@politico One thing I wish you had done with this story was better make the connection between King's speech, Obama & economics -
@rolandsmartin@politico fair criticism on econ, tho your effort to stop people from comparing O and MLK seems to validate the story. No? -
@jonallendc@politico No doubt. The comparison is easy because it allows people to get caught up in the Dream, as if it has been fulfilled.
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@jonallendc@politico Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr said that King said I Have A Dream. Powell said he would have said, I Have A Plan.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@jonallendc@politico One of the failures of this administration has been on the home foreclosure front. This has been my biggest critiqueThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@jonallendc@politico NAACP and others called for a foreclosure moratorium, something Obama could have pursued.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@jonallendc@politico Although you cite unemployment#s, you could have dealt with 53% of Black wealth lost due to home foreclosure crisisThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@jonallendc@politico The speech King gave was a radical economic one. He was speaking directly to political leaders about $$$ inequalityThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@jonallendc@politico ok. I've always tried to get folks to not even make the comparisons between Obama and MLK. Too easy; far more complexThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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