MLK: McCain voted no in 1983
On the anniversary of Martin Luther King's assassination, John McCain is saying and doing all the right things, and no doubt his thinking really has changed.
But still: It serves as a reminder that in 1983, as a freshman in Congress, he voted against establishing MLK Day as a national holiday, a vote he now calls a mistake:
"On his campaign plane this week, Mr. McCain said he had changed his mind after learning more about Dr. King. He noted that less than a decade later he bucked some Republicans in his home state, Arizona, to support a state holiday for Dr. King.
“Well, I learned that this individual was a transcendent figure in American history, he deserved to be honored, and I thought it was appropriate to do so.”
But, why hadn't he learned that by 1983?
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John Mccain's action was the typical conservative Republican reaction to MLK push for social justice in America. MLK is today treated as a hero but back then he was a trouble maker, hated, bugged and despised by the American establishment which Mccain represented then and represents today. So we now know that Mccain regrets his past opposition to MLK because he is running for president and wants black votes. The is therefore is not what he does or says during election but the true state of his mind.
Politicians can say anything to get votes during election. The question is what will he do or say after the election? I just do not trust Mccain.
martin luther king jr should not of been shot because he tried to
stop being raisest and black people and white people would join
hands and be friends but some whit people would not alow that so
he got shot in tenessie. but they had no right. he was trieing to
put an insparation in our world. and martin put that insparation
in barack obama to become the first president in the u.s.a. so we
should be greatful that martin stoped the raisest because if he did
not we would still be raisest to the black people bbut i wouldent!
black must of felt horrible! and martin stopped it! wich i am proud of!
martin luther king jr should not of been shot because he tried to
stop being raisest and black people and white people would join
hands and be friends but some whit people would not alow that so
he got shot in tenessie. but they had no right. he was trieing to
put an insparation in our world. and martin put that insparation
in barack obama to become the first president in the u.s.a. so we
should be greatful that martin stoped the raisest because if he did
not we would still be raisest to the black people bbut i wouldent!
black must of felt horrible! and martin stopped it! wich i am proud of!