TPM: “I think on (SEN. Clinton’s) MLK and Johnson remark, ..from the Politico is misleading…

[rodeodance]

TPM: “I think on (SEN. Clinton’s) MLK and Johnson remark, ..from the Politico is misleading…

Thanks Caro—nice to see this.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2627921

Bad Call (by Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo)
I think on (Hillary Clinton’s) MLK and Lyndon Johnson remark, the edited quote that's circulating from The Politico is misleading… (What she said was,) “‘I would point to the fact that that Dr. King's dream began to be realized when President Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, when he was able to get through Congress something that President Kennedy was hopeful to do, the President before had not even tried, but it took a president to get it done. That dream became a reality, the power of that dream became a real in peoples lives because we had a president who said we are going to do it, and actually got it accomplished.’”
It was the knowledgeable pol, Johnson, who actually got equal rights codified into law.—Caro

[Rock_Garden]

1. Rodeodance, I appreciate your clarifying this hit piece.