Obama Compares Himself to Martin Luther King

Where is the part of Obama's remarks where Obama compares himself to MLK?. I suppose one has to read between the lines. By definition, though, that means I'm reading something that isn't there.

Originally posted by N3k9Ni
Where is the part of Obama's remarks where Obama compares himself to MLK?. I suppose one has to read between the lines. By definition, though, that means I'm reading something that isn't there.

edit on 14-8-2011 by N3k9Ni because: (no reason given)

Which is tantamount to the Democrats and Obama in particular. What you read wasn't there (in action) and what they do wasn't there for you to read before it happened.

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I guess it's all in how you interpret that. If what he says is happening, I'm not in agreement because I'm trying to bend the arc in the opposite direction.

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The man is an amazing political orator. He was giving a political speach, not a speach about history and he knew exactly what he was doing. He is using inference as a speaking strategy and is directly connecting King's struggle for civil rights to the objectives of his own political agenda. Thus he was drawing a direct connection between himself and King.

Now he did not come out and say "I'm just like Martin Luther King". No, what he did was far more sophisticated and insidious. He drew the connection between a political agenda and a struggle for basic human rights and in so doing did two things. Draw a connection between those heros who worked on the ground, supporting King in his struggle with those fools who support Obama's campaign, thus making those acts appear moral and just, making the folks who shell out $30K for a breakfast somehow feel that is a moral act. In the process drew a connection between himself as the leaders of these two efforts.

The first thing that came to mind when reading the title of this post was Lloyd Bentsen’s classic line to Dan Quayle.

“Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy, I knew Jack Kennedy, Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you’re no Jack Kennedy.”

I don't think I'm alone in saying Barack Obama is no Martin Luther King Jr.

Oddly enough, just the other day my friend spotted an odd bowling ball at the alley. At first glance, the front indicated that it was probably some commemorative Civil Rights / MLK / etc.



Upon further investigation of that same ball, my friend became disgusted, as did I. The other side of the ball showed:



This man and his administration are delusional! His contributions (if you want to call them that) are nowhere near those of MLK. I firmly believe MLK would be offended by this nonsense today!

Wow, he must be really needing a pick me up about now.
Nothing like giving yourself a compliment and hope that others follow it..

What a doofus.

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That is sad.

MLKjr said "I have a dream...", not "had". When one quotes an orator, one must be specific.
When words are changed, everything else should be questioned and is most likely false.

Originally posted by anumohi

Originally posted by gimme_some_truth
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The article says Martin Luther King Jr.

Thats not what i meant

ah... Well... in that case..... Never mind

Originally posted by syrinx high priest
"But what he understood, what kept him going, was that the arc of moral universe is long but it bends towards justice. But it doesn’t bend on its own. It bends because all of us are putting our hand on the arc and we are bending it in that direction. And it takes time. And it’s hard work. And there are frustrations."

put down the haterade

Obama’s speech would have stood on its own without comparing himself to MLK or any other person. It was a well written speech. and did not need the comparison.

You need to analyze the reason for injecting MLK and the memorial into the speech.

The injection of a memorial and the comparison of another person (MLK) into the speech are intended to benefit the person giving the speech and does not add any constructive content.

This technique is similar to movie theaters adding frames of popcorn, candy and soda into a movie. Subliminally it creates a want to buy these items. The injections stated above are positive frames of MLK intended to reflect positively on the speech giver.

Obama is a shill. He is unable to create his own positive image so he needs to leech off of other men's accomplishments

Disgusting.

Originally posted by TomServo
Oddly enough, just the other day my friend spotted an odd bowling ball at the alley. At first glance, the front indicated that it was probably some commemorative Civil Rights / MLK / etc.



Upon further investigation of that same ball, my friend became disgusted, as did I. The other side of the ball showed:



This man and his administration are delusional! His contributions (if you want to call them that) are nowhere near those of MLK. I firmly believe MLK would be offended by this nonsense today!

I guess one could say he lost his marbles

Go home Obama, you've stood for nothing, you're just another puppet of the masonic zionists, time to find another job and give way to a real president; Ron Paul.

Originally posted by beezzer
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Obama is to King what I am to Sir Edmund Hilary. (I once climbed a hill)
S&F

This is one of the finest comparisons I have heard in a long time. Made me chuckle.
Well said Sir or Sir'et

For Mr. Obama to compare his struggle for forced socialism to that of Mr. King's struggle for equal rights is akin to comparing rotten apples to, well, ripe juicy ones!

JennaDarling:
You and our President (?) seem to have a lot in common. Hopefully he will be unemployed shortly. Would you please invite him to become a citizen, and leader, of your country?

See ya,
Milt

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I gave you a star on that one! That's the only thing you've ever said, that I actually agree with! Thank you!

See ya,
Milt

Originally posted by TomServo
Oddly enough, just the other day my friend spotted an odd bowling ball at the alley. At first glance, the front indicated that it was probably some commemorative Civil Rights / MLK / etc.



Upon further investigation of that same ball, my friend became disgusted, as did I. The other side of the ball showed:



This man and his administration are delusional! His contributions (if you want to call them that) are nowhere near those of MLK. I firmly believe MLK would be offended by this nonsense today!

I suspect that we have witnessed the root piece of his 2012 campaign.

This comparison will be ballyhooed and picked up by the blind fools that put him into office because he has no standing othewise. They must sustain their fervor for him with this borrowed, obscure, philosophical position from the legend of King because getting real doesn't work for the wouldbe Black Messiah, it never did. The young masses will be strongly voiced, but the wise elders in the party won't allow it. He will never make it to the ballot. --er, so my opinion is....

Obama is a shill. He is unable to create his own positive image so he needs to leech off of other men's accomplishments

Disgusting.

Could not have said it better, BioSafe!! Alot of people talk badly about other Presidents. Sorry....but this guy takes the cake!! Not matter what others may think of this - I do NOT consider him MY President!!

As if he has not, already, done a great job to destroy EVERYTHING our Country stands for, another 4 years of this man will destroy us completely!!

And, do not start with the 'you're a racist' BS!! I am as far away from that as anyone could be - I just against stupid people! Of which our current President seems to be!!

What are one-liners ok now?

We all need to look into neuro-linguistic programing. Everything that this man says is written, gone over, re-written, tested, practiced, approved by a committee. You can't read into it too much. From his body language to his inflection to the words themselves. His life is scripted! I am just some martial arts nerd, but if we do it in our training you better believe the POTUS does.


communication broken down =
7%--- the words you use
Tonality = 33%---the tones you use on those words
Physicality = 55% the posture of your body when you convey the message

5% to be split among them according to the depth of training

When all else fails...play that race card...infront of guilty, uber wealthy, glitterati.

Barry isn't campaigning to be an arbitor of social/financial change like MLK...no Mr. Dunham/Soetaro/Obama truly thinks, in his narcissism, that he IS King. As in Emperor, Ruler; Messiah; Deity; that is. He uses the Martin Luther part as a cover. Barry justs wants to be King!

i have a dream that all the good little people and they money are mine you will do what i say and love it!!!!!!


obama aint nowhere close to being like mlk.

i have a dream of peace of racial equality not the current state of classwarfare etc going on this country.

to me this is like a bad omen. mlk was shot