Churchill bust out… bust of MLK in

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I really don’t have much comment about this. But after all our lengthy arguments about Obama’s poor treatment of our British ally, and the not so gracious return of the Churchill bust, I thought you’d all like to know that the empty spot has been filled with another bust… that of Martin Luther King. [Mata note: Correction, the Lincoln bust occupies the Churchill spot, and the MLK bust sits near the Oval Office fireplace] oops… :0)

The, of late, ever on top of it Jake Tapper fills us in from Political Punch.

Well, here’s another way President Obama has put his historic stamp on the presidency. With no fanfare or media attention, President Obama last month added a new decoration to the Oval Office: a 12 5/8″ bronze bust of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.

The work, titled “Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968),” is by celebrated African-American sculptor Charles Alston — the first African-American instructor at the Art Students League — who died in 1977.

Created in 1970, it was acquired by the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery in 1974.

When the Smithsonian lent the bust to the President Bill Clinton’s White House in 2000 to be displayed in the White House Library, that marked, believe it or not, the very first time that the image of an African-American was displayed in a public space in the White House.

Pretty astounding, when you think about it, given the bust’s current place of honor.

The King bust sits near the fireplace and adjacent a bust of President Abraham Lincoln, with the two legendary Americans facing President Obama when he sits at the HMS Resolute Desk. The Lincoln bust sits where a bust of Sir Winston Churchill — on loan from the British Embassy after the 9/11 attacks, and returned before Mr. Obama’s inauguration — once sat.

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The only difference is a terrorist of today and MLK is the terrorist kill in the name of God, MLK used the name of God to get rich and a lot of people got killed.

Greetings:

Could of been worse; Joe Stalin or Lenin might have been more accurate.

Scrap,

Dr. King died with a net worth of 6,000 and left no will. He got himself killed by an ignorant man filled with hate.

Not a plug MataHartley and Curt, but I’ve got a great pic of Obama and Geithner giggling with the bust in the background…

http://dequalss.com/2009/03/11/obama-the-swine-prince/

Dave,,,
Big deal,, lots of white people get killed EVERY DAY by black men filled with hate..
Just look at the FBI crime statistics if you don’t believe me..

@11B40 said: “Joe Stalin or Lenin might have been more accurate”

They keep the family portraits upstairs.

This is all very enlightening.

I didn’t know Churchill personally, but I can say with utter confidence, MLK was NO Churchill.

Hey Cary,

We had quite an enlightening conversation going over here.

Too bad you ran away when the questions got tough.

@MataHarley:

That’s a good point, Mata! Honest, fun diversions are always good! =)

Well both MLK and WC liked white women … and in a Sheriff Bart kind of way.

However, given that Barack Obama has no connection to Black America other than what he crafted as a persona for personal gain, the bust of MLK seems stolen, somehow.

Can any one here think of MLK advocating government forced risky bank loans for black families just because the families were black? Content of character, anyone …

You can find any famous person and find things in their personal or professional life by which to criticise them. Churchill was far from perfect – however what he stood up against – Fascism & Communism particularly when others aorund him were willing to surrender – makes him worthy person to be admired. The same with MLK – despite his shortcomings – he bravely fought against blatant rascism in the 50s and 60s which is a stain on US history. And he was more in line with peaceful protest than others such as Malcolm X who advocated by any means necessary.

It’s a shame that with the size of the White House – that Obama couldn’t find room to house both the Churchill and MLK busts.

@Adriane

However, given that Barack Obama has no connection to Black America other than what he crafted as a persona for personal gain, the bust of MLK seems stolen, somehow.

No connection to Black America? lol – what beyond the fact that his wife and his children are Black Americans!

@GaffaUK:

Obama is Kenyan trailer trash. He hasn’t any sense of propriety, or respect for true greatness. Yes, MLK was a great man, no where near the stature of Churchill, but still great. And I would lay odds that O’Bungler hasn’t a clue of WHY MLK was great. To Obama, MLK is just a symbol he can use to gain Black sympathy. His bust is a political tool, not a symbol of ideals that are so alien to Obama’s psyche that he wouldn’t know what they were if they bit him.

There’s a reason that MLK was a Republican.
http://www.nationalblackrepublicans.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=pages.DYK-Why%20MLK%20was%20a%20Republican

More details on why he was…
http://www.lincolnheritage.org/About_Us/Resources/Weekly_Magazine/New_Articles/An_Open_Letter_to_the_Democrat/an_open_letter_to_the_democrat.html

Using the words from the streets, “he be frontin”

MLK would have spit on Obama.

@sigmundringeck:

It’s hard to imagine them seeing eye to eye, unless O’Bunko could have fooled (had been able to be frontin?) him, like Jesse Jackson did.

@Buffoon:

I don’t think so, since it was Republicans who were trying to get them Civil Rights, and the Dems were the ones trying to keep ’em down. But there’s no accounting for taste. Just look at all the idiots who voted for O’Bummer who are now having buyers remorse, or soon enough will have when they realize what a horrible mistake they have made.

Sigmund,

Dr. King didn’t spit on Bull Connor. He would not spit on anyone. You display your stultifying ignorance of Dr. King and everything he stood for.

Yon,

Jesse Jackson, whom you malign here, was standing within feet of Dr. King when the fatal bullet struck him down. Jesse Jackson, whatever you think of his subsequent political career, was one of Dr. King’s lieutenants, who risked his own life marching with him.

You disgust me with your craven attempt to use the legacy of a great man to score political points.

In fact, the whole tone of this pathetic thread disgusts me – from Scrap and Papa’s mindless yawps to Adrianne’s cheap jibes to the Buffoon’s buffoonish ebonics.

You should be ashamed of yourselves.