John McCain MLK speech crowd - fake forgiveness?

aka "An Interesting Moment" (feat. "We Forgive You" Woman and "We All Make Mistakes" Man)

John McCain, a man who fought to keep Martin Luther King Day out of Arizona, has the balls to give a stump speech to members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which was first led by King himself, in front of the 40th anniversary of King's assassination, on the 40th anniversary of the tragic event.

Looks like he thought a couple well-timed shill responses from the audience would make everything peace.

John McCain on MLK Day [Source: Democratic National Committee]

1983: McCain Voted Against Law Creating National Martin Luther King Holiday. In 1983, McCain voted against passing a bill to designate the third Monday of every January as a federal holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. That was the year the holiday was passed into law, supported by 338 members of the House and 78 members of the Senate. [1983 House Vote #289, 8/2/1983; 1983 Senate Vote #303]

1987: McCain Supports AZ Governor's Effort to Rescind Martin Luther King Day as State Holiday. In 1987, Arizona Governor Evan Mecham rescinded "what he termed an illegal executive order by his predecessor, Democrat Bruce Babbitt, to establish a state holiday honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr." Speaking to the Arizona Teenage Republican Convention, when asked about Mecham's decision to rescind the holiday, "McCain said that he felt Mecham was correct in rescinding the holiday." [Washington Post, 1/14/1987; Phoenix Gazette, 4/13/1987]

1989: McCain Urged Lawmakers to Create State Holiday, But Expressed Opposition to Federal Holiday. In 1989, McCain expressed his support for a state law recognizing an Arizona Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. But, McCain said, "I'm still opposed to another federal holiday... but I support the (Arizona) Martin Luther King holiday because of the enormous proportions this issue has taken on as far as the image of our state and our treatment towards not only blacks but all minorities." [Phoenix Gazette, 5/2/1989]

1992: McCain Endorsed Proposition Creating State Holiday. "McCain endorsed Proposition 300, which would establish a paid state holiday honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr." [Phoenix Gazette, 10/28/1992]

1994: McCain Voted To Strip Federal Funding From the MLK Federal Holiday Commission. In 1994, McCain voted to prohibit federal funds for the Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Holiday Commission. The Commission was established in 1984 "to encourage the observance of King's birthday." According to Al King, head of the California chapter of the commission, the organization "helped keep 'senators' and 'representatives' feet to the fire to recognize the holiday." [1994 Senate Vote #127, 5/24/1994; Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 5/24/1995, 5/26/1995]

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[CitySon]

McCain not knowing about Dr. King at 47yrs. old proves just how out of touch he is with not only the African-American population, but an entire GENERATION of people who devoted their lives to Civil Rights. Granted the struggle for civil rights is still an on-going process, its a little too late to be pretending as if he's interested in this struggle and the people involved in it. McCain trivializes Dr. King's legacy and that "apology" was nothing more than a dance on his grave.

[MajNorberg]

40 years of Civil rights...and an African American is still holding McCain's Umbrella.

[HollywoodKendrick]

What idiot would vote for John McCain??? POLITICALLY you people are idiots.

[origen01]

seriously, this guy CANNOT be president

[LadyGreenEyes964]

Gee, so what!? Somehow not agreeing on a particular holiday makes him evil or something? These days, we don't even have named holidays for Washington or Lincoln - it's just "President's Day" - but we have one for a civil rights leader. Lincoln did less or something?  Seems imbalanced to me.

[jterry316]

Well said CitySon!!

[ajbfido]

ROFL someone doesnt know there history very well

[2luper]

A Democrat 'makes a mistake' and he gets impeached. A Republican 'makes a mistake' AND WE LOVE HIM!!!

[CitySon]

Just a wild guess here, but they probably hated them AFTER the white kids hung nooses on a school yard tree that was blatently nicknamed "the White tree." There are blacks that don't like white people, but given the HISTORICAL ramifications between blacks and whites in this country (examples that are steadily happening on a DAILY basis), don't you think many blacks have a right to be angry and untrusting of white Americans? Think of it in terms of Sen. Obama's recent "small town/bitter" comment.

[witherillae]

And I bet the kids in the Jena 6 beating hated white people too. Why can't you point the racist finger at black people once and a while? There are many of them out there.

[CitySon]

No, Obama didn't appear in Memphis because he didn't want to cheapen the experience to a mere photo op and FAKE rehashing of Dr. King's "dream" like Sen. McCain and Clinton did. Both could care less about Dr. King. Their journey there was purely for their own personal benefit; to gain the black vote in the upcoming election. The entire time Clinton & McCain have been in the public eye, they never even thought about doing anything like this. Just a poor strategic dance on Dr. King's legacy.

[doodles6857]

i think he was lying to cover up that he hates black people =)