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2020-07-18 -Obits-
US Rep. John Lewis, civil rights icon puppet, dead at 80: reports
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Posted by Skidmark 2020-07-18 00:25|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1774 views ]  Top

1 Civil rights leader Rev. C.T. Vivian, who was famously punched by a white sheriff on Selma steps while trying to register black voters in 1965, dies aged 95
Posted by Skidmark 2020-07-18 00:55||   2020-07-18 00:55|| Front Page Top

2 He started by marching against Jim Crow laws and then the joined those who wrote those laws.
Posted by CrazyFool 2020-07-18 01:12||   2020-07-18 01:12|| Front Page Top

3 Like too many of MLK Jr's circle, after MLK was murdered by a Democrat or on the orders of LBJ/Hoover type elitists.

He and the Rev's started pimping Race for Fame, power and $$$$. By the late 1970's the MLK cause had been basically co-opted and was a Guilt based Blackmail shakedown scheme.

My condolences to the Family.

But likely we see a son or Daughter pickup the Black-Guilt Flag soon and milk it for $$$, fame and power. Using daddies name.


Posted by NN2N 2020-07-18 07:24||   2020-07-18 07:24|| Front Page Top

4 He started by marching against Jim Crow laws and then the joined those who wrote those laws.

The Civil Rights movement was a good thing, but like that guy said...
"Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket." ― Eric Hoffer

Condolences to the family.
Posted by SteveS 2020-07-18 07:55||   2020-07-18 07:55|| Front Page Top

5 Street names, Federal Holy Day, Arlington fly over, CNN teevee special......?
Posted by Besoeker 2020-07-18 07:56||   2020-07-18 07:56|| Front Page Top

6 English soccer clubs will probably wear a black ribbon for this now, too.
Posted by Clem 2020-07-18 08:32||   2020-07-18 08:32|| Front Page Top

7 something to finally interrupt the ongoing John McCain state funeral
Posted by Bob Grorong1136 2020-07-18 08:38||   2020-07-18 08:38|| Front Page Top

8 I'd almost bet Mr. Lewis had more morals than The Maverick.
Posted by Clem 2020-07-18 08:46||   2020-07-18 08:46|| Front Page Top

9 ^ low bar, that...
Posted by M. Murcek 2020-07-18 09:17||   2020-07-18 09:17|| Front Page Top

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Posted by DarthVader 2020-07-18 10:05||   2020-07-18 10:05|| Front Page Top

11 But likely we see a son or Daughter pickup the Black-Guilt Flag soon and milk it for $$$, fame and power. Using daddies name.


Alveda King on Trump's decision to create national garden honoring US heroes: 'I love the idea'
Posted by Skidmark 2020-07-18 10:39||   2020-07-18 10:39|| Front Page Top

12 Civil rights icon John Lewis dies at 80: Barack Obama leads tributes to congressman who fought alongside Martin Luther King and spent 50 years 'risking his life and blood' for racial equality after he passed away from pancreatic cancer
Posted by Skidmark 2020-07-18 10:44||   2020-07-18 10:44|| Front Page Top

13 Broke before he started to funnel millions to his wife? Opportunistic crook. IRS attacks on conservatives cover up and the list goes on.

Let the worms loose.
Posted by Woodrow 2020-07-18 11:50||   2020-07-18 11:50|| Front Page Top

14 Rot in hell, you scummy little grifter.
Posted by charger 2020-07-18 11:55||   2020-07-18 11:55|| Front Page Top

15 Sounds like he had his own version of reparations.
Posted by DooDahMan 2020-07-18 14:14||   2020-07-18 14:14|| Front Page Top

16 The one thing that always struck me about this guy - I have never seen him smile.
Posted by Raj 2020-07-18 14:44||   2020-07-18 14:44|| Front Page Top

17 ^You never seen him in his bank.
Posted by g(r)omgoru PB 2020-07-18 14:59||   2020-07-18 14:59|| Front Page Top

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