Flashback: Romney Claims He Marched With Martin Luther King

  |   December 21, 2007 11:23 AM


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Mitt Romney acknowledged yesterday that he never saw his father march with Martin Luther King Jr. as he asserted in a nationally televised speech this month, and historical evidence shows that Michigan's Governor George Romney and the civil rights leader never did march together....

...Mitt Romney went a step further in a 1978 interview with the Boston Herald. Talking about the Mormon Church and racial discrimination, he said: "My father and I marched with Martin Luther King Jr. through the streets of Detroit."

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Read a timeline of Romney's claims that his father marched with Martin Luther King Jr.

Read how Romney exaggerated this spring about his hunting record.

Read HuffPost blogger Chris Kelly's post on Romney here

Read the New York Times' analysis of Romney's factual missteps here

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- genseric I'm a Fan of genseric 2 fans permalink

Politico is ahead of you guys being led around by the nose by HuffPo. Witnesses have come forward that did indeed see Romney's dad marching with MLK jr in Michigan. I know none of you have the integrity to admit how embarrassingly wrong you were.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:56 AM on 12/24/2007

Yeah, and I remember my father inventing the Internet with Al Gore.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:30 PM on 12/23/2007
- Manx I'm a Fan of Manx 19 fans permalink

The Mormon church discriminated against blacks until 1978. It's more likely that Romney marched with Lester Maddox.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:56 PM on 12/23/2007
- Qbear I'm a Fan of Qbear 51 fans permalink

God Blessing America

The Creator has quite the sense of humor, allowing Mittler to wrap himself in religious fervor and spend a small fortune buying Iowa votes, then the Creator sends in Huck-A-Bigot armed with just a slingshot to knee cap the Great and Powerful Romney.

Cosmic pie in the face.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:02 AM on 12/23/2007

Yeah, but he found himself on the wrong side of the bridge in Selma. Oooops!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:24 PM on 12/22/2007
- Querent I'm a Fan of Querent 61 fans permalink
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News flash: witness comes forward to verify Mitt Romney's claim to have marched in the streets of Detroit with Martin Luther King Jr.

Mitt Romney has announced that he has a witness who can verify his claim to have marched with MLK in Detroit.

"Just ask Mohandas Ghandi," he angrily told reporters. "He was there, and he saw the whole thing."

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:43 PM on 12/22/2007
- Northlite I'm a Fan of Northlite 8 fans permalink

I understand that Mitt's "misstatements" may all be a result of a medical operation Governor Romney had about a year and half ago. To get rid of the gnawing inside, he went into Mayo Clinc for a ethilotomy. That's the procedure, very popular with a certain type of businessman, where they make a micro incision into the brain and vacuum out the little organ where the conscience and courage reside. But in this unusual case, the surgeons couldn't find the damn thing. Just nothing at all there. I've heard through the medical grapevine that they didn't want to lose their fees--their businesspeople after all--so they just sucked out something else out. Some suspect it was his heart.

Another theory is that when the whole family was going through their annual "Stepford" renewal treatment(that's the medical procedure that ensures wealth, perfect children and spouses, and great teeth) at a secret clinic in the Arizona desert, the medical technicians removed the last vestige of Mitt's soul by mistake. Mitt's soul had atrophied to the point that the technicians thought it was just a pimple on his butt, and so they popped it. So there you have it!

Jesus is Our Savior! No New Taxes! Protect Our Borders! Go Mitt!!!!!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:17 PM on 12/22/2007
- Lucere I'm a Fan of Lucere 17 fans permalink

It is impossible to calculate the moral mischief, if I may so express it, that mental lying has produced in society. When a man has so far corrupted and prostituted the chastity of his mind as to subscribe his professional belief to things he does not believe he has prepared himself for the commission of every other crime.

~Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:33 AM on 12/22/2007

Politico "Shirley Basore, 72, says she was sitting in the hairdresser’s chair in wealthy Grosse Pointe, Mich., back in 1963 when a rumpus started and she discovered that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and her governor, George Romney, were marching for civil rights — right past the window.

With the cape still around her neck, Basore went outside and joined the parade.

“They were hand in hand,” recalled Basore, a former high-school English teacher. “They led the march. We all swung our hands, and they held their hands up above everybody else’s.”
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    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:43 AM on 12/22/2007
- bushmocker I'm a Fan of bushmocker 7 fans permalink

Mitt walked into the living room and saw his Dad watching the evening news,guzzling down a "Mormon Maker" beer. MLK was giving his "I have a dream" speech while his Dad was cheering.Little did he know,the reason for the cheering wasn't for MLK,it was for the story just before MLK. American Motors was relieved of all fiscal responsibility for any benefits or payments agreed upon when the maker of Rambler automobiles,...you know,..that POS car that was the Romney legacy,..the Edsel that just lasted a little longer... that went into bankruptcy.Finally his golden parachute arrived after working diligently to screw thousands of families of union workers out of all they worked for their whole lives.I'm not sure if this is a literal translation of what occurred,but thats the way I like to remember it.Did I mention what a POS car Rambler was?Mitts dad kinda ran things like GWB Oil.Enough of these "Taliban" candidates,I am so sick of the religous right and their influence on the policies of our government.Religion has no place in government,it's not the cure,it's part of the disease.Anyone that uses their faith(Sant­a,Satan,Ea­ster bunny,God,­Jesus,Alla­h") as a stepping stone to garner votes or to show what an "honorable" human being he/she is,will garner some of the votes of the insane 27% er's that still support Bush but that's as far as that will go.Most sane people are aware of this little"Arm­egeddon"th­ing the "Believers"believe in, and aren't to anxious to see their little daydream come to fruition.Thank God!......BTW,I heard a story yesterday about Mitts dad hearing about a single mom with kids not having any heat one winter and Mitt and his dad gathered up some firewood and threw it in their trunk and drove it over to this womans home.Doesn't everybody know that a trunk full of logs would only last a day at the most with the most efficient fireplace or stove available at the time?Kinda like Bill Gates running over with a ten dollar bill nowadays.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:01 AM on 12/22/2007

Recall Reagan's witnessing the liberation of a concentration camp and viewing the huge armada returning home from WWII? Mitt's just donning the Reagan cloak and seeing things he never saw.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:24 AM on 12/22/2007
- wayoutleft I'm a Fan of wayoutleft 39 fans permalink
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if only oprah had seen his dad march w/ mlk- all would believe. o ye of little faith in lying corporate shills! may ye be despised by the TROOPS Peace Be Upon Them and cast into OUTER DARKNESS or europe. months ago mitwit tried to tell a radio host his K-mart religious beliefs had no relevance to his considered opinion that he should be president. but it has a clever side effect: he is showing how to exploit the congenital inability of the MSM Ladies to call these dull little sadists liars to their faces. their life as a relevant institution is doomed by the politicians' freedom to lie to them. and right now mitwit needs to minimize media influence.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:21 AM on 12/22/2007

People act like it's a big surprise, when you've been in a cult your whole life, reality and truth take the backseat.

King is probably hangin' out on Kolob right now with a big smile on his face!

And "they" don't march, "they" knock on doors.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:36 AM on 12/22/2007

Romney's father might have marched with Martin Luther King in the literary sense. Romney only meant that his father was in total agreement with the cause that MLK fought for.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:08 AM on 12/22/2007
- scampy123 I'm a Fan of scampy123 3 fans permalink

Romney obviously needs some coaching from Tony Blair in the art of lying with a straight face.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:52 PM on 12/21/2007
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