What Would Martin Luther King Think?
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 Filed in: People
The Democratic presidential candidate who is black
sniped at the presidential candidate who is a woman.
What would Dr. Martin Luther King think?
I think he'd think we've come a long way, baby.
The 2007 and 2008 presidential campaign is a first. It's long, protracted, more expensive than ever, full of candidates, surprises, pitfalls, tears and jeers, and unique in that each candidate of substance was given a political stage and more than 15 minutes to gain fame.
Take the sparring between candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama during recent debates and campaign speeches. The former is the presidential candidate who is a woman. The latter is the presidential candidate who is black.
The candidate who is a traditional white male from the South shared the stage but not the spotlight.
In a word, it has become ugly, but oh so entertaining. Will Rogers once said, "I don't belong to any organized political party. I'm a Democrat." He would have loved the Hillary vs. Obama fisticuffs as much as Martin Luther King.
Yes, it's not politically correct to love such disharmonious, disfiguring discord among well-heeled politicians dirtying themselves in public. But you'll have to admit, whatever party you belong to, it's fun to watch, in a 'we can't keep our eyes off Britney' sort of way.
King helped start a revolution of change in politics that continues to this day and has never been more evident than in the differences between political parties in the upcoming national election, and between the presidential candidates vying for the job.
Nothing improves without change. For many, the presidential debates this year are a welcome change.
I think he'd think we've come a long way, baby.
The 2007 and 2008 presidential campaign is a first. It's long, protracted, more expensive than ever, full of candidates, surprises, pitfalls, tears and jeers, and unique in that each candidate of substance was given a political stage and more than 15 minutes to gain fame.
Take the sparring between candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama during recent debates and campaign speeches. The former is the presidential candidate who is a woman. The latter is the presidential candidate who is black.
The candidate who is a traditional white male from the South shared the stage but not the spotlight.
In a word, it has become ugly, but oh so entertaining. Will Rogers once said, "I don't belong to any organized political party. I'm a Democrat." He would have loved the Hillary vs. Obama fisticuffs as much as Martin Luther King.
Yes, it's not politically correct to love such disharmonious, disfiguring discord among well-heeled politicians dirtying themselves in public. But you'll have to admit, whatever party you belong to, it's fun to watch, in a 'we can't keep our eyes off Britney' sort of way.
King helped start a revolution of change in politics that continues to this day and has never been more evident than in the differences between political parties in the upcoming national election, and between the presidential candidates vying for the job.
Nothing improves without change. For many, the presidential debates this year are a welcome change.
