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Originally Posted by tsurara  Given the total time rift people are failing to notice here, let's mix the thread up a bit:
How many of you would vote for Jesse Jackson if he ran for president (again)? |
Of course not. I don't care for his character.
Nor would I have voted for King. The man may have been a great orator but other then that I see nothing to recommend him. It annoys me that he is given the martyr treatment when the true greats go unrecognized, greats such as Medgar Evers, because they don't have a foundation to make sure they get good publicity. The real question is if King had not been martyred would he be any different these days then Jesse Jackson and would the government continue to seal his FBI records for fear of damage to the civil rights movement or would whatever is in there just be one more scandal like all of Jacksons? Oh well, eventually the truth will out one way or another. It just may have to wait until anyone who was involved is dead.