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In Star Trek VI, Captain Kirk meets Klingon Chancellor Gorkon on the Enterprise. After a rocky diplomatic dinner, Gorkon says the following to Kirk, “You don’t trust me, do you? I don’t blame you. If there is to be a brave new world, our generation is going to have the hardest time living in it.”
Before i continue my post, I have to say that John Lewis was WAY out of line comparing Senator McCain with George Wallace.
Rep. John Lewis, and other leaders of the Civil Rights era, are going through similar transitional issues. For forty years, the have assumed the mythical leadership of African-Americans in this country and that is about to change. It is sad to say this but Barack Obama’s biggest hurdle to the White House may be the people who look like him.
Isn’t there a Statute of Limitations on the institutional racism of the 1960s? Lewis and others have been beating the same tired drum for the last 30 years. The problem is that no one is listening anymore because they haven’t had anything meaningful to say since “The Cosby Show” premiered on NBC.
Lewis is not helping Obama, in fact, he is probably damaging his chances for victory. My advice to John Lewis and Julian Bond, echoes fellow columnist T-Steel, “keep your mouths closed for a while” - at least for the next four weeks.
btw, I am still waiting for Jesse Jackson to make a ill-timed comment.
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