General Wesley K. Clark
Remarks For Dr. Martin Luther King Day Rally
Columbia, SC
January 19, 2004
EXCERPT:
"when a political party can suppress the vote and steal a presidential election - when a man can sit in the White House when the only vote he's won took place in the U.S. Supreme Court - then my friends, we still have not overcome.
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We saw it in the election of 2000, and right here in South Carolina in 2002, when African Americans were turned away from the polls, purged from the rolls, and intimidated when they showed up to vote.
Today, all too often, it's one person one vote if you live in the right county. And if you vote at the right machine. And if your name is on the right list. And if your skin is the right color.
Well, last I checked, there was no "if" in the 15th Amendment. Last I checked, one person one vote wasn't just a slogan - it was the highest law of this land. And I'm not going to rest until every single American can cast their vote and make their voice heard.
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Half a century ago, Dr. Martin Luther King led us in a great struggle to redeem the promise of our Constitution for all our people - to create a nation where all of us are truly judged not "by the color of [our] skin, but by the content of [our] character."
And today, it's up to us to continue his work.
Scripture tells us to be "confident of this very thing - that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it." My friends, Dr. Martin Luther King began a great work inside each and every one of us - and today, we must commit ourselves anew to completing it.
That's why I'm running for President of the United States - to finish the work Dr. King began, to make his daring dream a daring reality, and to bring a higher standard of leadership back to Washington, DC.
And I hope that all of you will walk with me by my side in this great journey."
When I saw this great, great, speech on SC Public Television, I felt that here, in Wesley Clark, was a great man equal to the task set forth by Abraham, Martin and John. And I pray to God that he is not received with the same lack of welcome. So far, the Media seems to want to thwart the good Mr. Clark at every turn.
If only they saw that they are on the wrong side of history. And all for the fine booty the overstuffed Bush coffers will lay at their door. Big Media votes with it's own pocketbook...and they stand to win big with Bush and his barrel of millions. But every day that Tom then Peter then Dan takes the bait and sells their soul...I hear yet another complain about how they no longer like or trust them.
It is already showing. But they could plug the leak in their character before it is irredeemable. The Dennis Millers of the world will fall from "grace" at the first gaff, since the strings that move them are made of cheap silk.
The fine gentlemen who representing the Democratic Party will not stand being Gored again. At least Fox replaced the laughable Tony Snow with a much less partial Chris Wallace. Why are the networks turning into Tony Snows?
Here's what you do: Sneak a copy of Meister Eckhart's sermons, and read up on "Disinterest". Then you will see what wild riches may be won by simply being impartial, indifferent, disinterested...meaning no special interest is pulling your strings.
If anyone is depended upon to be impartial, it is the News.
We wouldn't tolerate a doctor telling us all sorts of spin about our condition, why should we accept it from what could be social doctors?
Quit thwarting Wesley Clark in his mission to manifest Martin Luther King's great vision. Remember the boycotts too. They are not simply a tool of history. And the Media is not immune. Think at the top of your intelligence. Act from the top of your being. Quit being Mammoniacal whores. Do it for your mother.
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ABOUT THE READING ROOM, AND WES CLARK'S OPENNESS DOCTRINE
Wes Clark believes in open government. In addition to releasing his own records, Clark has put forward a two-part plan to reverse the Bush Administration's secrecy policies and to make his administration the most open presidency in history:
Establish an Openness Doctrine:
Restrict the assertion of executive privilege.
Eliminate secret task forces.
Disclose all meetings with special interests.
Require lobbyists to reveal more.
Use the Internet to make government transparent.
Reverse Bush Secrecy Policies:
End hiding of documents through classification extension and FOIA rollbacks.
End the stonewall of the investigation of September 11th and Bush's Energy Task Force.
"It's time President Bush played it straight with the American people," Clark said. "President Bush has shut the people out of government and told them they have no right to know what he says to special interests in the Oval Office. As President, my administration will be an open book. We need a higher standard of leadership in Washington."
