Romney, Figuratively Speaking

Romney changes position on every issue depending on what office he is running for and now makes up stories about history to appeal to whatever group he needs to impress. I don't care what his religion is or what party he is part of, he is a lier and the American people would be right to turn away!

Satan can quote scripture as well.

Ron Paul doesn't need to have everything he says written by a professional writer. Why would a Morman get the Christian vote ?

Probably because Mormons are some of the best Christians on earth.

Mitt Romney 2008!

FACT: In The Summer Of 1963, Governor Romney Participated In Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Freedom Marches" In Grosse Pointe, Michigan.

In 1963, George Romney Gave The Keynote Address At The Conference That Sparked The Martin Luther King "Freedom Marches" In Detroit. "The establishment of these human relations groups came in the wake of several major events (besides the embarrassing racist practices of such suburbs as Dearborn), which took place in 1963 and helped galvanize interracial support and cooperation for integrated housing. The first event was the Metropolitan Conference on Open Occupancy held in Detroit in January 1963. The second event was the Martin Luther King 'Freedom' March in June of the same year, the spinoffs of which were several Detroit NAACP-sponsored interracial marches into Detroit suburbs to dramatize the need for black housing. ... Governor George Romney gave the keynote speech at this conference, in which he pledged to use the power of the state to achieve housing equality in Michigan." (Joe T. Darden, Detroit, Race And Uneven Development, 1987, p. 132)

Governor Romney Marched In July 1963 In An NAACP-Sponsored March Through Grosse Pointe. "The next couple of NAACP marches into the suburbs were more pleasant. Both Grosse Pointe and Royal Oak Township welcomed the interracial marchers. Close to 500 black and white marchers, including many Grosse Pointers, marched in 'the Pointes' that July. Governor George Romney made a surprise appearance in his shirt sleeves and joined the parade leaders." (Joe T. Darden, Detroit, Race And Uneven Development, 1987, p. 132)

· Detroit Free Press: "With Gov. Romney a surprise arrival and marching in the front row, more than 500 Negroes and whites staged a peaceful antidiscrimination parade up Grosse Pointe's Kercheval Avenue Saturday. ... 'the elimination of human inequalities and injustices is our urgent and critical domestic problem,' the governor said. ... [Detroit NAACP President Edward M.] Turner told reporters, 'I think it is very significant that Governor Romney is here. We are very surprised.' Romney said, 'If they want me to lead the parade, I'll be glad to.'" ("Romney Joins Protest March Of 500 In Grosse Pointe," Detroit Free Press, 6/29/63)

· In Their 1967 Book, Stephen Hess And David Broder Wrote That George Romney "Marched With Martin Luther King Through The Exclusive Grosse Point Suburb Of Detroit." "He has marched with Martin Luther King through the exclusive Grosse Pointe suburb of Detroit and he is on record in support of full-coverage Federal open-housing legislation." (Stephen Hess And David Broder, The Republican Establishment: The Present And Future Of The G.O.P., 1967, p. 107)

FACT: As Governor Of Michigan, George Romney Fought For Civil Rights And Marched In Support Of Martin Luther King Jr.

George Romney Was A Strong Proponent Of Civil Rights And Created Michigan's First Civil Rights Commission. "The governor's record was one of supporting civil rights. He helped create the state's first civil rights commission and marched at the head of a protest parade in Detroit days after violence against civil rights marchers in Selma, Ala., in 1965." (Todd Sprangler, "Romney Fields Questions On King," Detroit Free Press, 12/20/07)

In 1967, George Romney Was Praised At A National Civil Rights Rally For His Leadership. "Michigan Gov. George Romney walked into a Negro Civil Rights rally in the heart of Atlanta to the chants of 'We Want Romney' and to hear protests from Negroes about city schools. 'They had invited me to come and I was interested in hearing things that would give me an insight into Atlanta,' the Michigan Republican said. Led by Hosea Williams, a top aide to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the all-Negro rally broke into shouts and song when Romney arrived. 'We're tired of Lyndon Baines Johnson,' Williams said from a pulpit in the Flipper Temple AME Church as Romney sat in a front row pew. 'Johnson is sending black boys to Vietnam to die for a freedom that never existed,' Williams said. Pointing to Romney, Williams brought the crowd of 200 to its feet when he said, 'He may be the fella with a little backbone.' Williams said Romney could be 'the next President if he acts right.' The potential GOP presidential nominee left the rally before it ended." ("Romney Praised At Civil Rights Rally In Atlanta," The Chicago Defender, 9/30/67)

Photograph: "Dr. Martin Luther King speaking to graduate student Laura L. Leichliter (center) and Michigan's First Lady Mrs. Lenore Romney in February 1965." (Instructional Media Center Collection At Michigan State University Archives And Historical Collections)

George Romney Fought Discrimination In Housing. "President Nixon tapped then Governor of Michigan, George Romney, for the post of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. While serving as Governor, Secretary Romney had successfully campaigned for ratification of a state constitutional provision that prohibited discrimination in housing." (U.S. Department Of Housing And Urban Development Official Web Site, www.hud.gov, Accessed 12/19/07)

Photograph: "More than 100 angry white protesters balked at efforts by then-Housing Secretary George Romney, in car, to open their new neighborhoods to blacks." (Gordon Trowbridge and Oralandar Brand-Williams, "A Policy Of Exclusion," Detroit News, 1/14/02)

FACT: In 1965, George Romney Led A March In Michigan To Protest Selma.

In 1965, George Romney Led A Protest Parade Of Some 10,000 People In Detroit. "Rarely has public opinion reacted so spontaneously and with such fury. In Detroit, Mayor Jerome Cavanaugh and Michigan's Governor George Romney led a protest parade of 10,000 people." ("Civil Rights - The Central Point," Time Magazine, www.time.com, 10/5/83)

· The Days Of Martin Luther King, Jr.: "In Detroit, Governor George Romney and Mayor Jerome Cavanaugh called for a march to protest what had happened in Selma." (Jim Bishop, The Days Of Martin Luther King, Jr., 1971, p. 385)

FACT: Martin Luther King Jr. "Spoke Positively" About The Possible Presidential Candidacy Of George Romney.

In His Pulitzer-Prize Winning Biography Of Dr. King, David Garrow Notes That King "Spoke Positively" About The Possible Presidential Candidacy Of George Romney. "King spoke positively about the possible candidacies of republicans George Romney, Charles Percy, and Nelson Rockefeller. He also stressed the need for greater Afro-American unity, including reaching out to segments of the black community that were not committed to nonviolence." (David J. Garrow, Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, 2006, p. 575)

FACT: George Romney Attended King's Funeral In 1968.

George Romney Attended King's Funeral In 1968. "Vice President Hubert Humphrey represented the White House. Senator and Mrs. Robert F. Kennedy; Mrs. John F. Kennedy; Governor and Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller of New York; the mayor of New York City, John V Lindsay; and Michigan's governor, George Romney, were present." (Octavia Vivian, Coretta: The Story of Coretta Scott King, 2006, p. 99)

· George Romney Joined Other Prominent Americans In Attending King's Funeral. "Inside was the greatest galaxy of prominent national figures there had ever been in Atlanta at one time: Robert Kennedy, George Romney, Mayor Carl Stokes of Cleveland, Nixon, Rockefeller, Harry Belafonte, and an endless array of others equally as famous. Coretta Scott King, sitting with her family front and center in front of the casket, looked lovely and courageous and dignified in a black mourning veil." (Franklin Miller Garrett, Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events, 1987, p. 517)

· After King's Assassination, George Romney Declared An Official Period Of Mourning, Ordered All Flags To Be Flown At Half Staff And Said King's Death Was "A Great National Tragedy." "On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated as he stood on a motel balcony in Memphis, Tenn., where he had gone to lead a civil rights march. The following day, Michigan Gov. George Romney declared an official period of mourning for King. The period extended through King's funeral. Romney ordered all flags on public buildings to be flown at half staff and asked that the same be done on private buildings. Gov. Romney, in an official statement, said: "The assassination of Martin Luther King is a great national tragedy. At a time when we need aggressive nonviolent leadership to peacefully achieve equal rights, equal opportunities and equal responsibilities for all, his leadership will be grievously missed." ("Rearview Mirror: Detroit Reacts To King's Assassination," The Detroit News, 4/4/07)

FACT: In The Summer Of 1963, Governor Romney Participated In Martin
Luther King Jr.'s "Freedom Marches" In Grosse Pointe, Michigan.

In 1963, George Romney Gave The Keynote Address At The Conference
That Sparked The Martin Luther King "Freedom Marches" In Detroit.
"The establishment of these human relations groups came in the wake
of several major events (besides the embarrassing racist practices of
such suburbs as Dearborn), which took place in 1963 and helped
galvanize interracial support and cooperation for integrated housing.
The first event was the Metropolitan Conference on Open Occupancy held
in Detroit in January 1963. The second event was the Martin Luther
King 'Freedom' March in June of the same year, the spinoffs of which
were several Detroit NAACP-sponsored interracial marches into Detroit
suburbs to dramatize the need for black housing. ... Governor George
Romney gave the keynote speech at this conference, in which he
pledged to use the power of the state to achieve housing equality in
Michigan." (Joe T. Darden, Detroit, Race And Uneven Development,
1987, p. 132)

Governor Romney Marched In July 1963 In An NAACP-Sponsored March
Through Grosse Pointe. "The next couple of NAACP marches into the
suburbs were more pleasant. Both Grosse Pointe and Royal Oak Township
welcomed the interracial marchers. Close to 500 black and white
marchers, including many Grosse Pointers, marched in 'the Pointes'
that July. Governor George Romney made a surprise appearance in his
shirt sleeves and joined the parade leaders." (Joe T. Darden,
Detroit, Race And Uneven Development, 1987, p. 132)

• Detroit Free Press: "With Gov. Romney a surprise arrival and
marching in the front row, more than 500 Blacks and whites staged a
peaceful antidiscrimination parade up Grosse Pointe's Kercheval
Avenue Saturday. ... 'the elimination of human inequalities and
injustices is our urgent and critical domestic problem,' the governor
said. ... [Detroit NAACP President Edward M.] Turner told reporters,
'I think it is very significant that Governor Romney is here. We are
very surprised.' Romney said, 'If they want me to lead the parade,
I'll be glad to.'" ("Romney Joins Protest March Of 500 In Grosse
Pointe," Detroit Free Press, 6/29/63)

• In Their 1967 Book, Stephen Hess And David Broder Wrote That
George Romney "Marched With Martin Luther King Through The Exclusive
Grosse Point Suburb Of Detroit." "He has marched with Martin Luther
King through the exclusive Grosse Pointe suburb of Detroit and he is
on record in support of full-coverage Federal open-housing
legislation." (Stephen Hess And David Broder, The Republican
Establishment: The Present And Future Of The G.O.P., 1967, p. 107)

FACT: As Governor Of Michigan, George Romney Fought For Civil Rights
And Marched In Support Of Martin Luther King Jr.

George Romney Was A Strong Proponent Of Civil Rights And Created
Michigan's First Civil Rights Commission. "The governor's record was
one of supporting civil rights. He helped create the state's first
civil rights commission and marched at the head of a protest parade
in Detroit days after violence against civil rights marchers in
Selma, Ala., in 1965." (Todd Sprangler, "Romney Fields Questions On
King," Detroit Free Press, 12/20/07)

In 1967, George Romney Was Praised At A National Civil Rights Rally
For His Leadership. "Michigan Gov. George Romney walked into a Negro
Civil Rights rally in the heart of Atlanta to the chants of 'We Want
Romney' and to hear protests from Blacks about city schools. 'They
had invited me to come and I was interested in hearing things that
would give me an insight into Atlanta,' the Michigan Republican said.
Led by Hosea Williams, a top aide to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the
all-Negro rally broke into shouts and song when Romney arrived.
'We're tired of Lyndon Baines Johnson,' Williams said from a pulpit
in the Flipper Temple AME Church as Romney sat in a front row pew.
'Johnson is sending black boys to Vietnam to die for a freedom that
never existed,' Williams said. Pointing to Romney, Williams brought
the crowd of 200 to its feet when he said, 'He may be the fella with
a little backbone.' Williams said Romney could be 'the next President
if he acts right.' The potential GOP presidential nominee left the
rally before it ended." ("Romney Praised At Civil Rights Rally In
Atlanta," The Chicago Defender, 9/30/67)

Photograph: "Dr. Martin Luther King speaking to graduate student
Laura L. Leichliter (center) and Michigan's First Lady Mrs. Lenore
Romney in February 1965." (Instructional Media Center Collection At
Michigan State University Archives And Historical Collections)

George Romney Fought Discrimination In Housing. "President Nixon
tapped then Governor of Michigan, George Romney, for the post of
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. While serving as
Governor, Secretary Romney had successfully campaigned for
ratification of a state constitutional provision that prohibited
discrimination in housing." (U.S. Department Of Housing And Urban
Development Official Web Site, www.hud.gov, Accessed 12/19/07)

Photograph: "More than 100 angry white protesters balked at efforts
by then-Housing Secretary George Romney, in car, to open their new
neighborhoods to blacks." (Gordon Trowbridge and Oralandar
Brand-Williams, "A Policy Of Exclusion," Detroit News, 1/14/02)

FACT: In 1965, George Romney Led A March In Michigan To Protest
Selma.

In 1965, George Romney Led A Protest Parade Of Some 10,000 People In
Detroit. "Rarely has public opinion reacted so spontaneously and with
such fury. In Detroit, Mayor Jerome Cavanaugh and Michigan's Governor
George Romney led a protest parade of 10,000 people." ("Civil Rights
- The Central Point," Time Magazine, www.time.com, 10/5/83)

• The Days Of Martin Luther King, Jr.: "In Detroit, Governor George
Romney and Mayor Jerome Cavanaugh called for a march to protest what
had happened in Selma." (Jim Bishop, The Days Of Martin Luther King,
Jr., 1971, p. 385)

FACT: Martin Luther King Jr. "Spoke Positively" About The Possible
Presidential Candidacy Of George Romney.

In His Pulitzer-Prize Winning Biography Of Dr. King, David Garrow
Notes That King "Spoke Positively" About The Possible Presidential
Candidacy Of George Romney. "King spoke positively about the possible
candidacies of republicans George Romney, Charles Percy, and Nelson
Rockefeller. He also stressed the need for greater Afro-American
unity, including reaching out to segments of the black community that
were not committed to nonviolence." (David J. Garrow, Bearing the
Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership
Conference, 2006, p. 575)

FACT: George Romney Attended King's Funeral In 1968.

George Romney Attended King's Funeral In 1968. "Vice President Hubert
Humphrey represented the White House. Senator and Mrs. Robert F.
Kennedy; Mrs. John F. Kennedy; Governor and Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller
of New York; the mayor of New York City, John V Lindsay; and
Michigan's governor, George Romney, were present." (Octavia Vivian,
Coretta: The Story of Coretta Scott King, 2006, p. 99)

• George Romney Joined Other Prominent Americans In Attending King's
Funeral. "Inside was the greatest galaxy of prominent national figures
there had ever been in Atlanta at one time: Robert Kennedy, George
Romney, Mayor Carl Stokes of Cleveland, Nixon, Rockefeller, Harry
Belafonte, and an endless array of others equally as famous. Coretta
Scott King, sitting with her family front and center in front of the
casket, looked lovely and courageous and dignified in a black
mourning veil." (Franklin Miller Garrett, Atlanta and Environs: A
Chronicle of Its People and Events, 1987, p. 517)

• After King's Assassination, George Romney Declared An Official
Period Of Mourning, Ordered All Flags To Be Flown At Half Staff And
Said King's Death Was "A Great National Tragedy." "On April 4, 1968,
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated as he stood on a motel
balcony in Memphis, Tenn., where he had gone to lead a civil rights
march. The following day, Michigan Gov. George Romney declared an
official period of mourning for King. The period extended through
King's funeral. Romney ordered all flags on public buildings to be
flown at half staff and asked that the same be done on private
buildings. Gov. Romney, in an official statement, said: "The
assassination of Martin Luther King is a great national tragedy. At a
time when we need aggressive nonviolent leadership to peacefully
achieve equal rights, equal opportunities and equal responsibilities
for all, his leadership will be grievously missed." ("Rearview
Mirror: Detroit Reacts To King's Assassination," The Detroit News,
4/4/07)

Dear "FACTS",

Thanks for your comment. But this piece is about how the "facts" you put forth are in dispute. King and Romney Sr. never did march together in 63. Follow the links that I provide, and I think you'll see that the evidence just isn't there. That doesn't mean, by the way, that George wasn't on the right side of the Civil Rights question.

It would seem a simple matter for Mitt's people to defend the record if, in fact, George had marched with King. Instead they were the ones who put forth the "Figuratively" explanation.

Best,
David

who cares if old man romney marched or not- Mitt Romney is a hyper-republican putz and the next president is going to be a dem anyway

Some contributors are so rabid about their hatred of Romney it reflects on them -- not him. He probably will not get the nomination because the born-again so-called "Christians" hate Mormons so much they will do everything in their power to see that Romney does not get the nomination. Oh, well, maybe he can try again sometime.

After reading the facts following the story it sounds to me like he was telling the truth and I offer him my full support!

was he also there at kennedys assassination?..or on ed sullivan for the beatles?.or when the ufo crashed in roswell?

Damn, Romney's just as goofy as Giuliani.

BOTH parties are loaded with liars infact its the majority both parties = organized crime
Save America save yourself break away from corporate owned sell out parties vote Independent

jim8:55PMDec 20th 2007

who cares if old man romney marched or not- Mitt Romney is a hyper-republican putz and the next president is going to be a dem anyway

Hmmm dont think so if next Pres is Hillary than your getting a Neocon Dem just a Rep in sheeps clothing as she voted with Bush EVERY time about Iraq and Iran and she is corporate OWNED

Figurativly????
Well, when politicians are caught in a lie, any excuse is better than none.
He made up the whole story to get the black vote...nothing more.

He, like joseph smith )small case intentional)
is just a liar and so is the mormon religion.

Fourty years ago I threw two of their "missionaries" out of my house because they had the audacity to tell me....heaven is segregated.

It seems that sometimes pettiness attempts to trump greatnesss. This is an example of such. With all the supporting evidence that George Romney marched on behalf of, with, in support of, and in tandem with King, the overriding point seems instead one of trivial semantics. Did man actually walk on the moon? No, not really; but that is how we describe a couple of fellows floating around the surface of the moon. Is the Earth really round? Well, almost. More like roundish. Did Mitt's father really march with King? Was he an ardent supporter of the civil rights movement when such was not politically correct or even politically acceptable? The answer stares back with such finality that only an idiot or someone with an agenda would dispute the facts. Is Mitt Romney the best candidate for president of the United States. In our studied opinion, yes, he is. Mr. Romney's hour is come at a time we need a man of such caliber. -- Dr. Max Chartrand

It is hard for me to understand why people dislike God's Chosen......

It is hard for me to understand why people dislike God's chosen people.....

So Mitt got caught lying again. LOL

Seems to me, a little REPUBLICAN LIE got us into a terrible war.