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Romney, Figuratively Speaking

Mitt Romney is fond of recounting a proud moment from his family's past. In his big "Faith in America" speech at the George H.W. Bush library, Romney declared, "I saw my father march with Martin Luther King." Days later, to contrast the Mormon church's foot-dragging on racial equality with his own family's more progressive attitudes, he told Tim Russert, "My dad marched with Martin Luther King."Well, from today's Detroit Free Press comes word that the Romney Sr./King Jr. alliance may have been a tad exaggerated. On Wednesday, Romney's campaign said his recollections of watching his father, an ...

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