Tormmorrow (Sunday) A BIG F****** DEAL happens

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John Lewis, escorted by an honor guard of Alabama State Troopers, will be escorted over the Pettis bridge to lie in state at the Alabama Capital.

George Wallace must be rolling over in his grave.

I might do a little dance.

[elleng]

1. ;(

[ProudMNDemocrat]

2. And George Wallace can burn in hell for all I care.

[regnaD kciN]

3. I doubt that Wallace would be "rolling over in his grave"...

...since, late in life, he renounced his racist beliefs and apologized to both the African-American community as a whole and to John Lewis as an individual.

Writing in the New York Times after Wallace's death, Lewis had these words:

When I met George Wallace, I had to forgive him, because to do otherwise -- to hate him -- would only perpetuate the evil system we sought to destroy.

George Wallace should be remembered for his capacity to change. And we are better as a nation because of our capacity to forgive and to acknowledge that our political leaders are human and largely a reflection of the social currents in the river of history.

Whether at the bridge in Selma, at a bombed church in Birmingham or on the schoolhouse steps, George Wallace and I were thrust together by fate, by our personal conviction and principle and by what I like to call the spirit of history. The civil rights movement achieved its goals in the person of Mr. Wallace, because he grew to see that we as human beings are joined by a common bond.

I can never forget what George Wallace said and did as Governor, as a national leader and as a political opportunist. But our ability to forgive serves a higher moral purpose in our society. Through genuine repentance and forgiveness, the soul of our nation is redeemed. George Wallace deserves to be remembered for his effort to redeem his soul and in so doing to mend the fabric of American society.

Read the full editorial here.

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4. Fair enough

The 1965 version of George Wallace -- and the racist society he represented at the time -- would be rolling over.

Wallace, and much of society, would not have had the revelations they did if it weren't for Lewis and his compatriots.

[ALBliberal]

5. Time? Would love to watch live.

And yes Wallace came around and was man enough to say he was wrong. I respect that.

[Dem2theMax]

6. How I wish the bridge could be changed to the name of the John Robert Lewis Bridge,

just as they take his body over the bridge.
It would be so fitting.

[RainCaster]

7. My dance is reserved for Moscow Mitch's demise

And DFT's.

[CTyankee]

10. I know it's bad karma, but I feel the same.

MM's soul died a long time ago...time for him to go and face his own karma

[KY_EnviroGuy]

8. K&R. Looking forward to watching news coverage today honoring our hero.

Hope the weather stays fair for the trip. Showers possible for most of the day.


KY...... ........

[Cha]

9. Mahalo for this news about John Lewis, Sgent@