The Obama White House has released the latest installment of its ongoing and self-congratulatory video series, West Wing Week. But despite touting itself as “your guide to all things 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.,” the new episode seems to be missing some of the key stories that have hit the headlines over the past few days. There’s no mention, for instance, of Benghazi or the AP phone tapping – and the IRS scandal is barely mentioned in passing.
Perhaps the White House is just too busy completely redacting documents requested under the Freedom of Information Act to fully document its recent highlights. In a surge of civic pride, Reason TV is happy to offer “West Wing Weak,” our look back at the administration’s past seven days.
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. not only attended a Republican school — Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia — but he was registered with the GOP and fought his Civil Rights battles in the early 1960s against segregationist Democrats. A. Phillip Randolph, another black Republican, organized the 1963 March on Washington where Dr. King delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial, leading the Democratic Kennedy administration to wiretap the civil rights activist, on the suspicion he was a Communist.
Given these historical facts, Alfonzo Rachel finds it preposterous that the Democrats should think they control King’s legacy. Rachel argues that King’s vision is one for all Americans, not just registered Democrats. H/T PJTV
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