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Ernie Banks says that Jackie Robinson is responsible for Barack Obama being in the White House
Posted by:
Brooklyn Dodger
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Date: May 15, 2011 07:27AM
... just heard him say it during an interview on CNN with that CNN anchor who looks like Barack Obama.
Really?
Really?
Re: Ernie Banks says that Jackie Robinson is responsible for Barack Obama being in the White House
Posted by:
Olde Farte
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Date: May 15, 2011 07:31AM
Didn't hurt!
Though I'd probably credit constantly-improving communications for just about any degradation in unthinking "old ways".
Though I'd probably credit constantly-improving communications for just about any degradation in unthinking "old ways".
Re: Ernie Banks says that Jackie Robinson is responsible for Barack Obama being in the White House
Posted by:
tomahawk
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Date: May 15, 2011 09:52AM
Leftist white guilt is more like it. That and the fact that beating McCain/Palin wasn't exactly a difficult task.
Re: Ernie Banks says that Jackie Robinson is responsible for Barack Obama being in the White House
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Mitch Dworkin - Dallas, Texas
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Date: May 16, 2011 04:51PM
Here is the CNN transcript of this dialogue:
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1105/15/sm.02.html
CNN SUNDAY MORNING
Intentional Flooding Under Way; Imams Arrested on Terror Charges; Hank Aaron's Responsibility
Aired May 15, 2011 - 08:00 ET
T.J. HOLMES, CNN ANCHOR: "Mr. Banks, could you even imagine -- I guess there was a time you couldn't even imagine there being a black player in Major League baseball but now there's a black president. What was your thought?
ERNIE BANKS, BASEBALL HALL OF FAMER: It was -- you know, very unique. I didn't ever think it was going to be a black manager, a black general manager.
And Jackie said this -- you know, 1972, he said he felt that baseball had reached its pinnacle unless you see a black man standing on that third base coaching. So it begins with him, back with him. Jackie. Jackie was really a pioneer.
I think he is responsible for Barack Obama being the President of the United States, going way back there. It was before the Civil Rights Movement. Jackie was a person who lived up to all of that and helped change that superiority and inferiority to --
(CROSSTALK)
BANKS: More of equality.
HOLMES: That was a very profound statement right there. Jackie Robinson is responsible for Barack Obama being in the White House. You think people forget that sometimes and sometimes just put it in a category because it was sports?
MORGAN FREEMAN, ACTOR: It's a long string. But every now and then somebody comes along and connects both ends so that we can see it clearly again. I don't know if we actually forget it.
HOLMES: What is, in you all's opinion, my generation's or even a generation younger than I am, our civil rights struggle? Because it was so obvious -- it may have been so clear back then..."
I think that affirmative action is a legitimate debate when it comes to regular jobs but definitely NOT when it comes to being President of the United States. I am surprised that this quote did not get more media attention being how significant that it is!
Mitch Dworkin, M.Ed.
Dallas, Texas
http://mitchdworkin.com/
Objective Political Research & Analysis
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1105/15/sm.02.html
CNN SUNDAY MORNING
Intentional Flooding Under Way; Imams Arrested on Terror Charges; Hank Aaron's Responsibility
Aired May 15, 2011 - 08:00 ET
T.J. HOLMES, CNN ANCHOR: "Mr. Banks, could you even imagine -- I guess there was a time you couldn't even imagine there being a black player in Major League baseball but now there's a black president. What was your thought?
ERNIE BANKS, BASEBALL HALL OF FAMER: It was -- you know, very unique. I didn't ever think it was going to be a black manager, a black general manager.
And Jackie said this -- you know, 1972, he said he felt that baseball had reached its pinnacle unless you see a black man standing on that third base coaching. So it begins with him, back with him. Jackie. Jackie was really a pioneer.
I think he is responsible for Barack Obama being the President of the United States, going way back there. It was before the Civil Rights Movement. Jackie was a person who lived up to all of that and helped change that superiority and inferiority to --
(CROSSTALK)
BANKS: More of equality.
HOLMES: That was a very profound statement right there. Jackie Robinson is responsible for Barack Obama being in the White House. You think people forget that sometimes and sometimes just put it in a category because it was sports?
MORGAN FREEMAN, ACTOR: It's a long string. But every now and then somebody comes along and connects both ends so that we can see it clearly again. I don't know if we actually forget it.
HOLMES: What is, in you all's opinion, my generation's or even a generation younger than I am, our civil rights struggle? Because it was so obvious -- it may have been so clear back then..."
I think that affirmative action is a legitimate debate when it comes to regular jobs but definitely NOT when it comes to being President of the United States. I am surprised that this quote did not get more media attention being how significant that it is!
Mitch Dworkin, M.Ed.
Dallas, Texas
http://mitchdworkin.com/
Objective Political Research & Analysis