Baldwin County Ballot Blunder
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The Associated Press/WKRG Staff
Published: Mon, April 21, 2008 - 10:10 am
Last Updated: Mon, April 21, 2008 - 11:10 am
Last Updated: Mon, April 21, 2008 - 11:10 am
beatings of civil rights marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge today
as he began a weeklong tour.
The tour targets communities he said suffer from poverty -- and
inattention from presidential candidates.
McCain described in vivid detail the clubbing that fractured the
skull of John Lewis, now a Democratic congressman from Georgia.
McCain -- who speaks often of courage shown by military veterans
-- said he never saw greater courage than Lewis and the marchers
showed that day.
He spoke to a crowd of about 100 people that was mostly white,
although Selma's population is 70 percent black. Asked about the
makeup of the crowd, he acknowledged that blacks made up only a
small portion of the Republican base.
But he said -- quote -- "I'm going to be the president of all
the people."
The Republican said he made the trip because he said -- quote --
"there must be no forgotten places in America."
Selma hardly has been forgotten by the Democrats in the 2008
presidential campaign. Last year, Barack Obama, Hillary Rodham
Clinton and former President Clinton visited Selma to mark the
anniversary of the "Bloody Sunday" march.
But the area remains desperately poor, which is why McCain chose
it for his "It's Time for Action" tour.
McCain will make another campaign stop in Thomasville this afternoon and News 5 will be there. We'll have live reports tonight on News 5 at 5:00 and 6:00.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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