“A great nation does not hide its history. It faces its flaws and corrects them.”
-President George W. Bush, just now, at the dedication of the National Museum of African American History and Culture
He is right. Good for him.
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Reality-based commentary on politics.
Bush may be right about this, yet it doesn’t seem like advice he’d take to heart (his disastrous administration, particularly the invasion of Iraq). Wait, I don’t want to fall into the trap of spending more time reflecting on this than he ever will.
and almost every time John Lewis speaks it makes me want to cry.
…a photo of Lewis embracing Obama at the ceremony. To me it is such powerful symbolism to see an icon of the Civil Rights Movement embracing the first African-American President.