"This week we saw a white, Catholic, Republican judge murdered on his way to greet a Jewish, Democratic congresswoman, who was his friend. Her life was saved initially by a Mexican-American gay college student, and eventually by a Korean-American combat surgeon. Then it was all eulogized by our African-American president. In a tragic event, that's a remarkable statement about the country." ~
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
A truely American quote to be remembered:
via Bill Adkins, Grant County KY Democratic Chairman:
"This week we saw a white, Catholic, Republican judge murdered on his way to greet a Jewish, Democratic congresswoman, who was his friend. Her life was saved initially by a Mexican-American gay college student, and eventually by a Korean-American combat surgeon. Then it was all eulogized by our African-American president. In a tragic event, that's a remarkable statement about the country." ~Allen Ginsberg "unknown"
"This week we saw a white, Catholic, Republican judge murdered on his way to greet a Jewish, Democratic congresswoman, who was his friend. Her life was saved initially by a Mexican-American gay college student, and eventually by a Korean-American combat surgeon. Then it was all eulogized by our African-American president. In a tragic event, that's a remarkable statement about the country." ~
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
This comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeleteMaybe a different Allen Ginsberg? I just liked the quote.
ReplyDeleteOh, so they retired that name, then?
ReplyDeleteThis page seems to be the only one on the whole internet with this exact quotation on it, so I'm not seeing it attributed to anyone else.
http://peacearena.org/2011/01/this-is-america-a-memorable-observation-but-its-by-allen-ginsberg-as-recounted-by-mark-shields/
ReplyDeleteAha! Looks like this quote was actually by one historian by the name of Allen Ginzburg (note the different spelling of the last name), an historian from Maine.
ReplyDeleteSee comment #158 here:
http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/15/5846371-loughner-on-youtube-this-is-my-genocide-school?commentId=20314942