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Ahhhhhh, yes..... I was wondering if anyone would ever notice those comments by "the first black president" and his wife. The funny thing about Hillary's assertion is: She actually validates Obama's argument about how great words can inspire great deeds because it was Dr. King's speech that inspired Kennedy to ask for such a bill.
Also, by suggesting that the dream didn't become real until the passage of the Civil Rights Act, Hillary shows herself to be a bit naive about what the speech was really about. She seems to forget that The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King was first and foremost a gospel preacher; his speech was actually one of his greatest sermons about the need for a country that claims to be "one nation under God" to heal itself spiritually by overcoming its racial divisions. Are we there yet? I think not.
