[Peace-discuss] Rep. Hank Johnson: It's Not Just About Bibi Dissing Our Black President

[Carl G. Estabrook]

As the greatest purveyors of violence in the world today, "the US people and our system of government" should be (and are) disrespected by the whole world.

We should be doing penance and changing out life, beginning with seeing that our murderous chief executive is removed from office, as Johnson and Nixon were. 

--CGE


On Feb 11, 2015, at 3:20 PM, Robert Naiman via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:

> [...]
> Here's Representative Johnson, talking about the opposition of members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) to the planned speech of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to Congress:
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> "It's not just about disrespect for the president, it's disrespect for the American people and our system of government for a foreign leader to insert himself into a issue that our policymakers are grappling with," said Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.). "It's not simply about President Obama being a black man disrespected by a foreign leader. It's deeper than that." (My emphasis.)
> Did you catch that? It's not just about Netanyahu disrespecting the President of the United States. It's not simply about Netanyahu disrespecting a black man. It's about Netanyahu disrespecting the US people and our system of government.
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> - Rep. Hank Johnson: It's Not Just About Netanyahu Dissing Our Black President
> http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/29074-rep-hank-johnson-it-s-not-just-about-netanyahu-dissing-our-black-president
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> Robert Naiman
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