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Originally Posted by ylexot  I'm trying to figure out how it IS a slam on MLK  It would be impossible for MLK to sign legislation into law. He had an idea and LBJ effected the change. He didn't have to. She wasn't trying to discount the work of MLK (or Congress), but was trying to point out that the President is part of effecting change and she was trying to say that she would be in a position to effect change if she becomes President. |
As for JFK, she certainly didn't say anything negative about him:
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...when he was able to get through Congress something that President Kennedy was hopeful to do, the president before had not even tried,...."
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She said JFK was hopeful to get it done. Obviously the assassination prevented him from doing so. She then referred to the president before him (Eisenhower) as to not having tried.