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Local People Gather to Watch Obama

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Posted: 11:19 PM Aug 28, 2008
Last Updated: 4:04 PM Aug 29, 2008
Reporter: Jamie Edmonds
Email Address: jamie.edmonds@wilx.com

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Forty-five years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made history with his "I have a dream speech."

Thursday, another black man made history as the first African American to be nominated for president by a major political party.

"I'm very excited, I'm glad to be here, this is a historical moment," Sharon Civils said.

"It's exciting tonight to see him accept the nomination," Annette Stein-Motley said.

Hundreds gathered at the Cadillac Club downtown to watch Barack Obama's historical acceptance speech.

"He's not only going to inspire us, he's going to bring all of us together and make everything better," Janice Thomas said.

But this moment, a long time coming, is one many didn't think could ever happen.

"This is a great country, to come this far, it's unbelievable," Stuart Dunnings Jr. said.

Dunnings Junior, a fighter of civil rights so many years ago, was overcome with emotion.

"You have to be black and come up through the segregated communities like I did and fight the battle all along the way," he said. "I never thought this day would come. I'm just so happy."

Young and old, black and white... so many are inspired by the man promising change.

The question is, what would Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. say?

"That his dream was fulfilled," Thomas said. "His dream of a black man being nominated for the first time, that's what the dream was about. It's awesome."

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Posted by: Kelly Location: Lansing on Aug 29, 2008 at 08:04 AM
I used to enjoy going to the Cadillac Club. Now that I know it's a gathering place for liberal idiots, I'll spend my hard-earned money elsewhere.

Posted by: Chris on Aug 29, 2008 at 02:13 AM
Not to be too much of a dork but it should have read "Dunnings Junior, a fighter FOR civil rights" not as the text seemed to state, against them.

Expert: Big 3 Failure Would Be Disaster

Posted By: craig: If anyone in power was really concerned with helping people of lesser means we would be talking about bring jobs back to the USA where we can prosper and be proud of hard work again. how about a bailout for the countless unemployed AMERICANS, or parents on the brink of disaster that will last a lifetime.
Posted By: craig: government should help automakers at this point, however to say they (auto makers) are not responsible for the recession is absurd. how many more jobs can they push overseas before there will be no one left to purchase their products anyhow?
Posted By: Buzz: Why should the Big 3 be bailed out? GM wants to sell off our discontinue the Saturn, which is affordable but has made no mention of discontinuing the Corvette and other less affordable models. If GM wants help have them pick one particular model in each of its lines, i.e. the Lacrosse for Buick, Impala for Chevrolet and the Aura for Saturn. GM is about as impervious as the out-going President is - they just don't get it! I read and sympathize with the line workers who say they can't even afford to buy a new car from the company that they work for - that's pretty sad and certainly doesn't promote company solidarity. Like I've said before, make the Big 3 sell what's sitting at all the dealerships even if they have to take a loss before making another automobile. Why keep making what nobody wants at prices nobody wants to pay?
Posted By: Beth: The Big 3 failure would be a major disaster - I agree. However, I don't feel that the government or tax payers should bail them out until they have made the same kinds of concessions that citizens, small business, and union members have already made. Begin by severely downsizing the execs and their benefits i.e. luxuries. Times are tough and they should share in the "recession life style" is part of the reason for decreased car sales. I need a newer car badly, but it's not on my shopping list any time soon. They are flying and driving nice cars. Get real! The union members have suffered considerable cuts already including loss of workers, benefits and wages. Make equal cuts in management, wages, and benefits, then look at union members' additional concessions, and financial aide from the government.
Posted By: jon: like i said we the workers will and are getting hurt.they gain we lose
Posted By: ME: Thank you UAW, if the union would not have barganed until the big 3 couldn't afford it any more we would all be able to afford nice cars. I was in the union before and it definently isnt all peaches and cream. Sure they will fight to get you more but look what it has done.. Workers recieved more then the company could afford and now more may lose everything. Thanks again UAW. It is flat out B.S. that the government will bail out huge corporations but only give the autos a loan. Its all for the politicians gain, main street America has been hurting alot longer then wall street, but wall street affected the politicians pocket so they did something about it. Mr & Mrs politician help us out, cut your pay & benefits.......quit cutting ours.
Posted By: LegallyRad: To Explain: If the banks were not bailed out, that would have affected the big 3, and every other business that deals with the banks (show me one that doesn't). This has nothing to do with Bush. Big 3 are very poorly run, and concede too much to organized labor. The bail out will first be essentially worthless since it will amount to a drop in a bucket, and the companies just blow cash. They need to fail to preserve our American capitalistic economy. Chances are only one or two of them will go out of business, but if they properly restructure then they could be saved... restructuring means cutting labor costs and consolidating products. If you want to blame something, it's mostly due to the mortgage crisis which began with Carter and Clinton who refused to allow banks to ensure that people could actually pay for their loans because they felt it might be discrimination. Look where that policy got us. Bush just happens to be in office when their poorly built floor calapsed.
Posted By: Michele: I cannot believe that they are not going to bail out the Big 3.Ford is not even sure it is going to need the money. And why do the banks get bailouts with no questions asked but they make the Big 3 jump through hoops of fire and all they want to do is borrow the money...... Reid is an idiot, and doesn't have a clue of how manufacturing works and what the ramifications down the road will be. Including restraurant, stores, and other service industries closing and going out of business due to lack of business. Let's keep America working!
Posted By: : George Bush did not run our country in the ditch. He crash it stright into the wall at 100/mph.
Posted By: pat: this is one more reason we need to thank George Bush for running our country into the ditch!

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