President Barack Obama gave a riveting speech on Saturday for the 50th anniversary of the civil rights march in Selma that lead to the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Many consider the speech to be historic, and one of the best of his presidency.
Covering and listening to hundreds of Obama speeches over the last decade, I can't recall one that is better than his Selma speech today.
— Jeff Zeleny (@jeffzeleny) March 7, 2015
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It’s not, however, the first notable Selma speech that the President has given.
On Saturday, conservative blogger Michelle Malkin reminded the Twittersphere that in 2007, then-governor Obama spoke in front of a smaller audience and mentioned that the march in Selma was the reason he was conceived by his parents.
That time Obama lied & said 1965 Selma march inspired his parents to conceive him…even though he was born in 1961. http://t.co/RTgqRfwN9Z
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) March 7, 2015
There was just one problem with his claim: He was already three-years-old when the march in Selma took place in 1965.
Here is an excerpt from his 2007 speech:
“They looked at each other and they decided that we know that in the world that it has been it might not be possible for us to get together and have a child. But something’s stirring across the country because of what happened in Selma, Alabama because some folks are willing to march across a bridge. So they got together… Barack Obama, Jr. was born.
“So don’t tell me I don’t have a claim on Selma, Alabama. Don’t tell me I’m not coming home when I come to Selma, Alabama. I’m here because somebody marched for our freedom. I’m here because somebody marched for me. I stand on the shoulders of giants,”
But in the wise words of the another leading democrat and the President’s former secretary of state, Mrs. Hillary Clinton: ‘What difference does it make’…
