20-09-2011, 11:21 PM
I took Jackie's comments about Dr. King in context of what was happening at the time. The FBI was trying to convince people that Dr. King was a womanizer, which was not true. They had circulated a recording purported to be of Dr. King and a woman (not his wife) having sex. It wasn't true! But apparently they created at least one believer. I found it to be ironic that she found his behavior "phony" when she and the President are alleged to have engaged in the same behavior she was judging him concerning. The comments do not change my perspective of the parties involved, especially of Jackie. What does it say about our respect for freedom of speech in this country, that she would request her words not be heard for fifty years after her death?