To the amazement of many, President Obama actually counts himself among a short list of historical greats, and in fact perceives himself to be a little bit Lincoln and a little bit MLK. So much so that in 2010, Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King were both honored in a redecorated Oval Office, along with quotes from John F. Kennedy and Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt. Indelibly embroidered into the Oval Office rug was a quote attributed to King: "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice."  But the problem is that the words were actually those of "abolitionist, Unitarian minister and Transcendentalist thinker" Theodore Parker.  Civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was such an admirer of Parker that he often wove the minister's eloquent words into the tapestry of his own powerfully moving speeches. Misappropriation of words is not unusual; even Constitutional law professor Barack Obama has been known to confuse the United States...(Read Full Post)