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May 14, 2008 4:53 PM

Martin Luther King - ditch the ugly statue

Panel Criticizes MLK Statue Design
By STEPHEN MANNING,AP, May 11, 2008

WASHINGTON (May 10) - The centerpiece for the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial on the National Mall has drawn criticism from a federal arts panel, which says the proposed statue looks "confrontational" and resembles the head of a socialist state more than a civil rights leader. '

Full story with more pictures here.

Isn't this the pits? Making our beloved Martin Luther King look like some kind of a Marxist icon?

First of all, they hired a Chinese sculptor best known for his statues of Mao Zedong. What's up with that? Second of all, they hired a Chinese sculptor best known for his states of Mao Zedong. Third of all, they hired a Chinese sculptor best known for .... well, you get the point.

Have you ever been to the National Mall - where all the memorials are? They're beautiful, serene, lovely, thought-provoking, reverent.

This jarring statue is planned to be 28 feet tall. That's right - 28 feet tall!!! Larger than the statue s of Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson. It is so out of keeping with the proportion of the other memorials on the Mall, it's alarming.

I love the idea of a memorial for Martin Luther King, but they need to go back to the drawing board on this one.

And hire an American - I don't care what color his skin is. But I support those who think a black artist would be best.

Love,