Bravo!! I continue to respect you for posts like this one and you are exactly right.

I continue to wonder about the "progressive" (lefts) use of events like this one to play politics. I cannot think of one single time where someone on the right (conservative) has done this. I think it speaks volumes.

Know of any?

Bro,

I tried to send you a trackback to this post, but it looks like it didn't go through.

You're a class act, as usual. Thanks for weighing in.

- D

I had the honor of meeting Mrs. King on more than one occassion and spending quite a bit of time with her at my Fraternity Nation Convention a little over 20 years ago. She was a class act, and while I would not dare speak for her, I do not believe she would use the occassion of a funeral to make political points at the expense of a guest. They could have talked about her legacy and her husband's and how far we still need to go, without the dirrect inferences to the President, who was under no obligation to attend the funeral in the first place.

But did they really attack Bush? Those comments would have been made whether he'd been there or not. Looking at the history and nature of the black church, sometimes services go like that - particularly at the funerals of activists. We know it was more than a funeral. The event was several hours long. I still haven't seen it all. The two men who said the most are both seasoned gentlemen and I think we should leave them alone and respect their long legacies.

I dissagree. The funeral of Mrs. King was not a platform for politics, and Bush being there, sitting right behind the speakers just made it tacky. The points made may have been right on, but they could have and should have been made on another day.

Compare and contrast the services for Coretta Scott King, Senator Paul Wellstone, and Ronald Reagan.

If ever there was a golden opportunity for rank, opportunistic politicking by the Right, that was it. Funny how it just slipped by...

J.

Didn't Ollie North get big cheers for partisan statements he made at Reagan's funeral? I guess everybody agrees with this guy:

http://www.redstate.com/story/2006/2/7/203823/5583

Should the speakers avoid subjects that dominated Mrs. Kings life solely to avoid embarrassing guests?

Whos funeral was it, anyway?

Once again some old azz men have to get up, say some wack stuff, and then act like they "did something special". Jimmy Carter and Joseph Lowery looked like stone fools. What did they expect to happen? President Bush to get on his knees and beg for mercy? Walk up to them and give them a check for $1 billion to "fix something"? No! They just wanted a stage to talk some well-shined crap. I tired of the left and right grandstanding. And I'm really sick of grey haired dudes and dudettes in "gub'ment" grandstanding. Sit yo' azz down.

And concerning Redstate; that guy can roll into a vat of Velveeta. I don't need a Redstate (or Bluestate) white dude educating me on the "culture" issues in the black community. Yeah, we have issues but they are all part of America's culture issues. Like the Redstate dude is the pillar of values. Man you ain't unique so roll on.

Okay, I personally am not goint to argue this situation ad nauseum. I knew Mrs. King, and she was a person with class and dignity, who could talk with a Klan Member without being insulting. I am no Bush supporter, but criticizing his policies is something that could have been done before or after the funeral. Had I been in the shoes of the speakers, I am sure there were adequate interview opportunites with the press before or after the event. Contrasting Mrs. King's philosophy with the current administrations would have made much more impact and been a lot less tacky than attacking an honored guest at the funeral. I stand by my comments, and they are not politically motivated at all.

David, I am not going to presume upon what Mrs. King might have wanted said at her funeral, I will merely say what I said in the two posts I linked to what you say here (as an alternative viewpoint):

What other forum is now available for our "President in a bubble" to be DIRECTLY confronted with opposing viewpoints?

One has to make use of what is available, even it it is seemingly "inappropriate" to some; for example, there are many who feel that photos of the flag-draped coffins from Iraq are "inappropriate" because they supposedly dishonor those who have died in our sevice, yet others decry the non-publication of these photos.

Think about it a while.

Jack, I started to respond to this and decided to post on it instead.

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