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Today's memorial service for civil rights activist Coretta Scott King -- billed as a "celebration" of her life -- turned suddenly political as one former president took a swipe at the current president, who was also lashed by an outspoken black pastor!
The outspoken Rev. Joseph Lowery, co-founder of Southern Christian Leadership Conference, ripped into President Bush during his short speech, ostensibly about the wife of Martin Luther King Jr.
"She extended Martin's message against poverty, racism and war. She deplored the terror inflicted by our smart bombs on missions way afar. We know now that there were no weapons of mass destruction over there," Lowery said.
The mostly black crowd applauded, then rose to its feet and cheered in a two-minute-long standing ovation.
A closed-circuit television in the mega-church outside Atlanta showed the president smiling uncomfortably.
Judging by the crowds reaction and the fact he was picked to speak, I tend to think he would know what she would have wanted said...
Originally posted by jsobecky
There's no way to prove that he knew what she wanted to have said.
Originally posted by loam
To oppose the war is to lack class???
Originally posted by junglejake
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to join these two in holy matrimony. Unlike the Bush administration, which has lied to us constantly and has been illegally tapping telephones, these two will join in a lawful and truthful bond. If, when these two say their "I dos", one turns out to be lying, then, unlike when Bush lied and people died, only their lives will be tormented, and no one will die. Unlike the Bush administration's inability to find WMDs, these two have found love for one another.
Appropriate venue?
Originally posted by centurion1211
Total lack of class by the speakers at a funeral to turn it into a political charade.
Originally posted by Odium
Isn't it common place to talk about things that a person has done during their life at a funeral?
Originally posted by Odium
Isn't it common place to talk about things that a person has done during their life at a funeral?
Originally posted by loam
Give me a break.
Pot calling the kettle black...