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February 07, 2006
On Inappropriate Times
At Coretta King's funeral today former president's Carter, Clinton, and Bush attended, as did current president Bush, as well as a number of other political and civil leaders. Such a show of support for a passed leader was encouraging until the eulogies began. Mr. Clinton used the opportunity to plug his wife as the next president (shudder), Mr. Carter used it to attack Bush on domestic spying. A number of other speakers used the opportunity to read speaches and poems attacking big business, foreign policy, the war in Iraq, and other issues.
Is there no shame? In a time when solidarity could have been fostered the libs used the opportunity to depen the divide between Americans. I could almost see a statement concerning the treatment of minorities and civil rights but this was no time for talking about Iraq and other issues. President Bush seemed to laugh it off, however, in a show of good sportsmanship. Still, it bothers me that such a time when a leader's loss should be mourned, some took it as more of an opportunity to further their political causes.
Posted by at February 7, 2006 10:22 PM
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Other bloggers have noted that Mrs. King was opposed to the war in Iraq and believed that her husband would likely be opposed to the war as well.
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Posted by: Artie at February 8, 2006 02:58 PM