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Flyswatter in Chief:
"He had this fly that was persistently buzzing around him during the interview...he swatted his hand and he said ‘I got the sucker’...it was a, you know, Dirty Harry ‘make my day’ moment."- The NYT's John Harwood, describing Obama's killing of a fly - 6/16/09
Coretta Scott King funeral turns into a Bush-bashing fest
Expose the Left has video here and here. Don’t miss it.
The AP write-up:
The funeral took on political overtones as former President Carter said of the Kings: “It was difficult for them then personally with the civil liberties of both husband and wife violated as they became the target of secret government wiretaps.” Later, he said that Hurricane Katrina showed that all are not yet equal in America.
And both Bush and his father winced as they sat behind the pulpit and heard the Rev. Joseph Lowery, who co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with Martin Luther King Jr., take several jabs at foreign and domestic policies.
“We know there were no weapons of mass destruction over there, but Coretta knew and we knew there are weapons of misdirection right down here,” Lowery said, complaining that were far too many in the U.S. are living in poverty and without health care insurance.
“For war, billions more, but no more for the poor,” Lowery continued, a take-off of a lyric from the song “A Time to Love” which drew a roaring standing ovation.
Bush’s father tried to defuse any political tension by joking that Lowery used to challenge him when he was president, too.
“I kept score in the Oval Office desk — Lowery 21, Bush 3,” former President George H.W. Bush said. “It wasn’t a fair fight.”
The audience showed where its allegiance lay when former President Clinton and his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, came to the podium to wild cheers and a long standing ovation. He opened by saying that he was honored to be with the other former presidents. Someone in the crowd yelled out, “Future president!” in reference to his wife’s possible 2008 bid.
Kinda reminds you of this memorial service turned anti-Republican rally.
Shameful.
Hat tip: Stop The ACLU (who is on fire today)
Others commenting on this: Michelle Malkin, Iowa Voice, Riehl World View, Independent Conservative, GOP Bloggers, SoCalPundit, SusiePie, Sensible Mom, Oh How I Love Jesus
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Alexis, the under the current law in the US, political discussions in church are forbidden. A pastor may not endorse a candidate, may not even say why he believes one is right or wrong based on the tennants of his/her church. Just mentioning how a candidate’s record measures against the church’s beliefs invites scrutiny. That is the law as passed by a dem controlled congress. If they do not wish to abide by it, then they should stop obstructing its repeal.
That said, I agree that a church ought to be able to look at the political landscape and say, this is what we believe and this is where the pols differ. That is not available (seems that is a tacit endorsement), especially in election years.
Are you saying that the Kings would be funeral dissenters? That would be accusing them of no class Andrew…..
I wouldn’t have said that. You can’t say what Coretta would’ve said or done at a funeral but I’m sure (my opinion) that she would’ve carried herself and spoken in an dignified and civilized and tactful way.
“A pastor may not endorse a candidate, may not even say why he believes one is right or wrong based on the tennants of his/her church. Just mentioning how a candidate’s record measures against the church’s beliefs invites scrutiny”
Good thing he spread the pain around.
“Are you saying that the Kings would be funeral dissenters? That would be accusing them of no class Andrew…..”
Look up Dr. King’s speech at the funeral of the 4 little girls killed in that church bombing in Montgomery Alabama. Then tell me he has no class.
A class act
“A class act”
A good one I just read basically says: Maybe the funeral speeches should have begun with “friends, romans, countrymen, Lend me your ears.”