US Rep. John Lewis, civil rights icon, dead at 80

Fox News ^ | 17 July 2020 | Dom Calicchio

[bk1000]

Good riddance to that SOB

[W.]

Well! Cue up Cheap Trick’s “Ain’t That a Shame...”

[AppyPappy]

John Lewis, celebrated civil right icon, dies at 80

If he were a Republican:
Controversial figure, John Lewis, marred by scandal, dies at 80

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Get ready for a McCain level funeral. All former Presidents, possibly excepting Jimmy Carter due to his advanced age, will attend. So will a big percentage of Hollywood types, as well as Mitt Romney and others RINOs. At least two minutes of coverage in TV news reports, including some black entertainer singing Amazing Grace.

I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a letter saying I approved of it.

~ Mark Twain

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Now that Lewis is gone, will the young men of Atlanta wear their pants at half-staff?

Classic.

[ripnbang]

Actually, she HAD pancreatic cancer and recovered, or was remission...NOW she has liver cancer. Tough bird, apparently this is her fourth type of cancer.

[Vermont Lt]

Get ready for an Aretha-style funeral that lasts weeks.

[americas.best.days...]

Excellent wording!

Also, wasn’t he the one who Andrew Breitbart exposed as lying about being spit on during some event?

[BradyLS]

Some treatments are more equal than others.

[ripnbang]

That is SO true...not that this is new. I attended a junior college class called the Art of Thinking in the mid 80’s, basically a logic course, and it was replete with examples of bias and fallacious arguments pulled from the then media. I have two graduate degrees, coursework at PhD level and other professional certifications, and that JC level course was one of the most useful I’ve ever attended.

[ripnbang]

Will the attendees be wearing masks and practicing social distancing? Or will we be told it’s not an issue in this case?

[central_va]

When a cynical hateful racist dies should I be upset?

[Fireone]

Yes, I detect a political rally that would make Paul Wellstone jealous.
The pandering will be in full formal effect. Every racist in politics, music, Hollywood, and Goebbel’s minions, will be all in.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Darn. I was hoping for good news about RBG, but this will have to do.

[Rummyfan]

I won’t speak ill of the dead but.... Lewis long long overstayed his time in DC and the lionization we will witness in the coming days will be way overstated.

[LeonardFMason]

Pompous. Self Righteous. Obnoxious. Untruthful. Won’t miss him for a second. Added NOTHING worth remembering.

[Rummyfan]

I thought he died a few months ago.

Fellow member of the CBC Elijah Cummings (D, MD) passed away months ago. Another lifetime member of The House.

[TexasM1A]

I guess it’s time for his wife to take over HIS seat.

[cyclotic]

One of my kids is a rocket scientist.

He’ll never make it as a politician

[jacknhoo]

He was a full-blown communist wannabe. Thank God he never succeeded, but he and those like him try until the day they die and leave money and statements that live on a bit afterwards.

Wouldn’t want to be him now, considering he never changed his ways.

Man, all those times he publicly praised the slaughter of innocent defenseless people.