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Rep. Maxine Waters gives Wakanda salute at Franklin funeral
The Westman Journal ^ | August 31, 2018 | The Associated Press

Posted on 08/31/2018 2:09:38 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

DETROIT — As far as one minister is concerned, it's Maxine Waters Forever!

When Bishop Charles H. Ellis III of Greater Grace Temple assured Rep. Maxine Waters at the Aretha Franklin funeral that "We got your back!" he was repaid in full with the hands fisted, arms crossed "Wakanda Forever!" salute from the California congresswoman.

The moment Friday came during a pause in the program at the Queen of Soul's homegoing, when Ellis recognized Waters in the audience and acknowledged how she has come under fire, apparently referring to President Trump's Twitter attacks on the Democrat....

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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; Politics; TV/Movies; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: clinton; franklin; trump; waters
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Dare i ask what the hell is a wakanda?? Our supposedly prominent blacks sure are class acts huh???


21 posted on 08/31/2018 2:42:56 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

it’s pretty sad when Aretha can’t be buried in peace without Maxine and Ellis interjecting politics into the funeral


22 posted on 08/31/2018 2:45:53 PM PDT by blueplum ( "...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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To: Eddie01

Wakanda
Another word for Chicago.


Actually, no. Name’s already been taken in the Chicago area. Wauconda is a nice little village on Bangs Lake. There is a short clip of it in the Blues Brothers movie and Dan Ackroyd mentions a “Camp Wauconda” in Ghostbusters.


23 posted on 08/31/2018 2:53:40 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

In reality, there never was and isn’t anything even remotely like Wakanda. It is pure fantasy. For most blacks, and the pols that purport to represent them (but really don’t, any more than Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton actually represent their brethren - they represent THEMSELVES), the cold, cruel reality is that their culture is incredibly disfunctional. Oh, sure, you get 20% or 25% that break out and become truly middle class or even upper middle class (and good for them - I want to see more of that, I WANT American blacks to be fully integrated into this country and its traditional morality and politics), but the majority don’t. It is viewed as “acting white” to get good grades, to speak English instead of Blinglish, to wait until getting married to have children, etc. Until and unless blacks as a whole (i.e. at least 90%) start acting in a way that is conducive to their best interests in the long term, then the present situation will continue and even get worse. Wakanda will, unless things change, always be a fantasy. The sad part is that the blacks have the knowledge and skills, as a community, to seriously improve their lot...but it doesn’t happen because of people like Maxine Waters, Jackson, Sharpton and the rest of the race-hustlers who counsel their brethren to be victims. The waste of human potential, and the resultant increase in frustration and misery, is among the biggest crimes in history.


24 posted on 08/31/2018 3:00:42 PM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: hanamizu

There’s a Wakonda area in Des Moines, including the Wakonda Country Club on the nicer part of the South Side.


25 posted on 08/31/2018 3:03:35 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
They're so desperate and thirsty for self-respect that they hang their hat on a fictional African country from a comic book movie?

I don't know. Some folks believe anything on a screen is real. They should rename Liberia to Wakanda and see if they can get the exodus that never quite finished in 1878 to liven back up.

26 posted on 08/31/2018 3:07:32 PM PDT by redcatcherb412
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To: redcatcherb412

I like where you’re headed, go on....


27 posted on 08/31/2018 3:08:45 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Does Maxine understand that Wakanda is not a real country?!?

What a ridiculous freak show of a funeral service!!!!

Next: Yet ANOTHER freak show tomorrow for McCain, and then he needs to take a long quiet dirt nap.


28 posted on 08/31/2018 3:37:11 PM PDT by RooRoobird20 ("Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Which funeral will last longer?


29 posted on 08/31/2018 3:41:06 PM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: redcatcherb412

That’s not a terrible idea.


30 posted on 08/31/2018 3:47:06 PM PDT by americas.best.days... ( Donald John Trump has pulled the sword from the stone.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Wellstone remembrances. No respect for Ms. Franklin. Disgusting.


31 posted on 08/31/2018 3:50:44 PM PDT by upchuck (As we head to the midterms, please (re)read Confessions of Congressman X - tinyurl.com/congressmanx)
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To: mewzilla




(Is the word "mummy" racist like the word "monkey"?)       :-)

32 posted on 08/31/2018 3:53:12 PM PDT by Songcraft
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I bet Aretha wishes she could have a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T at her own funeral, rather than than having it turn into another Wellstone Funeral.

And we will be having another idiotic Wellstone Funeral with McCain.


33 posted on 08/31/2018 3:56:05 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I could never be a Democrat. I’d be too embarrassed to tell anyone.


34 posted on 08/31/2018 4:14:58 PM PDT by sheana
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To: lee martell

There you go - using your brain again. To leftists EVERYTHING is a political rally.


35 posted on 08/31/2018 4:19:30 PM PDT by rockrr ( Everything is different now...)
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To: eyeamok

It’s a fantasy fictional country in Africa from a comic book where everything is wonderful and so much better than any white country in history.


36 posted on 08/31/2018 4:33:54 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Anyone want to take a guess on the neighborhood around Grace Temple? Thank Maxie for the “progress”


37 posted on 08/31/2018 4:39:31 PM PDT by EC Washington
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult
“Were I a big fan of Africa I would be ashamed that no real country is even close to the fantasy one.”

You're right. If insane Maxine wanted to “keep it real”, she would have used a salute mimicking throwing a burning tire around someone’s neck (Soweto), or cannibalizing someone (Uganda), or some other suitable salute from a real, live Dark Continent country like the Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, etc.

You know, a standard sub saharan African outhouse country.

38 posted on 08/31/2018 4:49:58 PM PDT by SharpRightTurn (Chuck Schumer--giving pond scum everywhere a bad name.)
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To: LegendHasIt

There is supposed to be no such thing as bad publicity. That probably applies even in death. This should help increase sales of her music,which will benefit the lawyers fighting over the estate with no will. Expect this circus to go on for a while . At least it’s not Cooper Anderson joining over Michael jackson.


39 posted on 08/31/2018 7:58:11 PM PDT by Bernard (We will stop calling you fake news when you stop being fake news.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I believe you are serious and that my friend is troubling!! These people really are delusional


40 posted on 08/31/2018 8:08:28 PM PDT by eyeamok
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