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4 U.S. Presidents Expected at King Funeral (Live Thread)
AP on Yahoo ^ | Feb. 7, 2006 | Errin Haines

Posted on 02/07/2006 6:55:05 AM PST by katieanna

LITHONIA, Ga. - Shivering in near-freezing temperatures, thousands of people waited hours in line Tuesday for one last chance to say goodbye to Coretta Scott King before her funeral.

"There's one word to describe going to go see Coretta — historic. It's good to finally see her at peace," said Robert Jackson, a 34-year-old financial consultant from Atlanta whose 10-year-old daughter, Ebony, persuaded him to take her to the visitation.

The lines had already started forming by 3 a.m. By the time the doors opened at 6:30 a.m., people toward the end were warned that if they stayed in line they likely wouldn't get into the funeral because of long lines that were already forming there.

An estimated 10,000 people, including four U.S. presidents, were expected to attend the midday funeral at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, where King's daughter Bernice is a minister.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: corettaking; jimmycarter; king; wellstonememorial2; whitetrashcarter
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To: Rebelbase

She must have been invited to speak.


561 posted on 02/07/2006 11:49:46 AM PST by linda_22003
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To: Raebie

I just noticed that too..


562 posted on 02/07/2006 11:49:53 AM PST by newnhdad (All your government branches are belong to us!!)
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To: Bahbah

her delivery is flat........


563 posted on 02/07/2006 11:49:54 AM PST by tioga (Where is spring???)
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To: sangrila

LOL I just turned the tv on and all of a sudden I got sleepy.


564 posted on 02/07/2006 11:49:59 AM PST by swheats
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To: BRUMama

This is absolutely awful. Bring back Bill or Jimmy.


565 posted on 02/07/2006 11:50:01 AM PST by sangrila
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To: nobody in particular

She sounds like a 1st grader reading for the first time from a "See Dick Run" book. Good gosh she is awful.


566 posted on 02/07/2006 11:50:03 AM PST by SGCOS
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To: Howlin

Working hard NOT to be ANGRY...


567 posted on 02/07/2006 11:50:04 AM PST by BRUMama ((Whose husband just retired Friday after 22+ years in the Air Force!))
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To: Howlin

She.....is......speaking.....soooo......slow.....and......deliberate..........as .....if ...to.....give.....more.....weight....to.....her....words................she just sped up, but.....caught.......herself...........


568 posted on 02/07/2006 11:50:06 AM PST by Rebelbase (President Bush is a Texas jackass when it comes to Border security .)
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To: defconw

This just goes to prove what a fake she is; a fake and a fraud.


569 posted on 02/07/2006 11:50:07 AM PST by Howlin (Why don't you just report the news, instead of what might be the news? - Donald Rumsfeld 1/25/2006)
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To: tioga
Yawn.....I'm getting very sleepy...

sw

570 posted on 02/07/2006 11:50:21 AM PST by spectre (Spectre's wife)
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To: SandyInSeattle
I was thinking the same thing. I can hear an 'altered Hillary' in my ears. I cant see her, because whenever she speaks, my eyes go blank, replaced with a flashing sign that reads "Bitch".
571 posted on 02/07/2006 11:50:25 AM PST by Pukin Dog (Sans Reproache)
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To: spectre

Vintage Clinton. Says she was still a fine looking woman at 75. Let it hang in the air that he might be in the presence of a future president (Hillary). Said "Let's not forget there's a woman in there" (in the casket).


572 posted on 02/07/2006 11:50:34 AM PST by Graymatter
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To: NormsRevenge

Reverend Jesse Jackson (L), his daughter, Santita, and Al Sharpton sit as they attend a memorial service for Coretta Scott King at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Georgia, outside of Atlanta, February 7, 2006. REUTERS/Larry Downing


573 posted on 02/07/2006 11:50:36 AM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Monthly Donor spoken Here. Go to ... https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: NormsRevenge

He's got a face for a funeral.


574 posted on 02/07/2006 11:50:40 AM PST by TwoSue
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To: defconw

Here's Hilliary:

When (pause)She(pause)went(pause) to . . .

What a truly scripted, wooden, calculated person. She's WORSE than Al Gore.


575 posted on 02/07/2006 11:50:40 AM PST by girlangler (I'd rather be fishing)
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To: Bahbah
And she's making Bill stand right there for the whole thing.

She probably saw some babe's phone number scribbled on the palm of his hand.

576 posted on 02/07/2006 11:50:44 AM PST by BigSkyFreeper (Proud to be a cotton-pickin' Republican on the GOP Plantation)
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To: linda_22003

President Bush has a rather stony look on his face. As a true Christian, he can spot an imposter miles away.


577 posted on 02/07/2006 11:50:45 AM PST by Not A Snowbird (Official RKBA Landscaper and Arborist, Duchess of Green Leafy Things)
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To: Howlin

WE WILL have to pick up her burden...we'll have to split it up because it was a heavy burden"

HAAAAAAAaaaaaaaa...WHO wrote this for her? She sounds like she's talking to 2nd graders...unreal.


578 posted on 02/07/2006 11:51:08 AM PST by SE Mom (God Bless those who serve..)
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To: Semper Paratus

It is terrible. At least Willy isn't the cure for insomnia. This speech is awful.


579 posted on 02/07/2006 11:51:11 AM PST by sangrila
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To: Howlin

She sounds like an idiot

And what's with the "send me"


580 posted on 02/07/2006 11:51:14 AM PST by Mo1 (Republicans protect Americans from Terrorists.. Democrats protect Terrorists from Americans)
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