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4 U.S. Presidents Expected at King Funeral (Live Thread)
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| 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: SGCOS
661
posted on
02/07/2006 12:02:36 PM PST
by
defconw
(Bushbot,SnowFlake,Levinite, Dittohead,Hannitized and Sam's Club Member.)
To: Palladin
Overactive bladder? Must have been Palladin, cuz she came back...(before they ALL left)..
sw
662
posted on
02/07/2006 12:02:37 PM PST
by
spectre
(Spectre's wife)
Comment #663 Removed by Moderator
To: Howlin
>>..I missed the "send me." Did she actually say that?..<<
--At least a half dozen times. If you read the transcript of BJ's 2004 Dem convention speech, he has a whole run of saying it...
..and when Vietnam came... John Kerry said "SEND ME" and so on.
664
posted on
02/07/2006 12:02:42 PM PST
by
Shqipo
(2006 is Bush Country!)
To: newnhdad
He just said it was Carter's shortcoming for not acknowledging Bush.
To: Howlin
May God bless President Bush and his wife. He has endured such hardness in trying to protect an ungrateful group of people.
666
posted on
02/07/2006 12:02:51 PM PST
by
swheats
To: SE Mom
I saw Rosalind Carter walk right by President Bush too.
667
posted on
02/07/2006 12:02:53 PM PST
by
Carolinamom
(I don't believe in a government that protects us from ourselves. ---Ronald Reagan)
To: sangrila
668
posted on
02/07/2006 12:03:06 PM PST
by
Neenah
To: GrandmaPatriot
This is a duct-tape moment if ever I saw one!!! How obnoxious!
669
posted on
02/07/2006 12:03:07 PM PST
by
RedRightReturn
(Even a broken clock is right twice a day...)
To: Republican Red
It's gone private. Get the security people outa there.
670
posted on
02/07/2006 12:03:10 PM PST
by
Mercat
(We are all Danes now.)
To: GrandmaPatriot
Did she attribute that to Mrs. King, or to herself?
671
posted on
02/07/2006 12:03:12 PM PST
by
Howlin
(Why don't you just report the news, instead of what might be the news? - Donald Rumsfeld 1/25/2006)
To: SandyInSeattle
It could be worse. CNN bubblehead hostess right now is giggling along with some "professor" she's interviewing as he wishes that Ted Kennedy was President instead of the current one.....
To: Conservababe
Why couldn't the family have just given her a small and private funeral? Mrs. King was too big and too important to many folks .. they couldn't have a small private funeral
673
posted on
02/07/2006 12:03:30 PM PST
by
Mo1
(Republicans protect Americans from Terrorists.. Democrats protect Terrorists from Americans)
To: defconw
I'm not sure George W. Bush spoke. I don't think he did.
To: defconw
The president was very compassionate; no joking.
675
posted on
02/07/2006 12:03:52 PM PST
by
Howlin
(Why don't you just report the news, instead of what might be the news? - Donald Rumsfeld 1/25/2006)
To: SGCOS
676
posted on
02/07/2006 12:03:57 PM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
(Proud to be a cotton-pickin' Republican on the GOP Plantation)
To: linda_22003
Without, let us remember, Jimmy Carter, shaking heands with President Bush ...
What a bleak day for that man..no class, no respect, no dignity.
677
posted on
02/07/2006 12:04:12 PM PST
by
SE Mom
(God Bless those who serve..)
To: Lizarde
That's an understatement, but it's something coming from MSNBC.
678
posted on
02/07/2006 12:04:16 PM PST
by
defconw
(Bushbot,SnowFlake,Levinite, Dittohead,Hannitized and Sam's Club Member.)
To: newnhdad
I'll pick you up.
And I have a big old van. :-)
679
posted on
02/07/2006 12:04:24 PM PST
by
Howlin
(Why don't you just report the news, instead of what might be the news? - Donald Rumsfeld 1/25/2006)
To: swheats
I second that blessing, they will be rewarded for their patience and decency.
They are wonderful people.
680
posted on
02/07/2006 12:04:33 PM PST
by
roses of sharon
("I would rather men ask why I have no statue, than why I have one". ) (Cato the Elder)
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