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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: Lizarde
A day or two after Mrs. King died, the place was closed down by the Mexican government...IIRC, the AJC was the first to report of the closure.
To: Republican Red
My definition of an eternity of hell is being forced to sit next to Jimmuh Carter on a 2 hour flight.
To: BigSkyFreeper
Carter is a disgrace. I'm ashamed I voted for him. I was raised by dems and it was my first time voting.
Comment #724 Removed by Moderator
To: Carolinamom
Carter continues to show his pettiness, busyness, and unalterated meanness.I agree. He's very repugnant.
725
posted on
02/07/2006 12:14:07 PM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
(Proud to be a cotton-pickin' Republican on the GOP Plantation)
To: Lizarde
It is obscene. It shows that Carter is totally lacking in any class and even people that used to work for him like Chris Matthews are saying that it reflects very poorly on him.
To: hipaatwo
You are forgiven. Always remember, and pass along, how the Dem party acts at funerals.
727
posted on
02/07/2006 12:14:32 PM PST
by
andyland
("if John Kerry didn't exist, Karl Rove would have to invent him.")
To: Rebelbase
Are they pouting because they don't get to speak?
728
posted on
02/07/2006 12:14:43 PM PST
by
Howlin
(Why don't you just report the news, instead of what might be the news? - Donald Rumsfeld 1/25/2006)
Comment #729 Removed by Moderator
To: SE Mom
George HW. He's speaking at my kid's school next Friday. I have to work....to pay for my kids school.:-)
730
posted on
02/07/2006 12:15:30 PM PST
by
showme_the_Glory
(No more rhyming, and I mean it! ..Anybody got a peanut.....)
To: JFC
Clintons have always done this in black churches.. they talk black they act black and they think they are black. Some one must tell them they are white as toilet tissue. And just about as useful.
731
posted on
02/07/2006 12:15:33 PM PST
by
Christian4Bush
(More than 3000 people lost their "civil liberties" on September 11, 2001.)
To: Lizarde
Look on the bright side, the Wellstonization of this memorial will only come back to bite the Democrats on the backside later this year. I'm sure alot of people are turned off by this whole politicization of a funeral.
732
posted on
02/07/2006 12:15:43 PM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
(Proud to be a cotton-pickin' Republican on the GOP Plantation)
To: BigSkyFreeper
The Jan. 3o, 2006 issue of National Review's book review of Carter's book really clobbers him AND the book.
733
posted on
02/07/2006 12:15:56 PM PST
by
Carolinamom
(I don't believe in a government that protects us from ourselves. ---Ronald Reagan)
To: Lizarde
I didn't see her, but I've missed a lot.
734
posted on
02/07/2006 12:16:39 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: Carolinamom
Is there a link to that NR article?
735
posted on
02/07/2006 12:17:11 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: katieanna
Your attitude is the exact opposite of what her husband preached.Amen. If King had lived it would be a very different world today.
736
posted on
02/07/2006 12:17:16 PM PST
by
Dr. Eckleburg
(an ambassador in bonds)
To: Howlin
There's a pic of Kerry up the thread that shows him sitting alone...no Teraazah.
737
posted on
02/07/2006 12:17:31 PM PST
by
Carolinamom
(I don't believe in a government that protects us from ourselves. ---Ronald Reagan)
To: Christian4Bush
738
posted on
02/07/2006 12:17:38 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: hipaatwo
First President I voted for was Reagan, for his second term. I was rolling in the dirt, climbing trees and throwing rocks at my friends when Carter was President.
739
posted on
02/07/2006 12:18:22 PM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
(Proud to be a cotton-pickin' Republican on the GOP Plantation)
To: Howlin
I don't know, but if you can't find it, let me know and I'll send you my copy of the magazine.
740
posted on
02/07/2006 12:18:22 PM PST
by
Carolinamom
(I don't believe in a government that protects us from ourselves. ---Ronald Reagan)
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