 "Bobby Kennedy was assassinated just a few months before MLK was..."Dr. King was assassinated in April '68, Bobby Kennedy in June '68
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Posted on 02/08/2006 8:45:54 AM PST by LouAvul
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Four U.S. presidents -- including President George W. Bush -- were among the luminaries at Coretta Scott King's funeral Tuesday. Among some speakers' accolades and tributes to the civil rights icon were criticisms of the current administration's actions -- the war in Iraq and domestic eavesdropping.
CNN senior analyst Jeff Greenfield talked to CNN anchor Miles O'Brien about politics raising its head at the funeral.
O'BRIEN: It was quite a funeral, six hours. And the full range of emotions as Coretta Scott King was laid to rest. There were songs, prayers, praise and a healthy dose of politics.
Former presidents Carter and Clinton, and civil rights legend Joseph Lowery used their time at the pulpit to take some jabs at the current administration with the man, as you see, seated a few feet away, President Bush.
Jeff Greenfield is here to talk about the implications of all of this.
Before we get going, we will share video of former President Carter making reference to wiretaps, which of course has historical parallels here to Martin Luther King Day.
(Video clip begins)
CARTER: It was difficult for them personally with the civil liberties of both husband and wife violated as they became the targets of secret government wiretapping, other surveillance.
(Video clip ends)
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It is a historical fact that corpses in the United States almost exclusively vote democrat. Chicago was a pioneer in this area. The Dems were just playing to their base!!!
Who was President when MLK was being bugged? Who was the Attorney General that did the bugging?
Kennedy and Johnson; Robert Kennedy was Attorney General.
What do you expect?
| "Bobby Kennedy was assassinated just a few months before MLK was..." Dr. King was assassinated in April '68, Bobby Kennedy in June '68
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IE: it's ok now for former presidents to criticize current presidents.
it's ok now to wear t-shirts to the State of the Union.
it's cool to parade around with communist abroad on free travel solely based on your stardom gained from your dead kid.
it's fun to sue for attention and profit when you want to fly commercial with your silly t-shirt on.
'The MLK wiretaps were court-approved."
Carter made a point of Robert Kennedy illegally wiretapping MLK as part of his eulogy.
And of course, Limbaugh has been mentioning it as well.
That is pretty funny acutally.
Truth hurts.
Sounds eerily similar to the Slime Toon Rioters!
Google is very left leaning and it wouldnt suprise me that they removed those articles stating that the MLK wiretaps were
court approved.
I think that's why liberals hate religion; it supercedes their radical agenda, and facism is a jealous master.
Ding ding ding... we have a winnah. For the toss ups, what party has the only former KKK member in the Senate? What governor brought back the confederate battle flag as a way to "stick it" to civil rights workers - and what party was he a member of?
Hint: their brother is known as "Ted the Swimmer" and likes to particpate in waitress sandwiches!
"I am surprised that Bubba and Billary did not slap a "Hillary '08" button on Correta's lapel before they closed the lid!!!! I cannot believed they missed that opportunity"
He didn't. If I may paraphrase, "..it is an honor to on this stage with my Presdent, (sligh pause), my past PResident (longer pause). And from the crowd OUR FUTURE PRESIDENT! He set up the declaration. Hillary was standing there with him at the podium.
I know I saw it, I just expected something a little more blatant and tasteless, if that is possible.
That has been one of the Democrats strategies since FDR's new deal. Fortunately, not everybody falls for it. Every time sombody like Lynn Swann steps up to run for governor as a republican, many people begin to re-examine their beliefs. The Democrat's strategy has begun to run out of gas, and they don't even know it.
CNNSpeak: We're going to spin like crazy and do our best to bury it.
We should all call Teddy's office to ask how he felt about Carter criticizing his brothers for their civil rights record at the funeral.
[I don't watch CNN anymore.]
In Europe, you're forced to...because the only alternative is the BBC.
On the Danish question, CNN simply will not say that Iran conjured the whole cartoon crisis in order to show the west that they can get Sunni Muslims on their side as well as Shiites in case we were about to start a war in Iran. CNN won't even hint at this.
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