Posted on 02/10/2006 8:26:52 PM PST by infoguy
The latest op-ed piece by liberal Los Angeles Times columnist Rosa Brooks is called, "When crass is called for" (Friday, February 10, 2006). It begins with the eye-opening line, "It's time to take a stand against civility, decency and appropriateness."
The rest of the column is essentially a defense of the tasteless remarks by Rev. Joseph Lowery and former President Jimmy Carter at the funeral of Coretta Scott King on Tuesday. At one point of her piece, Brooks unbelievably declares, "I saw nothing uncivil about the remarks made by Lowery and Carter."
And in her concluding paragraph, Brooks shrugs (emphasis mine), "And if Bush was offended by Lowery's and Carter's remarks? Tough luck."
"Tough luck"? Brooks' article comes on the heels of a similar February 9, 2006, op-ed in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. That piece begins (emphasis mine),
"The funeral of Coretta Scott King was a wonderful thing, and not least among its wonders was the controversy stirred by comments from the Rev. Joseph Lowery, former President Jimmy Carter and others."
A "wonderful thing"? In his Talking Points Memo on last night's episode of The O'Reilly Factor (Thursday, February 9, 2006), Bill O'Reilly hit a bull's eye with respect to this whole issue (audiotape on file) (emphasis mine):
"Let's turn it around. What if President Bush had used the funeral to make political points himself? What if the President had said this: 'It was a terrible thing that Mrs. King and her husband Martin were wiretapped by the Democrat Kennedy administration in the 60's. That was awful. But that illegal operation has nothing to do with allowing the NSA to listen to conversations that may involve terrorists who want to kill all Americans. I'm sure Mrs. King would have understood the need for security, because she saw first-hand what hate-filled violence can do.'
"Ladies and gentlemen. Can you imagine how the Atlanta newspaper, the rest of the left-wing media, Al Sharpton, and Jimmy Carter would have reacted to those words. Can you imagine? Do you think the AJC [Atlanta Journal-Constitution] would call them 'wonderful'? ...
"Once again, the hypocrisy on the far left is staggering. It's fine for them to throw bombs, even at a funeral. But does anyone believe they would hold the same point of view if conservatives used the same tactics? C'mon."
O'Reilly is right-on. And I'm sure Rosa Brooks would not have written, "I saw nothing uncivil about the remarks by President Bush," and then said "tough luck" to any offended parties.
H-y-p-o-c-r-i-s-y. Hypocrisy.
As soon as Bush heard how those swine were slamming him, that's what he SHOULD have started talking about!
Rosa, would your guide dog like a cookie?
"I saw nothing uncivil about the remarks made by Lowery and Carter."
maybe cause they weren't talking with their hands, the words actually came out of their mouths, and this confuses those who may be less educated.
Dead on correct -
One thing Bush had that Jimmuh didn't...Class.
Try putting politics aside for a few minutes and think about this as if it 50 years ago. Everyone I knew at that time would have had a fit if a person would have said anything like that at a funeral, no matter their political party. I know all can't do that but some of us old ones can.
Funeral-op
Democrats, leftists and racists know no shame in using a dead body to slap the President while he is right there onstage. It's so irrelevant and inappropriate.
The left continues in demonizing Bush and conservatives while hugging the Islamic killers as victims. Do they know that the Arabic words for "black" and "slave" are the very same word, "abed"? Do they know what Shari'a law will do to homosexuals and atheists and progressives?
So much for funerals honoring the person who died!
Yes, they know, at least subconsciously. But they are self-hating cowards who want someone else to put them out of their misery. The Muzzies would do the job for them. Enthusiastically.
Los Angeles Times columnist
Maybe he should have gotten up, in the middle of the attacks and walked out.
Typical Democratic tin drum-tin ear" syndrome.
Still, had I been the one speaking, I might have been tempted to say something like this:
Today, we come together to celebrate the remarkable life of a remarkable woman. This is not the appropriate time or place for political speech-making; we should lay aside our petty partisan differences, and remember the one whom we honor. . . .No rancor, no responding to scurrilous charges—just a reminder of why decent people go to a funeral.
I guess according to the left they should've buried her on the 20 yard line where all the footballs go.
Yes, so much for honoring the newly departed.
One thing Bush had that Jimmuh didn't...Class.
...and balls. Carter would rather leave our hostages with those islamic freaks for 400+ days, and attempt some illgotten venture to avoid a true confrontation. He should have went in heavy with troops and took those date-eaters out. Instead he whines that the hostages were released the second he is out of office, he gives away the canal, that is now run by China, and...well I just sick of this peanut shyster's mouth. And nobody from the administration calls him on it. Carter is NOT the Democrat Statesman emeritus. Just because he has a few banana republic elections under his belt, you would think he should be crowned the leader of the trilateral commission or something. Go home peanut man,...go home.
To quote Nero Wolfe (from memory): "That is informative merely about you, madam."
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