The thing I find oddest about this whole ordeal is that I cannot seem to picture MLK Jr. doing such a thing himself at a funeral.
Maybe it's just me....
Maybe it's just me....
Yeah, it's just you; I can imagine it. MLK was of the WEB du Bois school, not the Booker T. Washington school. And du Bois was a commie.The issue, though, is not whether MLK or CSK would have agreed with the sentiments expressed at her "funeral;" it would not have been entirely out of place to have stated what CS King's beliefs were; it was after all billed as her funeral. President Bush went there because it was supposed to be a funeral, and he behaved as if that had been what it was.
The point is that it's well known that President Bush wouldn't have gone there if it had been billed as the NAACP rally or (same thing) DNC rally that it was. To mousetrap the president that way was discourteous to the people who voted for Mr. Bush. They wanted to subject Mr. Bush to that criticism, and they have their reward. I hope they are satisfied that it was worth diminishing their own stature in that way.