Posted on 02/09/2006 7:04:39 AM PST by dson7_ck1249
In some form or fashion, I have known the players in what I am about to describe as a series of regrettable moments at the funeral of Coretta Scott King.
The one I know least, President George W. Bush, won both my sympathy and respect for gallantly enduring the slings and arrows pointed directly at him during what should have been a celebration of a great woman, but instead turned into a political rally
(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...
The liberals and Marxists are enemies of America and their goal is to utterly transform society, overturning and subordinating church, family, business, private associations, and local governments in subordination to an all-powerful central government and into adherence to a relativistic, hedonistic moral code. If successful, they would destroy America as surely as the Islamofascists would, and the Communists or the Nazis would have. I would say we should be on a war footing to these enemies.
There are people who decide for whom this is appropriate and for whom it is not. If you had been on that list, you probably would have gotten the e-mail.
I know you have only been a Freeper since last July, but really, I thought you would have learned something by now.
Hey, InsureAmerica: Get off the crack man.
At the risk of sounding redundant, carry on.....
I am struck that by attacking Bush for the war in Iraq and surveilling the terrorists to protect his constituency, the American people, Lowery and Carter might as well have suggested the Kings not have jeopardized themselves, family and associates by leading the civil rights struggle to advance the interests of their constituency, African Americans. Leadership is about taking risk to achieve your ends. Bush has it; the Kings had it. Lowery and Carter? I think not.
This is a wonderful article, and I thank you again for calling it to my attention.
You are very rude.
I know that the DU must be missing ol' Insure about now.
The only CLASS evident at Coretta Scott King's funeral was by her four children, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, and Laura Bush.
He sounds like a defiant teenager.
He is a man of prayer, and there are literally millions of people praying for him. Perhaps his use of the sword in some places (which you cannot deny that he has done) and his turning the other cheek in others (like in the face of petty partisan attacks like at the funeral, and from the press), is the result of God's leading, and not politics.
At any rate, it is just not accurate to say he is weak or allowing himself to be a doormat. The facts just don't back it up.
He is doing more damage to the left than any leader in American history. The Dem party is marginalized and falling apart. I don't think that's accidental........God is in it because the left is evil, and President Bush is God's willing servant placed in authority by HIM.
I simply don't think she deserved it - its my opinion.
Do you have a problem with my expressing my opinion she didn't deserve it? From what I heard, her family made a fat profit from King's speeches in fees charged to use them. Pretty mercenary it seems to me.
Besides, I'd love to see what is in that secret file on King the Federal Government ordered sealed.
He says he's married, so he's probably at least 19.......
(As one who has taught at all grade levels through adults, I'd say emotionally around 13, but then, if he's a leftist, he could be 65 and sound the same way..... ;).
Sorry. I meant Secretary of State.
...back in the day, some people went to into the jail alive and ended up dead. So it was a brave thing for her to do. She could have ended up dead like countless others. Even white people were not spared violence if they associated with the civil rights movement. How many of us today have the courage to put our very lives on the line for what we believe in?
No apology needed. We know what you meant. But it was amusing. :-)
If I was I know how I would have voted and I think I know how you would have voted.
I don't think she deserved it.
And I don't think MLK deserves a National Holiday either.
But I guess you don't agree with that either.
But I do have a problem with your calling the President a vile name because he attended her funeral, and then by backing it up with emotional outbursts and incorrect information.
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