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President Bush spoke very highly of Coretta Scott King at her memorial service. Mrs. King, Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks were three very strong hopes for the black community. Unfortunately, not everyone chose to eulogize her. Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and former President Carter chose this opportunity for political gain and Bush bashing. Mr. Carter compared the Kennedy administration’s wiretapping of Mr. King to the “terrorist surveillance program” of the current administration. There were slams toward racism from Hurricane Katrina when the majority of responders were African American themselves. The Democratic Party and the black leaders that have...

It isn’t too often that one who pens opinion articles will fully allow himself to “let it all out,” and quite possibly say more than ever intended. Here then, is one of those rare times--a time when I cannot contain myself, consequences be damned. For today, I will speak in no uncertain terms about one of America’s greatest elective mistakes, James Earl Carter, Jr. That is the last time I will use Carter’s full Christian name in this space, so cherish the reference if you must. But even that simple courtesy should be denied, in my mind. If one were...

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

Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA), when speaking during Monday's funeral service and memorial for the late civil-rights icon, Coretta Scott King, only told half the story when he spoke of his two brothers, John and Robert, and their relationship with Mrs. King's husband. Sen. Ted Kennedy drew roars of approval when he invoked the 1960 phone call placed by his brother, then-presidential candidate John F. Kennedy, to Coretta King to pledge his help in freeing her husband from jail. Kennedy also mentioned the call placed by another brother, Robert F. Kennedy, JFK's campaign manager, to a local judge to inquire...

Laura Bush says Hillary Rodham Clinton's criticism of her husband's administration was "out of bounds." The first lady argued that the former first lady should show some empathy for the current White House occupants. Laura Bush is leading the U.S. delegation at the Winter Olympics in Turin. Clinton, the New York senator and a potential Democratic presidential candidate in 2008, has called the Bush administration "one of the worst" in history. In the interview with ABC News, Bush was asked if Clinton's comments were "just politics, fair game or out of bounds." She said, "Of course I think it's out...

Laura Bush says Hillary 'out of bounds' Sat Feb 11 2006 11:42:42 ET From ABC interview of Laura Bush at Winter Olympics today: Q Before I let you go, one political question, because I'll get fired if I don’t ask at least one political question. The ceremony for Coretta Scott King was just so moving, all the speakers at that. Hillary Clinton has now taken a little bit of the forefront. And I know that you all travel together, and just a week before, she had some very harsh words about this administration, saying it could be one of the...

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),...

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ON PEGGY NOONAN ON 4 PRESIDENTS AND A FUNERAL by Mia T, 2.10.06 will preface this by saying that Peggy Noonan is not my cup of tea. Her writing leaves a cloyingly sweet aftertaste. (Her speaking, too.) Worse, it is too often metaphor in search of a thought. That said, I thought her analysis of Coretta Scott King's funeral provided an interesting and coherent--if disputable--point of view. That is, until I came to this jumbled mess: (Noonan is in blue.) Amid all the happy bombast [bill clinton] was the one who pointed at the casket and said, "There's a...

(CBS) Former President George H.W. Bush has expressed dismay and anger at attacks on his son, President Bush, at the funeral for Coretta Scott King. "In terms of the political shots at the president who was sitting there with his wife, I didn't like it and I thought it was kind of ugly frankly," the former president said in an exclusive radio interview with CBS News White House correspondent Peter Mae "Anybody that shoots at the president of the United States at a funeral, I just didn't appreciate that," Mr. Bush added.

Presidential press secretary Scott McClellan today refused to "analyze" the political potshots his boss endured during the funeral of Coretta Scott King this week, saying only President Bush was "honored" to attend the marathon service. In posing questions to McClellan at the press briefing, WND pointed out some of media's observations about the jibes Bush took during the service from certain speakers. "The New York Post notes the following – and this is a quote – 'Jimmy Carter's disgraceful performance at Coretta Scott King's funeral marks him as the most shameless,'" WND noted. "While The New York Times Page 1...

In a tear-streaked story in the New York Times bemoaning the inability of the Democrats to exploit what they see as the GOP's many weaknesses and use them to win back control of Congress in this year's congressional elections, Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn) sobbed that the health of his far-left Democratic Party is "A lot worse than it should be. This has not been a very good two months." "We seem to be losing our voice when it comes to the basic things people worry about," Dodd said. Senator Dodd, along with the outraged liberals who now dominate his party,...

Thursday, Feb. 9, 2006 1:15 p.m. EST CORE Blasts King Funeral 'Outrage' The head of one of the nation's oldest civil rights organizations is blasting former President Jimmy Carter and Rev. Joseph Lowery for politicizing the funeral of Coretta Scott King. In a press release Thursday, Roy Innis, chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality, called comments by Carter and Lowery attacking President Bush "crass" and "disrespectful." "It was an outrage for such behavior to be exhibited in the presence of the President of the United States, and it was particularly outrageous for it to occur at a funeral for...

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Inappropriate. That’s the kindest word one could use to describe some of the comments made by leading Democrats at the funeral of Coretta Scott King. Chief among them was, of course, former President Jim-ah, whose lambasting of George W. Bush, who was sitting three feet behind him as he spoke, was nothing short of an angry diatribe from a sore loser.

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In the Bizarro World of the DUmmies, the PR disaster the Democrats created for themselves by politicizing the Coretta Scott King funeral wasn't really their fault. No, the true source of their problem is none other than Karl Rove who somehow manipulated the media and turned the public against them just like he did at the Paul Wellstone funeral. Therefore the DUmmies now believe that they need to somehow outflank Karl Rove and beat him at his own game as you can see in this THREAD titled, "Face it folks, Rove stole the funeral and ate your lunch." So...

Former first lady and U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) steps off Air Force One in Washington after traveling with U.S. President George W. Bush to a memorial service for Coretta Scott King at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Georgia, outside Atlanta February 7, 2006. REUTERS/Larry Downing

STATEN ISLAND, February 7, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - This week, Priests for Life (PFL), the movement of pro-life priests, commended to the Lord the soul of Coretta Scott King, with prayers for the comfort of her family, and with fond recollections of the ministry of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In a statement PFL President Fr. Frank Pavone said "Dr. King made it clear that he was not simply fighting for the Black man. He was fighting for the equality of every human life. We are honored to continue Dr. King's legacy in our day by fighting for the equality of...

To: National DeskContact David Almasi of Project 21, 202-543-4110 ext. 11, Project21@nationalcenter.org WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Members of the black leadership network Project 21 are outraged by political grandstanding by speakers at the funeral for civil rights icon Coretta Scott King. In eulogies at the Feb. 7 funeral, former President Jimmy Carter and Reverend Joseph Lowery criticized the Bush Administration. President Carter attempted to tie the Bush Administration's terrorist surveillance efforts to 1960s-era FBI wiretaps of the King family. Reverend Lowery spoke about Iraq, health care and poverty. President Bush was in attendance. "I find it shameful that...