No Class Among Democrats

Really, I expected this to happen. It seems like the Democrats view funerals as occasions to spew their politics: constant Republican/Bush-Bashing.

And the thing is, President Bush and Mrs. Bush were sitting right there.

No class among Democrats.


A Drudge Report Flash:

KING FUNERAL TURNS POLITICAL: BUSH BASHED BY FORMER PRESIDENT, REVEREND---

Today's memorial service for civil rights activist Coretta Scott King -- billed as a "celebration" of her life -- turned suddenly political as one former president took a swipe at the current president, who was also lashed by an outspoken black pastor!

The outspoken Rev. Joseph Lowery, co-founder of Southern Christian Leadership Conference, ripped into President Bush during his short speech, ostensibly about the wife of Martin Luther King Jr.

"She extended Martin's message against poverty, racism and war. She deplored the terror inflicted by our smart bombs on missions way afar. We know now that there were no weapons of mass destruction over there," Lowery said.

The mostly black crowd applauded, then rose to its feet and cheered in a two-minute-long standing ovation.

A closed-circuit television in the mega-church outside Atlanta showed the president smiling uncomfortably.

"But Coretta knew, and we know," Lowery continued, "That there are weapons of misdirection right down here," he said, nodding his head toward the row of presidents past and present. "For war, billions more, but no more for the poor!" The crowd again cheered wildly.

Former President Jimmy Carter later swung at Bush as well, not once but twice. As he talked about the Kings, he said: "It was difficult for them then personally with the civil liberties of both husband and wife violated as they became the target of secret government wiretaps." The crowd cheered as Bush, under fire for a secret wiretapping program he ordered after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, again smiled weakly.

Later, Carter said Hurricane Katrina showed that all are not yet equal in America. Some black leaders have blamed Bush for the poor federal response, and rapper Kayne West said that Bush "hates" black people.

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If they knew what shame was, the Democrats would certainly be feeling it tonight! Unfortunately for them, they lack true sensitivity, any class, and prefer to show their incredible depth of absolute poor taste.

More from the AP and Reuters.

And Michelle Malkin, with a flashback to Ron Brown's funeral.

Expose the Left has lots of great video: King Funeral Turned Into Bush Bashing Event, Carter Slams Bush In Comparison to King Wiretapping, and a post on Paul Wellstone II: The Coretta Scott King “Funeral”.

Simply unfathomable. Ian at Expose the Left suggested President and Mrs. Bush ought to have walked out, like Jesse Ventura did at the Wellstone memorial. Excellent notion. They should have.


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