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with two Bushes sitting behind them. (Though unfortunately not always in the frame).<br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/07/lowery-standing-ovation">Reverend Joseph Lowery</a><!--EZCODE LINK END-->: "We know now there were no weapons of mass destruction over there. [Standing Ovation] But Coretta knew and we know that there are weapons of misdirection right down here."<br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.canofun.com/cof/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=16324">Jimmy Carter</a><!--EZCODE LINK END-->: Mentions FBI harrassment and wiretaps on the King family at the five minute mark, and just before nine minutes: "We only have to recall, the colour of the faces of those in Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi - those who are most devastated by Katrina [standing ovation] - to know that there are not yet equal opportunities for all Americans." Bush Sr looks reluctant as he does the right thing and stands to his feet, and GWB has a helluva smirk. <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=rigorousintuition>Rigorous Intuition</A> at: 2/7/06 4:07 pm<br></i>

It was beautiful. Maybe that'll teach dubya to disgrace such a noble event with his slimebag smirk.<br><br>I hope Rev. Lowery's comments gain some real traction. This day of Coretta Scott King's funeral is truly a day of national (if not world-wide) rememberance. Perhaps the people of America will feel this reconnection to the Civil Rights Era, an era signified by peace, and recognize Rev. Lowery's words for what they are, calling out the emperor, for all the world to hear, for wearing no clothes.<br><br>President Carter's speech was no slouch either. Is there a greater living American than Mr. Carter? <p></p><i></i>

"Is there a greater living American than Mr. Carter? "<br><br>No, there is not, at least not one involved in public service. He is truly the best.<br><br>It was nice to see Bill Clinton looking and sounding well, too. <p></p><i></i>

Carter is one of the good guys. <p></p><i></i>

that bastard to come out into decent, unscreened society.<br>President Carter and Rev. Lowery, I SALUTE YOU!!!!!!!! <p></p><i></i>

The banal first three-quarters of Carter's speech were perfunctory, but when he dropped the cue cards, so to speak, at the end, well, that was quite alright. Not common or easy to break polite presidential protocol, and it must have been tougher for the Bushoisie to take Carter's goodhearted but calculated jabs (if only for the sake of the front- and backstage battle over the narrative being written for the history books) than the impassioned stabs of Lowery or Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin, who are of less consequence to them in the public scheme of things. <br><br>Lowery and Franklin were so good - so it is good to quote more: <br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>The Rev. Joseph Lowery, who co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with Martin Luther King Jr., drew a roaring standing ovation when he said: "For war, billions more, but no more for the poor" — a takeoff on a line from a Stevie Wonder song. The comment drew head shakes from Bush and his father as they sat behind the pulpit.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin — who spoke immediately after the president — <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>injected politics</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->[my emphasis added] into her remarks, describing how Coretta Scott King spoke out against "the senselessness of war" with a voice that was heard "from the tintop roofs of Soweto to the bomb shelters of Baghdad."<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060208/ap_on_re_us/coretta_scott_king">news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060...scott_king</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>Oh, and about the Associated Press injecting politics into the words of Mayor Franklin.... <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=gouda@rigorousintuition>Gouda</A> at: 2/8/06 4:55 am<br></i>