Bush salutes Rosa Parks for courage that "transformed" America

[sabra]

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Bush salutes Rosa Parks for courage that "transformed" America

BOLLING AIR FORCE BASE, WASHINGTON President Bush is saluting a woman whose courage, he says, "transformed America for the better."

He says civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks -- who died yesterday at age 92 -- was "one of the most inspiring women of the 20th century."

Speaking to an audience of military spouses, the president said Parks' 1955 refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus "was an act of personal courage." He says that act "moved millions" -- and created the modern civil rights movement.

Bush says Parks will always have a "special place" in American history.

[OrlandoGator]

1. Indeed, thanks to the Civil Rights movement, racists now make up his base.

He has a lot to thank Rosa Parks for.

[billybob537]

2. Condi gave him

the EVIL EYE

[sam sarrha]

3. did he mention she did it peacefully not killing 2000 soldiers and1/4 mill

ion Iraqi's...... destabilizing the entire world and bankrupting the nation..... :shrug:

[Jon8503]

4. Is Bush living on a military base now, that is the only place he speaks

at anymore. He never goes off of the base. Always follows the script, still has a little trouble with the mike and the speaking still.

Is he afraid to speak to his American citizens? Whats the deal?

[auburngrad82]

5. Mrs Parks will rank higher than Bush on list of greatest Americans

She helped change the course of American history. Bush and his cronies are trying to roll those changes back.

[Benhurst]

10. That's damning with faint praise. Bush won't be on any list

of greatest Americans, unless it's a list of greatest American villains.

[leftchick]

6. He said Rosa "Park"

moron.

[ecstatic]

9. okay I was wondering if it was just me who caught that

What an asshole!!

[Benhurst]

12. He must have been thinking of Macarthur Park, which is

melting in the dark, just like his administration.

:rofl:

[leftchick]

13. oh my!

too funny! :rofl:

[kwassa]

20. Someone left his cake out in the rain

I don't think that I can take it,
It took so long to bake it.

[Benhurst]

23. How about ...

Someone left his yellow cake out in the rain
It took so long to fake it.

[leftchick]

24. why Ben you are on a roll!

more more!

:rofl:

[Benhurst]

27. ...

:hi:

[WinkyDink]

32. EXcellent!!

HAHA!!

[Benhurst]

33. ...

:hi: and a belated welcome.

[Flammable Materials]

28. Someone made the cake replace his brain. n/t

[malaise]

40. Too good

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Who left the cake out in the rain???

[SOS]

17. It's too much to expect

that Bush would pronounce two syllables in a row without a major error.

[Fridays Child]

19. Heard it, too. n/t

[KittyWampus]

7. Now What Does The Term Southern Strategy Mean Again?

Oh, and did you enjoy watching Gay Marriage drive a wedge between Black America and their own best interest?

[Lancer]

8. "Bush says Parks will always have a 'special place' in American history."

Yep. And so will the first president to be impeached AND convicted.

Gonna dream, dream big.

It's almost unseemly for this man to praise Mrs. Parks -- the embodiment of dignity and grace… she put the "civil" in civil disobedience.

[ailsagirl]

11. Rosa Parks is a hero-- I can't bear for Chimp to even refer to her

He probably didn't even know who she was until one of his
minions filled him in (and wrote his speech).

My loathing of him grows daily.

:puke::puke:

[eowyn_of_rohan]

14. He isn't fit to utter her name - even if he could pronounce it

she represents US and our patriotic fight against everything he stands for.

[olddad56]

I'll bet that he didn't even know who she was until yesterday.

[ailsagirl]

26. I bet you're right. He's such a phony. Nauseatingly so.

:puke: once again

[ailsagirl]

25. Hear, hear!! Well put

:)

[goclark]

31. That would be like calling him George Boo

What an idiot!

[AspenRose]

29. I am so with you Ailsagirl

I'm trying so hard to restrain myself from what I really want to say, out of respect for Ms. Parks.

[ailsagirl]

37. DesertedRose, we're on the same page!!

I'm also trying to keep my comments from going over the top
but it ain't easy!! Not when we're talking about el chimpo.

:evilgrin:

[Karla Marx]

15. Chimpy ain't fit to lick Rosa's shoes...

...he's never done a damn thing in his life to help those who need it.

[Deja Q]

16. Genuine remorse? Or empty politicizing?

[Barrett808]

18. Sorry Bush -- pandering to blacks won't improve your 2% approval...

...among black communities.

[alarcojon]

21. Would he have met with Ms. Parks before her passing

or listened to anything she had to say?

[robbedvoter]

22. But George, wasn't she a "special interest"? (see NAACP)

You'll get your 30% angry.

[AspenRose]

30. OK, I'm going to make a prediction

Be on the lookout for the GOP "Stepin Fetchits" to come crawling out of the woodwork: Thomas Sowell, et. al. who will use this event to totally rewrite the history of the Civil Rights Movement in general, and this woman's contributions to the Civil Rights Movement in particular. They will be all over Faux News and RW Christian media outlets.

I don't own a crystal ball; it's just that the GOP slime machine is very predictable.

[NYC Liberal]

34. Oh what a bunch of Bushit! This guy is such a racist.

Do you remember his snide little comment about how he couldn't wait to "hang" MLK's portrait? And then he had his little smirk and everyone chuckled.

[bobbieinok]

43. + didn't he appoint Pickering (racist) 1 day after MLK's birthday commemor

commemoration??

after he'd gone in with SS on the day and totally messed up the planned commemoration

[Ellen Forradalom]

35. Hindsight is 20/20

isn't it, George?

I expect his position would have been different were he the President at the time.

[ignatius 2]

36. What would that aswipe know about courage? He shouldn't be

allowed to speak that wonderful woman's name!

[ailsagirl]

38. Amen to that.

What a desecration!!

[SkipNewarkDE]

39. The Dumbass Honored Rosa Park

He doesn't even know her fucking name, what a goddamned moron.

[KamaAina]

45. Maybe he meant the street in uptown New Orleans

there really is one called "Rosa Park", predating the late civil rights leader by several decades, and it's full of the sort of rich white people King Dumbass** obviously feels comfortable with...

...but then again, he's not fit to utter any N.O. street name, either, not until he actually gets something done for the city, so there!

[WinkyDink]

41. Adds that he prefers

gardenias.

[sweetheart]

42. That greasy shit got near a great woman's death

Like an oil stain in a parking space, bush spoils the pavement
and reminds us to keep her tuned up for fear that he will
attempt to coopt our own funerals spewing right wing crap
whilst we turn on a spit in our coffins.

No, bushie, you goin' down mofo... to the neck stretcher.

[twaddler01]

44. you can only try

to get your approval rating back up....however, it isn't gonna happen! :rofl: