Bush in Atlanta, redux

[TreasonousBastard]

http://www.misleader.org/daily_mislead/Read.asp?fn=df01152004.html

The New York Times reports that the President "hastily planned" a visit to Dr. King's grave, and then will immediately go to "a $2,000-a-person fundraiser in Atlanta."2 Even though Bush may spend the majority of his time hobnobbing with donors at the fundraiser, because he will briefly visit Dr. King's grave, he is allowed to deem the entire trip "official" and then bill taxpayers for portions of the huge cost of hotel rooms, rental cars, security, and travel. And those are no small costs - the Washington Post notes that Air Force One alone costs $57,000 an hour to operate.3

Civil rights leaders are outraged at the blatant exploitation of Dr. King's birthday as a tool to force taxpayers to bankroll a political fundraiser. Rev. Timothy McDonald, an organizer of Atlanta's Martin Luther King Day celebrations said, "It's the epitome of insult. He's really coming here for the fundraiser. The King wreath was an afterthought." Despite Bush's platitudes about Dr. King's legacy, he is so focused on his fundraiser - and so neglectful of the Martin Luther King Day celebrations - that he has done little to prevent his visit's security detail from limiting access to a historic black church where a civil rights symposium will be taking place.

In response to Bush's visit, protestors are marching "with bullhorns, signs and thumping drums, shouting for the president to stay away." They say that on top of Bush using Dr. King's grave as pretext for a fundraiser, his policies have directly insulted Dr. King's memory. As Rev. Raphael Allen said, "His administration has never supported anything to help the poor, education, or children. It's all about isolationism and greed for the upper class. That's not promoting the legacy of Dr. King."

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[Skidmore]

2. And sometimes you're just plain damned....

....

[Guaranteed]

8. Sometimes you're just an asshole.

(Bush) :)

[Skidmore]

11. Ya' got it..

:D

[maxsolomon]

3. the truth hurts. he doesn't care about anyone but the investor class.

either make it a real event, or don't. the insult is to slip it in between all-white (ok, 99.9%) fundraisings.

[lovedems]

4. That's bullshit. n/t

[ElsewheresDaughter]

5. BS!!! Coretta King said "Bush invited himself" BUSH* WANTED THE PHOTO-OP

ATLANTA DID *NOT* WANT BUSH* THERE!

[JanMichael]

6. He's damned either way? Good.

No. Great!

[bunk76]

7. Im curious,...

who might be the "they" you speak of?

[ElsewheresDaughter]

9. what do you mean by "they"? like.. those damn liberal colored people?

never mind...me thinks this will be another "drive-by" post

[LeahMira]

10. Not so.

And if Bush hadn't come, they would be saying... he didn't care about MLK or blacks.

But he doesn't care about them!

That's what's wrong with the whole thing. Another Bush lie.

Everyone present should take whatever wreath Bush has and remove it from Dr. King's grave... or do something to show their displeasure at his empty, insulting gesture. Bush is no Kennedy with his space program and he's no Dr. Martin Luther King either. If he's so anxious to lay wreaths, it would be more appropriate for him to do what Reagan did and lay a wreath on some Nazi SS troops' graves. It would be more honest

[ElsewheresDaughter]

13. hear! hear! LeahMira

[Cooley Hurd]

16. Or lay 500 wreaths...

...at the graves of the American servicemen whose deaths he is directly responsible for. That would be a start...

[Guaranteed]

12. You're missing the point,

which is that Bush is using YOUR taxpayer money to bankroll his fundraiser, which he is only able to do under the pretense of celebrating MLK's birthday. THAT, my friend, is BULLSHIT.

[kentuck]

14. Absolutely!

He is so insincere that nobody can ever trust him to do anything on the up and up. He's dishonest and he's a liar. He has not changed his stripes and he has no plans to change. His supporters are no better.

[Cooley Hurd]

15. I doubt it...

Those who might care if he showed up or not are clearly the ones who don't want him the in the first place...

Don't fool yourself - NYT is right. The MLK wreath laying is a mere afterthought. He's in Atlanta for the dough-re-me...

<on edit - this was meant as a reply to post #1, not the original poster>

[ElsewheresDaughter]

17. we can stop replying to Pinyan...it's dead....tombstoned!