Do you remember Bush's visit to the King Center last year?

[CatWoman]

President’s Self-Invite to MLK’s Tomb Sparks Protest

Jan 16, 2004 - President Bushyesterday visited Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s grave while hundreds demonstrated nearby. According to the AP, protesters defied Secret Service efforts to keep them well away from the tomb and moved toward the sidewalk directly across the street from where Bush laid a wreath on Dr. King’s burial site before heading to a $2,000 a plate fundraiser.

Although White House spokesperson Scott McClellan said Bush’s visit was meant "to honor a lifetime dedicated to fighting for equal opportunity and equal justice for all people," civil rights leaders and peace activists asserted that many of Bush’s policies are harmful to African Americans and are not in the spirit of King’s legacy.

"We find it appalling that this time last year, the same pres was in the White House announcing his opposition to Affirmative Action," said Rev. Tim MacDonald from Concerned Black Clergy, a religious organization that works on behalf of the poor. "We find it appalling that this president went to war unilaterally, which we know Dr. King would be adamantly in opposition to," MacDonald continued.

According to the AP, Bush was not invited to participate in the weeklong series of events surrounding what would have been the civil rights leader’s 76th birthday. A spokesperson for the King Center told the AP that they accepted Bush’s offer to visit King’s tomb "out of respect for that office and out of respect for Dr. King."

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[napi21]

1. Oh yes! I remember the protests too!

They had to pull out all the stops to protect Shrub from having to see them. Atlanta wasn't very welcoming to him that day!

[CottonBear]

3. Didn't they pull buses in front of Bush so he couldn't see the protest? nt

[Cooley Hurd]

5. Yep - the naked emperor didn't dare catch a cold...

[CrazyOrangeCat]

2. Yes, what a colossal asshole.

And, might I add, the stupidest looking fool I've ever seen.

No WAY did this asshat get legally ELECTED!!!

:puke:

[Cooley Hurd]

4. I was thinking about that earlier...

...and how they parked the buses in between the protestors and the chickenshit-in-chief.:grr:

[CatWoman]

6. kick

:kick:

[ReadTomPaine]

7. That's nothing compared to his lynching joke re: MLK in 2002 - quote:

"THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you all very much for coming. Mrs. King, thanks for this beautiful portrait. I can't wait to hang it. (Laughter.)"

Charming.

[Z_I_Peevey]

8. Ah yes, more of that Bush 'humor.'

He NEVER ceases to sicken me.

[Flying Dream Blues]

9. OMG...I never got that...was it really a lynching joke?

If so, I've reached a new level of horror today for all things *.

[Z_I_Peevey]

10. You have to see the video to really get the full impact.

Sickening, just sickening. After he makes his little joke, he looks expectantly at Coretta Scott King, like she's going to yuk it up with him or something.

[ReadTomPaine]

12. Yes - I advise the curious to Google the vid.. it's quite a watch. n/t

[Poll_Blind]

15. Any links out of curiosity? n/t

PB

[Flying Dream Blues]

13. Well, I have seen the video, and I never got the "joke." I didn't

understand why everyone laughed, but figured it was because the chimp was laughing, so heh heh, better join in. How he could joke about lynching to Mrs. King (let's face it, MLK was lynched with a bullet) is just beyond the pale. There are no words, if this was his idea of humor. It makes me so sick I want to cry. It makes me want to apologize to the King family for all their suffering, and for subjecting them to insults by *. Where was the outrage?

[ReadTomPaine]

11. Yes, it was clearly intentional, right down to his hateful smirk...

and the mixture of surrounding responses that immediately followed.

[salin]

14. That moment came to my mind, as well.

ugh.

[yurbud]

19. that seemed worse in context if I remember the story correctly...

[Neil Lisst]

16. Catwoman, I remember it. He crashed it to get some PR.

K West was right about Bush.

[CatWoman]

17. This event took place about a 15 minute drive from my office

when I found out what was happening, it was too late for me to go there.

I wanted so badly to be there.

My boss didn't share my enthusiasm.

[Neil Lisst]

20. Bush tries to play like he's Bubba by "touching" black people.

Ever notice that? Since Katrina, when he got such bad pub, he's started trying to show he's "cool" with it by touching blacks, usually nonthreatening females or kids.

Bush is the most frightened person on the planet, and black people scare him.

[FreedomAngel82]

18. What a rude ass

Not even the "leader of the freeworld" can show up uninvited. It's so rude.