Black people are appalled by the politicization of the funeral

[Cocoa]

I came to this conclusion after listening to a couple of hours of Bill Bennett's and Laura Ingraham's radio programs this morning.

Black people are calling in an expressing their outrage.

A black woman who says she was named after Coretta Scott King just said if there's anyone who represents what Martin Luther King stood for, it's George W. Bush. I kid you not.

[ewagner]

1. I suspect

that's the radio version of astro-turfing....

[Cocoa]

3. I think it was Lynne Cheney with a fake Jamaican accent

[Cassandra]

36. An interesting variation of a phone campaign...

by Poppy Bush when the GOP paid real Jamaicans to call Democrats and say their names were Sophie or Ruben Goldberg (or something equally Jewish) and they supported the GOP. The laughter in response was deafening.

[Tesha]

34. Central casting was busy last night! (NT)

[myrna minx]

2. If anyone ha their finger on the thoughts hopes and dreams of

African American people, it's Laura Ingraham & Bill Bennett. :sarcasm:

[Cocoa]

5. Bill Bennett said we should allow black people to be born

even though they're going to grow up and mug us. Now THAT is tolerance.

[Bandit]

37. Didn't he also say "If you killed all black men crime would go down"

:shrug: yes he is the one every black person listens to with baited breath..

[Cha]

39. bill bennent grew up

and "Mugged Us"!

[AlCzervik]

16. yes indeedy, to quote Jerry Maguire--"I am black people!"

[Spazito]

4. I know! I saw them on their feet at the service....oh,....wait...

I didn't know standing ovations were the way to show outrage. Who knew!

[killbotfactory]

6. My mind doesn't know how to process this sentance:

"if there's anyone who represents what Martin Luther King stood for, it's George W. Bush"

runtime error, shutting down...

[myrna minx]

8. A fatal error at the killbot factory.

:rofl: Welcome to 1984.

[Cocoa]

9. as she was saying it...

I knew what was coming, I was thinking, no, she's not going to say it, she can't possibly say Bush, but I knew she was going to, then she did.

[killbotfactory]

22. It's the most insane statement I've ever read

jaw-droppingly insane

[Carni]

30. Actually I agree with her

MLK after all wanted blacks and whites to be equal and so does W...

There's just sort of a difference in motive when it's W seeking the equality...

Bushit WANTS US ALL TO BE POOR SO HE CAN ROB US AND F US OVER EQUALLY!

See how that works?

[BR_Parkway]

7. Well, the fact that they all sat there in stony silence and didn't applaud

yesterday told me how appalled they were.

:sarcasm:

[bryant69]

10. It's the Wellstone Memorial All Over again

Meaning, it's another opportunity for Republicans to lie their asses off and Democrats to stand around like dumb-asses and take it.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[mattclearing]

15. Seriously. Who is the Democrat who will tell them that Mrs. King would

have applauded the comments herself?

[Dr.Phool]

11. A lot of this comes out of the churches

That got bought off with faith-based initiative money. That, and Karl Rove appealing to a lot of homophobia in the black community.

[asjr]

12. Every pundit and newscaster has become an

expert on funeral protocol this morning. The King family had a funeral for their mother and I think it turned out very well and they must be pleased. Nothing else matters.

[Sydnie]

14. Not just funeral protocol but of race relations!

They have cut both ways on this issue.

[mattclearing]

13. Freeper plants. Totally ridiculous. n/t

[JuniperLea]

17. I highly doubt that

If that were the case, then why the two-minute standing ovation at the funeral?

I suspect RW trickery. The polls consistently show that only 2% of the Black population side with Bush. And THAT is well within the margin for error!

Bush's blatant racism is one of the many reasons I hate him.

[ProSense]

18. The 2% who support Bush

Never mind the African Americans among the 10,000 in attendance who applauded, the even planners who made the funeral a celebration of King's life's work and a reminder that Bush is taking the country backward.

What a tool the MSM is.

[Brewman_Jax]

19. Sounds like...

bullshit. Dancing bears and freeper plants. :eyes:

[Cocoa]

21. regular callers, in Bennett's case

there are a handful of black callers that call in whenever there's a race issue, and spin it so that the republicans are the ones who truly care about blacks, and the dems are racists.

[DancingBear]

23. Hey, I resent that

:)

[Brewman_Jax]

28. Oops

you really do resemble that remark.

[burythehatchet]

20. .

:rofl:

[Arkansas Granny]

24. Doesn't sound to me like this black person was appalled:

http://www.keithboykin.com/arch/001812.html

From what I saw of the service, it didn't look to me like those assembled were appalled.

[Cocoa]

26. forget you heard that applause

that wasn't supposed to get aired. It hadn't been submitted to the networks for approval.

Please remove that from your memory and replace with the talking points that the Bush criticism is universally condemned, by blacks and whites alike, especially since it happened in the House of God.

[robbedvoter]

25. Shameless. Heres a black person who disagrees:

"Nothing is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Martin Luther King
and another one:

http://stevegilliard.blogspot.com/2006/02/spare-us-lectures.html

[izzybeans]

27. Yeah right. And all those democratic callers on Cspan

are just embarrassed by the democratic shenanigans.

[triguy46]

29. Let the applause of the attendents be the measure of appriateness. n/t

[deutsey]

31. If true, they didn't know what the Kings were about

Speaking truth to power is the most fitting tribute to who they were and what they struggled for.

[Junkdrawer]

32. Look DEEPLY into my eyes...you love Bush...you love Big Brother...

you love Big Brother...you love Big Brother...you love Big Brother...you love Big Brother...

[underpants]

33. BWAAAAAHAHAHAHA

okay Bennett and Ingraham huh?

[Cha]

35. Oh Yeah! bush "has a dream"..to

Destroy the Fucking World.

There are a LOT of delusional beings out there and there are political operatives Everywhere.

To compare Dr King favorably to this..falls into either category..

[sinkingfeeling]

43. Man, that picture says it all!! I love * and Pickles' expressions. How

does it feel Chimpy to be the most hated person in the universe?

[LostinVA]

38. Ha! Not ANY of the black people I work with

Including one who marched with Reverend King.

[Ganja Ninja]

40. Obviously paid shills.

Who the hell else would listen let alone call in to Bennett's & Ingraham's shows. I don't know how you can stand listening to that crap either.

[seabeyond]

41. i want a bumpersticker of this woman on my car

i dont want to offend. blacks standing up for all of us, to be able to speak out, not to mention speak out in truth. i dont see how that is offensive to anyone. but those that work so hard to shut everyone up, including the black community

tell me if i am wrong

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=358411&mesg_id=358411

[KingFlorez]

42. These are Bush supporters

They could care less about Coretta Scott King, hell they probably didn't even like her. These RW hosts are troublemakers, they are trying to stir up a big racial fight to take attention on Bush's train wreck. And I really resent anyone saying that George W. Bush represents MLK, it's an insult. MLK wasn't a liar and Bush wants to destroy all his progress. These people get on my nerves.

[AspenRose]

44. I predicted this would happen last night

Black people on the GOP Payroll will run interference and carry water for the 'team.'

Anyone hear from Jesse Lee Peterson yet? :eyes:

Too predictable. And if a Dem calls them out on it, the GOP squeals 'racist!' When in fact, THEY are the racists.

[FreedomAngel82]

45. Are you serious?

:crazy:

[tlsmith1963]

46. Ugh

GWB is *nothing* like King. In fact, I don't think Bush should have been at CSK's funeral. It was an insult. I don't care if he is President. The man doesn't have a compassionate bone in his body.

Tammy

[mzmolly]

47. That must explain the standing ovation?

;)