Whose Funeral Is It Anyway? ---pix->>>

[Stephanie]

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Former President George H.W. Bush addresses those attending the Coretta Scott King funeral ceremony. Behind him is his son President Bush


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U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass. speaks, with President Bush and wife Laura in the background.


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Maya Angelou speaks during the funeral services.


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Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin speaks during the Coretta Scott King funeral ceremony.


Former US president Jimmy Carter addresses the funeral for Coretta Scott King before US President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush 07 February at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, GA.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/060208/photos_ts_afp/0602081648290na2rnem_photo3


The Rev. Joseph Lowery speaks during the Coretta Scott King funeral ceremony at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Ga. Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2006.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/060207/480/gadm13902072034

[Cocoa]

1. I see Bush brought "My Pet Goat"

no class.

[Blue Belle]

9. Well... in fairness. Bush wasn't able to finish "My Pet Goat"

the first time.

[Cassandra]

21. Well, he was so rudely interupted...

by being expected to do his job.

[Blue Belle]

22. The NERVE!!

:eyes: :+

[Stephanie]

24. But he didn't do his job - he went bunnyhopping all around the country

He was terrified. The Crawford Coward. Commander Bunnypants.

[Cassandra]

29. I said expected.

Didn't say he did.

[applegrove]

2. We all choose which parts of the funeral to choose pictures from.

Talking of CSK death as a possible transformation experience for us all - was a theme everyone talked about.

[oldtime dfl_er]

15. did you see the BBC coverage?

They showed the Bushes speaking, then the commentator said "It was then left to Bill Clinton to heal the divide."

Then they showed Bill saying "If you want Coretta to be a role model, then model her behavior" and the crowd cheering. Outside of the US, people do see things more clearly.

http://www.cafepress.com/scarebaby/802058

[applegrove]

20. No. I was forced to watch little tid-bits. I'm in Canada. I look forward

to the DVD.

[katinmn]

3. Can't that guy sit up straight?

What a slouch.

[arcane1]

23. that posture, at this event, speaks LOUDLY to his base

message- "I don't take this event at all seriously"

[Starbucks Anarchist]

He sits like he's at a freaking baseball game.

[sasha031]

4. it was posted ealier here on DU

the Bush's weren't even invited, they invited themselves...so classless

[AspenRose]

8. Are you serious? I didn't know that

Boy I bet they regret THAT decision }( }(

[madrchsod]

14. no-- bush was invited but did not want to go

then he had a "change of heart" he wasn`t invited to an earlier memorial (i think it was last fall) but showed up anyway

[EFerrari]

27. By putting him on that stage, Rove limited the discourse.

Pretty neat trick, even if That Felon hated every minute of it.

[TNC4DNC]

16. I did not know that either.

[Carni]

17. Do you have a link to that string or article? Anyone?

I have been trying to find out if they were invited or if they foisted their foul selves on the King family.

Thanks

[gordianot]

5. W and Pickles center stage was a mistake.

KKKarl must have been sitting under the wheel of Air-force 1.

[emulatorloo]

11. OTOH it allows Hannity, Limbag, and others to spew Karl's faxing points

endlessly to thier fanbase. So maybe a win-win for Karl.

Except of course for the fact that it makes our "Strong and Resolute" President seem like a crybaby if he cant take criticism.

[gordianot]

25. Junior looks like he forgot his Ritalin, and Pickles is just plain furious

You would have thought as members of the privileged class Junior would have been better instructed. Pickles who is upper middle class has been living the high life long enough she should have learned the demeanor. A Stepford wife look have served her well. I've got a feeling these pictures have done some damage and will be around a long time "Like the Pet Goat" pictures.

[AspenRose]

6. Very interesting to see the differences in demeanor as the service

went on.

All smiles for Poppy...smirking for Teddy...

But then....the dagger death rays came out and stayed out, heh.

[Maat]

7. Now that you point it out - that's disgusting!

Whose idea was it to put those narcissists right behind the speaker's podium anyway? I would have gone to the funeral, if I could have, to pay honor to one of the most influential women of my time, and to hear the absolutely stunning array of well-educated and articulate speakers. It would have driven me CRAZY to see them behind the speakers!

[AspenRose]

10. Oh, I think it served a grand purpose

You can see by their reactions that Kanye West was right all along. There's the proof.

[malaise]

28. I think it was brilliant

putting the spotlight on them.

[Maat]

34. I agree with you, also! Kanye was right!

Booosh doesn't care about black people ... or white people ... or ebony or ivory or medium brown ... he only cares about himself (and maybe what Daddy thinks of him).

[Blue_In_AK]

12. One GOOD thing about where they're sitting...

We all get to see their inappropriate reactions front and center. The body language speaks volumes.

[Maat]

33. I agree!! (n/t)

[chaplainM]

13. I can see

..up Mrs. Bush's skirt.

[AlCzervik]

18. my goodness, thats quite the sourpuss on Pickles in that last shot.

[ronnykmarshall]

19. Finnally saw it last night.

Missed asshole's speech and the one when the rev read him the riot act. But I LOVED the responce the Clinton's got.

Damn Pickles sure has learned for her monther in law the sea hag how to give stink eye.

[LibDemAlways]

26. Oh man, Pickles' body language

says, "Get the hell away from me and get me the fuck outa here." She couldn't look any more uncomfortable and disgusted if somebody publically asked her about that classmate she killed.

Chimp looks like he's squirming in his seat. In that last shot he's asking Pickles, "Got any whiskey on ya?"

[Cassandra]

31. I wish someone who can lip read...

would watch Bush and let us know what he's saying.

[DoYouEverWonder]

30. They are both such a disgrace

n/t

[Stephanie]

32. Apparently the whole thing was in honor of George Bush.

Who knew? :shrug:

[Rocknrule]

35. It's like this movie I saw once about China during the Cultural Revolution

I forget the title, but in one scene, during a wedding, everyone sang a song praising Chairman Mao. So the wedding was about HIM, not the newlywed couple.

Seems like the same is true now. Every funeral that the Lyin' King attends somehow becomes about HIM.

[Stephanie]

36. Everything that happens on this EARTH is all about him

He's the biggest narcissist ever.