House and Senate members join hands and sing We Shall Overcome to honor Rev. MLK Jr. - pics

[Kadie]

From left, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., and Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick, D-Mich., join hands and sing We Shall Overcome on Thursday, April 3, 2008 on Capitol Hill in Washington. House and Senate leaders held a ceremony to honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. the day before the 40th anniversary of his death.
(AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)


From left, House Majority Whip James Clyburn of S.C., House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, Martin Luther King III, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. sing 'We Shall Overcome', Thursday, April 3, 2008, in Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington as House and Senate leaders held a ceremony to honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. the day before the 40th anniversary of his death.
(AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)


House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, left, Martin Luther King III, center, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. sing 'We Shall Overcome', Thursday, April 3, 2008, in Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington as House and Senate leaders held a ceremony to honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. the day before the 40th anniversary of his death.
(AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

[EFerrari]

1. What a disgusting display. I need a doggie bag. n/t

[jkshaw]

9. Hey sfexpat, do you mean a barf bag?

A doggy bag holds food BEFORE it's eaten!

I think it's kind of nice, and Republicans joining in adds just the right touch of comedy. Or Karma ...

[EFerrari]

10. I was trying to be nice because it's only Thursday.

Maybe we need to elect a Congress and not a choir. :puke:

[jkshaw]

11. Maybe tone deafness is the reason

for Boehner's mouth being shut!

[brucefan]

2. Boehner's not crying.

Is he?

[elizfeelinggreat]

7. I think he's pouting

[Wickerman]

3. So, whose idea was it to cross arms?

And why am I reminded of crossing-fingers?

[eleny]

5. Tradition for this song

[Solly Mack]

4. ...

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[leftofcool]

6. Pathetic!

[AlinPA]

8. Republicans sing "We Shall Overcome"?? Maybe they mean they will

overcome celebration of MLK and that they will overcome progress in racial harmony in 'murca.