Funerals and Politics
Watching portions of Coretta Scott King's funeral yesterday, I must say I admire former President Bill Clinton for keeping politics out of his remarks. Clinton's words came off as sincere and gracious, choosing to maintain decorum and dignity, even thanking the current president for allowing he and former President Bush to "travel around the world doing good together". Unfortunately, that was not the case with others, including another former president known little for either decorum or dignity.Jimmy Carter, along with Rev. Joseph Lowery, co-founder of Southern Christian Leadership Conference, took political opportunity to lay into the current president, sitting on the stage along with the First Lady and his parents and the Clintons. Though, of course, it is no secret that Mrs. King was no supporter of the wars in either Iraq or Afghanistan, it seems less than appropriate to turn her memorial service into a political rally any more than it would be appropriate on that occasion for someone to tear into her support of same-sex marriage.
Though I think it a demonstration of a deficiency in class on the part of Carter and Lowery, I'm sure that the President knew to expect that in such an environment, along with the thunderous applause it invoked. If so, they were certain not to disappoint.
Read a report on the events from Matt Drudge here.
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posted by DAVID C. PRICE at 2/08/2006 11:10:00 AM
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