Thank you President Carter.
Thank you Reverend Joseph Lowery.
Thank you President Clinton.
You have honored Coretta King.
Even funerals can be political.
The politics of life and the politics of death.
The issues of peace and civil rights do not disappear in death.
They did not disappear with the deaths of Martin Luther King or Coretta Scott King.
Instead of giving just sound bites of praise (which is fine), two former presidents and one reverend mentioned social and political issues that Martin and Coretta King would have applauded.
O.K. It was the Kennedy administration that approved the F.B.I. to spy on MLK. It was wrong then and it is wrong today.
Martin Luther King was a man of peace and justice.
The Iraq War is unjust, and he would have said so.
The Republican Media mouthpieces are singing their usual shrill songs of indignation and disapproval that anyone should be critical of the current administration...even at a funeral.
But for once Rove & NeoCons did not have pre-approved robotic shills or a staged audience to wrap the flag around George W. Bush.
No comments:
Post a Comment