VIDEO: Rev. Lowery’s Standing Ovation
Speaking before four presidents, including President George W. Bush, Rev. Dr. Joseph Lowery received a standing ovation today at the Coretta Scott King funeral. Watch it:
We know now there were no weapons of mass destruction over there. [Standing Ovation] But Coretta knew and we know that there are weapons of misdirection right down here. Millions without health insurance. Poverty abounds. For war billions more but no more for the poor.
(HT: Atrios)
Beautiful
February 7th, 2006 at 2:52 pmAmen, Dr. Lowery! Martin Luther and Coretta Scott King would be so proud at the truth telling going on in their names.
February 7th, 2006 at 2:54 pmYeh Bush will Praise the Reverend Publicly, but then he’ll go skulking back to the White House and Plan to Ruin the man, or tap his Phones, or Sick his Brown Shirts on Him.
February 7th, 2006 at 2:54 pmBushCo would be hearing more and more of that kind of that kind of thing (if they knew how to listen.)
The whole country is getting the message now, and it is resonating. The new budget is a travesty. Too bad nobody is being told what it really signifies. How long does the Administration think the American people can be fooled? November 2008 is a long way away.
February 7th, 2006 at 2:55 pmIsnt THAT RIGHT BUSH ADMIN?
Destroy the Truth?
February 7th, 2006 at 2:55 pmAmen Brother.
That was sweet. Too bad they didn’t pan to a frowning Chimpy O’Douchebag.
-GSD
February 7th, 2006 at 2:55 pmHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
What a slap at Bush’s face! Priceless! Flawless! Glorious!
February 7th, 2006 at 2:56 pmI was hoping TP wouldn’t conflate the Bush debacle and King’s funeral, but it looks like Rev. Lowery did it for us. How true. So many billions (later, trillions?) that could have gone to domestic programs to help the very people Dr. King and Family worked for….
February 7th, 2006 at 2:58 pmplease tell me there’s footage of Bush …
February 7th, 2006 at 2:58 pmWatch the right-wing try to spin this like they did the Wellstone memorial… and Maybe Tim Russert will ask Barack Obama about it on the next MTP?
February 7th, 2006 at 2:59 pmRight-wing character assassination of Dr. Joseph Lowery in three… two… one…
February 7th, 2006 at 2:59 pmWe know that there are WMDs (Weapons of Mass Deception) right down here.
We know where they are. They’re in the area around DC and The Pentagon and east, west, south and north somewhat.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:00 pmThis is what the rest of us should be doing - STANDING AND FIGHTING AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY. Dr. Lowery just became the latest American PATRIOT.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:01 pmiv’e been watching the msnbc coverage of the funeral for coretta scott king.
Unforunately, Chris Matthews was covering it. even in a time so precious such as this, he was suggesting the Democratic former presidents were using their time at the podium as a way to gain more political support…
i also noticed that jimmy carter just turned the other cheek to bush though–which was kinda of humorous
February 7th, 2006 at 3:01 pm“oh yeah, and its jimmy carter’s mistake not to mention the president.”
“oh yeah, president bush went into an unfriendly environment…”
MSNBC Coverage of The Funeral With Chris Matthews
February 7th, 2006 at 3:02 pm“Well we know only few have a political gift..”
Matthews responding with a smile to a correspondent who said Clinton didn’t make much of a politcal effort
February 7th, 2006 at 3:03 pmThis is what happens when Bubble Boy is let out of the bubble.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:08 pmwow, if that doesn’t get Karl fired………..
February 7th, 2006 at 3:08 pmWhat he said is so true. Did anyone also see President Carter mention when MLK was wiretapped?? He got a big applause. Did you also see how big of a standing-o President CLinton got when he went to the podium to give his speech? I bet you George was feeling quite uncomfortable.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:09 pmIf only the democrats had balls to tell the simple truth like that.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:09 pmRev. Dr. Joseph Lowery meet the C average President George W. Bush.
SLAP!!!!!!
Don’t get so close Georgey boy, you may have to hear the truth.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:10 pmSpeaking of WMDs and “over there”, this is what is happening in the UK:
The defence secretary, John Reid, tonight gave the clearest indication yet from a minister that the number of British troops in Iraq will be reduced this year.
Mr Reid told the Foreign Press Association that “we’re well on the way” to getting the right conditions to enable a safe reduction in the 8,900 British troops currently stationed in south-east Iraq.
Reid: “we’re on the way” to troop withdrawal
Or as the Bush administration would put it: The Brits are “cutting and running”; and by this, “emboldening” the enemy.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:11 pmThis is what happens when Bush attends an UNSCREENED public event.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:12 pmWatching this clip I am reminded why the great Cival Rights leaders were so great. They fearlessly not only addressed the issues, they preached about them. Their strong voices rang out with a truth and wisdom that is rarely heard today. With the notable exception of Representative John Lewis, no voices rattle the halls of congress with the power and truth that is needed.
Perhaps this is a time for not just prayer, but preachers. Not politicians, but statesmen. Not cheap theatrics, but genuine truth, spoken loud and strong in the halls of Washington. Time we Democrats stood up and reclaim the moral high ground.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:12 pmThank you, Reverend Lowery! And Bush will claim that this is the wrong time and place for such a statement. But it is, in fact, the perfect time and the perfect place.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:13 pmIs it possible Matthews is becoming worse than O’Reilley?
February 7th, 2006 at 3:15 pmWow. Tell it Brother Lowery!
February 7th, 2006 at 3:16 pmJust got done watching the funeral. Rev. Lowery knew what he was talking about. I saw it on CNN, but thanks for reminding me why Chris Matthews is still a jackass.
They should have had Olbermann covering it. He’s more sentimental without being too sweet.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:16 pmEVIL IS AS EVIL DOES.
AND BUSH IS EVIL
LAYS WITH EVIL
MAKES DEALS WITH OTHER KINGS OF EVIL.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:17 pmMan! What I wouldn’t give for a shot of George’s reaction to that.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:17 pm*applause applause* for Dr. Lowery. THis was probably one of the few times that Dubya gets to hear uncencored responses from the public. Boy, I bet he was surprised to hear those statements. Someone please tell me that there is a cutaway shot of Dubya’s response. I would pay good money to see that.
Off topic: John McCain is now bashing Barrak Obama. Check out the Chicago Sun-Times article at http://www.suntimes.com/ output/ news/ cst-nws-obama07.html
February 7th, 2006 at 3:19 pmRev. Lowery is , of couse, right. But wouldn’t it have been moe accurate to refer to Bush’s work as “weapons of mass deception”?
February 7th, 2006 at 3:19 pmWORSE THAN OREILLY. O’Leilly is the wolf and Mathews is the wolf in sheep clothing. Much more dangerous.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:19 pmMaybe I’m naive and this is the way it has to be… but personally I’m a little uncomfortable - I guess I mean, is it appropriate — when things like that are said like that at an event like that… But on the other hand, Mrs. King life was about politics and fighting for those disenfranchised, beaten and violated, so maybe it is fitting.
But I suppose Bush, Rove have politicized everything for some time to come. Ho hum… You can’t go to an event without someone pointing it out.
Maybe I’m just generally sad we have fallen so far; that our President is a liar, thinks he is above the law, and incompetent, and it is costing us lives today and our futures. We have the potential to be so much more.
PS: Our President joked about not finding WMD; who in their right mind jokes about death and destruction and WMD. But anyway, when we say WMD, we really need to be clear because, is it their WMD or our WMD that we are talking about; since Bush is reinstating the nuclear arms race.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:21 pmhttp://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article1198.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3570845.stm
Words of
February 7th, 2006 at 3:21 pmMass
Distraction
Hardy Haberman,
The problme is that these days anybody who speaks out is considered “extremist.” The republicans would love for the rest of the civil rights leaders to die off, that way the rest are just extreme.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:22 pmAP story on this says of this event, “”For war, billions more, but no more for the poor,” he said, in a take-off of a lyric from Stevie Wonder’s song “A Time to Love,” which drew a roaring standing ovation. The comments drew head shakes from Bush and his father as they sat behind the pulpit.”
February 7th, 2006 at 3:27 pmUsing politics at funerals worked out really well for Walter Mondale in 2002.
The fact is that all the Democrats have is talk.
They are disrespecting Coretta King by doing this at her funeral.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:27 pmSpudge_Boy, you’re right. Just look at the Republicans’ reaction to recent Al Gore speeches. His strong voice rang out with truth, but the Republicans and the MSM tried to make Gore sound like he had gone over the edge. And I’m sure the trolls will laugh their asses off that I’m even bringing Al Gore’s name up. Too bad!
February 7th, 2006 at 3:28 pmThey are disrespecting Coretta King by doing this at her funeral.
Comment by Gary Ruppert — February 7, 2006 @ 3:27 pm
Martin and Coretta King were political & civil rights activists.
How is it disrespectful to her memory to talk about the lack of health care for the poor during her funeral?
If anything, it is only fitting. Not mentioning it would be to deny all their hard work and legacy.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:31 pm#38
February 7th, 2006 at 3:32 pmCivil rights, political wrongs; certainly an apt topic of dissention at a King funeral. Hey, the truth hurts when ‘the king’ is outside his bubble.
Here we have some idea of the Bush reaction to these PRICELESS and INCREDIBLY ACCURATE comments from an AP report:
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“For war, billions more, but no more for the poor,” he said, in a take-off of a lyric from Stevie Wonder’s song “A Time to Love,” which drew a roaring standing ovation. The comments drew head shakes from Bush and his father as they sat behind the pulpit.
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It seems to me that the challenge now is how do we continue the King legacy and how do we carry these comments so that they are heard everywhere. Right now, GW considers himself above the law but in reality he is overdue for an impeachment.
How do we see that Bush carries out no more use of his weapons of mass disception as President?
February 7th, 2006 at 3:33 pmThat doesn’t make it acceptable to launch partisan cheapshots against someone who is attending the funeral.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:34 pmBush Shamed At King Funeral…
Reverend notes absence of WMDs to thunderous applause… stench of Iraq death haunts Bush to peacemaker Coretta Scott King’s funeral………
February 7th, 2006 at 3:34 pmso that’s why Bushie ran out the door so quickly ;)
The Rev. gave an excellent speech!
February 7th, 2006 at 3:35 pm[…] I’m sure the cons will get all hot and bothered over this denunciation of Iraq at the Coretta Scott King funeral, but they really need to stop pretending that Dr. King and his wife were apolitical people. They were progressive activists fighting against the closed minds of conservatism. […]
February 7th, 2006 at 3:36 pm#38,
That took too long, HR is writing you up, that’s a second time, 3rd one and your fired.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:36 pmRev. Dr. Joseph Lowery, does not have a political agenda - he was a co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference along with Dr. King. He is one of or the longest serving proponents of civil rights in the United States and perhaps the world.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:36 pmGary Ruppert gets paid a nickle a lie. Gee Gary, you almost got ten dollars.
You lowlife waste of space.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:37 pm#38,
February 7th, 2006 at 3:37 pmYou must have known Coretta King personally to make that statement. A woman of activism hating to hear those words that were spoken. You must have known her better than anyone else then. You should write her memoirs. Tell everyone how see really thought.
#38,
You have no other talking point, you used it. Any other would be percieved as racist. And you wouldn’t want the truth about your party being racist to be exposed.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:37 pmAnyone planning to see “V for Vendetta”?
Now, THERE’S an answer to our Cocaine Cowboy and Darkest Dick.
Three, two, one…
February 7th, 2006 at 3:38 pm#43
February 7th, 2006 at 3:38 pmAhhh, but don’t you think Martin and Coretta would approve. BTW cheapshots for a cheapshot president….only fair.
Nice to see that TP inflates their postcounts by counting trackbacks and pings as individual comments.
Then why is he making delusional and false political attacks on President Bush?
February 7th, 2006 at 3:38 pmMy bet is that Corretta would have wanted it that way, she is smiling down on Lowery as we type.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:39 pmWindows Media Player
You might try it sometime. The entire universe uses it. It’s pretty popular.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:39 pm#54,
Nice one, attack the messenger now, as you have no other talking points. Did you sign your latest write-up from HR yet?
February 7th, 2006 at 3:40 pmYour a liar Gary. Do you have a second job.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:40 pm#54,
The problem has become so massive, it no longer is about politics, it’s basic morals, right and wrong. You are paid.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:41 pmYou all love to bash preachers for daring to mention politics.
But, I guess when the preacher is bashing the President, it’s ok, right?
February 7th, 2006 at 3:42 pmI hope the libearl MSM replays it . Damn I missed what I have been hoping for.. Alrightyyyyyyyyy!!!!! Way To Go !!
Can we say SMACK DOWN !! This new budget has just cemented us as a Compassionate Military Country who worships wars without end before God is truly worship… The poor is paced in empty shelters to die ,the elderly are set outside their homes without clothing begging for help… the Massa bushco just keep Waring For OIL……
February 7th, 2006 at 3:42 pmGary, read the facts, do a Google search on “Rev. Dr. Joseph Lowery”. If you need a pointer to the Google web site, ask Spudge_Boy.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:42 pmThat doesn’t make it acceptable to launch partisan cheapshots against someone who is attending the funeral.
Comment by Gary Ruppert — February 7, 2006 @ 3:34 pm
“Partisan cheapshots”? You have such a weak, feeble psyche.
Then why is he making delusional and false political attacks on President Bush?
Comment by Gary Ruppert — February 7, 2006 @ 3:38 pm
Delusional? False?
February 7th, 2006 at 3:42 pmWere WMD founds in Iraq?
Is poverty solved in the US?
Does everyone have health insurance in the US?
Wouldn’t the money spent in Iraq be better spent in the US?
Your not a preacher either Gary. Your a liar.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:43 pmwith the president right there, no less! and he had no choice other than to stand there and take it… serves him right… Bush being there is just for show anyway… as Kanye said, Bush doesn’t care about black people… why else would he skip every NAACP invitation, let NO drown and enact policies that will make African-Americans suffer the most?
February 7th, 2006 at 3:43 pmGary Ruppert…Go F%^# yourself.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:44 pmYou hypocrites scream foul when you get a little truth. STFU and act like a man. You weezley-cry-baby.
#54,
You must be getting stressed, so hard to justify the overwhelming amount of terrible decisions, and lies coming from your administration. You also have to keep up with the majority of Americans opposing you. Your job is getting extremely difficult.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:44 pmGary Ruppert = Paid Shrill Shill
February 7th, 2006 at 3:45 pmHeeeere trolly trolly.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:45 pm#66,
He gets paid to post here, there’s no possible way for him to act like a man under those circumstances. His only hope to become a man, is to quit his job posting here and go away.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:45 pmNow, THAT’s what Rev. King was about, and Coretta too. Beautiful!
February 7th, 2006 at 3:48 pmTo use an Australianism…
February 7th, 2006 at 3:48 pm“Go you good thing!”
Beauty!
The fact is that the Democrats have turned a funeral into a pep rally, once again.
The President showed his class by not walking out for those unwarranted cheapshots. He knows that the Democrats will pay dearly for this pep rally.
The Democrats are digging their own graves though their radicalism.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:49 pmYes it does. Too bad for you. King, Scott and Parks would be laughing at you.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:50 pmComment by Gary Ruppert
HOW DARE ANY ONE SPEAK THE TRUTH
Especially when the illustrious executive and protectorate in among the peasants.
Gary, really.
Memorializing is not about fluff and stuff just because the Big Guy is in attendance. MLK Jr. and CSK would have wanted it this way. They fought against the Government and it’s people’s elitism and segregationist. Just because times have moved on and the poor and feeble aren’t all African American doesn’t make the messages of MLK Jr. and CSK any less relevant.
OMG
~ We’re arguing relevancy at Coretta’s funeral WHY???
Bush is in attendance. President Irrelevant, himself.
Well, MLK Jr. would argue that this is not a time to turn a cheek and walk away. Christ says to turn the other cheek and stand and face those that oppose you, oppress you. That is turning the other cheek.
And if Bush doesn’t like this feedback then he is the one that needs to deal with it.
SO WHAT WHO HE IS.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:51 pmEVIL IS AS EVIL DOES.
Your not even a good liar Gary. Your a lousy hack.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:52 pmSay it, Reverend!! Speak the truth!! Now that is some kind of testifying that I can go along with. This comes right as Mr. Bush’s budget is revealed to cut programs for the poor, elderly and students, and increase money for defense corporations. After that sermon, the President has probably added Rev. Lowery and other black liberal church leaders to “watch list”.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:53 pm#43 People like you even attending her funeral would be disrespectful. She fought against those then that are like you know. You are what the evil has morphed into. And, yes, she would have loved being able to, at her death, stick it to such an evil man.
Yep, Bush is today what King fought against long ago. Oh, and BTW, still fighting. When you speak of disrepect, you own the blueprint for it. You have disrespected America by voting in an unintelligent fool that will break YOUR children’s bank. But who cares, right? As long as you have yours.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:53 pmSo, how do you think that the fact that THERE WERE NO WMDs as being delusional?
No were found and never will be in Iraq.
How do you think that no money to help the poor is false?
Mayor Ray Naggin just asked Canada for help rebuilding New Orleans, because Bush isn’t doin it.
You are delusional.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:54 pmI find it hard to believe that MLK or CSK would approve of partisan cheapshots at their funerals.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:54 pmWhat kind of “pulpit” would the “Reverend” Jesse Jackson have if there was no more black poverty & no more racism? That man, and the rest of the poverty pimps would be SOL. Here’s the kind of speech that would have millions on their feet cheering: (but I’m not expecting to hear it any time soon)
February 7th, 2006 at 3:55 pm“Martin and Coretta King worked tirelessly to improve the lot of millions. And we are so proud that the multitudes who admired and respected them, have lived their lives in a way that honours their memory. The trillions of dollars plowed into the black community by federal and state governments are reaping the seeds of good citizenship and family values. Black illegitimacy is almost non-existent, high school graduation rates are through the roof and black college completion is exceeding our greatest expectations. The black community is proud of these remarkable achievements and we should honour the woman who stood side by side the man who did not wish for his little children to be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character. Let’s throw off the shackles of defensiveness and victimhood - rather let’s acknowledge a linked and often troubling history and forge a united, prosperous and responsible future.”
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA….poor gary, here’s a ‘cheap shot’ for you…..WAKE UP, THE PEOPLE YOU ARE DEFENDING ARE CROOKS!
February 7th, 2006 at 3:55 pmWe bash preacher s who want to interject their beliefs into our schools and who call for the assassination of elected officials of soveriegn countries.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:55 pm#54
February 7th, 2006 at 3:56 pmor should that more accurately read “political attacks on a false delusional president”?
Remember
Bush’s budget is too big if:
You want people to think you care about balanced budgets.
Bush’s budget is too small if:
You want to pander to your base and say that we should surrender to Osama bin Laden.
WMDs were obviously in Iraq, it’s just that they were moved to Syria.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:56 pmYou are helping boost TPs postcount everytime you post your blather.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:56 pmThe Democrats are digging their own graves though their radicalism.
Comment by Gary Ruppert — February 7, 2006 @ 3:49 pm
Pointing out the uncomfortable facts is now radicalism?
February 7th, 2006 at 3:57 pm#81 Time to deal with reality.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:57 pmDid he get a C in that class too.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:57 pmSame for Al Sharpton
February 7th, 2006 at 3:57 pm#86 HA! What a tool these dolts are. They hate the truth and the fact that it is starting to spread.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:57 pmAnd you think we are delusional. Sheesh, go take some meds.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:58 pmNow, the Paid Posters, Gary and IRI, and Mighty all know where the WMD’s are. You guys deserve much more pay for your expertise.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:58 pmComing out against America with lies in a time of war is radicalism and the Democrats are catering to the extreme left.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:59 pm#90 As long as you are around, they will never have to worry about it.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:59 pmThe look on Laura’s face says it all. The Right Reverand better make sure his affairs are in order because he is sure to be considered an enemy combatant by the White House and especially the Queen Bitch herself.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:59 pmIf a leader’s actions aren’t suitable for comment in public ceremonies, perhaps something is wrong with the leader’s actions or the leader. In this case, it’s both. This president has avoided direct public contact because he knows that his only response to criticism is, “I do what I do because I am the President and cannot be questioned.” The man is a fraud and now Americans are increasingly willing to openly say so.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:59 pmYou won’t see this on FOX NEWS, or will the “three stooges” (village idots) on Fox and Friends spin this to look like presient bush was set up.
I Contacted my two Republican Representative and told them what I thought of the Budget, Much like the Rev. said.
February 7th, 2006 at 3:59 pmWhy is it that the righties will back the IAEA when they say Iran wants WMDs, but when the IAEA said that Iraq didn’t have any, “They are just part of the corrupt UN.”
You can’t have it both ways righty.
February 7th, 2006 at 4:00 pmDear Gary Ruppert,
February 7th, 2006 at 4:00 pmPlease be advised that your license to post for his supreme commander in chiefton will be revoked if you don’t do more of the following:
1. Do not discuss facts…they cloud the subject with the evil truth.
2. Change the subject, like bring up Clinton or something.
3. Say the word partisan a bunch of times.
4. Always remember, the supreme commander in chiefdumb never is to be spoken to with words that haven’t been approved by the office of strategic thinkerey.
Please follow the rules and continue the good fight for world conquernation.
The President showed disrespect by attending the Coretta Scott King funeral. Bush reviled the woman, her husband and what they stood for. He lied when he spoke at her funeral - not about her accomplishments, but about his respect for her. Rev. Lowery was and is her partner and compatriot.
February 7th, 2006 at 4:00 pmLook at him sitting there like a toad. He is mentally 12 years old.
February 7th, 2006 at 4:00 pmI agree with so many of you guys — Rev. Lowery was great, and I would give anything to see Bush’s reaction! After all, the cameras managed to find Hillary looking annoyed during the SOTU and the Bushies got all upset about her “angry body language.” It’s only fair to show Bush’s discomfort! And Ruppert, a “cheap partisan shot” would have been people booing Bush, and they didn’t, so lighten up!!!
February 7th, 2006 at 4:00 pmPresident chokes on pretzal and bruises face. Hmmm, that pretzal is an extremist with a political agenda. I think this is a war on truth, just go to the point paid posters, and admit the truth is a radical extremist with a political agenda.
February 7th, 2006 at 4:01 pmComment by Gary Ruppert
The one time that I say this, is the olny time I say this, and will be the last time I say this…
GARY,
February 7th, 2006 at 4:01 pmEITHER ENTER THE REAL WORLD OR CRAWL BACK UNDER THAT ROCK THAT YOU LIVE UNDER BECAUSE THE IDEAS THAT YOU SUPPORT ARE AS RELEVENT AS A GRAIN OF SAND.
Atlanta (heart) Bubba at the King funeral…
I haven’t seen an ovation like the one received by former President Bill Clinton at the Coretta King funeral since a high school friend and I drove her little sister to a Menudo concert in Denver. ……
February 7th, 2006 at 4:02 pmBTW, take a look at Bush’s feet… talk about someone who looks uncomfortable. Is he asking Laura if he can go potty?
February 7th, 2006 at 4:02 pm#101 Oh no, didn’t you know that Gary Ruppert is much more in touch with Mrs. King’s inner feelings and wishes - much more than her close friends.
Gary, don’t you have any humility?
February 7th, 2006 at 4:02 pmWould someone do Reverend Dr. Lowery a favour and pick him up a copy of Saddam’s Secrets by George Sada. That might clear up the WMD question for him so he wouldn’t make such a fool of himself in front of such an gathering of headliners.
February 7th, 2006 at 4:02 pmThis isn’t playing politics. Playing politics is when you use your position to smear someone who threatens your own personal power. This is playing TRUTH.
You really think Bush could touch this Lowery character? He’s too low down on the totem pole. And he can’t touch Clinton or Carter because they’re too high up. Unlike our dear Senators, and all due respect to them, these guys have got nothing that Bushco can take away from them and keep his own nose clean.
And the corollary to that is that playing politics means you’re afraid for Number One. If you can’t be smeared, that means that Bushco’s agenda doesn’t affect you. You’re fighting for the guys below you, the guys without the power. You’re fighting for other people. That’s called heroism.
February 7th, 2006 at 4:02 pm#80: When it comes to Bush, there is no such thing as a cheap shot. He deserves every head shot he gets.
February 7th, 2006 at 4:02 pmNew name for trolls, “paid posters”,
February 7th, 2006 at 4:03 pmlets all say it: P A I D P O S T E R S
#89-
Good one. George Bush, C- Average History major as an undergrad, only got into Harvard MBA because of his family. What a loser.
February 7th, 2006 at 4:03 pmComing out against America with lies in a time of war is radicalism and the Democrats are catering to the extreme left.
Sounds like you’re afraid to me.
February 7th, 2006 at 4:03 pmDont worry Gary Ruppert,
There will be plenty of black poverty and white racism as long as YOU and your Chimpy-loving pals are around.
Bush just cut funding for programs for the poor, you idiot.
To quote Cheney, GO FUCK YOURSELF, Ruppert.
February 7th, 2006 at 4:04 pmI understand Mighty, your posts are just your little “widgets” you produce to collect a paycheck. I am not offended by working for a livin’.
February 7th, 2006 at 4:05 pmWhy is it that the righties will back the IAEA when they say Iran wants WMDs, but when the IAEA said that Iraq didn’t have any, “They are just part of the corrupt UN.â€
February 7th, 2006 at 4:05 pm#81
The big lie is this no health insurance that keeps getting thrown out there. I live in a city excess of a million people. I work for a hospital that provides health care for anyone who wants it including those who cannot pay. NO ONE is turned away. For non emergency medical needs a very simple determination of one’s ability to pay is done via a process called financial evaluation. Again, no one is denied healthcare. It only makes sense that a reasonable determination is made of their ability to pay.
Notice how they never say no healthcare but only say say no health insurance. No one is ever turned away at the ER. That includes when the situation is not even a real emergency. We write off millions of dollars every month. The tax payer picks up the tab via city, state and federal funding. Those are the facts.
February 7th, 2006 at 4:06 pmHey now #115,
Aside from Gary’s pay, he also gets reinforcement knowing he is upsetting someone, just look as his posts as his little “widgets” he produces for a paycheck, thats all.
February 7th, 2006 at 4:06 pmI wonder how many total posts there are by the paid posters, over time, which have contributed to TP’s overall posting numbers. Just another excellent use of a budget by their party.
February 7th, 2006 at 4:08 pmNo one is ever turned away at an ER? WRONG.
Theres a law but it is ignored all the time.
50 million Americans have no access to health care. Not just insurance. They can’t afford health care.
Ben, youre a fucking Neocon Chimpylover. Go fuck yourself.
February 7th, 2006 at 4:09 pmAMEN, Reverend. Too bad W would not understand what he said.
February 7th, 2006 at 4:10 pm#109 - The book is bunk. You have listening to Rush too much. Don’t you find it odd that you get your news from a drug addict who is STILL using? Do you really trust it?
February 7th, 2006 at 4:11 pmBen, Ben , Ben.
There are ways of “turning away people” from hospitals and ER’s that does not appear to be turning them away. And in samller towns, it can be done more easily. I see it all the time in my town, with one hospital, which is privately owned. Go away Ben, or keep it up if your getting paid. The obvious will come out.
February 7th, 2006 at 4:11 pmWhile President Bush eulogized Coretta Scott King as “the first lady of the civil rights movement”, Republican leaders in Atlanta and Washington DC insult her legacy with their assault on voter rights.
For the full story, see:
February 7th, 2006 at 4:11 pm“Dishonoring Mrs. King.”
Is he looking more and more like Keith Richards everyday?
February 7th, 2006 at 4:49 pmGary Ruppert, check you fax machine. You are using last month’s platitudes. Please update your material. Remember, Gary, it’s pay for performance and you need to pull your finger out…Kick when they’re down - Karl.
February 7th, 2006 at 4:51 pmAm I missing something? Why do this in this setting? Plus, the loony right will be all over this.
February 7th, 2006 at 4:52 pmGary Ruppert = Jeff Gannon
February 7th, 2006 at 4:55 pmTom3,
Sorry Tommy you do not know what you are talking about. They get the healthcare. I work in the financial area and work closely with the individuals who write-off the charges. We have a number of patients that have bills that exceed a million dollars that we will not receive a dime. Ultimately the taxpayer pays the tab.
It’s nice to see what a good job your mother did raising you. Such a nice clean mouth. Your a real class act aren’t you Tommy?
February 7th, 2006 at 4:56 pmMighty A - check your fax machine, the Sada stuff doesn’t hunt. Remember, it’s pay for performance MA, and you’re stuff isn’t cutting the mustard these days. It has come to my attention that you Freepers are ad-libbing and not staying on message. Come on, shape up, or its back to Iraq for you.
February 7th, 2006 at 4:57 pmSo now we’re back to the reichtwingnutz talking points of 1) there were too WMD in Iraq but they got hidden
2) publically doubting anything King dumbya says equals you are an EXTREME LEFTIST and are going to be trounced at the polls.
guys, guys, guys. Please have a little dignity. The trhead is that dumbya got publically SPANKED by an old black man.
Deal with it.
February 7th, 2006 at 4:57 pmBen,
You’re a liar. You say that all Americans get access to all healthcare. That’s a lie.
Americans are being turned away from healthcare every day.
As for your mother, she was obviously a crack ho.
Go fuck yourself, Chimpylover
February 7th, 2006 at 5:01 pmGary Ruppert …
GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH!
You have not even started to see radical yet.
February 7th, 2006 at 5:02 pm#128 - greg wirth,
February 7th, 2006 at 5:02 pmBecause that was the legacy of Mrs. King. The support of peace and social justice. Neither is happening todat.
128 - Yes, Your missing something.
Bush would use this funeral as a photo-op to lie and lie and lie. That’s how he planned to use this “setting.”
There is nothing wrong with a Priest making true statements especially related to poverty and health care and WAR. All of which were issues the deceased cared about greatly.
Name one issue or setting where the looney right has stopped lying or attacking their opponents out of respect for anyone ?
February 7th, 2006 at 5:02 pmGary, for Christ’s sake, even Colmes can make a point better than you. Good god man, are you going to make me do all the work?
February 7th, 2006 at 5:03 pmBen, living in such a small town, it is no wonder nobody is turned away, the doctors probably don’t want to be bored to death. When you live in a big city with all of its emergency rooms being closed, come back and talk about it.
You aren’t under the impression that 1 million is a lot of people are you?
February 7th, 2006 at 5:03 pmThat last word sb ‘today’
February 7th, 2006 at 5:03 pmIs Sada friends with the guy who buried the centrifuge parts in his garden?
February 7th, 2006 at 5:06 pmReal classy way to treat a sitting President of the United States at a funeral. NO CLASS!
February 7th, 2006 at 5:09 pmWMDs were obviously in Iraq, it’s just that they were moved to Syria.
HahahahaHHahHahahahaaa … Maybe then the CIA should have seen them while they were finding all those WMD trailors moving around the country cooking up biological WMDs to attack Dumbfk, Alabama walmarts with.
February 7th, 2006 at 5:09 pmYou are right, Bush has no class, except for the ones he got a C in.
February 7th, 2006 at 5:12 pmmatthews doesn’t need any more horse heads; he got the message a long time ago from his handlers, rove and co.
February 7th, 2006 at 5:12 pmTommyboy,
I am sorry that you have such a difficult time with yourself. Seriously, if people are not getting healthcare then why don’t they say no healthcare rather than no health coverage?
Spudge, whether you think a million or 10 million is a lot is not the issue. If your emergency rooms are being closed why don’t you ask where your local and state governments are. Why is your state’s healthcare a federal issue? Does your state not know how to manage its healthcare? Probably not. Too many people I guess.
February 7th, 2006 at 5:14 pm# 144,
chris from boca said:
matthews doesn’t need any more horse heads; he got the message a long time ago from his handlers, rove and co.
Isn’t matthews the other end of the horse?
February 7th, 2006 at 5:18 pmOkay, Ben, you say that “We have a number of patients that have bills that exceed a million dollars that we will not receive a dime. Ultimately the taxpayer pays the tab.” If you write off the charges, then is there still a tab in excess of a million dollars that WE TAXPAYERS have to pay? How do we pay it? By increased costs to patients that CAN pay, or by a taxpayer-funded government program that takes up the slack, or what? No matter how you slice it, healthcare costs are through the roof, and WE TAXPAYERS are paying for it.
February 7th, 2006 at 5:18 pmSummary: the truth squeaks out, and the apologists can’t handle that their savior was put in his place.
February 7th, 2006 at 5:19 pmWhat kind of “pulpit†would the “Reverend†Jesse Jackson have if there was no more black poverty & no more racism?
Same for Al Sharpton
WTF?!
Would you say the same thing about Dr. King? About Coretta King? I doubt it.
You may well ask what kind of pulpit George Bush would have if there was no 9/11. Or how much Americans would weigh if hamburgers didn’t exist. It’s an idiotic argument.
RE: Syria
OK, let’s pretend that you know what you’re talking about, and that the WMD have been hidden away in Syria. Isn’t that evidence that the justification to invade Iraq had nothing to do with WMD? Why aren’t we bombing Damascus? Why did the administration let them get away? If you’re going to entertain fantasies, at least entertain ones that help your position rather than hurt it.
February 7th, 2006 at 5:19 pmBen, you’re losing your own argument.
Yes, it is a fact that emergency rooms have to take indigent patients and write off their charges.
This is because the Republicans refuse to support universal healthcare for all Americans.
As for all other healthcare, patients get turned away every day. You said otherwise and you are a liar.
Ben, you’re a cold heartless Chimpylover who doesn’t care that program cuts are going to cause people to die.
Go fuck yourself.
February 7th, 2006 at 5:20 pmWay to go captain obvious. Everybody doesn’t live in the fvcking boonies like you.
Oh yeah, one other thing. My state and local government are run by republicans. HAha ha ah ah ah ah.
February 7th, 2006 at 5:29 pmReverend Lowery’s comments are shameful–as are Jimmy Carter’s. There’s a time and place for everything, but Coretta Scott King’s funeral shouldn’t have been used as a platform to take a swipe at President Bush. Way to go lefties, you keep finding new ways to ostracise yourselves from mainstream America.
February 7th, 2006 at 5:29 pmif you didn’t 24 you missed the point
here it is again:
Watching this clip I am reminded why the great Cival Rights leaders were so great. They fearlessly not only addressed the issues, they preached about them. Their strong voices rang out with a truth and wisdom that is rarely heard today. With the notable exception of Representative John Lewis, no voices rattle the halls of congress with the power and truth that is needed.
amen
thank you, Hardy, for putting into words what I have stumbled over since nov. 2000.
February 7th, 2006 at 5:33 pmYou do realize that 68%, you know mainstream, thinks Bush is a fvcking terd right?
Oh that’s right, you are a paid hack, so you will deny that FACT.
February 7th, 2006 at 5:33 pmOK folks, we’re drifting and using obscenities. Let us be civil on this day that belongs to Coretta Scott King. I know that I contributed to the drift, but that was fueled by ire at the people who criticized the Rev. Lowery before delving into his efforts in and dedication to the social rights movement.
February 7th, 2006 at 5:34 pmFunny how the bushies think anything that says something bad about thier boy is shameful.
What does that say about you all? Your people thought it was an honor to say untrue things about Murtha & his meadals. Where is your class? Where is your honor?
February 7th, 2006 at 5:35 pmOk WaltTheMan,
I will stop using the word terd. Okay?
February 7th, 2006 at 5:35 pm“Way to go lefties, you keep finding new ways to ostracise yourselves from mainstream America.”
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA… oh damn, oh my side hurts. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA This is excatly what Bush is doing. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
February 7th, 2006 at 5:36 pmTom3, now your not making any sense. Maybe you should put down the bong.
Spudge, I don’t care what party affiliation your representatives are. If they are not doing their jobs then replace them. Otherwise your state deserves the government it votes for.
February 7th, 2006 at 5:37 pm141 He is sitting ..but president? hehe you can keep your class. I want liberty and freedom and truth. When I get those from your illigitamet president THEN we can start worrying about class… in the mean time people need to start throwing more eggs at him…in public.
February 7th, 2006 at 5:39 pmCan I get that in writing?
I don’t really have to worry about it. California fell for the republican lies and won’t let that happen again next election. Did you see us shut down Arnie on every one of his special initiatives. It would be nice if the rest of the country would wake up.
February 7th, 2006 at 5:40 pm#154
February 7th, 2006 at 5:41 pmAre you refering to some more bogus polls?
No wonder you guys are so shocked on election day–you actually believed those polls!
the weapons were moved to Syria, what a fucking joke!
February 7th, 2006 at 5:41 pmthey have spy satellites that can read the license plate #’s on cars from 200 miles up and you’d like us to believe they moved them across the border unseen. don’t piss down my back and tell me it’s raining…
Actually, it is the President and his First Lady who should be ashamed for showing up at this Great American’s Funeral…
For all the poor feelings and racial divide this cretin of a President has brought to our Nation, he should be deeply admonished for pretending to mourn for a symbol of what he and his American Money and Oil Mafia have so strongly condemmed by their actions of greed and racism!!!
February 7th, 2006 at 5:42 pmfor anyone who may have missed it - the funeral will be rebroadcast tonight on c-span at 5:00pm est. well worth watching!
and by the way - matthews has taken a hard right, ever since he began pimpin’ for his brother who is running for election in pennsylvania as a repugliscum.
February 7th, 2006 at 5:42 pmtell it like it is. it is time to stand up and do the right thing. impeach bush.
February 7th, 2006 at 5:42 pmI’m going to keep saying ‘Jesus Christ’ because it makes me feel like a Christian.
February 7th, 2006 at 5:42 pmA slap, a zinger… whatever you want to call it… when are you dems going to learn that one liners aren’t going to get you all THREE branches of government back?!?
Come up with some ideas kids…
February 7th, 2006 at 5:42 pm#157 - Spudge_Boy,
February 7th, 2006 at 5:43 pmYou just used it!
I just wandered in here (via a link), but to the guy who said that all Americans have healthcare, I’d love to tell you about a friend of my mother who lost an eye because she had no insurance and could not afford to pay out of pocket. She was in one of those “in-between” income brackets where she made to little for insurance but made too much for any state or federal assistance program. Yeah, she misses that eye, too.
February 7th, 2006 at 5:43 pmSo, do you bastards believe in polls or not. Anytime they swing in your favor you people are the first to point it out.
Once again, you can’t have it both ways.
February 7th, 2006 at 5:43 pm#152 ..Same thing was said about Jesus and his “extreme” actions at the temple….
No one needs to kiss this losers ass. The Kings did EXACTLY what they were asked NOT TO DO because it would upset the southern sensitivities…. hahaha when you are facing evil you dont shake its hand… you spit truth into its face.
February 7th, 2006 at 5:44 pmYou mean like the democratic ideas that Bush stole for his SOTU and then renigged on?
You come up with some ideas baby…
February 7th, 2006 at 5:45 pmHardball got some Republicans from the National Review and Matthews and a couple of Republicans are attempting to smear the Coretta Scott King funeral
February 7th, 2006 at 5:45 pmThank you so much for posting this!
I’m now watching King’s Daughter, Elder Bernice King, and it’s hauntingly, arrestingly moving.
If you have time, please fax, e-mail, phone national broadcast and cable news organizations, and ask them to air Lowry’s statements (highlighted at the top), and some of Bernice King’s indightment of the materialism and militarism of our times.
God Help Us.
February 7th, 2006 at 5:46 pmHee. Wingnuts blowing a gasket.
February 7th, 2006 at 5:47 pm#168, shush you fool! Don’t boast about the one-party state, people might think that’s what you want. Next thing you know they might associate that with fascism and they might actually do something about it. Jesus H Christ man, keep it down, we’re one ‘burned Reichstag’ away from our goal, don’t give it away.
February 7th, 2006 at 5:48 pmFinally, someone had the guts to stand up to King George!!!!! Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 7th, 2006 at 5:48 pmIt must suck being a paid republican shill when they were made to look really bad by Alberto Gonzales yesterday and the rest of the country today.
February 7th, 2006 at 5:49 pm#178,
February 7th, 2006 at 5:50 pmThat’s nuts, Rebeeca.
It simply amazes me that White Democrats use minorities strictly for political advantage and no one questions it. Using Mrs. Kings euology for politcal attacks about why we are at war in Iraq unfound WMD, Terrorist Surveilance etc, is just plain ignorant. The Democratic party has seriously sunk to a new low standard.
February 7th, 2006 at 5:51 pmit will be interesting to see if any of the major news outlets cover this. I fear not. It was a totally appropriate comment given who she was, what she stood for, and how she felt in the last years of her life.
February 7th, 2006 at 5:51 pmWhat this argument is about is the legacy of Coretta Scott King, and whether Rev. Lowery in his comments is being true to that legacy or not. She (and, as has been attested, Rev. Lowery) have been on the forefront in the fight against poverty, war and racism. Though it’s easy to see his comments as a swipe against Bush, I don’t think that’s exactly the case. It’s a swipe against Bush’s priorities, his actions as President, which, at the funeral of a pacifist and civil rights pioneer, is not in the least bit shocking. But in today’s society, such things are all about the cult of personality (”Oooh! He said something that Bush disagrees with to his face!”) Someone made the argument that Bush was being noble by not walking out of the funeral. Nope. He was quite simply doing the least he could do, acknowledging that there is an opposition to his viewpoints. There was no direct insult to him, merely to his policies. Sorry that us lefties get our panties in a bunch about such things, but with this President, that acknowledgement is as rare as the dodo.
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February 7th, 2006 at 5:51 pmGary == The Stinky Cheese Man
February 7th, 2006 at 5:52 pmThe pictures of Pickles, AKA, Laura, with her pursed lips and disapproving glare at the King memorial are a riot! She really lives up to her nickname.
February 7th, 2006 at 5:52 pmAbsolutely fabulous. This is just waht the doctor ordered. You know Oprah wanted to stand and scream as well!!!!!!!and there they were Goeroge Junior, senior, “kitty cat” Laura, and club foot Barbara, all crapping their pants….
February 7th, 2006 at 5:53 pm168: Typical. The GOP tries to reinvent the wheel, and we’re the ones with no ideas. Here’s an idea: if ain’t broke don’t fix it ! It’s simple and it works. Next ?
February 7th, 2006 at 5:53 pmtom, what makes you think the democrats planned this as a part of a big strategy and conspiracy? This was a man making his own comments
February 7th, 2006 at 5:53 pm#181 …hehe get some glasses ..they guy is BLACK.
February 7th, 2006 at 5:54 pm#172
February 7th, 2006 at 5:54 pmJesus’ extreme actions at the temple were called for because of the inapropriate activities taking place there. Once again Gerald you turn reality on it’s head, Bush didn’t do anything inapropriate–he showed up to pay his respects. If Jesus were there, he would have driven the reverend Lowery and Jimmy Carter out with a whip.
I have a dream……(I’m sure it did not include fascism)
February 7th, 2006 at 5:56 pm#183
February 7th, 2006 at 5:57 pmThen why mention Weapons of mass destruction?
Pull your head out!
#172 - That’s right, you tell us which side Jesus is on, there just wasn’t enough ‘rendering unto Caesar’ at that funeral as far as I was concerned.
February 7th, 2006 at 5:59 pmWaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa eh, eh , WAAAAAAAAAaaaaaa ehhh
February 7th, 2006 at 6:00 pmC h a n g e m e m y d i a p e r i s fulllllll!!
Jews beware… Democrats like the Clintons et. al. will use minorities when it suits them but never promote minorities to political heights. Of course these liberals want everyone to believe they care but