Dad Slams Attack On Bush At King Rite

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/10/politics/main1303595.shtml

Former President George H.W. Bush has expressed dismay and anger at attacks on his son, President Bush, at the funeral for Coretta Scott King.

"In terms of the political shots at the president who was sitting there with his wife, I didn't like it and I thought it was kind of ugly frankly," the former president said in an exclusive radio interview with CBS News White House correspondent Peter Maer.

"Anybody that shoots at the president of the United States at a funeral, I just didn't appreciate that," Mr. Bush added.

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The Rev. Lowery, who co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with Martin Luther King Jr., drew a roaring standing ovation when he said: "For war, billions more, but no more for the poor" - a takeoff on a line from a Stevie Wonder song. The comment drew head shakes from Mr. Bush and his father as theysat behind the pulpit.

[Avalux]

1. Why the hell is this NEWS??????

Damn I am so sick of this shit. Boo hoo hooo you fucking crybaby assholes. :banghead:

[0007]

9. I'll second that.

Hey Daddy bushy tail. The audience showed their disdain for your beloved son. So if you're gonna be a sucker, be a quiet one please.

....and Shut the Fuck UP!

[devinsgram]

122. And if they can't take the heat

they should get out of the kitchen. If he can't take critism, he should not be doing the job.

[Kierkegaard]

143. That's just it:

he can't take the criticism OR do the job. At least he's consistent; he's a failure at everyfuckingthing.

[shance]

45. Absolutely.

The Bushes should be on their knees they were treated civilly. They should be praising God they didn't get thrown out on the street for all the pain they've inflicted on the African American community.

The false indignation by George Bush Sr. is nauseatingly transparent.

It must be irrelevant the illegal war he, Dick Cheney and his son began where thousands lay dead.

But that doesn't enter George Seniors mind.

I guess greed driven, needless murder and death is irrelevant? But don't talk bad about my boy.

[mtnester]

68. Aside from the obvious sadness of the day, there has been nothing FINER

The the Blivet having to sit in front of a non-pre-screened audience and take as ass whipping from regular America for hours without being allowed to use the words "terra" "9/11" "fear" "terra" "terra" "terra", and while his face was on the camera the whole time because of where he was sitting. His and his lovely amoeba of a wife's body language progressed to "I wish I had worn my body armor" stage within 15 minutes.

It felt good to me yet I felt guilt at having that kind of pleasure on a day that the King family sent their mother home. I know how sad I was to have this service for my mother last year, but I also know how uplifting the service and eulogies were.

[LuckyLib]

135. Wasn't their body language amazing? George slumped sideways, chin in hand

looking like he'd rather be anywhere but a room full of African Americans. Those chimpy smirks visible behind each speaker were disgusting. I'm with ya. I loved him forced to hear it while stuck in a 6 hour service. Cosmic justice on a small scale. Coretta would have smiled at that.

[cantstandbush]

69. GW Bush has disrespected the entire nation. When and where will it

be "appropriate" to tell him so? You can use my funeral if you want to.

[neuvocat]

78. At least its back in the press now.

The media idiot gods that be apparently didn't realize how much everyone would agree with the verbal potshots.

[MissWaverly]

139. When did either Bush I and Bush II

ever apologize for what Babs said in the Houston if ever there was a time
to be reverent that was it, those people had just lost everything including
relatives. Now he is lecturing those who held Dr. King's service, if they did
not like it; at least they could have left-it was not their family, they
were only attending for political reasons. The Katrina victims were standing
in a place where they had been given refuge. Babs was in effect speaking
in their bedrooms, how crass. These people truly could care less about
the America people. I doubt that either one of them was ever honestly
elected to the presidency. To be a politician, you have to want to
appeal to the masses, you want to wheel and deal to make your ideals part of
the American way of life. These two act like monarchs, they have never tried
to appeal. They are bitter men who believe that they only represent those who
are part of their click.

[dubya_dubya_III]

148. Andropov speaks!

GW will go down in history as this nation's Andropov, both as master practitioners and engineers in tyranny.

As for the Rev Lowry, make that man President

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Cry me a river... you're the one who produced this POS!

[goforit]

84. I love to watch Poppy whine and cry!!!...And what an ass he really is!

[Pachamama]

112. Yeah, he also whined & complained about us Mar-in hot-tubbers too!

Who cares what that piece of shit and the even bigger piece of shit he produced from his twisted DNA thinks about "critics" of his sons fascist policies that have destroyed our world....

:grr:

[Dulcinea]

121. Boy George should be embarrassed.

Why does a man in his 50s have his parents still wiping his ass for him?

He's screwed up everything he's ever touched & they've picked up after him. And the mouth-breathers think he's a macho man.

Disgraceful.

[deutsey]

3. Fuck off, GHW. Remember Willie Horton?

Talk about getting "kind of ugly." Hypocrite.

[goforit]

85. Yah....and how many murders has this putz arranged?

(sarc)

[Greeby]

4. Oh boo hoo Poppy

Oh, and given that quite a few people believe you had a hand in killing JFK. A line like "Anybody that shoots at the president of the United States..." is rather careless

[calimary]

47. Um... NOBODY shot at the pResident at that funeral, mister.

"Anybody that shoots at the president of the United States..."

There wasn't a firearm in sight. Nor would there be.

EXCUSE ME? And YOU went to Yale, too? Perhaps you skipped your elementary school grammar classes. "Anybody WHO shoots at the president of the United States..." Like father like son.

Oh yeah, and please just go over there and sit down in your little disgrace corner, put that big pointy dunce cap back on, and SHUT UP.



Sir.

Or go back over to that rental convention and tell it to the broken-down tractor-trailer you married (who doesn't have the guts to show her face at a funeral for an African-American icon. Too many "underprivileged anyway's" there for her? Was it gonna bother her "beautiful mind" too badly?"

BTW - apologies to broken-down tractor-trailers everywhere.

[seafan]

48. Not the first time Poppy's words haunt him:

FROM: The President's News Conference on the Aftermath of Hurricane Andrew in Florida, August 28, 1992



Q. Mr. President, how do you respond to criticism that you did not act fast enough or you didn't respond to the needs -- --

The President. Well, I think the reason -- I would simply say this: First place, I'm not going to participate in the blame game, nor is Governor Chiles. What we're trying to do is help people. It doesn't do any good to go into ``who shot John.'' I can tell you this, that this large a military movement would not have taken place if there was not very early planning and cooperation by the military, and we have responded. I think the Governor would agree that when he asked for this massive movement of force, it was only within a few hours that we responded to that.

So I think much more important than when something took place or didn't take place is the feeling we must convey of total cooperation. I'm satisfied that we responded properly, and I'm very confident that the military have conducted their mission so far with beautiful planning, now excellent execution. I'm also satisfied that they will do whatever it takes to go the extra mile to help the people of Florida. And that's all I'm going to say about that.

http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/research/papers/1992/92082800.html

[glitch]

60. Quite intentional.

I can't wait until these pathetic whiners are no longer "news".

[Lance_Boyle]

5. Hey Poppy...

unless and until the King family disapproves of the way *their* memorial service was conducted, you can take your "disapproval" and shove it. Who is trying to make political hay of this? The right-leaning whiners, as usual.

[princehal]

6. Daddy's Boy

Think Bush will ever stop being a puny little Daddy's Boy?

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[Bridget Burke]

33. Bush's Daddy helped him avoid service in Southeast Asia.

He covered up Jr's "youthful hijinks."

His family connections ensured Jr would get the finest education (not that it shows).

His business connections set Bushie up several times--where he always failed. In fact, Jr avoided insider trading charges because his Pa was VP.

There's mo way Jr would have become my governor without those connections. Do you think he would have been in the running for President without the "Bush" name?

Every time Jr is criticized, his Pa, Ma or Wifie come out to defend him.

Unfortunately, Bush Sr ultimately failed his son. He never let him grow up to be a man.

[OrcaStraight]

46. ???

That's not an answer to any of the 4 questions I posited.

[Mandate My Ass]

49. He's an elected public official first, a son second

He was there in his official capacity of POTUS. He uses his elected office, the Secret Service and taxpayer money to avoid any criticism of his hardline actions or even possibility of dissent from the people who he supposedly serves wherever he goes. He went there to make himself look good at the expense of the majority of people there he actively harms. His name was not even mentioned. The actions and inactions of his administration were alluded to and his response was to chuckle during a funeral service.

He and his father are the scum of the earth and should be ashamed that they had the temerity to attend such an event for political gain.

Your questions don't even merit consideration. This was not a playground squabble.

[watrwefitinfor]

54. I have noticed they are out in force this morning.

Something to do with all the good news maybe?

Wat

[Mandate My Ass]

55. Yup

This sure makes them crawl out of the woodwork. :puke:

[TankLV]

130. Indeed.

Must be getting scared that the TRUTH will prevail and JUSTICE will come down hard on THEM.

[Bridget Burke]

52. OK, I'll answer the questions you "posited"

does your Dad stick up for you
* No, he died more than 50 years ago.

--and do you consider yourself a 'puny little Daddy's Boy' when he does?
* I can never be anybody's "Boy."

Or are you a Dad who sticks up for his son?
* I'm nobody's parent. I could never be a "Dad."

Do you want him thought of as a 'Daddy's Boy' because of it?
* If I were a Dad, if I had a Son--I'd be ashamed that a supposedly grown man was incapable of defending himself. And that he did so many things that needed defending.

And I'd be ashamed that I had been such a miserable failure as a parent.

[leftchick]

64. excellent BB!

:applause:

[OrcaStraight]

75. And, to that I'll say...

That's YOU and what YOU'D do.

I AM a parent, and I can understand why a father would speak up for his son. (And I don't have to be a Freeper to think so--just being a parent is enough.)

[Bridget Burke]

83. Hope you're a better parent than Bush Senior.

Why does being a parent make you more forgiving of Bush Jr's failings? Perhaps if he'd faced reality a bit earlier, he would be a better man.

Saving your toddler from a playground bully is not the same as defending a grown man whose policies have killed thousands. Providing fake alibis for a punk subteen who's been breaking into neighborhood homes & molesting the kiddies is a better parallel.

We've got plenty of parents at DU. If anything, they are angrier at Bush Jr than non-parents because they worry about how his policies will affect the next generation. (I care about future generations myself, but am not so personally involved.)

Bush Jr is supposed to be a grown man--what a pity he can't defend himself. And what a pity--for all of us--that he continues to do the indefensible.

[OrcaStraight]

93. Well...

...my son is not the president, so I don't think Papa Bush is too unhappy with him--that apple didn't fall very far away from THAT tree...

I didn't say I 'forgave' anybody; to understand is not to forgive... Sometimes, to understand is just to understand.

[DemonFighterLives]

120. Poppy sucks and his rotten fallen apple does too

Get on the right page here.
Welcome to Du!

[Patchuli]

146. I disagree

I'm a parent and a grandparent and I would be ashamed of my son smirking and chuckling at such a momentous event as saying goodbye to the First Lady of Civil Rights. I would be ashamed of my son for favoring the rich and cutting off access to aid for the poor. I would be ashamed of my son for lying the country into a war that *I* had the good sense to know not to wage 12 or so years earlier. If I were *'s daddy, I would get on my knees to the world and apologize for my son's bad behavior which is putting it mildly for Junior.

As the other poster said, W was sitting there in his capacity as POTUS and because it was politically expedient for him to do so. If it had been his choice, I'm sure he would rather have cleared brush or tried to stay on his bicycle without injury.

I'm sorry but the "I'm a parent" thing just doesn't work in this instance.

[freeplessinseattle]

113. "and that he did so many things that needed defending"

right on!

[Catrina]

74. If I had lied to get a country into war, or done nothing to save the lives

of my own citizens when I had the power to do so, just for starters, my father would have been the first one I heard from, and it would NOT have been to defend me! Not privately, not publicly.

But then, maybe that's why many of us would never have done what he has done to the lives of other people.

Maybe if he hadn't been bailing his son out of all of his troubles all of his life, this country would have been spared what it's going through now, and tens of thousands of innocent people would be alive today and with THEIR loved ones.

I'll save my sympathy for the victims of Bush's wars and for the victims of Hurricane Katrina, especially the thousands whose lives he values so little, that are still missing ~

Please, the man is almost 60. When will he just acknowledge his dangerous mistakes? Or maybe they weren't mistakes! Whatever they were they have resulted in a huge cost to so many in this world. I'll cry for the children whose fathers won't ever see them again, thanks to HIS son.

I could go on, but it just infuriates me the way these people dismiss the suffering of others, and whine and complain because someone told them the truth (IT WAS THE TRUTH) for once!!

[Name removed]

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[CJCRANE]

123. Junior is 58 years old!

Why does he need his Daddy to stick up for him?

Get real.

[freefall]

137. He's 59 and will be 60 later this year. He along with Clinton were

born in 1946 the first year of the "baby boom".

[Caretha]

125. Let me stop you right there!

I have no sons, but I do have two grown daughters, that have more balls than Bush Jr. ever had. One is 32 yrs and the other is 23 yrs old. If I tried to step in and do their battles for them, they'd have my head on a plate.

That's what grown-ups do. My parents didn't fight my battles and I didn't want them to. Its all in how you were raised.

Do your parents fight your battles still? If so, that tells me a lot about you!

[TankLV]

129. Well, not if I spawned a WAR CRIMINAL! But hey, that's just us.

Why are you here? Just join up to bash democrats again?

And, I would be the first in line to PUNISH my "son" if he were the SCHOOLYARD BULLY like that asswipe and WAR Criminal is!

[laruemtt]

7. oh yeah, poppy?

well, hell, i'm offended by the hundreds of thousands of deaths your son has caused. i think mine vastly outweighs yours, ya putz.

[DemInDistress]

8. its not often Americans get a chance to "denounce him" and his

lying failed policies outside a military base where captive audiences await with mostly prepared questions. So
this funeral was ideal to bash the shit out of him..Coretta King must be smiling in her grave. Way to go Lowery !!!!

[wishlist]

16. Amen n/t

[yellowcanine]

34. Spot on. If Bush would listen to the people he wouldn't have to worry

about being sandbagged at funerals. Tough noogies, Poppy, your son is a cad and the common folk don't like him.

[Joey Liberal]

10. Fuck You, Bush Senior n.t

[AzDar]

11. Does he not think MLK wouldn't have said the same, had he not

been shot by a 'lone-nut' gunman? (CIA).

[politicaholic]

12. Look at Sr. with the face of a giant new born...

take this to task, your son (regardless of his current position) has been a utter fuck up and failure since birth and its your fault jackass.

[dflprincess]

13. They just can't handle the truth

and, let's face, given the way Bush is protected from hearing any dissent, CSK's funeral is the only chance there's been to try and make him hear it.

I imagine Poppy and/or Babs would be whining about people speaking the truth in front of their little guy regardless of where it happened.

[wishlist]

14. Bush Sr is an enabler, always wanting sympathy for baby Bush

He did an interview a while back where he talked about baby Bush agonizing over going to war as if we needed to sympathize and feel sorry for Georgie instead of finding fault.

[LisaM]

15. This is a family that prefers not to answer for their actions

It's probably a shock to their system when they are forced to. In Kevin Phillips' book, he nailed it - saying that the Bush family built themselves a screen of "plausible deniability" by being able to make sure that they were always a little distanced from some of the actions they are ultimately responsible for. It's the truest assessment of the Bush family I've ever read. They always manage to be a little bit removed from things so they can act as if they had nothing to do with it. So when they encounter actual people who do not like their policies or who have been affected by them, it surprises them mightily.

[SammyWinstonJack]

17. Who fucking cares what he thinks and why does Pinhead** always

need to be defended by his slimy low life parents? Isn't he man enough to fight his own battles? What a Loser he is! The whole stinking bush crime family needs to STFU!

[daleo]

18. He should have run out of the room crying

Like Alito's wife.

[mitchum]

94. BWAWAAAAHHHH!!!

well done :)

[fooj]

19. Little Lord Pissypants has his daddy step up for him, eh?

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Fucking loser.

Besides...Poppy got all the laughs at the funeral, remember? Fuck off Bushies. All of you!

Peace.

[speedoo]

20. Go Cheney yourself Poppy, you fraud.

You were almost as bad a pResident as your idiot, traitor, AWOL fuckwad son.

[savemefromdumbya]

21. George H W Bush and Barbara should have 'drowned him at birth'!

sorry, but this makes me mad!

[Ishoutandscream2]

22. I challenge Poppy to name one time his son's name

was ever mentioned. Just one time, Poppy!

Once again, it's all about the Boy King. Everything revolves around Dimson.

[SillyGoose]

23. I don't give a shit what he "appreciates". Self-absorbed MFers

think its all about them. ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME. Why the hell should a funeral for ANYONE be censored just because one of those arrogant egoists decide to show up. Old Man Bush can just ride his high horse back to wherever the hell he came from.

[MrPrax]

24. I sorta agree...

The funeral organziers can't have their cake and eat it too.

They wanted the funeral to have all the hallmarks and effect of a honored state funeral, but then decided to change the 'tone' to a partisan function.

Bush is scum...but wouldn't a MUCH stronger message have been to tell Bush to stay at home. They should have SNUBBED the President.

If they invited the guy, set up the Big Tent of Tolerance and then demonstrated just how little influence the 'grassroots' of the democratic party really has in 'speaking truth to power'

Opportunistic...yup...
a little too 'ghetto'...yup...
a galaxy of A-list political celebrities that have done jackshit for black people...yup...

BUT given the obscene treatment, humiliation and disrespect, the african american has received in America for over 400 hundred years of humiliation, why should they really give a damn what some idiot racist crackers think. Then again, given the rather slow response of the 'liberal' in America, why should african americans really care about their candidates.

[Warren Stupidity]

27. You are out of your mind, friend.

"They wanted the funeral to have all the hallmarks and effect of a honored state funeral, but then decided to change the 'tone' to a partisan function."

St. Ronny had a real state funeral and it was full of political speeched honoring the life and times of that rightwing asshat. Nobody had a cow.

[MrPrax]

32. So...

You pointed out that hypocrisy flourishes and the GOP is just as bad.

So I guess agree that there might be a 'time and place' for political speeching making, but a state funeral isn't one of them.

[Bridget Burke]

37. A "little too ghetto"?

Where was the bling? President Carter made some of the "partisan" remarks. Is he just another homie from the 'hood?

This was NOT an "honored state funeral." It was a memorial service in a church.

Bush didn't plan to go but his handlers insisted. Banning him from the funeral would have become an even bigger Right Wing Talking Point.

Several speakers pointed out events of which neither Doctor King of Coretta would have approved. The idiot in charge couldn't take the truth & his petulant pouting showed the world what a little man he is.

[MrPrax]

51. Bull..

It was a "honored state funeral" by the fact the sitting President as well as other foreign dignitaries attended...it's protocol. Hell her husband DOES have a national holiday named after him. Why would have difficulty in accepting this? He's a national hero. Why wouldn't Ms. King get a state funeral...Ford's gonna get one and all he did was play President for a couple of years, pardon crooks and then embarassingly wander about golf courses selling his autograph.

She has a right to a state funeral.

If it was just a memorial service, then they should have told Bush and his creep GOP buddies to fuck off. The BFEE is hardly family--in fact they have helped kill and lynch black people.

"Banning him from the funeral would have become an even bigger Right Wing Talking Point." like WHAT?

The idiots would--what?--claim it's suppose to be a 'state funeral' and their sleazeball cokehead should have been invited? That's when you say, 'fuck you--it's private and you ain't kin'.

Seems a little silly these days for one side to play moderate--why? What did that ever get the African American other than SOME grudging acceptance that the Constitution applies to them finally after 350 years of murder and degradation.



That's my point--they should have told him

[Bridget Burke]

57. Banning Bush from the service would have been a bigger....

Right Wing Talking Point than the manufactured outrage about a memorial to a political person at which politics were mentioned. Lots of fools & tools have taken that bait.

Now, you claim that those "ghetto" types showed excessive moderation by allowing Bush Jr to attend. The fact that he was there should have stifled any talk that might have embarrassed the little pissant.

If "The President" wants to avoid embarrassment, he needs to consider his regime's wrongheaded policies. Until now, he's only appeared before handpicked audiences & only experienced verbal fellatio.

Poor little guy.

[MadMaddie]

70. We blacks don't give a damn what the racist think....

Ooops this was in response to MrPrax post #24

However, some of your statements need to be addressed...

<snip>
Bush is scum...but wouldn't a MUCH stronger message have been to tell Bush to stay at home. They should have SNUBBED the President.
<snip>

NO the strongest message and snub was to open our doors to everyone and let everyone know they were welcome!! Because you see we wouldn't have been welcome in his Neocon fundie churches!!

If you have never been to a black church or a black funeral we open our doors to everyone. Go one day and you will see. Our churches have loud preaching, loud singing, response to the sermons and fellowship that is how we worship. It is NOT GHETTO.


Opportunistic....Did you honestly think that * would be welcomed with open arms after he let people die in NO. We revere our babies and our elderly and let me tell you something we are pissed....He chose to go...that's on him. He is a spoiled adult child that cannot take any criticism to his sensitive ego....He didn't get to screen his audience before the funeral...What did he expect?


<snip>
Opportunistic...yup...
a little too 'ghetto'...yup...
a galaxy of A-list political celebrities that have done jackshit for black people...yup...
<snip>

Those A list celebrities have done more for minorities of all shades than poppy * and his ilk. Those A list celebrities wouldn't have any of the success that they have earned and enjoyed if it weren't for the sacrifice of Coretta's Scott King' husband MLK.

I may not approve of these A list celebrities ways of supporting or not supporting the black community but they have done one thing-they have shown that anyone can succeed.

If a white person becomes successful would it be so easy to say that they haven't done jackshit for their people. That would be kind of ridiculous would not' it.

Black funerals themselves are political. From the time of slavery, through the rise of the Klan, to Jim Crow, through the Assassinations of MLK, and the list goes on...Our churches were and are our places to politicize. Where do you think MLK made most of his "political" statements?

Do you think it was ghetto to preach during MLK funeral about continuing on with the "political movement". America's made Coretta Scott King life political.

Okay I am done ranting:rant:

[Ecumenist]

82. I didn't appreciate the Ghetto quip either...

What's that supposed to mean? Has nothing to do with people think is African american culture, which by the way, fellas, isn't hip hop. At most that's a subculture, despite what popular media would have most people believe. Our funerals and memorials are usually a celebration of the person's life and what they meant to those attending. For those of a more anthropological bent, it's called a dionysian worship service. (look up Dionysus and how his worshippers conducted their services), as opposed to what the Bushes are used to called Apollonian services, VERY restrained and scripted to a large extent. In many cultures, the life here is mourned, in fact in some African, native american, Asian cultures, birth is mourned because of the suffering and trials we undergo through life BUT death is viewed as a pathway or doorway to a life without suffering, work, loss, WAR, hatred or sickness. when my mother passed, she'd made it VERY clear that not only were we not to wear black, in fact it was forbidden, we were to remember her and how she helped each one of us who were her children, relatives and friends. She actually had told me that she wanted anyone who could, to war bright yellow, her favourite colour because that's the colour she was going to be wearing in spirit. So, before slapping a label on the funereal practises of any one group, I suggest that a bit of study and introspection should be considered.

[MadMaddie]

99. Bravo Ecumenist...and well said..

Thanks for that statement!! :hi:

[Ecumenist]

102. Anytime, Maddie, anytime!!!

:hi:

[goclark]

156. Maddie, YOU speak for me!

The nerve of any "liberal" to think that it was not "appropriate" for any speaker to say anything they pleased in front of the Boy King is ridiculous, ridiculous!

He has no respect for US and we let him have it, in front of the world.

He only came to pretend he liked Coretta Scott King --- FAKE!


We as a people are truly PISSED that our people were left to DIE by this idiot and we let him have it, "By Any Means Necessary."

If Sister goclark had been on that Speaker's List, what was said would be baby food compared to the anger that I would have expressed.

I am NOT ghetto and neither is the great Doctor that let him know there were no WMD's.

You insult our race to say anything of the kind.

You want our votes and don't want our opinions except on your terms -- no way.

Go Maddie,YOU speak for US.

[cliss]

157. Yeah, but maybe they wanted him there.

Maybe this was all pre-planned. They knew Bush would be a "captive", there was no way he could refuse such a big funeral, and 3 other former presidents were going. I think he had no choice but to go.

Now, notice the L-O-N-G funeral.......6 hours of non-stop bashing. They got to take turns bashing Bush, and watch him squirm.

If it was me, I'd invite the dude and p-r-o-l-o-n-g the agony.

Good for them.

[Warren Stupidity]

25. Shut the fuck up.

Unfortunately for us it wasn't your damn funeral. You and your misbegotten spawn were there only at the sufferance of the King family. It was their funeral. They get to hold the service they want. You get to grow some manners and shut up.

What bad manners these asshat republican hypocrits have. They weasel an invitation to the King funeral so that they can play politics and try to appear 'black friendly' and then have the gall to complain about the politics of the funeral. Here is a clue: next time don't go to the funeral of a black leader. There will be political speeches celebrating the life of that leader. Those speeches are very likely to not be fascist friendly.

[llmart]

28. Best post yet.....

trying to appear "black friendly" after Katrina.

[Nightwing]

81. Very well said!!

You took the words right out of my mouth! Excellent post, nice job!

[wordpix2]

136. thanks for the clarity-I fully agree

[hatrack]

29. Wow, is he still alive?

nt

[peekaloo]

30. "anybody that shoots at the president".....interesting choice of words

there Poopy.

Maybe he had a Reagan guilt moment.

[Bridget Burke]

40. Apparently the speakers had better aim ...

than Bush family friend John Hinkley.

However, they were only shooting verbal bullets.

[peekaloo]

44. I'm surprised Mommy hasn't stirred from her lair to spit out

fire and destruction at those who helped her baby soil his Depends.

Do Dragons hibernate?

[Moochy]

67. My dad can beat your dad in a fight!!

[DS1]

103. I was just wondering about that

anyone who replies with "anyone who shoots at the president" could be snagged as terrorists

I wouldn't put it past them

[ET Awful]

31. Hey Herbert Walker . . . . Take your anti-Civil Rights platform running

ass somewhere else. The King family doesn't want to hear it.

[kayice]

151. I thought it was odd at Ronnie Reagan's funeral when H.W. said,

he learned more compassion from Ronald Reagan (since meeting and serving with Reagan) and I thought, Why did it take you so long to learn compassion, Bush? How does one get to be that old and not know compassion? And then, I looked at his smirky son on the TV. :evilfrown:

[qanda]

35. He never mentioned Bush's name

But if the shoe fits!!!!!!!!!!!........ Somebody must have a guilty conscience.

[cloud9]

36. Fuck you Bush.....

If the King family don’t have any problems STOP bitching. After all, it’s Yolonda, Bernice, Dexter, and Martin III mother’s funeral.

Why is it that everyone BUT the King family are bitching about what they don’t like about the funeral?

[henslee]

38. Fake news.

[FredScuttle]

39. Hey Poppy

I would suggest you go home and kick that horrorshow you call a wife right in her vinegarish bush except that I'm afraid you'll ruin your shine.

[schmuls]

41. Cowardly M'f*ckers can't face the reality of their actions. Go ahead

and shake your heads you assholes. Hope your heads are shaking when you have indictments handed down to you for your crimes. Poor excuses for humans, let alone leaders of our country.

[Miss Chybil]

42. If you can't stand the heat, quit starting fires. nt

[bluerum]

43. Better keep your head down too poppy. eom

[monobrau]

50. He better stay in the bubble

I wipe my ass with the likes of this scum. It is less than human to not take sides agains murderers and thieves.

[zara]

53. How long will the "Liberal Media" canard be repeated?

Is there any truth at all in that?

[Writer]

56. This is the genesis of the whole goddamned problem with Little W.

Daddy always has cleaned up his messes and made sure his son's sensitive ego never has been bruised by criticism.

Sr. made a little narcisstic monster.

[Ecumenist]

58. Please......

I'm a mixed race black woman and I will be honest when I say that I wouldn't have been nearly as nice had that sorry son of a b***h shown up at my mom's funeral. I swould have had him and his sorry excuse of a sire running away in tears with the things I would have said. He ought to count his lucky stars that these people were Christian. People need to start firing back at them and blowing them out of the water by turning their words against them.

[MadMaddie]

71. Here Here Ecumenist...

Welcome to DU!!

See my post #70. I agree they were Christian people for opening the doors and letting him in!!:hi:

[Warren Stupidity]

92. Instead of running away from our anger

We need to embrace it. Well said. Get angry, get very angry, and tell anyone who asks just why you are angry.

[rodeodance]

59. cause Scheifer plays golf with Poppy Bush?

[flordehinojos]

61. why the hell didn't he have the COJONES to stand up there at that podium

and say...I DON'T LIKE IT. He didn't say it. He zinged Lowery. He should now shut up his malevolent, cry baby mouth.

No. Poppy the malevolent Bush wanted very much to give the appereance that he was mixing in with the crowd, so he lost a page to his ironed out, prepared speech which gave him the opportunity to zing lowery, then he found his page, and made a small reference to his elitism by saying that he was raised in a conservative episcopalian parish and had never seen anything like Coretta's funeral.

NOW ... he further shows his elitism by malevolently, virulently, and wimpishly saying people shouldn't criticize his son.

DAMN IT. HIS SON NEEDS TO BE CRITICIZED. HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SPANKED A LONT TIME AGO. AND HE SHOULD BEEN TOLD A FEW "NO--YOU CAN'Ts"-- a long time ago!"

We are all paying the price for POPPY's failure to spank and restrain his stupid, arrogant, worst president ever of a son!

[otohara]

62. John Kerry's Dad Would Have Been Furious About His Son's Swiftboating

Lucky frat boy still has his daddy out there defending him. These Bushies just can't handle the truth.

With Kerry, it was all lies with a right-wing media to feed the machine.

[Sadie5]

63. Boo Hoo Hoo

Did you notice the clapping when Lowery and Carter spoke? Seems like all in attendance were in agreement with them. Bush and his keeper sat stony faced behind Lowery as he spoke. I did wonder why Clinton had nothing to add to Bush's' short comings.

[otohara]

66. Clinton Is A Member of The Family

I think Bush Sr. adopted him recently, he would not have said anything to offend GHWB - they are buds

[acmavm]

65. Who cares what that tired old evil bastard thinks? He's

responsible for the deaths of many an innocent human being, like father like son. Wonder which one is ahead.

[gizmo1979]

72. He was there!

Why didn't he stick up for his kid right there and then.Better question,why did they even go?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

73. If Coretta could have spoken

I'll bet she would have had some choice words for Dim Son too. Though perhaps her delivery of them might have been more subtle than some...

[sendero]

76. Awwwww wahhhhhh......

.... Bush the DictatorTot wanted the political points for attending the funeral of someone he probably knows fuck-all about, without the risk of being dissed.

Sorry, Mr. Image, you don't get to control every photo op.

[shantipriya]

77. Bush's dad

HW shpuld be ashamed at having raised such an idiot and a buffoon!He should blame himself.

[MO_Dem]

79. Oh, those ANGRY Bushes

and the ANGRY republicans. Why can't they ever be positive for once?

:nopity:

[HuffleClaw]

80. they called up daddy to defend georgie ?

pretty childish if ya asks me.

[Megahurtz]

86. Yeah and thanks to you Pops!

:sarcasm:

[goforit]

87. I'm proud of all these DU comments!....Way to go DUrs!!!

[cornermouse]

88. Maybe this is part of the reason that Junior never managed to grow up?

He never had to face the consequences of his actions...

[Vinca]

89. Boo hoo, boo hoo. I can barely see through the tears.

Our fearless leader, Mr. Shoot First Ask Questions Later, needs Dada to defend him. That should inspire confidence in his abilities.

[mitchum]

90. Wimp defending his cowardly son (I hate that goddamn family)

[superconnected]

95. In other words he doesn't care what the kings stood for.

Somehow I knew bush only showed up because he had to.

[onenote]

97. a lot of fucking nerve, given that babs skipped the funeral

to pick up a few bucks giving a speech in Orlando to...and I'm not making this up...the "Rental Show" (the annual trade show of the American Rental Association).

Pathetic. Just pathetic.

onenote

[raysr]

98. Go cry on your "new" son's shoulder

(Bill) oh, and fuck you GHWB.

[leesa]

100. For all we know, Bush senior was the trigger man at King's execution.

Seems he mighta been in Dallas. Who knows with this bunch of slime.

[DS1]

101. Anyone who takes shots at a President at a funeral, who has caused more

funerals than the last 3 presidents combined, is a hero in my eyes.

Fuck you Poppy! No, really, fuck you and your whore wife.

[DeadManInc]

104. Big George was going to pull out early,

but junior was a premature ejaculation.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

105. I love the irony.

These neocons try to act tough when it comes to terrorism, but dare to criticize them to their face and they cry like babies.

[susanna]

106. I don't like the * clan and think they are pretty ugly, frankly.

So what Papa thinks means diddly squat to me.

[FlemingsGhost]

107. "Shoots at the president"? (If only ...)

Interesting choice of words.

[lebkuchen]

108. Chimpy was also "attacked" at the Olympics

Continual references and pleas for a world at peace, live as one, etc., probably went over Laura's head, but much of the Olympic program took direct aim at Bush and his aggressive policies.

For that alone, I loved this Olympics opening ceremony. I only wish the camera would have panned the crowd for Laura and Cherie's faces when Yoko Ono read her remarks, and her husband's words, of peace.

[Canuckistanian]

109. Shrub has been SHOVELING ugly for the last 5 years

Now he's exposed to a little honest talk and he doesn't like that?

Boo-fuckin'-hoo.

[antonialee839]

110. No poppy, kind of ugly is your wife.

Speaking of which, where was the evil old biddy?

[WCGreen]

111. I guess it's better to take shots at people using

surrogates so your precious little insular life doesn't get tarnish....

Fuck Poppy...

[byronius]

114. Sympathy For The Devil? Phwaawwww! Braaaapppp!!!

Besides, aren't they supposed to listen to reverends and stuff, being that they're all saved and stuff? And I didn't hear Carter say anything about the current wiretapping. The reference is theirs, not his. Squirmy little guilty worms of human beings, I think they should all give away their stolen money and wander the earth in rags begging for good deeds to do to avoid BURNING IN THE HELL THEY MOSTLY INSANELY BELIEVE IN! SHITHEADS!

[malaise]

115. The only thing that was said at this funeral

which was not said at the Rosa Parks funeral was the fact that teh Kings were victims of wiretaping. Maybe if the Bushes had stayed away MSM would never have covered the eulogies. Rev. Lowery made the identical point about WMDs at Rosa Parks funeral.

As someone else eloquently posted, eulogies are written for the deceased, their friends and family not for some 'cannot be criticized' liar.

[Hekate]

116. Caligula defends Baby Caligula -- family values in action

They're a thin-skinned bunch, aren't they? They really think they are entitled to be treated like royalty at all times and in all places.

However if Babs wants to say something like "rhymes with rich" well, that's just peachy. And if the Bushies want to, they can authorize the character-assassination of anyone and they think that's their divine right.

Two thoughts on the funeral:

First, the eulogizers were speaking truth to power, and Power didn't like it at all. But then Power never does like it.

Second, people like the Bushes prefer their Civil Rights icons safely tucked away in the ground, silenced forever. The complaints I've been hearing about sound an awful lot like "All the rest of you sit down and shut up."

Well I say, we have been fortunate to have Kings among us -- Martin and Coretta, that is -- but this nation was founded to break away from royalty and an unjust king. We should never be silent about what really matters.

Hekate

[dmr]

117. Well, if he regularily spoke publically before all Americans, instead

of his vetted or invitation only crowds, then perhaps I would be sympathetic to the old man whose son was sitting there with his wife.

HW Bush didn't appreciate people speaking up? Tough shit. None of us appreciate consistantly being left out of a process we subsidize with our tax dollars. If junior had his way, 99% of those in attendance would NOT have been allowed to grace his breathing space for the service, and sadly that would have included Mrs. King.

There are times, HW, that your boy has to suck it up and take it like a man - especially since he and Laura were there only for PR and the photo-op. A grown man whose eyes dance and sparkle over starting wars, certainly doesn't need his daddy to defend him whenever grief striken people speak their minds.

You know the old saying, HW, 'Respect begets respect'. Your son hasn't earned it. I am old fashioned, I like decorum, too, but tell you what, even respect just toward the title of President these days has lost meaning.

[kentuck]

118. Safe at a funeral...

they thought...just like a military gathering...but they misunderestimated.

[DemonFighterLives]

119. Like we needed to hear that from you popps

You and your rotten son should not have attended and should repent right now for what you have done to blacks, Americans and the whole planet.

Now F*ck off and move along.
:evilfrown:

[progressoid]

124. Boo Hoo. It's only going to get worse poppy.

[AndyA]

126. Politics and Mrs. King are synonymous

To not have politics mentioned at the funeral of a dignitary like Mrs. King would have been the same as not mentioning politics at Ronald Reagans funeral. Mrs. King's life was defined by the political temperament of several generations, and to leave out this defining part would have been disrespectful.

Mrs. King stood for peace, equality, love, and acceptance, which are things George Bush has demonstrated he does not stand for. The only thing that didn't belong at Coretta King's funeral was George and Laura Bush with their surly facial expressions and disrespectful slumping and wiggling in their chairs.

If you want disrespect, look no further than their two chairs!

And who the hell cares what Poppy Bush thinks, anyway? :mad:

[No Exit]

127. This is really starting to look orchestrated.

Much as I appreciate the fact that Rev. Lowery and Pres. Carter spoke the truth at the funeral, and much as I reveled in the fact that the demented drunk poseur had to listen to the truth (for once), this is REALLY starting to look orchestrated. I don't know what's going on here, but it's just starting to all look like a carnival trick.

"Shooting" at him?? Bad choice of words. Oh, well, old Poppy was never the brightest bulb on the tree.

[TankLV]

128. Hey, you asswipe "LOSER" - I think you're BITCH is ugly and that

spawn is WAR CRIMINAL!

Get over it, you're not King anymore!

You're damn lucky that you and your entire family wasn't taken outside and tarred and feathered and strung up like Mussolini like you all so richly deserve!

[The Backlash Cometh]

131. We don't care what George Bush I has to say.

And neither did his son when he went to Iraq against his counsel.

[Gregorian]

132. Everyone knows what beautiful minds the Bushes have.

God damn that pastor. How dare he stand up for civility and peace. To mess with a Beautiful Bush mind is a terrible crime. That's right, a CRIME. Send the pastor to the dungeon. Furthermore, it was inappropriate. Had he said what he said on, like perhaps Fox news or something, it would have been perfectly acceptable. Wink, wink. Nod, nod. You know? We have an open and honest media where he could have voiced his opinion. No, the dungeon is too good for this man. Bring back the lions.

Jesus was tempted by the devil. Satan told him that he could have all of the riches on earth if he just followed him. Well, that tells me at least two things. Satan does not have the power he thinks he has. And all of the riches on earth are not worth a shit.

Bush is doing Satan's work.

[blindpig]

133. Ugly is as ugly does.

Whole goddamn family ought to be deported to Antarctica. On a leaky tramp steamer. Packed with amphetamine crazed rats.

[wordpix2]

134. Poppy, it wasn't just Rev. Lowery who made statement--10,000 in atten-

dance roared and gave standing ovation.

The apple * doesn't fall far from the * $$$tree.

[zann725]

138. Any Prez who sits by and let thousands of Blacks die, waiting FEMA help

can NOT 'relaistically' expect SOME truthful "feedback" from a potentially black audience at a Famouse Politial Activist's funeral. And audience, many of whom lost relatives and friends in the Katrina/FEMA catastophy.

Complain all Poppy wants, he had NO idea of anyone's suffering or needs BGT his militiary-industrial "base."

[AngryOldDem]

140. Ah...Daddy to the rescue

As predictable as the sun rising in the east.

"Stop picking on my son!"

Give me a fucking break.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

141. translation - lowry ruined a perfectly good photo op

[Lochloosa]

142. In the immortal words of the dick

"George, go fuck yourself"

I feel better now.

[calimary]

144. Him and his tinny little voice and his pinched little face. You're STILL

a twerp, GHW. Once a twerp, always a twerp. And so's your miscreant namesake son. Son-of-twerp.

[nuxvomica]

145. If you can't take the heat, stay out of the kitchen

I'm not saying that Junior should not have attended the funeral cuz I've already said that elsewhere. What I'm saying is HE SHOULD RESIGN FROM PUBLIC LIFE FOEREVER!
:mad:

[Rhiannon12866]

150. I agree. * shouldn't have attended since he knew what the Kings stood for.

Or maybe not...:dunce::silly:

[nuxvomica]

152. I thought it was really bad taste cuz of the wiretapping

Imagine that it's well known that you're mom and dad were the victims of government wiretapping and at your mom's funeral one of the speakers is a guy who claims warrantless wiretapping of American citizens is legal. I think that's why Jimmy was so noticeably angry in his speech.

[Rhiannon12866]

153. Exactly. He should have known this and been prepared.

But Bush* is a notoriously poor student of history (and geography, foreign heads of state, Iraqi ethnic groups, the English language, etc...:eyes:), so the speeches by Joseph Lowery and Jimmy Carter took him completely by surprise. My point was that he should have been aware of what the Kings endured before he agreed to speak. And, of course, Jimmy Carter's angry! He's devoted his life to brokering peace throughout the world and then this joker comes along and launches preemptive war and subverts The Constitution! I'm surprised that anyone there was even civil to him. And Jimmy Carter has been really speaking out, promoting his book on the subject, has been uncharacteristically angry, but Bush* has given him good reason.:grr:

[hyphenate]

147. I never cared for Poppy, either!

They can both go to hell for all I care. The entire Bush family is a festered boil on the ass of American politics.

[malaise]

149. They really take themselves way

too seriously. Fugg them.

[Bluebear]

154. "Anyone the VP shoots at, I just don't appreciate THAT you POS relic!"

[classysassy]

155. Jesse warned America

"stay out of the bushes"