Top Story on Worldnet ATT Homepage: Bush BOOED At MLK Gravesite!

[Beetwasher]

http://www.worldnet.att.net/

Bwahahahahahahahahahahah!

Now THAT'S AWESOME!

[Rowdyboy]

1. Please, dear God

let it not be so....That would be such an insult to Dr King...

[Clark4VotingRights]

3. Well, IMO the insult to Dr King came from Chimpy's presence.

He's not fit to lick King's shoes.

[PeakOil2008]

7. What? The Booing or Bush's presence at King's Grave?

Bush is the antithesis of everything that King was for. That much is evident by his blind and willful ignorance of the world and its history. It's hard to see this event as anything but a cynical election year ploy.

Judging by the reaction at the scene, it's clear that many other people can see through this presidential imposter's front.

[leesa]

16. I imagine the Reverend would be honored by that!

It is entirely appropriate to loudly proclaim your disdain for a despot and a purblood racist.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

21. You're kidding, right?

[Cleita]

2. Happy to hear that Bush got booed.

However your link isn't working.

[plaguepuppy]

23. Try this link

http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=040115&cat=news&st=newsbushdc

[Cleita]

28. Thanks. That worked.

[Rowdyboy]

4. Is George Bush fit to lick Martin Luther King's boots? Hell No!

We agree, its inappropriate.

But he went there anyway, even though he was unwanted. He is the president. He was trying to (pretend to) show respect to a great man. The opposition booed. Many independently minded people will be greatly offended that Dr King's holiday was used politically. Its the Wellstone disaster all over again only worse, because this will haunt us until election night 2004....

[Cleita]

5. It wouldn't have happened if Bush hadn't gone.

He wasn't invited. It was political ploy that he went. If he had gone especially to the memorial it would have been different. But the way he did it, he dropped in on his way to another event. To me that's like dropping in on somebody because you happen to be in the neighborhood, not because you went there specifically to visit them.

[TankLV]

9. And he kicked out the people who were there first for HIS photo-op!

Just like the tourista at the Lincoln Memorial crap.

He even had the persons in the Church across the street kicked out and prevented from freely congregating.

Not just "in the back of the bus" but "OUTSIDE BEHIND THE FUCKIHG BUS!"

But it's so "insensitive" to point out that he is a scumbag.

Riiiiiight!

[Individualist]

11. Dr. King would have been proud

of those protesters in Atlanta today.

[auburnblu]

29. So he shouldn't have gone?

I don't care who the President is. MLK did so much for this country that I believe he deserves a national holiday, even in Vermont, and I believe he deserves the highest level of respect, the same as is given in Arlington Cemetary on Veteran's Day with the presidential visit. I also sure hope that today every state legislature that may be in session took some time to say a few words honoring him.

I am becoming disgusted with some of the the "enlightened" on this board. I get the feeling that a lot of posters on here have one primary intention when they protest, its, "look at me, look at me, I'm enlightened, look at me, only I matter".

Have some respect for Dr. King. He was a man of God, yes DUers, he was a preacher, and no sincere preacher I know would approve booing someone when they were attending a wreath laying event to honor a great man like Dr. King. There are times when protests are sincere and times when the protesters don't really give a damn about anyone but themselves.

[beyurslf]

6. Everything he does is calculated and politcal.

He shouldn't have been there univited. He needs to learn he can't just drop in because he is the president.

[DrWeird]

8. Mmm, yes.

I can see it now, swing voters will be thinking,"hmm, Bush innappropriately used King as a photo op and he got booed by hundreds of people spontaneously. I think I'll vote for Bush."

Yep. That sounds logical to me.

[Rowdyboy]

10. He doesn't care

He'll use you if you like him and
he'll use you if you don't. And he
can get away with it...

[tinanator]

12. there was no "Wellstone disaster"

Even if your media tells you there was.

[Rowdyboy]

13. Thank you but I watched it

over and over and over and over...Yes, it was a disaster. It probably cost us 1-3 senate seats. Believe as you will....

[progressivebydesign]

19. If you really watched the lengthy service over and over as you claim..

how could you come up with that opinion. Or did you watch clips,like Hannity did?

[Rowdyboy]

20. You're entirely right

I did not watch the whole service-just the media clips. And I know they we'ren't representative. But it doesn't matter because the media has made certain that everyone thinks they know what happened at Senator Wellstone's funeral. Just as they will make us the bad guys when people boo at Dr King's gravesite.

What I think doesn't matter. But most Americans will not accept this easily and it will hurt us. Should it? No. Will it? yes..

[Media_Lies_Daily]

24. And the truth comes out...

...you watched the video-clips prepared for us by the NeoCon media and want everyone to believe that it was a "disaster".

Nice try.

[progressivebydesign]

17. You really need to read up on the Wellstone "disaster", that wasn't.

Read Al Franken's new book. He lays out the TRUTH about the Wellstone event. Franken was there.

Bush deserved the booing, he deserved the signs. I can't even imagine a world in which people would not protest the blatant exploitation of Martin Luther King. The protests of the 60's that were considered so improper, were what changed the world. That is what MLK is all about.. not cowtowing to a corporate prince like Bush. I totally disagree with your point.

[leesa]

18. Nope. It's entirely a good and approriate thing.

Dr King would have been proud!

[Media_Lies_Daily]

22. Junior's looking for votes from the Black community...

...and that's all the "respect" he wants.

Junior doesn't care any more for Blacks than J. Edgar Hoover did.

And what "Wellstone disaster" are you discussing? The one reported by the lapdog rightwing mainstream media?

[Kipepeo]

27. In response to this being used politically

It was used politically by Bush, not by the protesters. They did not invite him, he did not ask if he could come, he just told them last minute without respect to local organizers and then had his secret service rearrange all of their (the organizers) plans & schedules, etc.

He is the one showing disrespect: making empty gestures like hanging up Dr. King's photo or visiting his gravesite, while at the same time starting a war for no reason, being the 1st President to refuse to meet with the Congressional Black Caucus, challenging affirmative action, pledging money to fight AIDS in Africa that so far has never been delivered, and creating policies that negatively impact almost all Americans but especially people of color. The only thing he cares about is a photo-op and trying to win more than 8% of the black vote *this* time around.

His visit to Atlanta makes me sick to my stomach, especially considering he piggybacked another $2000 a plate fundraising dinner onto the end of it.

[Military Brat]

30. Excellent first post, Kipepeo, excellent! Total knockout to bush.

Welcome to DU :)

:hi:

[Kipepeo]

31. Thank you!

...but that probably makes my second one kind of lame. :D


by the way, this (http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/01/20030115-7.html) is what he was doing on Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday last year. And this (http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/01/images/20030120-2_p25816-37-ed-515h.html)is what he was doing five days later on Martin Luther King Jr. day.

Empty meaningless photo-op. That, or he was praying really hard that no one would call him on being such a hypocrite for attacking affirmative action just five days before on Dr. King's birthday.

[peacetalksforall]

14. If anyone protests the booing....just mention the statistics

on the disenfranchised in Florida brought to them by Jeb and Katherine and all the other insults of that election day and many that have gone by.

The gall...

He we went their for votes -

He wooed votes from the very population segment of our country that he has screwed.

[Ksec]

15. unfortunately this will fire up his KKK base

The Haters of freeperland and Lil Green Footballs love this . It proves that theyre racist aholes/

[mrdmk]

25. This insident is not going to change people, only polarize

From the posted article:

<snip>
The president was accompanied by King's widow Coretta Scott King, and sister, Christine King Farris. He placed the wreath, bowed his head for a few moments, and departed without speaking or facing the protesters as the boos from the crowd increased.
<snip>


I cannot believe he did not say anything. This is some kind of leader; when the going gets tough, he “…departs…”. :scared:

My friends, this may be a tinfoil hat statement. If Mr. Bush Jr. is elected in 2004 by chance, things in this country will get very ugly. I mean bloody ugly!

[FDRrocks]

26. People like Bush...

are the reason MLK got shot.