What an absolute class act. Only someone with the true human warmth and dignity of President Bush's father could have reacted to such political savagery in such a disarming manner.
And then there is the president. When Lowery concluded his eulogy, President George W. Bush stood and embraced his verbal assailant. In my mind, at that moment, Bush rose to a new level of greatness...
And I did not realize until this article that former President Bush had the horrible task of following that hate-filled, petty preacher.
Mrs. King deserved better than the crap shown at her funeral service.
Correct me if I am on the wrong track here, but just what as her focus been since 1968? Then, Mr. King was a respected man of the cloth who stood at the forefront of the civil rights movement, a man who earned respect, not because of his death, but because of his life.
Mrs. King? She died a multimillionaire, one who it seems was more interested in profiting from her husbands words then carrying on his cause. She was treated as royalty in Atlanta, including armed guards and limos paid for by the city.
I am not so certain that the adulations bestowed upon her are a result of her efforts as much as they are the result of a collective guilt.
This is a wonderful article, and I thank you again for calling it to my attention.