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At the funeral of Coretta King The Democrats said EVERYTHING bad about George Bush But when shove comes to push No-one listens because they're left wing!

IF LAURA INGRAHAM WRITES A FOLLOW-UP BOOK, IT SHOULD BE TITLED, SHUT UP AND MOURN! Yesterday, the Left again chose division over reconciliation, bitterness over harmony, and the transient over the transcendent at the funeral of Coretta Scott King. For the third time in as many years, leftists politicized a funeral service. And the most outspoken partisans present were a failed former president and a man who once bestowed an award on Moammar Qaddafi. President Bush, as ever, maintained his dignity and demeanor. He honored Coretta Scott King at the opening of his State of the Union Address and spoke...

Does it really suprise anybody that William Rivers "Pied Piper" Pitt has melodramatically glommed onto the Coretta Scott King funeral in order to draw attention to the most important person in the world---himself? This is a familiar pattern to all who are familiar with Pitt. Previous such glommings included his infamous visit to the Texas ditch (while staying at a nearby air conditioned motel) in order to bask in the reflected glow of the publicity given to Cindy Sheehan. Then there was his grandstanding in LaFayette Park for the First Day When Everything Finally Changed last June followed by...

Today's memorial service for civil rights activist Coretta Scott King -- billed as a "celebration" of her life -- turned suddenly political as one former president took a swipe at the current president, who was also lashed by an outspoken black pastor! The outspoken Rev. Joseph Lowery, co-founder of Southern Christian Leadership Conference, ripped into President Bush during his short speech, ostensibly about the wife of Martin Luther King Jr. "She extended Martin's message against poverty, racism and war. She deplored the terror inflicted by our smart bombs on missions way afar. We know now that there were no weapons...

LITHONIA, Ga. - Shivering in near-freezing temperatures, thousands of people waited hours in line Tuesday for one last chance to say goodbye to Coretta Scott King before her funeral. "There's one word to describe going to go see Coretta — historic. It's good to finally see her at peace," said Robert Jackson, a 34-year-old financial consultant from Atlanta whose 10-year-old daughter, Ebony, persuaded him to take her to the visitation. The lines had already started forming by 3 a.m. By the time the doors opened at 6:30 a.m., people toward the end were warned that if they stayed in line...

President and Mrs. Bush will attend Coretta Scott King's funeral on Tuesday, the White House announced Saturday. Former President Bill Clinton and Sen. Hillary Clinton will also attend the service at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, where Mrs. King's daughter Bernice ministers. More than 25,000 mourners braved cold, wet weather Saturday to pay respects to Mrs. King as her casket lay in honor at the State Capitol. She was the first woman and the first African-American to lie in honor at the statehouse. A horse-drawn hearse brought her bronze casket to the Capitol, and bagpipes played "Amazing Grace"...

I just heard on the news that Mrs. Coretta King has died. Just my personal opinion, but she was a dignified, classy woman who served her country and her late husband's memory quite well.

The widow of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was admitted to an Atlanta hospital this morning for an unspecified condition. (AP, 1:21 p.m.)

Civil Rights Leader Coretta Scott King denounced the Bush Administration Foreign Policy as she accepted an award for her work in the gay community, saying homeland security should focus on domestic problems ranging from hate crimes to homelessness.'A war with Iraq will increase anti-American sentiment, create more terrorists and drain as much as 200 Billion taxpayer dollars, which should be used for human development here in America,' the widow of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., said.'It seems to me that true homeland security ought to be more about providing health care for every citizen, and less about shuffling bueraucratic agencies...