I've heard the audio from Coretta Scott King's funeral today, and it was more than a bit familiar. The blogosphere is covered by now with comparisons to the Paul Wellstone memorial held here in Minnesota over three years ago.
The comparison is certainly apt, and the left proves once again that there isn't a podium in the country that is deserving of a level of respect higher than that of the floor of the Senate. Frankly I thought the King funeral was worse than the Wellstone affair.
One might instinctively assume that the funeral for a national icon, attended in a bi-partisan fashion by representatives of a grateful nation, might rise above petty rhetoric and empty leftist propaganda. Of course, that assumes that some things are sacred. To the Democrats, nothing is more sacred than whatever it takes to gain power.
No solution to terror, no money, no social security plan, no credibility on national security, and now...no decorum. What an embarassment. I'm grateful that Republican representatives, at least, celebrated the life of Coretta Scott King, which after all, was the point. My personal thanks to President Bush and former President Bush for treating the day with the respect it deserved.
Frankly, Bush the latter comes out pretty well in the whole thing if you ask me. He's the only one who risked anything to be there. He's the one who sat through endless diatribes of innuendo and flat out lies in order to pay his respects to an amazing woman. His sincerity is not in doubt.
It is unclear if Rowley and Carter were there for the woman or the podium.
Interesting to note that, before Wellstone's memorial Walter Mondale, beloved by state Democrats and moderates alike, was well ahead of Norm Coleman before the Wellstone memorial. Following the memorial, it was all downhill for the left as the moderates jumped off the train. Norm Coleman is now the UN-inator.
If Democrats can't show restraint even in the context of a funeral, how can the American elctorate trust them to behave properly in any other situation?
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