A time and place for everything

Monday’s funeral for Coretta Scott King was supposed to be a celebration of her life....instead former president Jimmy Carter and the Rev. Joseph Lowery turned this celebration into a bully pulpit to push their political views mainly aimed at the current Bush administration.....

First off, I defend Carter and Lowery’s right to state their views....however, this was not the time nor place to do that.....

President Bush did not do enough in the hours after Hurricane Katrina struck.....the people who were left behind in need were African-Americans.....and that was wrong.....

But these barbs that were clearly directed at the president who was sitting just yards away were inappropriate by Carter and Lowery.....in fact, Carter even brought up the war in Iraq....why did he bring up the war during the services for Coretta Scott King???.....I think that was tasteless and disrespectful toward Mrs. King.....

On Wednesday’s NBC’s Nightly News, former Atlanta mayor, Andrew Young, who is African-American, even stated it was inappropriate for Carter and Lowery to go off on their political rants during the occassion.....

Yes, the Bush presidency has not been effective and the country is not well off....but I thought it was funny that Carter would be the one taking shots at Bush being that the Carter presidency has to rank as one of the worst over the last 100 years.....so if anyone should know about an ineffective presidency, it would be Jimmy Carter.....

In a side note, why did Sen. Hillary Clinton stand with her husband when he spoke???.....obviously she wanted to get her mug on television and the best way to do that was to make sure she was next to her husband....Sen. Thunder Thighs did speak at the service but why didn't she speak by herself to show her independence that she was her own person...I didn't see Laura Bush standing with W.....even old man Bush and Peanut Man spoke by themselves without their loving wife next to them....I guess her mug wouldn't have gotten on television if she didn't stand next to Bill.....and we all know that Hill loves those cameras....