Originally published February 26 2006
Journalist defends the political nature of Coretta Scott King's funeral
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
William Rivers Pitt writes about the appropriate presence of politics at the funeral of Coretta Scott King.
The funeral for civil rights leader Coretta Scott King on Tuesday was quite a sight to see.
It was the measure of Mrs. King's impact upon our society that four presidents - Carter, Bush, Clinton and Bush - sat before her flower-draped casket and spoke of her life.
The nattering nabobs of network nonsense blithered into their cable news studios to deplore all the political statements that were served up before the appreciative crowd in that church.
Any lifelong struggle against poverty, racism and war is going to be a life immersed in politics.
That is simply the way it is; because so many politicians and political ideologies center around statements and legislation that directly add to the burdens of the poor and minorities, any person choosing to fight poverty and racism is going to wind up dealing in politics.
Ask Gold Star mother Cindy Sheehan, who received a warm telephone call from Mrs. King while standing vigil outside George W. Bush's ranch in Crawford last August.
Smart money says he came to the funeral only to avoid the criticism he would have received had he not shown up with those three other presidents.
Smart money likewise says he came to try and shore up his poll numbers with African Americans; his support among this constituency stands in the low single digits, well within the margin of error in any poll, suggesting his actual support among this group is zero.
The central tenet of the civil rights movement has, is and will always be one simple truth: one must speak truth to power in order to affect change.
President Jimmy Carter, who has come to be one of the harshest critics of Mr. Bush, hurled fire across the stage over the deplorable administration response to Hurricane Katrina.
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