Well, then there's this from the master of eloquence, one Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., as an example of how to make a political speech at the funeral.
It's not what was said that has your back up. It's who it was directed to and how it was said. Your assertion that eulogies cannot be political is, well, sad.
I think the example is completely inapposite. Here we have a state funeral in which Mrs. King is being honored to the hilt. The President is not off somewhere ignoring her and her sacrifice. He is there actively honoring and prioritizing her. I question the values that would call for slapping the president in the face under those circumstances.
It should be said that President Dubya was there representing the entire nation.
Had he dragged in Coretta King's support for school vouchers, which are anathema to the Democratic Party, he'd have opened the door to a partisan smackdown.
Had he dragged in Coretta King's support for school vouchers, which are anathema to the Democratic Party, he'd have opened the door to a partisan smackdown.
Ahhh ... that passe thing called restraint, aka character.
Altho it was meant only as illustration, I withdraw the remark about Mrs. King, and thank you for the correction. It indeed would have been uncharacteristic of her to stray from accepted opinion.
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Well, then there's this from the master of eloquence, one Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., as an example of how to make a political speech at the funeral.
It's not what was said that has your back up. It's who it was directed to and how it was said. Your assertion that eulogies cannot be political is, well, sad.
I think the example is completely inapposite. Here we have a state funeral in which Mrs. King is being honored to the hilt. The President is not off somewhere ignoring her and her sacrifice. He is there actively honoring and prioritizing her. I question the values that would call for slapping the president in the face under those circumstances.
It should be said that President Dubya was there representing the entire nation.
Had he dragged in Coretta King's support for school vouchers, which are anathema to the Democratic Party, he'd have opened the door to a partisan smackdown.
But he didn't.
Had he dragged in Coretta King's support for school vouchers, which are anathema to the Democratic Party, he'd have opened the door to a partisan smackdown.
Ahhh ... that passe thing called restraint, aka character.
CLA---There's something to be said for not saying what everybody already knows you could say.
Altho it was meant only as illustration, I withdraw the remark about Mrs. King, and thank you for the correction. It indeed would have been uncharacteristic of her to stray from accepted opinion.
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