Progressive Minds

The neo-cons have been nearly spastic about Coretta Scott King's funeral yesterday. 

It seems as though the same Republicans who never have shared Coretta Scott King's values, or championed her issues,feel they are uniquely qualified to tell her children how to funeralize their mother, and tell them who they should and should not have invited to speak.

These same Republicans are outraged that Rev. Joseph Lowery would dare speak.  The Joseph Lowery who was like a brother to Mrs. King, and was right there with her in the trenches of of the movement.

Our Republican friends are outraged over the fact that Jimmy Carter would DARE tell Mrs. King's life story.  How DARE he mention the fact that both Mrs. King and her husband were wiretapped by our very own government.  Never mind the fact that our own FBI once called Martin Luther King the "most dangerous negro" and said he had to be "knocked from his pedastal."

Well, to the Republicans, I say: are you still looking for something to be outraged about?  If there is anything you should be outraged about, it's your very own, Rush Limbaugh.  Speaking about the Coretta Scott King funeral, Rush Limbaugh said to his listeners: "So here's the little office pool that we have going here. Here you might want to have your own version of this in your office or your home today. The end of the funeral, when it's all over, how many women will be picked up? The next question we're asking ourselves, how many babies will be born nine months from today? I mean, you've got Bill Clinton in there; you've got Jesse Jackson and Teddy Kennedy -- and the next question we're asking, "Will a car fail to negotiate a bridge somewhere in Georgia late tonight, and if so, who will have been driving?"