Reply #10: I posted this in another thread, but I'd like to add it here. [View All]

[Justpat]

To the people screaming about how the funeral was "politicized", tell them this:
ML and Coretta Scott King were political people. They devoted their lives
to politics. Their spiritual beliefs were used to change the hearts and political
will of this country for the better. What else would they talk about at the death
of such politically immersed people? Their cooking? Their family vacations?

On Jerry Springer's show this morning he pointed out that when Mickey Mantle died
in '95, his funeral was full of baseball stories because that is what made up his
life.