King Funeral: Hit this Poll G*ddammit!!

[Teaser]

Are Politically Charged Comments Appropriate at Corretta Scott King's funeral?


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11221198/



I don't normally pimp polls, but I'm sick of this shit. Sick to death of it.


How dare these Repugnant morons tell any mourners how to grieve? HOW DARE THEY?

[Dhampir Kampf]

1. Done.

[Pam-Moby]

2. Done and thanks for posting

Was it appropriate for speakers to make politically charged statements at Coretta Scott King's funeral? * 5712 responses


Yes, her life was about politics.
51%

No, it should have been a neutral affair.
49%

[liberal N proud]

3. Done & kick

[JuniperLea]

4. Done, kicked, recommended.... and HOW DARE THEY!

Two minute standing ovations... 'nuff said!

[panader0]

5. Done 51% to 49% yes

[katinmn]

6. Hmm. Reminds me of the memorial service for Wellstone

Guess the righties see another opportunity to accuse liberals of "politicizing" a memorial service of one of their own.

If the neocons don't like to hear it, why don't they just stay away?

edit: bad language

[rodeodance]

22. some RW guest on Tweety mentioned Wellstone tonight twice!

[rodeodance]

23. and called Carter et al comments 'cheap shots!! 2-3 times. she was on

a roll.

[rodeodance]

24. k

[beaconess]

38. Yeah - all funerals should be like the non-partisan, non-political Reagan

worship orgy - I mean, funeral

[rodeodance]

7. k and n

[Gothmog]

8. done

Still needs some work

[rzemanfl]

9. Done. n/t

[rodeodance]

10. k and r.

[Alleycat]

11. Done

[AtomicKitten]

12. done -- yes 52% , no 48%

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

13. Done 52% yes eom

[rodeodance]

14. Yes, her life was about politics. 52% you see this Tweety--the Majority!

Was it appropriate for speakers to make politically charged statements at Coretta Scott King's funeral? * 5989 responses
Yes, her life was about politics. 52%
No, it should have been a neutral affair.
48%
Not a scientifically valid survey. Click to learn more.

[rodeodance]

15. kand

[rodeodance]

16. Bush agenda criticized

from the story at the site.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11173305/

Bush agenda criticized
The funeral at times turned political, with some speakers decrying the war in Iraq, the Bush administration’s eavesdropping program, and the sluggish response to Hurricane Katrina in mostly black New Orleans.

The Rev. Joseph Lowery, who co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with Martin Luther King Jr., drew a roaring standing ovation when he said: “For war, billions more, but no more for the poor” — a takeoff on a line from a Stevie Wonder song. The comment drew head shakes from Bush and his father as they sat behind the pulpit.

The lavish service stood in sharp contrast to the 1968 funeral for King’s husband. President Lyndon B. Johnson did not attend those services, which were held in the much smaller and older Ebenezer Church in Atlanta, where King had preached.

[rodeodance]

17. “For war, billions more, but no more for the poor”

[Twist_U_Up]

18. its doing better

a few hourse ago we where getting hammered

[rodeodance]

20. * 6142 responses yes better but keep voting folks

Was it appropriate for speakers to make politically charged statements at Coretta Scott King's funeral? * 6142 responses
Yes, her life was about politics.
53%
No, it should have been a neutral affair.
47%

[cindyw]

19. Terri Schiavo was dying and they stood outside and held a protest.

So I think these people are the last talk about respect for the dead.

[rodeodance]

21. and our RW politicalized her dying/death and are now whining.

[mia]

25. voted

6287 responses


Yes, her life was about politics.
53%

No, it should have been a neutral affair.
47%

[Pacifist Patriot]

26. I'm glad to see the numbers have improved since I voted.

It was being seriously freeped earlier.

[wicket]

27. done

:kick:

[flyarm]

28. done and sent to all my internet groups!! i am sick of it too! n/t

[Momgonepostal]

29. To anyone who voted "it should have been politically neutral"

Who are you to tell some other family what kind of funeral they should have?

[patricia92243]

30. done

[Erika]

31. done n/t

[dalaigh lllama]

32. Done. Looking better

Was it appropriate for speakers to make politically charged statements at Coretta Scott King's funeral? * 6888 responses


Yes, her life was about politics.
54%

No, it should have been a neutral affair.
46%

[Pool Hall Ace]

33. 54% Yes, 46% No..........n/t

:kick:

[northamericancitizen]

34. done

[Tommy_J]

35. Done

[beaconess]

36. Damn Right - how DARE they question how people choose to grieve

The ARROGANCE of these people!

[FrenchieCat]

37. God, how I hate the media......

It's like..... :wtf:

[Eric J in MN]

39. done

nt

[RobbinsdaleDem]

40. Done

[ribrepin]

41. Done

54% Yes
46 No

[NatalieP]

42. Done

[Papillon]

43. Done

Yes 55%

No 45%

[Doremus]

44. Done. 55% yes - 45% no eom

[WillyT]

45. Done !!!

:hi:

[0007]

46. Come morning there will be at a 30% spread or more.

No one gave an invitation to any Republican or the media to the funeral.

They've booked a looser by crashing the party and now they're whining. Fuck em!

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

47. kick n/t

[Douglas Carpenter]

48. done and kick and recommended --

[unkachuck]

49. done....Yes 55%, No 45%....n/t

[proud patriot]

50. glad to help , one woman one vote

[Auntie Bush]

51. Still stuck on 45% to 55% Yes

[cry baby]

52. done

[howmad1]

53. DONE!

[GetTheRightVote]

54. Done and voted !!

:kick:

[farmboxer]

55. Done!

I voted. I am tired of the bias of the MSM! Bush can get away with anything, but the poor/middleclass are cut down all the time! King was a great man and his wife a great women. I miss them, America needs them now.

[itzamirakul]

56. Done & Kicked 56% Yes 44% No

[Popol Vuh]

57. Done

And thanks for posting this.

[theHandpuppet]

58. Done and kicked

Thanks for the heads up.

[Neil Lisst]

59. Voted! Any time anyone calls Bush out, they squeal FOUL!

F them.

[andlor]

60. done

[truthisfreedom]

61. done. i'm sick of thugs telling us what to think and say. sick to death.

they can all eat hot shit.

[AndyA]

62. Done - 56% Yes n/m

[MoJoWorkin]

63. Done. 56% yes n/t

[Jeffersons Ghost]

64. how about JOKES at a funeral?

Poppa tyrant had them rolling in the isles... How funny and TASTELESS that was at a funeral service.

[auburngrad82]

65. Done

Liberal bumper stickers

[yellerpup]

66. 10,686 Votes - 55% Yes, 45% No. eom

[wicket]

67. kick

:kick:

[Catchawave]

68. Done for "peace and an honest government"

[BlueCollar]

69. done

[MrBenchley]

70. 55% yes.....

Fuck the Republicans' phony outrage.....

[Julius Civitatus]

71. Done! Pass it along! --n/t

[Greyhound]

72. Somebody vote for me, please. (still can't get M$NBC to work)

[Quiet_Dem_Mom]

73. OK, I voted in your honor!

;-)

[Greyhound]

76. Thanks Mom!

[Totally Committed]

74. All you need to remember is this:

Can you imagine, if MLK was still alive today, after all that has happened (and NOT happened) with the cicil rights movement in the US, what HIS eulogy would have sounded like? Do you think he would have made political statements? Do you think those statements would have been impassioned?

Republicans have no right to tell people what is correct and not coorect at public funerals such as this one. Coretta Scott King's life was a living political statement in itself... so was Wellstone's, for that matter. These were appropriate statements to have been made at her funeral, as were the ones made at Wellstone's. The only reasone the Republicans are pissing and moaning over it is because they were harpooned. If it had been the Democrats that had been lambasted (wait until Zell's funeral), there would not be this outcry. And, I'll bet, MSNBC would never have asked that polling question afterward, either.

TC

[Bake]

75. 54 to 46, it was appropriate

Almmost 12,000 responses.

Bake

[cease_fire]

77. Done and Kicked - eom

[chat_noir]

78. K&R

ok, we need the other 80,000 Duers help on this

[Lochloosa]

79. Done...54% yes

Was it appropriate for speakers to make politically charged statements at Coretta Scott King's funeral? * 12242 responses


Yes, her life was about politics.
54%

No, it should have been a neutral affair.
46%

[donkeyotay]

80. They invited a bunch of politicians and televised it

Big surprise that it got "political."

I think chimpy was politicizing it by being there... you know, trying to suck up his 2% black approval rating by pretending to care. Why doesn't anyone find fault with that? Oh, that's right. For the same reason that Republicans don't play politics and aren't partisan.