funeral

Don't Politicize the Dead

Submitted by wojo on Wed, 2006-02-08 22:45.

I'm am disgusted to see a funeral once again being used as a political prop. A funeral or memorial is a solemn occasion and not a forum to take stabs at one's political opponents. I was sad to be an American, watching as our beloved President was forced to sit as his policies, which have done no harm to the black community, were questioned. Dr. King and Coretta must have looked down with shame. What kind of sick people would use the death of a great American for political gain? I'm equally sickened by the press who has barraged us with articles about Bush "squirming on the dais." Do we really need to know that Bush, "...wore a tight grin?" Only a true political hack would make the reactions and expressions of a President at a funeral the focus of their reporting.