Reply #36: I've read your post [View All]

However, after seeing what Bush has done to this country...from the war, Katrina, environment, outsourcing, selling this country one port at a time, giving tax breaks to the rich while cutting veterans benefits and programs for the frail, poor, and needy, to the lies and corruption...any "Democrat" who would vote Republican because of a political speech at a funeral of a civil rights activist would have never voted for Democrats in the first place.

The right-wing extremists pushed the "talking politics at her funeral was so inappropriate" talking point relentlessly. There are so many more important issues than who said what at a funeral. However, it incensed them that their bubble boy had no choice but to listen to people who disagree with his policies and hear the truth. If they would have bashed Clinton or Carter at the funeral, right-wingers would be all happy about that.

I didn't feel uncomfortable watching the funeral. I felt uncomfortable when some "Democrats" did not stand up to the right-wing talking heads who were pushing that non-issue. Democrats have to get better in bringing the focus back to the important issues facing our country.