Sad, Truly Sad

This is another blot on the left. Not on their policy, but on their character. Public leaders should set an example by knowing the time and place for debate and having respect for the stature of the President regardless of his policies. Not to mention the needless sullying of the purpose of the occasion.

Beyond that, didn't they learn anything from the Paul Wellstone funeral debacle? They acted indecorously at the late Senator's funeral as well, and snatched defeat from the jaws of victory, gifting a guaranteed seat to Norm Coleman.

Unfortunately it is another blot on the civil rights movement. Americans see things like this and observe the antics and rhetoric of Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Julian Bond et al and they know that the moral authority of the civil rights movement is a thing of the past. It is true that white America is more or less disengaged from the modern cause of civil rights. In part this is because the real goals of the movement have been achieved, but the last, critical threads of engagement have been severed by the laughable cast of characters that now carry the banner of civil rights. They've traded in the likes of Dr. King and Jackie Robinson for Al Sharpton and Kanye West. That's a Bad Trade. A Really Bad Trade.