More on Rev. Lowery's Demagoguing

HazZzmat and numerous other bloggers jumped on the dubious rhetoric of Rev. Lowery and the Worst Ex-President In History, Jimmy Carter, as they grandstanded and dissed President Bush at the memorial service for the late Coretta Scott King. Now the Rev. is jumping back:

"The Republicans who are criticizing me don't understand the [tradition] of a black funeral," Lowery said in an interview. "At a black funeral we always celebrate the life of the deceased and take up the causes that the decedent championed. Mrs. King's cause was peace and racial justice, and I challenged the living to do likewise."

Right, just like the Democrats don't understand the tradition of respecting the duly elected president who was the first to win a popular majority since 1988.

The civil rights movement since Dr. King's time has morphed from something operating behind a strong shield of obvious moral righteousness to a discredited movement that's largely a fund-raising organization for the Democrats who promptly forget it in non-election years. Between elections, they devote themselves to dogged attempts to impose socialism by redistributing income from working Americans of all races.

Rev. Lowery plays another meme here as well, via pre-cooked talking points:

He added: "The Republicans played politics during Reagan's funeral. Look how political it was. They are just trying to shelter Bush from reality."

Looks like it's the Reverend who's being sheltered from reality, not the President. Funny the Reverend didn't mention Paul Wellstone's funeral, which the Dems exploited to such a fare-thee-well that it lost them a senatorial election. Furthermore, his response here is the typical Democrat-left response. Never answer the question. Just assert that someone else on the other side did the same thing (whether you can support this or not), and keep moving, knowing that the MSM will give you a pass (since you're a Democrat). And never check to see if you knew what you were talking about, which in this case the Reverend does not. No one at Reagan's funeral, no one, dumped on the opposition or tried to discredit them. Never happened. Reverend Lowery has basically laid a whopper on the media, which won't question him on this.

Demagogues like Lowery and Carter are used to getting free passes. That's why the blogosphere irritates them mightily. They are not getting away with it anymore, and they don't like it one bit.

Sorry Rev, wrong answer.