Carefully-Planned Event Ruined
The president's coming to town today and will lay a wreath on the gravesite of Martin Luther King Jr.
What an honor! How appropriate!
What a hassle for the people who would have denounced him as a racist if he hadn't showed up!
After some spirited haggling, a compromise has been reached that will allow both a visit today by President Bush and a long-planned tribute to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on what would have been his 75th birthday.Members of the MLK March Committee, who worked with King and planned the tribute, complained that Bush invited himself to their party and might end up ruining the event.
But not not everyone was happy. Outside the King Center on Wednesday members of Concerned Black Clergy protested the president's visit.
"Tomorrow, the biggest hypocrisy will be perpetuated here in Atlanta," said the Rev. Tim McDonald, president of the group and pastor of First Iconium Baptist Church.
UPDATE: Ugly, ugly, ugly.