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February 8, 2006
"She [Coretta Scott King]
extended Martin's message against poverty, racism and
war. She deplored the terror inflicted by our smart
bombs on missions way afar. We know now that there
were no weapons of mass destruction over there,"
Rev. Joseph Lowery, co-founder of Southern Christian
Leadership Conference, said.
"This commerative ceremony this
morning, this afternoon, is not only to acknowledge
the great contributions of Coretta [King] and Martin
[King], but to remind us that the struggle for equal
rights is not over. We only have to recall the color
of the faces of those in Louisiana, Alabama and
Mississippi," former President Jimmy Carter said.
"Those who were most devastated by [Hurricane]
Katrina know that there are not yet equal
opportunities for all Americans. It is our
responsibility to continue their crusade."
"President Bush was where he
should have been," said Bruce S. Gordon, the new
president of the NAACP. "Coretta Scott King is a
very important figure in black American history and
American history. I thought it was appropriate for the
president to be there to honor her."
"We're selling our party short;
you've got to stand for a lot more than just blasting
the other side," said Gov. Phil Bredesen, Democrat
of Tennessee. "The country is wide open to hear
some alternatives, but I don't think it's wide open to
all these criticisms. I am sitting here and getting
all my e-mail about the things we are supposed to say
about the president's speech, but it's extremely light
on ideas. It's like, 'We're for jobs and we're for
America.' "
"I think that two-thirds of the
American people think the country is going in the
wrong direction," said Senator Barack Obama,
(D-IL). "They're not sure yet whether Democrats can
move it in the right direction."
"It's important for us, if
we're going to proceed legislatively, to keep in mind
there's a price to be paid for that, and it might well
in fact do irreparable damage to our capacity to
collect information," Vice President Richard
Cheney said.
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