Carry on

Just because a liar and fool walks into the room you don't sit around lying and acting like a fool. Carry on, say what needs to be said and let things fall where they may fall. Bush should be embarrassed. Unfortunately for Dubya, Karl Rove and his thugs didn't get to pick, and screen and pre-package this audience. "President Bush changed his schedule at the last minute to attend Coretta Scott King's funeral. It might have been a mistake. Not only was he overshadowed by the Bill and Hillary show, but several speakers, including former President Jimmy Carter, aimed sharply pointed darts at the commander in chief as he sat squirming on the dais. "We know now that there were no weapons of mass destruction over there. But Coretta knew, and we know, that there are weapons of misdirection right down here," chanted the Rev. Joseph Lowery, an 85-year-old King compatriot who drew the massive audience to its feet for a two-minute ovation. "For war, billions more - but no more for the poor!" he added, to more cheers. Bush, who rarely hears criticism to his face, wore a tight grin as he sat behind Lowery. When Lowery finished, however, Bush shook his hand with a big smile. Carter brought the audience to its feet again at Bush's expense when he mentioned the "secret government wiretapping" of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., a clear reference to the current snooping controversy. And the megachurch erupted once more - first with gasps, then with applause - when Carter brought up the worst moment in Bush's relationship with the black community. "The struggle for equal rights is not over," Carter said