Here’s Six Funerals The Obamas DID Attend

The Daily Caller ^ | 2/17/16 | Peter Hasson

[Nachum]

  U.S. President Barack Obama pulls up his collar as he arrives in the rain with first lady Michelle Obama to attend the Republic Day parade in New Delhi January 26, 2015. REUTERS/Jim Bourg

The White House announced on Wednesday that neither President Barack Obama or first lady Michelle Obama will be attending the funeral of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. While Justice Scalia’s funeral apparently doesn’t warrant Obama’s presence, here are six funerals that did.

1. Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI)
   Less than two months before the 2012 election, both Obamas took time out of their schedule to attend the funeral of Senator Inouye. President Obama openly wept over the liberal senator.
2. Hadiya Pendleton
   Three days before his 2013 State of the Union address, President Obama sent Michelle on his behalf to the funeral of 15 year-old shooting victim Hadiya Pendleton. Obama’s decision to send Michelle to the Chicago teen’s funeral set the stage for his SOTU address, in which he called for further gun control restrictions.
3. Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV)
   Despite Robert Byrd’s well-known ties to the Ku Klux Klan, President Obama attended the Democratic senator’s funeral. Obama gave a speech at the ceremony and called the late senator his friend.
4. Reverend Clementa Pinckney
   Reverend Pinckney, who also served as a South Carolina state senator, was one of the nine people killed in the Charleston shooting last summer. Despite never having met Pinckney, President Obama delivered his eulogy.
5. Former Democratic House Speaker Tom Foley
   Just six months after snubbing the funeral of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, President Obama attended the funeral of former Democratic Speaker of the House Tom Foley. As he tends to do when actually attending funerals, Obama delivered a speech.
6. Walter Cronkite
   When the legendary newscaster passed away in September 2009, President Obama found room in his schedule to travel to New York for the memorial service. Once again, Obama gave a speech at the service. He had openly admitted that he never met Cronkite.

Justice Scalia leaves behind nine children and 36 grandchildren.

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[Fungi]

The feckless fool on the hill remains an absolute feckless fool.

[ifinnegan]

Obama is a big-time hater.

[Williams]

My God even with this communist pig president I can’t believe this.

[Slyfox]

It is just as well that he is not attending Scalia’s funeral. Obama is a first class jack@$$.

[EinNYC]

Why would anyone want this vermin to attend their loved one’s funeral? I wouldn’t even want him at a goldfish’s funeral. Even in that case, the deceased would be on a higher level than him. Better he stay away than deliver a self-adulating speech honoring himself more than the deceased.

[Jeff Head]

Obama loves to hear himself speak...and he somehow thinks he is the one anointed to preach and lecture to all of us.

I have gotten to the point where I simply detest seeing his mug on the TV in almost any situation where he has the opportunity to look down his nose on, and lecture all f us.

I will be so glad when he is no longer in office.

[dp0622]

He cut a check for 20 plus million for the families of those killed in the Carolina attack.

was it terrible, yes!! horrible incident.

what did he send to the soldiers shot through the window the Fort Hood soldiers, the people who’ve been hacked and raped and those in CA who were murdered by muslims.

I HATE our president. He disgusts me to no end. I gave him some benefit of doubt first few years. That was dumb

Obama, you ####, when you come to get me you’d better send five big mother ######s

[dp0622]

you know what? you’re right. I dont even want Biden there.

[P-Marlowe]

I’m certain the family did not want him there.

[BAW]

Zero behaving stupidly.

[boycott]

Personally, whenever the time comes, I wouldn’t attend obama’s funeral. I wouldn’t whiz on him if he was on fire.

[TontoKowalski]

Whether Obama liked Justice Scalia personally or not... that's not the issue.

The issue is that he's the sitting President of the United States of America blowing off the funeral of a Justice of the Supreme Court, a co-equal branch of government, who faithfully served in his post for damn near 30 years.

It is shameful.

[Secret Agent Man]

It. Is. Better. He. Not. Be. There.

[kiryandil]

Scalia wan't a Muslim.

That's why the Muslim-In-Chief won't attend.

[funfan]

Great post and the goldfish thank you.

[kalee]

Sounds like they didn’t offer to let him speak, but why should they?

[HollyB]

Probably the case. If he can’t be the center of attention, he won’t partake.

[cowboyway]

I HATE our president. He disgusts me to no end. I gave him some benefit of doubt first few years. That was dumb Obama, you ####, when you come to get me you'd better send five big mother ######s

Put the bottle down and go to bed...........