[mountaineer]

Yep, Al and Tippsy were between Ridge and Rove. The BigGayFella must have been seething the whole time. "I used to be the next president, and they didn't even put me in the second row! Waaah, it's not fair!"

I thought the service in Simi Valley was nice - the three children did well, but poor Nancy broke down at the very end, after being presented the flag from the casket. The clicking cameras sounded like tapdancers!

The other networks cut away after that to more chatter (has Chris Matthews ever had an unexpressed thought?), but CSPAN continued to show the attendees stepping up to the casket and paying their last respects, which was interesting - everyone from Wayne Newton to Wayne Gretzky (his wife looked very emotional). Mickey Rooney gave Ron a snappy salute, while Lady Thatcher bowed. Finally, after the guests had gone, the members of the military band came up, two by two, and saluted slowly in unison, as the sun set.

[daisyscarlett]

Yes indeedy, Tipper was there with her flip hairdo...

[BigWaveBetty]

The clicking camera sounded like tapdancers!

For the first few seconds I thought ok, guess they have to take pictures but as the clicking went on and on and on, I finally screamed through my tears -- ENOUGH ALREADY!!!

Had I been there I would have gladly gone to jail for assault because I would have been kicking photographers in the shins all over the place.

I hope Nancy was unable to hear all the camera noise.