Posted on 06/08/2004 8:54:12 AM PDT by lainie
Edited on 06/08/2004 11:18:28 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Controversy develops over Reagan funeral speakers...
'President Clinton really held out all hope the funeral would be a nonpartisan event, like Nixon's was,' a top Clinton source said on Tuesday morning. 'He's angry and disappointed neither he nor President Carter have been asked to speak, as of yet'...
CLINTON DISAPPOINTMENT: LEFT OFF FUNERAL SPEAKERS LIST
Former President Bill Clinton has privately expressed anger he has apparently been left off the speakers list of Friday's Reagan State Funeral, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.
"President Clinton really held out all hope the funeral would be a nonpartisan event, like Nixon's was," a top Clinton source said on Tuesday morning. "He's angry and disappointed neither he nor President Carter have been asked to speak, as of yet."
The top source says Clinton has been critical that both Bush presidents will address the crowd gathered at National Cathedral.
Nixon's vice president Gerald Ford did not speak at Nixon's funeral.
Clinton's inner circle is convinced Nancy Reagan has personally shut out Clinton from any high-profile participation.
"It is a state funeral, using tax dollars," the top Clinton insider explained.
Former President George H.W. Bush, former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney will join President Bush in eulogizing Ronald Reagan, Reagan's office announced. Presiding over the service will be former Sen. John Danforth of Missouri, who is an ordained Episcopal priest. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and the Rabbi Harold Kusher will give readings, while Irish tenor Ronan Tynan will sing.
The eulogy is being prepared by President Bush's chief speechwriter, Michael Gerson, who also wrote the president's moving speech for a memorial service in the same cathedral after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Developing...
Yep. He deserves far worse than that, but hey...
BTW, local news just said there was a total of 106,000 total in Simi Valley.
Wow, that's amazing. And not one riot.
Spoken like a true Californian..!!
Thank you, Nancy.
Now, that's a great post, MeekOh!
Anyone see Greta Van Sustern's show yesterday on Fox.
Can you believe this woman. Here Reagan is the big story and her show was about Scott Peterson and OJ. Jeez, cant she wait a week to talk about them.
Greta = the National Enquirer.
One must not forget Greta's roots . .
I don't now and never have trusted her liberal heart. (Nor the other CNN "transfer" on Fox.)
I like Scarborough's show much better. But its pretty funny, when Scarborough attacks Fox. Remember when Joe was attacking Geraldo for making up stories about Iraq and Afghanistan. That was so funny.
Clinton should not speak because he is a self-absorbed jerkoff. And there is REALLY nothing partisan about that.
"...he's [Carter] one of the most respected men in the world."
He is!? I didn't know that.
I heard those speakers at that other convention saying "we won the Cold War" -- and I couldn't help wondering, just who exactly do they mean by "we"? And to top it off, they even tried to portray themselves as sharing the same fundamental values of our party! What they truly don't understand is the principle so eloquently stated by Abraham Lincoln: "You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot help the wage-earner by pulling down the wage-payer. You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.
If we ever hear the Democrats quoting that passage by Lincoln and acting like they mean it, then, my friends, we will know that the opposition has really changed.
Until then, we see all that rhetorical smoke, billowing out from the Democrats, well ladies and gentlemen, I'd follow the example of their nominee. Don't inhale.
This fellow they've nominated claims he's the new Thomas Jefferson. Well, let me tell you something. I knew Thomas Jefferson. He was a friend of mine. And governor, you're no Thomas Jefferson.
hahahaha ! Really good, Potlatch. That's funny. :^D
this is the same guy who claims his administration overturned the Reagan years....so what more does he have to say? Everything after this statement would be hypocritical so here's some news for you bubba, if I wanted to hear from an asshole, i would fart!
Neener, neener, neener, Bill!
You are irrelevant!
Not to mention stupid, boring, and narcissistic.
In the words of Dan Hicks,
"How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away"
by Dan Hicks
I've talked to your mother and I've talked to your dad.
They say they've tried but it's all in vain.
I've begged and I've pleaded.
I've even got mad.
Now we must face it, you give me a pain.
(Chorus)
How can I miss you when you won't go away.
Keep telling you day after day.
But you won't listen.
You always stay and stay.
How can I miss you when you won't go away.
Your never ending presence really cramps my style.
I dreamed that it won't always be the same.
At first I was attracted but after a while,
have you ever of a "hard to get thing."
(Chorus)
I mean it, too.
Out of 3 billion people, why must it be me.
Oh why, oh why won't you cut me loose.
Just do me a favor, and listen to my plea.
I'm not the only chicken on the roost.
(Chorus)
During the Republican convention that preceeded the 8 years of lies with x42, didn't President Reagan, in his speech, say something like "...some may call him Slick" about clinochio? I can't find the speech, so maybe some of my fellow FReepers can help out with this. It was a great dig in any event. RIP President Reagan.
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