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CLINTON DISAPPOINTMENT: LEFT OFF FUNERAL SPEAKERS LIST (Updated)
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| 6/8/04
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.
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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'...
UPDATED:
XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX TUE JUNE 08, 2004 11:02:52 ET XXXXX 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...
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To: Darth Reagan
I disagree, no one should be allowed to honor Reagan in death that did not honor him in life. The hypocrisy is stunning. We don't need to hear a leftist take the stage to damn the great American conservative with faint praise the way Clinton did Nixon. The Clintons hated Nixon.
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posted on
06/08/2004 9:28:09 AM PDT
by
Eva
To: Darth Reagan
"They should be allowed to speak. If you recall, Clinton did a good and respectful job at Nixon's funeral."
He was the current Oval Office occupant at the time of the Nixon funeral, that is the ONLY reason he was asked to speak. There is no reason on earth he should speak at President Reagan's service. Don't forget, this is the formal service President and Mrs Reagan have updated annually since 1981, if he had wanted Clinton's name on the list of speakers it would have been there. Ronald Reagan would not go in the Oval Ofice without a coat and tie. Fat chance he would want someone who had so disgraced that office to speak at his funeral. Clinton and Carter along with their meddlesome. shrewish wives need to be grateful they're invited at all and just kewl it.
242
posted on
06/08/2004 9:28:16 AM PDT
by
Darlin'
("I will not forget this wound to my country." President George W Bush, 20 Sept 2001)
To: dittomom
I'm still trying to figure out what it being a state funeral using tax dollars has to do with Clinton speaking. Is he saying that the parties have to have equal time because of that? Like it's a political event? The guy is obviously still thinking in terms of the Wellstone Fune-rally...and wants another one.
To: lainie
Good thing! It would be difficult for the mourners to resist booing and hissing.
244
posted on
06/08/2004 9:28:35 AM PDT
by
Exit148
(Loose Change Club is adding another weekly $2.88. Total now- $17.32. It adds up!!!)
To: Mo1
Cheney was the luckiest guy NOT to be invited..
245
posted on
06/08/2004 9:28:35 AM PDT
by
ken5050
To: sharktrager
Amen! The WHOLE point should be that Nancy is making this decision and SHE decides who speaks and SHE decided that Carter and Clinton would not. She is the man's widow for God's sake!! She could have Monica Lewinsky speak if she wanted to!! It is up to her and the family and they chose to make it a funeral they could look back on and not regret their decisions. Clintoon is showing his clASS as usual, or lack there of. Carter is a petty, vial weed. No reason for either of them to speak. Why take the chance on something being said that can not be taken back. I would not want my memories of my husband's funeral to be like that.
To: lainie; Admin Moderator
Updated, maybe you can have this inserted into the article at the top:
XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX TUE JUNE 08, 2004 11:02:52 ET XXXXX
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...
247
posted on
06/08/2004 9:29:01 AM PDT
by
cgk
("If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a Nation gone under.")
To: cgk
Former Canadian P.M. Brian Mulroney will be a Eulogist as well.
To: xkaydet65
I wanted to post the article on a federal judge ruling a fetus a citizen and entitled to full constitutional rights to see their reaction. DU has shut down the registration option. No one can join DU right now.
This is a tactic they use often when there is negative news about the RATS or events that lead to them being exposed for the scum they are.
I can not think of a single time that JimRob has turned off the sign up feature on FR.
249
posted on
06/08/2004 9:29:09 AM PDT
by
Phantom Lord
(Distributor of Pain, Your Loss Becomes My Gain)
To: kalama
The current president and the guy who was Reagan's VP for 8 years are speaking? Why, that makes no sense at all?!
250
posted on
06/08/2004 9:29:10 AM PDT
by
GraniteStateConservative
(...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
To: lainie; MeekOneGOP; devolve; Mia T; JohnHuang2; Smartass; dennisw; Salem; Sabertooth; B4Ranch
"'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'..."
It just keeps getting better and better - PING!
251
posted on
06/08/2004 9:29:10 AM PDT
by
Happy2BMe
(Ronald Reagan to Islamic Terrorism: YOU CAN RUN - BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE!)
To: lainie
Two points: 1. Reagan did not speak at Nixon's funeral. Bush '41 is not speaking as a former prez but as Reagan's VP for eight years.
252
posted on
06/08/2004 9:29:12 AM PDT
by
mondonico
(Peace through Superior Firepower)
To: lainie
The Clintonistas are publicly naming NANCY REAGAN as leaving Clinton off the list... they have NO SHAME!
253
posted on
06/08/2004 9:30:10 AM PDT
by
cgk
("If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a Nation gone under.")
To: lainie
He can sit in the front two rows opposite the family in silent reverence.
BawwwwwwwwwwwwwwHHaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
To: HairOfTheDog
Honestly.... I am not putting too much into this report from Drudge.Most here concede their presence is expected. The issue at hand is the *speaking* at the event, and I fully believe neither is invited to do so, nor will this attempt to strong-arm a featured role in the funeral be catered to.
To: rhombus
I think that Ronnie would even be disappointed if the looney left didn't show up and remind us all why he won in landslides.Good point. Millions of Americans will be watching (I'm taking the day off) and the antics of the left on such a solemn occassion will only serve to hurt them.
256
posted on
06/08/2004 9:30:20 AM PDT
by
randog
(Everything works great 'til the current flows.)
To: lainie
He can sit in the front two rows opposite the family in silent reverence.
BawwwwwwwwwwwwwwHHaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
To: lainie
He can sit in the front two rows opposite the family in silent reverence.
BawwwwwwwwwwwwwwHHaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
To: xkaydet65
"One common thought among them was that since the state funeral is tax supported it's unfair that Clinton can't speak." Like a child looking desperately for a loophole. Except for wars conducted by Republican presidents and funerals for Republican presidents, since when has a liberal ever been concerned with the taxpayer's money?
Answer: Only when it benefits them.
259
posted on
06/08/2004 9:31:08 AM PDT
by
scott7278
("FR will NOT be used to help replace Bush with a Democrat." -- Jim Robinson, 2/01/04)
To: GOPrincess
Exactly. I have heard of that abomination called CAMPAIGN finance reform, but I don't recall any clause in there about funerals...
260
posted on
06/08/2004 9:31:12 AM PDT
by
dittomom
(God Bless the Gipper)
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