[Gritty]

Let's bring this down to a personal level we can all understand...

Would any of us want bill clinton speaking at our funeral?

[Not A Snowbird]

Would any of us want bill clinton speaking at our funeral?

I don't want that lying adulterer anywhere near me, dead or alive!

[TontoKowalski]

Would any of us want bill clinton speaking at our funeral?

I believe I answered that way back in post #276:

"When my time comes, I'd rather be dumped in a ditch than to have a loathsome creature like clinton speak at my elaborate funeral."

[reformed_democrat]

Would any of us want bill clinton speaking at our funeral?

Bingo!
Funerals do nothing for the deceased. Funerals are to comfort the living. President Reagan's nearest and dearest should be the ones to decide how they want to say goodbye, and I, for one, could certainly understand why Clinton and Carter would be inappropriate as speakers or guests.