[Darth Reagan]

They should be allowed to speak. If you recall, Clinton did a good and respectful job at Nixon's funeral.

[alisasny]

As sitting President he had the priviledge to speak. He is currently unemployed.

[lainie]

Depends whose decision it is, I guess. Is it Nancy's call?

Also, when was Nixon's funeral.. wasn't Clinton the current president at the time?

[kalama]

Clinton is cloaking his concerns (book sales) under the guise of sticking up for Carter

[GreatOne]

They should be allowed to speak. If you recall, Clinton did a good and respectful job at Nixon's funeral.

That was only because he was president during Nixon's death. When any president dies, the current president should be a speaker at the funeral, same party or not. Other speakers should obviously be those who were friends and family. Neither Clinton nor Carter falls under these categories, so they shouldn't speak - nothing partisan about it.

[sinkspur]

They should be allowed to speak. If you recall, Clinton did a good and respectful job at Nixon's funeral.

I agree. He did a very good job at Nixon's funeral.

[skeeter]

They should be allowed to speak. If you recall, Clinton did a good and respectful job at Nixon's funeral.

I would've said so, too, before this staffer's comments.

[Alberta's Child]

Clinton spoke at Nixon's funeral simply because he was the president at the time of Nixon's death.

[CasearianDaoist]

Why? It is up to the family. He is not the sitting President nor did he serve with him. I see no moral basis for your assertion.

They merely want to politicize it. If one is not asked why would one complain. It is just indecent. Even if one was wounded by the omission it is not something to be aired in public.

As for Carter, he was his political foe and ideological nemesis. For what other reasons that politics self prompropotion and pure selfish mean spiritedness would he want to speak. If they have a statement then issue it to the press.

I think you wrong here.

[Phantom Lord]

Darth,

Clinton spoke at Nixon's funeral because he was POTUS at the time.

Carter couldn't even be bothered with showing up at the WWII memorial opening. Why on earth should he be allowed to have a speaking part at Reagan's funderal?

[N3WBI3]

He spent eight years trashing everything the man did (blah blah blah rich blah blah blah 12 years the wrong way blah blah) The family should decide who speaks and we (and he) should butt out..

[bondjamesbond]

The President of the United States should speak at a state funeral for a former President. In Nixon's case, that President was Clinton, and he did a statesmanlike job. In Reagan's case, that President is George W. Bush, and I am sure he will perform admirably as well.

If Clinton speaks, the question will be "Why Bill Clinton?" Why not Ford or Carter or Bush #42? Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan do not touch at any point. By the time Bill Clinton was elected President, Reagan was completely removed from public life. What does Bill Clinton add to the occasion?

If Clinton is actually making these waves, it confirms that he is the classless jerk we have always known him to be.

[samantha]

No way should this piece of human debris(clinton) get up and talk about a decent President. Jimmy Carter should not be allowed in the same church. 10 Years ago it was very different,the Rats are out of power and will do anything to get a dig in,or try to make themselves look better thinking that we will not remember the lies,hatred, and condemnation of anything Republican especially Ronald Reagan. Clinton sounds like Newt Gingrich at the back of the Clinton Airforce one,instead of the front. Crybabies are always a turnoff.

[GraniteStateConservative]

Did Ford and Carter speak in 1994, too?

[GraniteStateConservative]

Or GHWB?

[cyncooper]

They should be allowed to speak.

That would be up to Nancy.

If you recall, Clinton did a good and respectful job at Nixon's funeral.

No, I can't say I recall that.

[sharktrager]

No, he was the sitting President at Nixon's funeral. He is not a sitting President right now. As such, he does not deserve a spot. Now the man has to stand based on his record, and not his position. By that standard, he does not measure up.

[Eva]

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.

[Darlin']

"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.

[Hi Heels]

I have no desire to hear anything Clinton may say.

[doug from upland]

I don't care how well he spoke for Nixon. He does not belong. While Reagan had so much respect for the Oval Office that he never took off his coat, Clinton was in there without his pants staining the Great Seal with his DNA. No, to allow Clinton to speak would dishonor Ronald Reagan.