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Chirac Refuses to Attend Reagan's Funeral
Newsmax.com ^ | 6/09/04 | Carl Limbacher and theNewsmax.com staff

Posted on 06/09/2004 8:29:29 AM PDT by kattracks

Perhaps too busy still mourning the loss of his business partner Saddam Hussein, chief French quisling Jacques Chirac is not only refusing to attend former President Ronald Reagan's funeral on Friday, his government doesn't even list a representative who will attend.

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder are the only G-8 leaders who have confirmed plans to attend. British Prime Minister Tony Blair is expected as well, along with former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Prince Charles.

Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin says he will not attend and is sending Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson. Former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney is expected.

Others on the list for the ceremony include former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, Irish President Mary McAleese, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, South African President Thabo Mbeki, Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, Romanian President Ion Iliescu, Acting Lithuanian President Arturas Paulauskas, former Polish President Lech Walesa, former Finnish President Mauno Koivisto, Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Australian Governor General Maj. Gen. Michael Jeffrey, former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, Slovakian President Rudolf Schuster, Grenadan Governor General Sir Daniel Williams, former Danish Prime Minister Poul Schlueter, Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Lars Engqvist and Indian External Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh.



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1 posted on 06/09/2004 8:29:29 AM PDT by kattracks
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To: kattracks

Please, let me live to see the Fr*nch degrade into oblivion.


2 posted on 06/09/2004 8:31:01 AM PDT by Paul Atreides (Didn't your father tell you that unnecessary excerpting will make you go blind?)
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To: kattracks
Perhaps too busy still mourning the loss of his business partner Saddam Hussein, chief French quisling Jacques Chirac is not only refusing to attend former President Ronald Reagan's funeral on Friday, his government doesn't even list a representative who will attend.

Despicable scum. Thoroughly lacking in manners, dignity and grace.

On the other hand, the cathedral will smell better.

Regards, Ivan

3 posted on 06/09/2004 8:31:11 AM PDT by MadIvan (Ronald Reagan - proof positive that one man can indeed change the world.)
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To: kattracks

This is a serious breech of protocal, and a deep insult to the people of the United States.


4 posted on 06/09/2004 8:32:34 AM PDT by AnalogReigns
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To: MadIvan

I've heard Lady Thatcher will be speaking by videotape. Is that in error or, if not, do you know why she'd be there, yet on tape?

BTW, add me to the long list of those glad to see you back, though sorry for the occasion.

Dan


5 posted on 06/09/2004 8:32:41 AM PDT by BibChr ("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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To: kattracks

I had heard elsewhere that George W. Bush would attend. I guess that he changed his mind. Perhaps John F. Kerry replaced him.


6 posted on 06/09/2004 8:33:16 AM PDT by dufekin (John F. Kerry. Irrational, improvident, backward, seditious.)
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To: kattracks
his government doesn't even list a representative who will attend.
And this is bad?
Perhaps we should review our policy's regarding entry into our country so that we do not allow the allies of our enemies in.
7 posted on 06/09/2004 8:33:22 AM PDT by GrandEagle
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To: kattracks

Good.

F.
The.
French.


8 posted on 06/09/2004 8:33:39 AM PDT by steveyp
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To: kattracks

Look at the list of leaders - Thatcher, Blair, Gorby, Walesa, Nakasone - among many others, who ARE attending and there's no comparison.


9 posted on 06/09/2004 8:33:40 AM PDT by laconic
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To: MadIvan
Thoroughly lacking in manners, dignity and grace. On the other hand, the cathedral will smell better.

Amen to that.

10 posted on 06/09/2004 8:33:43 AM PDT by mountaineer
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To: kattracks

Typical french! Disgusting behavior.


11 posted on 06/09/2004 8:33:53 AM PDT by kassie
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To: kattracks

What makes the weasel think we wanted him there anyway?


12 posted on 06/09/2004 8:33:58 AM PDT by Bikers4Bush (Flood waters rising, heading for more conservative ground. Vote for true conservatives!)
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To: BibChr
Doctors have said public speaking is too much of a strain, she may give herself a stroke. The videotaped message was much easier for her to do.

Thanks for the warm welcome...I'm very touched by how warm it has been from everyone.

Regards, Ivan

13 posted on 06/09/2004 8:34:07 AM PDT by MadIvan (Ronald Reagan - proof positive that one man can indeed change the world.)
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To: kattracks

Old Europe and all that.


14 posted on 06/09/2004 8:34:09 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (STAGMIRE !)
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To: kattracks

Chirac Refuses to Attend Reagan's Funeral


Has the Al Qaeda given him a signal that he should stay home for reasons of safety?


15 posted on 06/09/2004 8:34:43 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
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To: kattracks

My first reaction is to launch insults his way but this is a very good thing: he simply isn't welcome in the USA.


16 posted on 06/09/2004 8:34:51 AM PDT by Dysart
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To: BibChr

I read that Mrs. Thatcher will attend, but she's already taped her message.


17 posted on 06/09/2004 8:35:25 AM PDT by mountaineer
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To: BibChr

Lady Thatcher is in pretty bad shape herself. She's had fainting spells, etc. I think that she has been asked by her physicians to avoid further public appearances.


18 posted on 06/09/2004 8:36:43 AM PDT by Tallguy (Liberals make my head hurt...)
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To: Paul Atreides
Please, let me live to see the Fr*nch degrade into oblivion.

They're already there - or well on the way. Next stop: Gaulistan.

19 posted on 06/09/2004 8:36:47 AM PDT by andy58-in-nh
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To: MadIvan

I remember when the despicable Lyndon Johnson refused to attend Churchill's funeral thus proving me wrong as I'd thought it impossible my opinion of LBJ had any further room to sink.


20 posted on 06/09/2004 8:36:48 AM PDT by laredo44 (Liberty is not the problem..)
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