LIVE THREAD: Reagan State Funeral Ceremony: Arrival at the Capitol

www.freerepublic.com | June 9, 2004

[mystery-ak]

Oh my....always plan ahead.

[Howlin]

She just can't let him go............tragic.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

The Historian is saying this is the first time to use the West Side because of construction.

[samadams2000]

Pelosi just rolled her eyes...I swear re-run the tape.

[BlueAngel]

I just saw Michael Reagan. He is in the back. He should be up front with the others.

[cgk]

Mrs. Reagan reaching to touch the casket:

[NautiNurse]

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord;
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored.
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword;
His truth is marching on!

[chorus]
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! His truth is marching on.

I have seen Him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps;
They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps.
I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps;
His day is marching on!

[chorus]

I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnished rows of steel;
"As ye deal with my contemners, so with you my grace shall deal;
Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel,
Since God is marching on."

[chorus]

He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat;
He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment-seat;
Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him! be jubilant, my feet!
Our God is marching on!

[chorus]

In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me;
As he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free,
While God is marching on.

[Darlin']

Smooch.... you're not alone.

[ConservativeMan55]

[A Citizen Reporter]

"My absolute favorite of all of our nation's hymns. I can cry just from reading the lyrics."

Yes, mine too. And it is my fervent hope that children today will learn the lyrics, because of the central place that the hymn has had in this funeral.

[lawgirl]

And perhaps it's the millions of people around this country praying for her to be strong and for God to be standing next to her during this difficult time.

[Pylon]

That is most decidedly not true. The greatest dollar value from horses is for their breeding services. Last year when Funnycide won the Kentucky Derby there was a lot of talk about the rarity of a such an expensive horse being gelded.

There is a Clinton joke somewhere in there.

[isthisnickcool]

(insert images of wellstone funeral here for contrast)

[MadIvan]

It's very late here, but yes, I'm watching it.

Regards, Ivan

[Howlin]

Being old and all, I like that big lens.......LOL.

[Joe Hadenuf]

Agree, that was quite annoying to say the least.

[ambrose]

Daschle appears to be... saddened.

[Mr. Silverback]

His plans should be public record. He is supposed to file them 1 year after leaving office.

It was mentioned (I think yesterday) on Rush that Clinton has not filed. Rush was discussing a print news story that treated the Reagan family's planning role as some sort of power grab. Clinton hasn't filed, I'm sure, because he looks in the mirror and thinks, "How could God ever let something that good looking kick the bucket?"

[Howlin]

I was singing right along!