[Never on my watch]

Gibbs also said that 11 of the 17 who denied permission had decided before they knew Obama would be there.

Huh? They decided not to let Obama use their loved ones before they knew Obama was coming?

Did the WH do opinion polling before they decided to do this? Wait, of course they did... and BHO would not have gone unless he had at least one family consent to be used by him.

[livius]

I thought that was pretty bizarre - not that the families would do it (deny permission), but that the WH is so nervous Gibbs would go ahead and say this.

Most people do not want the death of a loved one being turned into a photo op, and Bush never asked them to do that; in fact, he tried to protect them.

Obama is a whole different ball game. In his mind, it’s all about him...

[LADY J]

"Gibbs also said that 11 of the 17 who denied permission had decided before they knew Obama would be there."

17 families out of 18 denied Bozo. Only one - the last coffin off the transport allowed it. Wonder how they were strong-armed to do so & consented in their grief!

Very telling what the rest of the families think of Bozo.

[Vendome]

This is going to go down in the “Anals” of assinine posing by poseur and the crappiest of craptastic briefings and photo-ops.

They qualified every statement.