Posted on 04/03/2013 5:52:13 PM PDT by Jimmy Valentine's brother
On the day after Easter, 2013, family, friends and FReepers from far and wide packed The Sweeney Funeral Home to share tears and the many tales of Doctor Raoul’s adventures in the cause of Theodore Roosevelt’s Americanism:
In his tribute to Doctor Raoul, Kristinn relates from personal experience how Doctor Raoul lived his Americanism.
Even though Doctor Raoul didn’t appear from behind a door and shout “April Fool”, his presence was everywhere.
The 1957 Chevy hearse parked out front;
Flowers were sent by Ann Coulter,
flown in honor of the country’s support of the War on Terror. The flag can be seen in the photo as well as the “Thank you to our Troops, You did not Falter, You did not fail” MOAB inspired by Doctor Raoul.
At the end of the 1920 film, The Mark of Zorro, after all wrongs have been righted, Zorro throws his sword into a rafter of the house as he will no longer need to use it. In the 1925 film, Don Q, Son of Zorro, Don Q comes home to find that all is not well. Don Q pulls the sword from the rafter and rides out to right the wrongs once again.
Who knows, maybe someday a Don Q Son of Raoul or Susi Q daughter of Raoul may be seen on Free Republic.
R.I.P. Doc.
Priceless post. Thanks for the smile.
Lovely tribute, JVB. Thank you so much. It was great to get together with so many freepers and share a time of prayer for our brother.
((((Hugs))))I once wrote him freep mail about something and he wrote back that he had just been freeping outside on City Line.He reminded me of my pro-life friend Joe who would leave toys outside of the abortion site on Christmas Day.Doc thought beyond the norm.Which made you go Da that really is the norm.Both Saints.
Home safely FRom the most important and saddest road trip I have ever been on!
More thoughts later — probably tomorrow.
I FReeped Hillary in a devil outfit because of Dr. Raoul.
The look on the face of the local TV political reporter, who had just walked past me like I wasn’t there, even though I had called out “Hi, Bill!” and waved, when another FReeper pointed at me when asked “Do you have a spokesman?”, was priceless.
When I whipped off my devil mask, wasn’t toothless, and gave him coherent answers that even made good TV sound bites, well, you could just see the surprise on his face. He didn’t expect that at all.
And at some level, I owe those moments to Dr. Raoul.
Love it.
The class of 98 salutes our greatest member! Prayer bump!
May you rest in peace and may your family find comfort in knowing how much he was loved!
May perpetual light shine upon you!
Thanks for all the memories...and the inspiration!
You were the best, Dear Doctor!
From another class of 98-er.
Thank you JVB for the thread complete w pix. Nice to see my friends once again all together. Miss you allm
Sorry to hear this - the only time I can recall ever hearing Rush Limbaugh speak approvingly of Free Republic, years ago, was when he talked about something he had seen there from a poster named Doctor Raoul - RIP.....
Good. Thanks for all you do for FReedom.
Thank you, JVB.
A wonderful tribute to a wonderful man.
It was Halloween,2000, a Saturday night. after a successful mornings
White House Freep, you, Kristinn, Doctor Raoul and I met on a corner across from the Washington Hilton Hotel. we were able to Freep Clinton as he exited a limo at the porta cochere of the hotel.
The good doctor kept us in stitches.
Glad to see so many Freepers could make the funeral. It was very touching to see so many of the old warriors together again.
We still have some good Freeps left in us.
And Doctor Raoul will be with us when we do.
Another Class of ‘98 member weighing in.
LOL!
IMHO, it should have been In Paradisum
| In paradisum deducant te Angeli; in tuo adventu suscipiant te martyres, et perducant te in civitatem sanctam Ierusalem. Chorus angelorum te suscipiat, et cum Lazaro quondam paupere æternam habeas requiem. |
May the angels lead you into paradise: may the martyrs receive thee at thy coming, and lead thee into the holy city of Jerusalem. May the choir of angels receive thee, and mayest thou have eternal rest with Lazarus, who once was poor. |
Bump and thanks. Whoever owns that hearse is probably making a pretty good living. I’ve never seen one like that.
RIP Doc.
My sincere condolences to his family and FRiends. He will be missed greatly.
STD, Dr. Mike
STD, Dr. Mike
Roger that
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