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Here’s Six Funerals The Obamas DID Attend
The Daily Caller ^
| 2/17/16
| Peter Hasson
Posted on 02/17/2016 9:48:38 PM PST by Nachum
U.S. President Barack Obama pulls up his collar as he arrives in the rain with first lady Michelle Obama to attend the Republic Day parade in New Delhi January 26, 2015. REUTERS/Jim Bourg
The White House announced on Wednesday that neither President Barack Obama or first lady Michelle Obama will be attending the funeral of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. While Justice Scaliaâs funeral apparently doesnât warrant Obamaâs presence, here are six funerals that did.
- Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI)
Less than two months before the 2012 election, both Obamas took time out of their schedule to attend the funeral of Senator Inouye. President Obama openly wept over the liberal senator. - Hadiya Pendleton
Three days before his 2013 State of the Union address, President Obama sent Michelle on his behalf to the funeral of 15 year-old shooting victim Hadiya Pendleton. Obamaâs decision to send Michelle to the Chicago teenâs funeral set the stage for his SOTU address, in which he called for further gun control restrictions. - Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV)
Despite Robert Byrdâs well-known ties to the Ku Klux Klan, President Obama attended the Democratic senatorâs funeral. Obama gave a speech at the ceremony and called the late senator his friend. - Reverend Clementa Pinckney
Reverend Pinckney, who also served as a South Carolina state senator, was one of the nine people killed in the Charleston shooting last summer. Despite never having met Pinckney, President Obama delivered his eulogy. - Former Democratic House Speaker Tom Foley
Just six months after snubbing the funeral of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, President Obama attended the funeral of former Democratic Speaker of the House Tom Foley. As he tends to do when actually attending funerals, Obama delivered a speech. - Walter Cronkite
When the legendary newscaster passed away in September 2009, President Obama found room in his schedule to travel to New York for the memorial service. Once again, Obama gave a speech at the service. He had openly admitted that he never met Cronkite.
Justice Scalia leaves behind nine children and 36 grandchildren.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Hawaii; US: Illinois; US: South Carolina; US: Texas
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To: Nachum
Obviously meant to be an affront to the memory of Justice Scalia but I look at it as a blessing.
He will not foul that sacred ceremony with his presence and will not inconveniece the loved ones of the Justice.
Now if we could do something about Slow Joe...the thought of him groping Justice Scalia's grandaughter Megan is sickening
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posted on
02/18/2016 12:07:06 AM PST
by
Eagles6
( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
To: kalee
If he did attend and was allowed to speak, he would make the speech all about himself.
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posted on
02/18/2016 12:34:18 AM PST
by
Hulka
To: Nachum
wonder if perhaps Scalia’s family requested his ‘absence”
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posted on
02/18/2016 12:44:33 AM PST
by
maine-iac7
(A Christian is as a Christian does - "By their works...")
To: Nachum
I would not want either Obama to attend my funeral.
To: Nachum
Why is anyone surprised? We’ve all known exactly who and what he is since the beginning.
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posted on
02/18/2016 2:20:21 AM PST
by
Cincinna
( *** NOBAMA NO CLINTONS NO BUSHES ***)
To: Nachum
I’m GLAD the punk isn’t going!! It’ll be a Requiem High Mass, and he would probably take Holy Communion!
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posted on
02/18/2016 2:30:29 AM PST
by
Ann Archy
(ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: Williams
Forgive me, but I’m not the least bit surprised. He’s not even pretending to be American anymore.
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posted on
02/18/2016 2:48:58 AM PST
by
ManHunter
(You can run, but you'll only die tired... Army snipers: Reach out and touch someone)
To: Nachum
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posted on
02/18/2016 3:19:55 AM PST
by
greedo
To: Nachum
We can bet he sent representatives to all of the the thug cop killers funerals!
To: Nachum
He can come to mine if he wants but I would rather go to his. IYKWIM. lol
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posted on
02/18/2016 4:21:55 AM PST
by
Phlap
(REDNECK@LIBARTS.EDU)
To: Nachum
The left throws out the ‘racist’ label ad nauseam , so I must ask is Obama being a racist?
What a national disgrace, the snub even has the left-wing media dumbfounded & unable to defend.
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posted on
02/18/2016 4:27:04 AM PST
by
TexasCajun
(#BlackViolenceMatters)
To: Nachum
Hussein is showing a modicum respect for Scalia by not attending. One only goes to the funeral of ones despised enemy to spit on the casket.
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posted on
02/18/2016 5:03:57 AM PST
by
arthurus
(Het is waar. Tutti i liberali sono feccia.)
To: Slyfox
To: Nachum
If the Scalia family wanted Obama to attend, they would have held the funeral on a golf course.
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posted on
02/18/2016 5:29:45 AM PST
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Carl Grimes.)
To: Ann Archy
If God did not strike Obozo dead for being in the presence of the Holy Eucharist, I would hope that the traditional Catholic Church that Scalia attended would have absolutely refused communion to Comrade Imam. If Biden attends, since he is effectively an apostate, he should be denied the Eucharist as well. This can be handled by enforcing a simple statement at the beginning of Mass that those who are not Catholic are not to receive the Eucharist nor those in a state of mortal sin.
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posted on
02/18/2016 5:41:34 AM PST
by
BlackElk
(Dean of Discipline: Tomas de Torquemada Gentlemen's Society/Rack 'em Danno!)
To: dp0622
It will be interesting to see if Justice Scalia’s son, Paul, a priest, will conduct the funeral Mass...
He is VERY Conservative. Let’s see if any of the C-inos - Biden - receive Communion..maybe not at his dad’s funeral but any other time, for sure.
To: ronnie raygun
He did send a Muslim cleric to the SEAL Team 6 memorial service to damn them...never forget that.
To: greedo
So you agree with the press spokesman of the Demonratic National Committee who objected to Ted Cruz walking out on Raul Castro? What reason would that press spokesman have to lie? Reagan walked out on Gorbachev at Reyjavik.
TRUMP!!! much???? Step slowly away from the dancing bears! Even they are going to get fed up at some point. Make sure they aren't able to feed on you.
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posted on
02/18/2016 5:54:44 AM PST
by
BlackElk
(Dean of Discipline: Tomas de Torquemada Gentlemen's Society/Rack 'em Danno!)
To: BlackElk
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posted on
02/18/2016 6:03:50 AM PST
by
greedo
To: Nachum
I wouldn’t want him at my funeral, unless it was at mass grave in which patriots died in the slaughter that took him out with them in some SHTF scenario and they couldn’t sift out the poop from the patriots.
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