Thanks for this post, I was wondering about precedent, and didn’t want to start spewing outrage before I knew what the precedent was. Even if presidents had usually attended the funerals for former First Ladies, if it was my wife/mother/relative, I would rather not have that scumbag Obama there anyway.
Regardless of the parties involved, it would probably be more disruptive than appreciated fir a Presidential visit.
Also, this is normal tradition; it just makes the people griping about it look like they will gripe anything the president does, which has already given him ‘damned if you do, damned if you don’t’ sympathy.
There are plenty of things to criticize him for, this is not one of them; it just makes the complainers look petty and ignorant.