Maybe we will see the Democrats demanding the same honor be paid to Louis Farrakhan and Jesse Jackson when they die.
When Benjamin Franklin died, and plans were being made to mark his passing, George Washington worried to Thomas Jefferson about having to make such a todo about the passing of every founding father. Jefferson’s reply was (I quote from memory since I can’t seem to find it on the web) to the effect that“Mankind has set such a gulf between yourself and Doctor Franklin, on the one hand, and the rest of humanity on the other, that what is done for either of you sets no precedent for anyone else whatsoever.”. . . and you will be hard pressed to name anyone who had the prestige of Billy Graham. Nobody before or since has made the impression he has.