Posted on 06/08/2004 8:15:44 AM PDT by kattracks
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, flying to California on Tuesday to attend graduation ceremonies for his daughter, was considering paying his respects to Ronald Reagan as the former president's body lay in repose at his presidential library.Kerry suspended public campaign events this week in honor of Reagan, who died Saturday.
Kerry and his aides were considering a visit Tuesday afternoon, the campaign said. The period in which Reagan will lie in repose at the library in Simi Valley, a community northwest of Los Angeles, was scheduled to end Tuesday evening.
Reagan's death has shifted attention from the campaign to national mourning and commemorations of his historical and political legacy.
Kerry planned to attend the state funeral for Reagan on Friday at Washington's National Cathedral.
Kerry's daughter, Alexandra, is graduating from the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. He planned to attend the ceremony and a screening of her short film, "The Last Full Measure," which tells the story of a 9-year-old girl and her father's difficult return home from the Vietnam War.
Kerry is a decorated Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. His daughter has said the film is not autobiographical.
and his daughter could have saved herself a lot of embarrassment if she'd taken him with her to buy a bra.
Kerry will burst into flames if he gets whithin Ten feet of that casket.
Then he will be portrayed as "one of the people...a regular guy".
He will ..
He'll wear "THOSE medals" and point to them as his "backstage pass."
I have this vision of the end of "Raiders of the Lost Ark."
He will pay his respect before he doesn't pay his respect. As for suspending his campaign, in the first place he needed another vacation, and in the second place the more public appearances he makes, the less people like him.
You expressed my thoughts exactly.....Pray Kerry butts to the head of the line of all those thousands waiting for hours..
Make room for Kerry......hahahaha!
Hey, is this the same daughter who looked like crap in that see-through black dress at Cannes?
Photo op and his 'group' will get to go to the head of the line.
I'm sure those who have been waiting upwards of 5 hours (in line, etc.) will really be appreciative of the Kerry crew adding another hour or so to the wait. It is doubtful that Kerry will stand in line.
Why can't he do it in Washington DC? I would imagine that there would be a special time for all Congressmen to pay their respects before opening the viewing for the public.
Mo...I hope he does it. Do you know how many people(voters) he will tick off....hahaha!
Yup.
I can't believe you are insinuating that Kerry should wait in line along side the unwashed mass of commoners.
He hasn't. This will get his face in the news and the media will make a big deal of it.
Anything for a little free publicity eh Johnnie boy?
The article failed to mention GWB's responsibility for the Abu Ghraib Iraqi prison tortures. [That will probably be added to the final press release version.]
You beat me to it! I heard the line can take up to 7 hours, from beginning to end.
Wasn't there a shortage of bandaids for about 4 months back stateside during the Vietnam War?
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