Dear God...to me this is expoitation at its worst. All those speakers? Obama and Brewer should be the only ones to speak. This is going to turn into a very well defined POLITICAL AFFAIR. If this was my child I would have said no publicity. I would have buried her privately with only family and a few close, trusted friends and no one...and I mean no one from Washington, DC. To me there would have been no other way. God forgive these people for all their photo ops. Rest in peace to all the victims of this deranged killer and wishes for good health to all who were injured.
Having experienced the death of a nine year old (my sister's daughter in an accident) I do not understand how or why a parent would want strangers looking at their grief. It's incomprehensible to me.
I recall the procession from the funeral parlor in town to the church out in the country - people stopping cars and getting out to stand silently as we passed - a family getting ready for a ball game, the kids in their uniforms, standing at attention with their ball caps over their hearts.
That is what brought comfort to my family.