I had great hopes for O’Malley when he took over Boston, but he has just been awful and this is really a terrible move.
I would be less scandalized if he were just doing the mass, but letting Obama give a “eulogy” is Notre Dame all over again, but even worse because now Obama is standing in the pulpit. I just don’t know why this is being allowed.
Incidentally, I heard a Dem strategist yesterday saying that he thought that Obama could use the eulogy to energize the Democratic base. So no matter how people in the Church try to claim this is not political, even the Dems themselves admit that it is a political event. Shame, shame, shame.
Energizing people over Ted’s cold stiff body in the presence of his families in a Catholic church, no less - It will be a Wellstone moment, won’t it?
Will bam’s people ask that the crosses be removed or covered?
I'm wondering what arm-twisting went on behind the scenes; I heard on the radio yesterday (reportedly info from the Chancery) that O'Malley would be in Denver today, officiating at a marriage. So it would seem to have been a last-minute decision.