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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHey, y'all remember when President Obama got hell for not attending Nancy Reagan's funeral?
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Hey, y'all remember when President Obama got hell for not attending Nancy Reagan's funeral? (Original Post)
Rustynaerduwell
Apr 2018
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Orsino
(37,428 posts)1. .
A man and a friend are playing golf one day at their local golf course.
One of the guys is about to chip onto the green when he sees a long funeral procession on the road next to the course.
He stops in mid-swing, takes off his golf cap, closes his eyes, and bows his head.
His friend says: "Wow, that is the most thoughtful and touching thing I have ever seen, Mister President. You truly are a kind man."
The man then "Yeah, well, she was our First Lady for four years."
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)2. 50%-50%
Initech
(100,076 posts)3. Ah, knowing Trump, he'll honor Babs with a 4:00AM toilet tweet...
Saying her death was part of a deep state conspiracy.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,693 posts)4. Presidents typically don't attend ex-FL funerals.
President Obama did not attend Betty Fords funeral services, which were held July 12, 2011, at St. Margarets Episcopal Church in Palm Desert, California. But first lady Michelle Obama did attend, along with former first ladies Rosalynn Carter, Hillary Clinton and Nancy Reagan. Former first lady Barbara Bush attended a church service in Michigan, where Ford was buried.
President George W. Bush did not attend the funeral for Lady Bird Johnson, who passed away in 2007. First lady Laura Bush did attend, as did former Presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, and former first ladies Rosalynn Carter, Barbara Bush, Hillary Clinton and Nancy Reagan. The service was held at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library in Austin, Texas.
Clinton did not ... attend the funeral of former first lady Pat Nixon, according to the Los Angeles Times. That funeral was held in Yorba Linda, California, on June 26, 1993 the same day that Clinton ordered an attack on Iraq in retaliation for an assassination attempt on President George H.W. Bush. The president was represented at the funeral by Vernon E. Jordan Jr., the chair of Clintons transition team, the Times said.
President Ronald Reagan did not attend former first lady Bess Trumans funeral in 1982, according to the Washington Post. First lady Nancy Reagan did attend, along with former first ladies Rosalynn Carter and Betty Ford.
President George W. Bush did not attend the funeral for Lady Bird Johnson, who passed away in 2007. First lady Laura Bush did attend, as did former Presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, and former first ladies Rosalynn Carter, Barbara Bush, Hillary Clinton and Nancy Reagan. The service was held at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library in Austin, Texas.
Clinton did not ... attend the funeral of former first lady Pat Nixon, according to the Los Angeles Times. That funeral was held in Yorba Linda, California, on June 26, 1993 the same day that Clinton ordered an attack on Iraq in retaliation for an assassination attempt on President George H.W. Bush. The president was represented at the funeral by Vernon E. Jordan Jr., the chair of Clintons transition team, the Times said.
President Ronald Reagan did not attend former first lady Bess Trumans funeral in 1982, according to the Washington Post. First lady Nancy Reagan did attend, along with former first ladies Rosalynn Carter and Betty Ford.
https://www.factcheck.org/2016/03/obamas-funeral-attendance/
The only reason Obama got grief about not going to Nancy Reagan's funeral was because he was Obama and the RW gave him shit about anything. Hell, he couldn't even wear a tan suit without getting shit about it.