"And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this, this is working very well for them." - regarding Hurricane Katrina victims in the Astrodome.

She is now neither more nor less than all those who passed before her, and those yet to pass. In death, there is no privilage.

I'm not one of them, though (but I don't have to be).

She was a tough lady who loved her family.

But my sympathies to the Bush family

One might have said that she gave birth to the worst President of the 21st century but regrettably for our country, GWB is off the hook.

As horrible as it is to contemplate, there is actually someone worse than GWB.

I kind of wonder how this country can survive having had two terrible Presidents in the birth of this century. Perhaps, because their horro shows were divided by a President of grace and intelligence that neither come close to matching, we have a chance of getting through.

A comforting thought is that the country survived Franklin Pierce and the actual worst President of the 19th century, James Buchanan.

Of course, 600,000 Americans died to make it survive and it also took a Lincoln to see that through. We may need one, but can't expect one either.

Lincolns I think, are hard to come by.

She should have died hereafter. There would have been time for such a word.

try as i might I've never felt any fondness for the Bushes.

meh. I'll stop myself there.

I actually LOLed.

IF I GIVE A DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

will help others to do the same. That would be a legacy that would help temper the negatives.

She must have realized that she was sick of suffering without any hope for better days. Many people suffer needlessly in this country, they should be able as she did to say no more. That never give up shit is not always right.

I worked at a hospice in San Diego in the late 1990s and it was not uncommon then/there.