So Are They Really Going To Follow The Hearse

[Me.]

as it slowly drives down the road to the airport? Really?

[lapfog_1]

1. right up to commercial break

[LakeArenal]

2. Really. Yawn

[phleshdef]

3. I can't believe people are still complaining about this stuff.

A President died. Of course the media is gonna make a big deal of it until its bled dry. Get over it.

[Sneederbunk]

6. +100

[Me.]

7. No Need For Snark

Just as there is no need to follow the hearse as it drives down a road. There will be plenty of opportunities to honor him. And maybe, just maybe there is something else happening in the world today.

[phleshdef]

9. There is no need for you whine and moan about nothing either.

But you're still doing it.

[Me.]

10. Asking A Question Isn't Whining & Moaning

and apparently, the networks agreed they didn't need to follow the hearse down the road. CBS stopped and NBC didn't cover it at all opting instead for one of the Jenners. And, btw, who made you hall monitor anyway?

[phleshdef]

11. Who made you hearse monitor is the better question?

[Me.]

12. Hearse Monitor

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

27. They followed O.J. Simpson's slow-speed white bronco, too.

It's a fairly easy job and they get to use their helicopters.

[violetpastille]

28. And maybe, just maybe there is something else happening in the world today.

This.

[BannonsLiver]

8. +1

The endless whining about the coverage has become tiresome. I’m not sure what people expected?

[Tipperary]

26. I know! Turn off the tv for gods sake.

Never knew so many people have no idea how to change a channel or turn off a tv.

[GeorgeGist]

18. I can't believe you're complaining about someone mocking the media ...

for doing something clearly mockable.

[Ace Rothstein]

21. Or they can turn off cable news for a while.

Cable news really seems to be an addiction for some. Remember the outrage on Championship Sunday when MSNBC had soccer on for two hours? GASP!

[bearsfootball516]

4. They did the same thing when McCain died, I believe, and he wasn't even a president.

Like him or hate him, he was the president of the United States. It's going to get first rate coverage.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

19. They did more than this when Aretha Franklin died. She wasn't president either.

just a Queen of Soul.
I hope GHWB's eulogies don't last as long as Aretha's (12 or 14 hours?)

There are many channels on cable, or many books in the library.

[peekaloo]

5. Gonna be a bitch getting through TSA.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

20. TSA has a big role at Andrews Air Force Base?

Or "Joint" Base Andrews, as it's called in this age of medical marijuana.

[lunatica]

24. I believe that was a joke.

And an amusing one too.

[peekaloo]

33. Thank you.

[lunatica]

34. LOL!

[lunatica]

25. They will have to take off his socks

I’m sure he told them which socks to bury him in.

[Grammy23]

13. Like him or hate him. GHW Bush was a former POTUS.

He is going to get the usual send off we typically expect for our heads of state when they die. Yes, he was old. Yes, he was flawed. Who isn’t? The fact remains he was President and like it or not, there will be overkill on the biography of his life, his time as POTUS and what has happened since he left office. (Lots of sky diving for mile marker birthdays!)

So if you don’t like it you are wasting your time and breath complaining about the coverage of his life and the ceremonies marking his passage. Maybe change the channel to The Food Network or sports. There are lots of options to avoid Bush Chronicles.

Better yet, head outside. Take a walk in the park. Ride a bike. Build a snowman.

Head to a local coffee shop. Try a new brew. Enjoy an old favorite. People watch.

This time will pass in a few more days and Bush I will fade into the history books. We can go back to tRump bashing or arguing about the best football teams. Or whether to have turkey or ham for the holidays. Or.... whether to go vegetarian! Eekkk....

It is the holidays. Stop and look around. Enjoy the festivities or opt out. But let’s avoid the drama for a few days while Poppy gets his fare well into the Cosmos. There are worse devils in this world to keep us up at night.

[bigtree]

14. right

...this is about how America treats its leaders.

Even former ones. It's the same for Democrats and republicans alike.

[Me.]

15. My Point Is

Yes honor the man, but do it intelligently. Following a hearse down a road seems so pointless and speaks to how the media covers things. But I guess the mindless coverage is what everyone expects and is fine with it.

[LisaM]

30. I think for a long time this would have been expected as part of the panoply.

The problem is that the accelerated news cycle has given a lot of people a severe case of FOMO, and they get impatient with this type of coverage, panicked that they're missing something else.

I didn't care for President George H.W. Bush, but I don't think it hurts us to slow down and reflect on our past, even if the reflection is somber and somewhat bitter. But slowing down is good for us and I don't have a problem with the news outlets featuring this.

[Grammy23]

31. I agree that it does seem a bit much to follow the hearse down the road to....where?

But it is how we do things and they don’t always make sense. And some people actually seem to like all the hoopla. So I try not to fight it when it is gonna happen anyhow. Just develop your own strategy and avoid it. Not being critical of your point of view at all. Just sharing my idea of alternatives!

[sdfernando]

32. so we call all look forward to this same treatment

when the orange pustule goes to the bone yard. The sooner that happens the less inclined I'll be to complain about it.

[lpbk2713]

16. Trump says he'll ride if it's all the same.

[Me.]

17. :)

[MineralMan]

22. Well, I'm sure there are "Gilligan's Island" reruns on somewhere.

Look around if you need something else to watch.

[Gothmog]

23. People are stopping on the freeway in #Houston as the motorcade goes by.

Link to tweet

[dembotoz]

29. must be how they re-hearse it