Oh, Holy Crap! The funeral is still going on this morning.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

[Autumn]

1. Is this just to make double sure he's gone?

[Gidney N Cloyd]

3. +1

[Cracklin Charlie]

5. They gotta talk long enough...

So that when they’re done, no one will want to talk about him anymore.

[Autumn]

6. I wonder if the planting will be carried live? That way we know it's a done deal.

[Cracklin Charlie]

8. They'll try to keep it going until Monday.

But I think/hope Mueller has other plans.

[Achilleaze]

10. Oh no. They are republicans. They may pull the old Skull & Bones FAKR burial stunt

Just to show how much republicans disdain truth and honesty.

[irisblue]

18. Naah. There will be a spate of stories the next 6 mo. then a slowing down I'd wager

[MoonRiver]

36. I'm there!

[meow2u3]

29. That was tacky!

[Autumn]

30. Yeah but so was Bush?

[hlthe2b]

2. yes... While I guess I understand wanting to have memorial locally, a full second televised funeral

does seem really excessive. But.... ?

[Sneederbunk]

4. Don't forget the train. Helicopter shots?

[Bradshaw3]

13. The train that was just sitting there. Good grief.

[Delmette2.0]

47. I heard that the second one was to be private

Private my ass! Just 1,200 of their family, closest friends and tv crews from all the major networks.

I'm watching the drive to the train station...miles and miles of blocked traffic.

[lagomorph777]

7. WTF?! Enough already!

[maryellen99]

12. This is common for former presidents

Gerald Ford also had two funeral services -one in DC and one in Grand Rapids. He also had a public visitation at his library.

[onenote]

53. Is that what you'll write when it's Carter's funeral

Trying to understand if you objection is to the service or the person whose service it is.

[gratuitous]

9. Necrogasm II: The Texasening

Followed, inevitably, by Necrogasm III: Electric Boogaloo and Necrogasm IV: This Time It's Personal.

[malaise]

22. But this one is way more down home

although we know he's not from Texas.

[lunatica]

41. LOL!

[UTUSN]

11. Oh barf, George Pee Shrub is auditioning for office-squatter!1 & BAKER is in the finals for choking

up with Shrub. *********HEY, I've been very good at not sniping much for the past week, can't hold it anymore!1

Oh, look, the boys get to speechify but the girls can only read textual stuff. Plus the Houston crowd is considerably less diverse.

AWwww, how cute, the two granddaughters ended their separate readings by reading together and sharing a giggle!1 And Jeb Crow Shrub has moved up the family pecking order from down the row yesterday to next to Shrub today!1

[malaise]

21. Didn't miss that

Still the Oakridge boys and Reba means country does love HW.
Reba has a lovely voice.

[LeftInTX]

40. Wasn't impressed with Pee's eulogy.

Pee is not warm at all.

Baker's was very good. I liked what Baker said about the Berlin Wall. Bush didn't take credit for it.
(The media gave it to Reagan. )

Sure Bush did bad stuff, but Baker was able to spin the bad stuff eloquently.

ETA: Not a fan of Jame's Baker, but he's got speaking skills.

[Bradshaw3]

14. It's being made into a reality tv show

Next week they will show flowers being laid, cemetary workers tending the grave, etc. Sheesh enough already!!

Really, its sad and kind of sick. We aren't a monarchy are we? Maybe we are more than I thought.

[delisen]

55. It's like the soviets displaying Lenin; turning him into a czar.n/t

[maryellen99]

15. Are you to complain as well when Jimmy Carter dies and gets the same coverage?

[Gidney N Cloyd]

17. I'll make you two friendly bets right now:

1) The Carter family will opt for less ostentatious and protracted media coverage.
2) The media will spend more time than they did with GHWB discussing the shortcomings of the Carter presidency.

[maryellen99]

24. Maybe but don't forget though Carter's may be the same or longer than GHWB

Due to the fact he would have 3 laying in state-One in DC,one in Atlanta,and one in Plains.

[llmart]

25. +1,000,000

This has now become a spectacle.

The Carters probably already have arrangements for an understated display.

[maryellen99]

27. He gave an interview to CSPAN 2 where he stated he will have a DC funeral and viewing in Atlanta

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/10/AR2007011001277_pf.html?noredirect=on

He will be buried in Plains.

[LeftInTX]

44. The Carter family will emphasize the legacy he established after his presidency

Also Carter accomplished more than he was given credit for during his presidency. Dept of Education. Special Education. Renewable energy.

[Solly Mack]

16. I'm only here for the BBQ reception. I was told there'd be brisket.

[irisblue]

20. Texans do smoked links too. 🍴

[Solly Mack]

23. Second plate delights.

[tammywammy]

19. My brother died in April and he had two services.

He was interred in a different city than where he lived. There was one service where he lived and another the next day prior to his internment.

[llmart]

26. That's understandable...

but this is televised and 24/7 updates, etc.

Over the top.

[tammywammy]

28. My tv has more than one channel.

I would expect the same for any former president that does. I just don't see the big deal.

[smirkymonkey]

32. I have to admit, I am at least grateful that it has bumped Trump off the air for

the past 4 days. It's kind of been a nice little break.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

35. More like 6 days.

Pundits have been filling the air with his praises since Friday evening.

[Renew Deal]

45. Would you say the same thing if it was for Obama or Carter?

[llmart]

49. Yes.

[violetpastille]

52. +1

Of course.

And I would turn off the TV again.

The difference is I would actually feel something.

[ebbie15644]

31. NCIS marathon, yeah

[technotwit]

33. djt

But remember, all this praise of SOMEONE ELSE is probably annoying the hell out of tRUmp.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

34. Maybe you can negotiate something with your captors who are forcing you to watch it.

Maybe they would let you hold the remote for a couple of seconds so you could switch to another channel.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

38. Maybe I'll try the same negotiation technique Bush and Casey used for the Iranian hostages.

I should be free in about three months.

[Just a Weirdo]

37. Last day of this crap.

The TV is not tuning into any network showing that crap.

I have remained silent about him, and only have two things to say about GHWB.

1) Thanks for the ADA. It was an important piece of legislation that made my life a lot easier.
2) He's dead. Good.

[BannonsLiver]

39. Who knew there were so many who owned tv's with one channel

And who obsess and can’t stop talking about things and people they supposedly hate.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

42. DU wasn't created so we could talk about the weather.

[delisen]

43. Takes time to change GHW Bush into lead of Father Knows Best

...and so we endure days of of the self-praise of the 1%.



This Bush is the guy who shut down the Special Prosecutor Walsh's investigation into Bush's own role in Iran Costa (the Reagan scandal of colluding with a sanctioned Iran to to move weapons to South American right wing killers.

Bush attained the presidency and pardoned all the bad actors in the Reagan-Bush administration, including Secy of Defense Caspar Weinberger who was about to stand trial, and possibly implicate Bush.

The smug self-praise of the Patriarchy is here on display. Best for the rest of us if it is the Swan Song of same.

We can't afford the old patriarchy any more-we need to spend the rest of this century cleaning up the mess and saving democracy for our heirs --the children of us 99%

I haven't even mention how GHW went to work for Barrick Gold Mining after he left office.

One thing is true however. He was highly experience, generally but not always polite and civil in the social arena, and was such a smooth operator could get away with things other presidents could not.

[LiberalArkie]

46. In case people do not know. The Washington Memorial service was the National service

Houston is at GHW Bush's church and is a personal service and funeral. Graveside services later this afternoon after the train arrives from Houston.

[backscatter712]

48. The media's really been laying it on thick.

I get it, there's some decorum to be maintained.

But as so many of us point out here, GHWB is no saint. There's a lot of destructive crap that happened during his presidency.

[FrankBooth]

50. I hear ...

... that FOX just ordered a full 22 episode season.

[StarryNite]

51. Maybe it's just me but I find it morbid to put his coffin

on a train in a glass car so people can watch the darn thing go by with his body inside regardless of who it is. But then I'm not a 'funeral' person.

[KCDebbie]

54. Aretha Franklin's funeral wasn't this long and SHE was a QUEEN!