MoDo: "George W. Bush is a bummer"

[nostamj]

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At every opportunity, as the extraordinary procession solemnly wended its way from California to the Capitol, W. was peeping out from behind the majestic Reagan mantle, trying to claim the Gipper as his true political father.

Finally, there's a flag-draped coffin and military funeral that President Bush wants to be associated with, and wants us to see. (It's amazing they could find enough soldiers, given Rummy's depletion of the military.)

"His heart belongs to Reagan," Ken Duberstein declared about Mr. Bush on CNN, in a riff on the old Cole Porter ditty "My Heart Belongs to Daddy." W. "is that bold-stroked primary-colors leader that—— somebody who has this big vision and wants to stick to it." (Well, the two presidents do share a middle initial.)

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/10/opinion/10DOWD.html

[rpannier]

1. Funny Isn't It...

we get to see Reagan's coffin because it's acceptable for the WHOLE country to mourn with the Reagans. But, when soldiers die in western Asia, we don't get to see those coffins because that would be infringing upon the family's privacy.

[nostamj]

3. too true

would a 'national day of mourning' for the dead from the 'bush* wars' get as much attention?

no, that would be a bummer. this is, for all the faux sadness, a feel-good funeral... <sigh>

[buycitgo]

2. the CSPAN lady read parts of that this morning

including the bummer part