Anyone know why Barbara and Laura Bush didn't attend

[mrmpa]

Betty Ford's funeral today?

[grasswire]

1. their minds are too beautiful?

It is weird.

[mrmpa]

2. Yes it is.....very weird

[FourScore]

9. LOL

[Lint Head]

3. This is why Barbara Bush wasn't there.

GWB was there because he LOVES death. Death equals profit and power for republicans.

[Tx4obama]

4. I know that Bill Clinton didn't make it because his plane had problems. n/t

[pnwmom]

5. There were 2 funerals, and Barbara is attending the smaller one in Grand Rapids.

I didn't see anything about Laura Bush, except that she had some other travel plans.

[phasma ex machina]

6. Perhaps a legacy of the internecine war between Ford and the Reagan-Bush faction. nt

[Hatchling]

7. There is going to be another funeral when they move her body

She will be buried next to her husbamd on the east coast. Barbara and Laura bush are slated to attend and speak at that funeral. CAn't have the lefties and the righties causing fights at ther funeral can we?

[lpbk2713]

8. Laura had a drunken idiot to take care of.

Barbara was likely too old and tired to make the trip.

[Kaleva]

10. George took the place of Laura who couldn't attend and Babs will be at the service in Grand Rapids

[Tx4obama]

11. Here's a link that mentions the 2nd service that will be held Wednesday ...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20110713/us-betty-ford-funeral/

Excerpt:

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A second service was scheduled Wednesday in Michigan at which Lynne Cheney, wife of former Vice President Dick Cheney, was to speak. Among those expected to attend was former first lady Barbara Bush.

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