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| Clintons Nod Off During Reagan Ceremony |
| 2004-06-11 |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #34 i watched it while it was happening, he was snoozin'! i was so embarrassed! this pick may be during a prayer, because i see other closed eyes. but he DID, in fact nod a little. i have nothing against bill, so i have no reason to lie. i'm just infuriated about this...HOW RUDE!! |
| Posted by: zosolover69 2004-06-14 9:00:05 PM |
| #33 Even my ultra-lib friend Harvey admits that the Wellstone memorial service "was a disgrace." It is an astonishing contrast. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2004-06-12 2:49:56 AM |
| #32 If you want to compare funerals, compare Sen. Paul Wellstone's funeral and the resulting rhetoric to President Reagan's funeral. Your head will spin! |
| Posted by: Dar 2004-06-12 1:43:41 AM |
| #31 Yes Jen, when the sun set in California it rose in Germany. It was a very moving, beautiful, decent and astonishingly uplifting burial. I was just comparing it to the three Soviet funerals in the early 80s. What a difference! |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2004-06-12 1:18:10 AM |
| #30 TGA, we really appreciated Gerhard Schoeder's show of respect to Reagan by coming to the Reagan service--Veillen Danke! Don't know if you saw the final service for President Reagan at the Reagan Library in California, but they held a service outside near their burial crypt and right there was a big chunk of the old Berlin Wall--what a wonderful tribute and nice to look back and see that Germany is united and free! |
| Posted by: Jen 2004-06-12 12:04:53 AM |
| #29 Yes coverage has been rather balanced, although I'm watching CNN now to get live coverage. |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2004-06-11 10:44:44 PM |
| #28 Thank you for that, TGA. What kind of coverage is his funeral getting in Europe? Have they covered the people standing in line for hours to pass by his casket and pay their respects, and lining the streets in the rain as his motorcade passed by? Or just the talking heads whining about his getting so much coverage, and the worthless "demonstrators"? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-06-11 10:37:56 PM |
| #27 It is 4.30 am here. I am still awake. Farewell Ronald. Take your big nap now. You deserved it. |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2004-06-11 10:26:41 PM |
| #26 It somehow seems fitting that someone should doze off on a session memorializing Reagan. Kind of like a Cabinet meeting. [I mean that in a friendly way. I voted for him twice and would have done it a third time.] |
| Posted by: jackal 2004-06-11 10:22:33 PM |
| #25 Hmm ... the crowd at Reagan's burial just laughed, but for a good reason -- Patti Davis just recounted how when heaven was described for her (Ronald had just eulogized her pet goldfish), she'd suggested that they kill the other goldfish so they could go there too. |
| Posted by: Edward Yee 2004-06-11 10:14:35 PM |
| #24 That's all right. Sometimes you city folks can get all wound up. |
| Posted by: whitecollar redneck 2004-06-11 8:53:02 PM |
| #23 Sorry, about that, Whitecollar. "Trash" fits them better anyway . . . |
| Posted by: The Doctor 2004-06-11 8:50:56 PM |
| #22 Hey Doc. Rednecks? We don't claim them. We have too much self respect. I think you mean white trash. Please get your definitions straight. |
| Posted by: whitecollar redneck 2004-06-11 8:45:46 PM |
| #21 Say what you will about his integrity and backbone; Clinton is a superb politician. I can't imagine someone so conscious of his image snoozing at a state occasion when the cameras are out. Prayer or moment of silence . . . (And I'd bet he has an inconspicuous way of waking Hillary if she falls asleep.) |
| Posted by: James 2004-06-11 8:26:43 PM |
| #20 The jury's out on Clinton (I didn't watch him), but Hillary definitely had her head tilted to the side in *boing*-sleep-off mode ... |
| Posted by: Edward Yee 2004-06-11 8:06:47 PM |
| #19 Sorry guys, I don't buy it. Especially not on the evidence of a single video frame. The woman behind the Clintons appears to have her eyes closed. Hillary has her hands folded in her lap. Bill's hands are just out of the frame. Same as the eyes of the man behind them. Useful bits of evidence that 'just happen' to be excluded? Hmmm. Sure Clinton bashing is fun but this looks to me like a moment of silence. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2004-06-11 8:06:30 PM |
| #18 Dave, I believe that Rex was alluding to the fun we had with an asshat today on another thread. |
| Posted by: GK 2004-06-11 7:43:23 PM |
| #17 Terpsboy has it covered: Curmudgeonly & Skeptical |
| Posted by: .com 2004-06-11 7:27:24 PM |
| #16 "Clintons fell asleep? They need to be castigated!" Well, that's a rather excessive punishment for snoozing at a funeral, IMHO; though I can sure imagine Monica Lewinsky's father must've wanted to castigate Bill with a pair of rusty scissors. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2004-06-11 7:09:59 PM |
| #15 I even saw Prince Charles go a little droopy. Prince Charles was born a little droopy. |
| Posted by: Darth VAda 2004-06-11 6:54:15 PM |
| #14 They were either sleeping or pretending to sleep to insult Bush. You don't have to look far for reasons to bash the Clintoons--THEY ARE SCUM. |
| Posted by: JenLArt 2004-06-11 6:45:35 PM |
| #13 That doesn't look like they're asleep at all to me. Looks like they were praying or in a moment of silence. You guys are just looking for excuses to bash the clintons ;) |
| Posted by: Damn_Proud_American 2004-06-11 6:40:55 PM |
| #12 Muck, most people bow their heads forward when they pray. Lady Broomstick has her head tilted to the side. She's copping a snooze. |
| Posted by: GK 2004-06-11 6:27:35 PM |
| #11 Two utterly classless people. |
| Posted by: Infidel Bob 2004-06-11 6:20:51 PM |
| #10 If you wanted to have some fun, you could have tapped him on the shoulder during his nap and said, "Bill. They changed their minds. You're up." |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-06-11 6:13:59 PM |
| #9 I think Mucky's right. Or, he could be right; you can't tell from the shot. One bizarre Clinton moment I saw was when the choir sang a hymn I know as "Jerusalem" aka "England's Mountains Green". It was the same tune, but I don't think they were singing in English. They did a great job, and both Clintons were nodding along to the music like an uber-repressed couple at a rock concert. No one else was doing that. It was kinda weird. |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2004-06-11 6:05:24 PM |
| #8 What else would you expect from two rednecks? Only someone as grossly inappropriate and selfish as the Capitol Hillbillies would do something that damn stupid and rude. And to think, he wanted to speak! |
| Posted by: The Doctor 2004-06-11 6:04:43 PM |
| #7 Clintons fell asleep? They need to be castigated! |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2004-06-11 5:52:34 PM |
| #6 Ed...LOL!! I'm sure all of that America, the beacon of freedom and light stuff was just soooo boring to them. |
| Posted by: B 2004-06-11 5:49:47 PM |
| #5 Clinton's Eulogy at the Funeral of Former President Reagan. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-06-11 5:39:23 PM |
| #4 im cant tell but it kinda looking like lady behind them is have eyes close. you shure they not praying here? |
| Posted by: muck4doo 2004-06-11 5:35:41 PM |
| #3 I heard Brit Hume's reaction to the Clintons' closed eyes camera shots. Ever the gentleman, Brit suggested that sometimes people close their eyes when they're in deep concentration and perhaps that's what the Clinton couple were doing-pondering the import of the sermon and eulogies. |
| Posted by: rex 2004-06-11 5:32:50 PM |
| #2 Heck, everyone was getting the sleepy stare. I even saw Prince Charles go a little droopy. |
| Posted by: Anon4021 2004-06-11 5:09:21 PM |
| #1 D'oh - should've done Pg 2. Mea Culpa! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-06-11 5:09:16 PM |