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2004-06-08 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by BigEd 2004-06-08 3:31:02 PM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Given their 'performance' at the Wellstone Rally/Hatefest/Memorial I think it's prudent NOT to have Dimmy or Billy Bob speak at Reagan's state funeral. Good call Nancy!

Posted by Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2004-06-08 3:35:49 PM|| 2004-06-08 3:35:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Clinton Feelings Hurt

What happened to cause this? Did his latest girlfriend forget to remove her dentures again?

Posted by Zenster 2004-06-08 3:47:54 PM|| 2004-06-08 3:47:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 It is a terrible afront to one's ego to be denied a highly public platform on which to talk about oneself... and, you know, how one felt about the deceased and all that.

Posted by eLarson 2004-06-08 3:50:59 PM|| 2004-06-08 3:50:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Even on this occasion the rapist-in-chief can only think: "It's all about ME!"

Posted by someone 2004-06-08 3:54:39 PM|| 2004-06-08 3:54:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 It's amazing how Bubba has no qualms about proving that he has no shame whatsoever.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-06-08 3:55:06 PM|| 2004-06-08 3:55:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Clinton and Reagan are connected in that they both served as president in the same century and both their names end with an "N." What personal experience would Clinton draw on to speak about Reagan?

Posted by Super Hose 2004-06-08 3:55:30 PM|| 2004-06-08 3:55:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Friggin' Demoncrats. They've spent the last twenty years demonizing Reagan and everything he stood for, and leading the way was Jimmuh and HillBillary - and they actually expected to be included? Asshats! Sarge is right, they had their chance at the Wellstone memorial and they turned it into an incontinent dog and monkey rodeo. Time for all the demoncrats to sit down and STFU and watch how people who respect the office of the POTUS comport themselves.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2004-06-08 4:10:44 PM|| 2004-06-08 4:10:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Look for Clinton, Kerry, Pelosi, Daschle, et. al. to demand equal time for a Democratic response, even if they have to kill somebody (Teddy Kennedy?)

Posted by RWV 2004-06-08 4:15:44 PM|| 2004-06-08 4:15:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 RWV, we can only hope.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2004-06-08 4:20:15 PM|| 2004-06-08 4:20:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 "It is a state funeral, using tax dollars," the top Clinton insider explained.

"So," he continued, "we're entitled to suck off the teat of state money, too. I mean, we practically invented the practice! And, besides, getting this story out lets us spin the no-doubt tasteful ceremony the administration is planning as the Republican version of the Wellstone rally."

Posted by Anonymous5166 2004-06-08 4:22:09 PM|| 2004-06-08 4:22:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 This funeral is about President Reagan and to celebrate his life. It is not about Clinton. He wore out his welcome. He can go to Dan or Peter et al and seethe to his hearts content. I'm sure that he can go to the funeral, Nancy et al just do not want to hear him turn it into something other than a funeral and a celebration of life.

Posted by Alaska Paul in Chefornak 2004-06-08 4:32:38 PM|| 2004-06-08 4:32:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 can you say ATTENTION WHORE!

Posted by Yosemite Sam 2004-06-08 4:38:07 PM|| 2004-06-08 4:38:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 He's just pissed he won't have the opportunity to say:

"As I noted in my soon-to-be-released book, I have many strong feelings about President..."

Posted by Frank G 2004-06-08 4:38:20 PM|| 2004-06-08 4:38:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 Clintoon proves yet again - for those comatose folks who may have missed it - that he is a clueless, self-centered, it's-all-about-me-me-me BUFFOON.

What a loser. STFU.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2004-06-08 4:43:32 PM|| 2004-06-08 4:43:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 Oh, yeah - and Billy, this may come as a total shock to you, but YOU'RE NO LONGER IN CHARGE! (Gott sei dank!) Your opinion means absolutely zero.

And I hope Nancy Reagan did exclude you and Jimmuh on purpose, because neither of you is worthy of shining Reagan's shoes - even with your tongues.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2004-06-08 4:51:40 PM|| 2004-06-08 4:51:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 Clintoon's a psychopath who's not only shameless, but completely clueless when it comes to what's appropriate and what is appropriate for a sitting or an ex (impeached) President.
He's so crazy that he probably thinks that not only should he be speaking at Reagan's funeral, but that when he dies (When, Lord, when?), his funeral will be as big or bigger.
I kept thinking yesterday as I watched the Reagan memorial coverage what would the media find to say about Bubba and his "legacy" that won't be rated X or that would fill even an afternoon about what he did as Prez that was good for this country and that helped the American people?
All I can come up with is that Billy Boy regulated the size of the holes in Swiss cheese and required all Americans to have front-loading washing machines, staged a major federal land grab, and shipped all manufacturing to Chinese prison labor so that those goods could be sold at Walmart.
And those are the good things...!

Posted by Jen 2004-06-08 4:59:12 PM|| [http://www.greatestjeneration.com] 2004-06-08 4:59:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 "President Clinton really held out all hope the funeral would be a nonpartisan event, like Nixonâs was."

And simply because the Big He wasn't invited to speak, that somehow makes Reagan's funeral "partisan"? I see.

"Heâs angry and disappointed neither he nor President Carter have been asked to speak, as of yet."

Poor Bubba- no longer in the spotlight.

Am I the only one who's wondering if Bill Clinton's a little bit worried that when the time comes for him to go into the grave, no one will even remember that he had been President?

To define Bill Clinton's term in office in toto, one needs but a single word: "inconsequential."

Posted by Dave D. 2004-06-08 5:13:33 PM|| 2004-06-08 5:13:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 I'm disappointed. We'd get to see him bite his lip, and look sincere again.

Posted by Jake 2004-06-08 5:26:01 PM|| 2004-06-08 5:26:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#19 Dave D - how about Unpresidential?

Posted by Frank G 2004-06-08 5:28:11 PM|| 2004-06-08 5:28:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#20 If I hear Bubba say , "That dog won't hunt. . .", again, I think I may throw something. Unfortunately this would make me sympathetic with RodHam. Yeech.

The Reagans are smart in this decision.
No Bubba No Way!

Posted by BigEd 2004-06-08 5:44:22 PM|| 2004-06-08 5:44:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#21 Please Nancy tell bubba maybe, not no, get this thing to a low simmer then say hell no because of security reasons 11:00 pm Thursday.

Posted by Shipman 2004-06-08 6:03:09 PM|| 2004-06-08 6:03:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#22 There used to be a certain decorum among ex-Presidents. They did not publicly criticize those that followed. They advised (in a non-partisan manner) when asked and, otherwise, STFU. Even their memoirs would be carefully stripped of partisan and personal criticisms.

The point was simply doing what's best for America. It was noblesse oblige.

If I'm not mistaken, the unraveling of this honorable tradition came after Nixon's thoroughly disgraceful departure. Seems all bets were off after that. But I cannot recall a single episode where Reagan or Bush41 was ever publicly disrespectful or openly hostile to Clinton or Carter. They kept the bargain.

Carter seems to have kept it until Bush43, then lost his fucking mind.

Clinton never even hesitated - he's lied and farted at the American dining table every chance he has gotten. A true media whore - and unworthy of any respect.

This is sad and a palpable lowering of the bar - destruction of an honorable and prudent tradition - now reduced to Et moi? Qu'avez-vous fait pour moi rÃ©cemment?.

Posted by .com 2004-06-08 6:24:35 PM|| 2004-06-08 6:24:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#23 I am suprised that Hillary isn't demanding to speak. Can you imagine that witch having her say about Reagan? shudder.

Posted by CrazyFool 2004-06-08 6:28:42 PM|| 2004-06-08 6:28:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#24 Little Nancy is 100x tougher than Shrillary. She's in control of this - and there will need to be a major PR effort (read: kissing her ass like the Clintons' lives depend on it) to get her acquiescence / approval. They don't have the class to pull it off.

It's Nancy's call and it's gotta gall!

Posted by .com 2004-06-08 6:37:54 PM|| 2004-06-08 6:37:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#25 "It is a state funeral, using tax dollars," the top Clinton insider explained

Hildabeast and Bubba have cognitive dissonance. They're used to tax dollars being used for their own aggrandizement, not to honor someone else

Posted by Frank G 2004-06-08 7:09:43 PM|| 2004-06-08 7:09:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#26 Neither klinton has any business even speaking the name of Ronald Reagan. They should be kept as far away as possible from our beloved ex-President's funeral. bill klinton and his asswipe butch wife can go straight to HELL, as far as I'm concerned. Fuck 'em.

Posted by Halfass Pete 2004-06-08 8:20:44 PM|| 2004-06-08 8:20:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#27 Let him talk. He could do comparisons.
Like:
REAGAN: Suit coat always on in Oval Office.
CLINTON: Pants usually off in Oval Office.

Posted by tu3031 2004-06-08 8:28:04 PM|| 2004-06-08 8:28:04 PM|| Front Page Top

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