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Nation in Mourning: State Funeral for Former President George H.W. Bush
Posted on 12/5/18 at 8:32 am
Posted on 12/5/18 at 8:32 am
Remembering Bush
Live Stream
W's Intimate Relationship to be on Display during Eulogy
Thank you, President Bush, for your lifetime of unrelenting dedication to service to this great country of ours. God bless the Bush family and the USA.
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Posted on 12/5/18 at 8:38 am to Wayne Kenoff
Pretty awesome scene yesterday with Bob Dole standing up to salute 41 yesterday
Posted on 12/5/18 at 8:50 am to Wayne Kenoff
Google homepage is grey today to signify mourning...nice touch
Posted on 12/5/18 at 8:51 am to Wayne Kenoff
Posted on 12/5/18 at 8:51 am to Wayne Kenoff
He was a great American and a great man. RIP 41
Posted on 12/5/18 at 8:57 am to Wayne Kenoff
Have other presidents been glorified like this in their passing? I feel like it’s a bit more this time.
Posted on 12/5/18 at 9:08 am to AubieALUMdvm
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Have other presidents been glorified like this in their passing? I feel like it’s a bit more this time.
Yes.
It has just been a long time since Gerald Ford died.
Posted on 12/5/18 at 9:15 am to GetCocky11
I enjoy seeing people from both sides, from Trumps Administration to people on the left, there to pay respects. They just showed Prince Charles in the house as well as Jimmy Carter earlier
Posted on 12/5/18 at 9:17 am to AubieALUMdvm
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Have other presidents been glorified like this in their passing? I feel like it’s a bit more this time.
It’s becuase of Trump. Left hates Trump so much that the Bushes (who they demonized for years), are now deities to them.
Posted on 12/5/18 at 9:29 am to AubieALUMdvm
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Have other presidents been glorified like this in their passing? I feel like it’s a bit more this time.
When a former president dies it's a huge deal. It's nothing more than when any other former president dies. There have only been 45 of them ever. We mourn and we pay our respects when they die.
Obviously it's not as grand a spectacle as if a sitting president dies but it's still a big deal.
Posted on 12/5/18 at 9:37 am to AubieALUMdvm
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Have other presidents been glorified like this in their passing? I feel like it’s a bit more this time
Well, there have been four Presidential deaths since 1994 - Nixon, Reagan, Ford, and Bush. The last one prior to Nixon was Johnson in 1973, 21 years prior.
There was a cluster of three at that time - Eisenhower in 1969, Truman in 1972, and Johnson in 1973.
Nixon's was low key at his request. He could have had the full-blown state funeral if he wanted. Reagan, Ford, and Bush are having all of the pomp and circumstance afforded to a former President. It all seems about equal to me.
Posted on 12/5/18 at 9:39 am to Wayne Kenoff
Last of the WW2 combat veterans to serve as Commander in Chief.
An important part of our nation's heritage is also buried today.
God Speed Mr President.
An important part of our nation's heritage is also buried today.
God Speed Mr President.
Posted on 12/5/18 at 9:51 am to Mr Breeze
Oh man, the reception for Trump by the former Presidents couldn't have been more icy. Wow. 
Posted on 12/5/18 at 9:57 am to GetCocky11
They just can't let trump go. My lord a former president is being buried today.... let the man out your head for a day.
Posted on 12/5/18 at 9:58 am to GetCocky11
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Oh man, the reception for Trump by the former Presidents couldn't have been more icy. Wow.
Check out the Washington Post Youtube channel..they wont take the camera off Obama and the Clintons
LINK
This post was edited on 12/5/18 at 9:59 am
Posted on 12/5/18 at 10:01 am to tgrbaitn08
I'm watching the BBC. The British are good at funeral coverage. lol
Posted on 12/5/18 at 10:01 am to Wayne Kenoff
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Posted on 12/5/18 at 10:05 am to GetCocky11
I think it's so disrespectful to the nation, its institution, and what we as Americans represent when Michelle Obama and Hillary show almost no acknowledgement towards the current president when every single camera is on them. At least Barack was somewhat cordial but Michelle just never hides her disdain for those she doesn't like. Let your disagreements and grudges go for a day, at least publicly, and come together like all politicians preach for the commonality of America.
Seeing their icy reception to him just angers me to my core. This is a funeral, not a campaign event.
Seeing their icy reception to him just angers me to my core. This is a funeral, not a campaign event.
This post was edited on 12/5/18 at 10:06 am
Posted on 12/5/18 at 10:07 am to Wayne Kenoff
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Seeing their icy reception to him just angers me to my core. This is a funeral, not a campaign event.
The iciness went both ways.
Posted on 12/5/18 at 10:08 am to Wayne Kenoff
But they have to show how 'woke' they are. It's sad really. Give it a day off.... its about Bush sr. today.... not trump.
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