Boy, the Capitol Lying in State optics are extraordinary.

[nolabear]

All those congressmen gathered around, wiping their eyes, the sunset, the long camera angles, the military band. It’s quite moving.

I suspect they’re identifying with a lot of this. Wondering how they’ll be remembered. Wondering what their legacies will be.

And we’re all wondering if this is mourning for a standing in the world, a sense of equality and being respected by even countries who oppose us.

[samnsara]

1. the Bush kids have lost both their parents in a few short months...

[milestogo]

17. Well, the kids aren't exactly kids.

[virgogal]

27. Parents that lived to be in their 90s.

Sad.but expected. Most people don't have both parents live that long.

[cynatnite]

28. When my mom's mother passed away...

she cried pretty hard. My grandmother was 95 years old.

Losing a parent hurts. Period.

[Bettie]

29. For most people losing a parent hurts

for some of us, all that we feel is a sense of relief that they are no longer in the world.

Not all parents are good parents.

As far as I can tell, whatever else they were, the Bush's were loving parents, but based on results, not great at instilling values.

I feel for their kids and grandchildren who will miss them though.

[virgogal]

30. I know it does.I've lost both parents.

But when people are in the 90s it is to be expected. They are lucky they had them as long as they did.

[cynatnite]

31. She knew it was coming and even had the funeral planned and paid for...

We all knew. She counted herself lucky, but missed her mom. She cried pretty hard nonetheless.

Everyone handles grief differently and no one should be judged for it.

[MontanaMama]

2. You just made me think...

will Individual 1 lie in state at the Capitol when he finally leaves the planet? Oh dear.

[FarPoint]

4. I was thinking the very same thought....

I don't remember if Richard Nixon did....anyways, my guess is yes, " Donnie Short Fingers" will lay in state but...no one will show up...

[unblock]

7. no; nixon lay in repose at his presidential library.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_and_state_funeral_of_Richard_Nixon

[Autumn]

25. I can't picture asshole having a presidential library. I think he'll get the suckers to pay for a

floor at the Trump Dump and put in a few magazines and photos of the First Nude and charge people to get in.

[lunatica]

18. Surrounded by belly scratching, growling, MAGA hat wearing

Deplorables. It’ll be the Yuughest crowd of mourners the world has ever seen!

[milestogo]

19. He will be laid to rest with the sewer rats.

[BannonsLiver]

33. This.

[jmowreader]

26. Not quite

He'll lie in state on a mess hall table at the Terre Haute Federal Pen while the guards try to figure out who threw him off the third-floor catwalk.

After two weeks they'll plant him in the prison cemetery because the other inmates are tired of him stinking up the place, and it's hard to balance your tray on his rotund corpse.

[Guppy]

3. wiping their eyes

take them to Hollywood because they are great thespians.

[TheBlackAdder]

13. Perhaps they're spraying in a little of that safe and edible tear gas for effect :-D

[malaise]

5. I think those congressional tears are for the burial of the

ReTHUG Party.

[nolabear]

8. Oh, I think they're moved. They probably do feel the shift though.

Lots of the attendees are Democrats.

[malaise]

10. Noticeably so

I muted Pence

[nolabear]

11. Any idea why there's an empty seat beside GW?

There’s a program in it but it’s notably empty.

[malaise]

14. Pence

[lunatica]

20. That was Mike Pence's seat while he was speaking.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

6. FWIW, Dubya looks a lot like his old man.

Wasn't really as evident before as it is now.

[nolabear]

9. This stuff ages you.

[mcar]

12. It is extraordinary

Too bad these Republicans are such horrible speakers.

[Baitball Blogger]

15. Give them some breathing room.

It's the end of an era for Republicans. The lies that were covered up in the past, will not protect anyone from Trump forward.

[Totally Tunsie]

16. As the camera pans, it's quite startling how many are ooooooold white men,

many of whom are probably thinking it could be anyone of them gone soon.

[lunatica]

21. Well George H W was 93 years old so many friends would be pretty old.

[Totally Tunsie]

23. True, but I was referring to the members of Congress in attendance,

not Bushie's friends.

[LAS14]

22. I wondered why I'd kept CNN on mute this afternoon.

I think it's because it is so rare to have a public event anymore where people come together. Ritual is important. I felt that way about the McCain funeral too.

[LAS14]

24. Another thing that is important about major funerals....

... is that we are all drawn to recognize human fallibility. We have to acknowledge the deceased failings, but it's put in a context where his/her strengths are also acknowledged. We'd be better off as a country if we could bring this wisdom into everyday life.

By "major" I mean one that CNN covers without talking.

[cbdo2007]

32. I think it's the same pedestal thing Lincoln was on

After he died. That's pretty amazing right there.