lanparty
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Wed Jun-09-04 05:25 PM
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| Reagan procession ... light crowds???? |
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The crowds for the dead St Ronnie look a little like. The living Pontiff draws a lot more I think.
Tell me if I'm wrong, but the Kennedy procession was PACKED as far as the eye could see.
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| R3dD0g
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Wed Jun-09-04 05:31 PM
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| 1. I don't know much about DC |
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But it looks like pretty good attendance at the procession right now on the tube. It might be the particular location, but the DC time right now is 6:30 so a lot of people either stayed downtown or came to town.
Personally, I wouldn't get off the couch to view his casket if you paid me.
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| denverbill
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Wed Jun-09-04 05:38 PM
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| 2. Well, to be fair, Kennedy was a different situation. |
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A young man in his prime with young kids, a dynamic eloquent speaker and leader, assassinated in office versus a 93 year old who had been in declining health for years.
People lining the streets for Kennedy was almost part of a healing process or mourning process. For Reagan, it's only the uber-partisan hacks showing up dutifully.
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| mohinoaklawnillinois
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Wed Jun-09-04 05:39 PM
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| 3. I'm glad I'm not the only other one to think this as well. n/t |
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Wed Jun-09-04 05:41 PM
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| 4. Did you hear the applause???? |
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When the parade started moving there was applause... weird- I don't think applause is appropriate at a funeral.
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| lanparty
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Wed Jun-09-04 05:46 PM
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| 5. A funeral is NOT a rally ... |
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They don't understand that.
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Wed Jun-09-04 06:03 PM
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Remember the shit that was stirred after the Wellstone memorial!?
This is the biggest group of lying, reptillain hypocrytes to ever walk the planet.
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| earthside
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Wed Jun-09-04 05:56 PM
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| 6. Soviet Funeral for Reagan |
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:puke::puke::puke::puke::puke:
Well, this really is obscene.
I mean they buried President Kennedy in three days, right?
This is becoming positively un-American. It reminds me of one of the old Soviet Union-style funerals for Stalin or Brezhenev.
And this kind of over-the-top ceremonialization is a direct contradiction of the American notion of equality. The Reagan funeral is getting just plain creepy.
More proof that there is something seriously wrong with the soul of this nation.
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Wed Jun-09-04 06:05 PM
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Edited on Wed Jun-09-04 06:06 PM by Sannum
Was Reagan the messiah? It would seem so if one were to turn on FOX news.
I was at lunch with a friend and she said "Can they just plant the poor bastard". How true indeed...
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| Shopaholic
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Wed Jun-09-04 06:05 PM
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| 8. And look at all the lovely shades of beige. . . |
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This is the whitest crowd I've seen in quite some time. Why, it almost looks like a Republican national convention.
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Wed Jun-09-04 06:09 PM
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| 9. That poor riderless horse |
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Looks so spooked. It's miserable.
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