Bushes caught SMIRKING AND LAUGHING at Reagan Funeral

[Proud2BAmurkin]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/040611/480/zeb13606111818

[Doosh]

1. bet you won't see this on drudge

but of course, they put the clintons and kerry on!

[rumguy]

2. How dare they smile!!!

Why do they hate America?

[Fenris]

3. Did Babs not get the note on funeral wardrobe?

White?

[MissRegina]

6. She's Wearing a Black Dress

with a white jacket, it looks like. I first thought she was wearing all ivory.

[KoKo]

46. It was not a black dress. It was an oatmeal colored suit. Did you see

her walk in?

[Champion Jack]

4. Same thing Poppy and smirk did at the 9-11 memorial

at some church in NY.

[peekaloo]

5. before the service began Poopy and Colin were larfing it up

Poopy must have showed him his "tribute".

[KoKo]

47. Yes, I saw that. Colin looked a little "too happy" to be seriously

thinking about that "momentous" occasion.

[daa]

7. Remember OxyMoron boy blasting

Clinton for laughing at Ron Brown's funneral. You won't hear this from Limbaugh.

[rfranklin]

9. BushJr. sez to Nancy...

"Hey, you know I'm touching myself! See where my hands are?"

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[redqueen]

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[chimpy the poopthrower]

34. I know you've already been tombstoned but...

...I'll respond for anyone else who might be reading this. You should realize that, first of all, Clinton was not at the funeral yet when that happened. He was still outside when the incident occurred. Second, I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with laughing or smiling at a funeral; it depends on the context. I think a lot of the people on this thread are thinking of the Clinton incident and have the hypocrisy of the right wing in mind more than just the fact that the Bushes are smiling. Third, why wouldn't Clinton adopt a more somber demeanor when he realized he was on camera? He probably realized how it looked, realized that the Clinton-haters in the media would have a field day with it, realized it might detract from his friend's funeral, and decided he'd better change his expression PDQ. I would have done the same in his situation.

[redqueen]

35. Only people from that side of the aisle

would respond to a deleted message, ten minutes after it was deleted.

[calimary]

16. Not as funny as you. BYE!

[Timefortruth]

29. When a part of Wellstone's memorial was used to

remember what he worked for, there was unbridled "outrage" on the part of the Republican mass media.

You know, Bush and his gang of criminals are disappointing, pathetic, liars, but hey, they are Republicans and Bush was able to steal the presidency!

Bye.

[Supply Side Jesus]

31. want some freedom fries with that?

[Hubert Flottz]

8. Hey, isn't that George Washington sitting behind Pickles?

Damn they really did round up everyone to send RayGoon off!

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

11. Jimmy Carter, actually

.

[Hubert Flottz]

14. No, I mean RIGHT behind her!

Second seat over from left to right!

[Hogarth]

13. I think it's the Quaker Oats guy.

nt

[AlFrankenFan]

10. How disrespectful...

I thought the Reagans hated Jr. :shrug:

[molly]

15. In all honesty - there were a couple of jokes and even

Patti and Ron Jr laughed. They were things that their father said that were funny.

[newscaster]

18. The Smirks from the Ladies Bush

translates into a major Nyahhhh Nyahhhhh. They are saying, "Your man died. Ours didnt. Nyahhh Nyahhh

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[SammyWinstonJack]

36. Ouch!

:eyes:

[buycitgo]

42. shut up!

and I mean that in a NICE way

now, shut up

[Timefortruth]

25. How dare they interject humor in this serious occasion!

They are exploiting the death for political gain!

[City Lights]

27. Perhaps, but the smirk, mrs. smirk, and mommy smirk

are the only ones gawking and smirking at Nancy.

[Terran]

17. Ever been to a memorial service?

Where something was said about the deceased that made you smile?

Alrighty then.

[donhakman]

19. Burial at sunset pic

[ronnykmarshall]

40. That's the USC marching band.

[Bandit]

20. Nancy looks to be smiling also

Sometimes during a funeral people recall humorous events that involved the deceased. There are many times you will see smiles during a funeral. I don't know the context of this photo.

[llmart]

37. Nancy isn't really smiling....

it's just how she looks now after her many facelifts.

[skypilot]

21. This is a very unsettling photograph...

...when you consider that Nancy doesn'tlike this man--and there he is sitting across the aisle smirking at her. This photo kinda sums up everything we don't like about George in particular and that fucking family in general.

[Red State Rebel]

26. Like Molly said above, some of the people who spoke

related humorous stories about things RR said so there were some smiles. One was about a boy who wrote him asking for Federal Funds to clean up his room and Reagan wrote back and said that at the time funds were low and tho his mom was probably right to declare his room a disaster area, he would have to pitch in and do it himself and welcome to the volunteer corp.

That kind of stuff is what they were laughing about.

[molly]

28. How about when someone asked Reagon what Tu-Tu

said and Reagon replied "No-No".

[Beaverhausen]

49. actually he said so-so

when Poopy asked him how his meeting went with Desmond Tutu.

It was actually a much needed moment to release all the tension of the solemnity of the previous...5 days!

now don't get mad at me... I was watching just so get a glimpse of the last real president and the one who should be pres.

[buycitgo]

43. Now THAT/s funny!

did they send Ann Burford/Gorsuch to investigate?

or that woman who went to jail over that site in California?

remember that one?

[City Lights]

30. I agree completely.

Others here chalk it up to the relating of life stories about the decesaed. However, there are others in the photo who are clearly not laughing, but rather have very somber looks on their faces. Wonder what the smirk family found so funny.

[Catherine Vincent]

24. You probably won't hear the bushfarts saying anything about them

laughing at a funeral. Remember when they gave our last elected leader a hard time for laughing at Ron Brown's funeral?

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

32. No One Is Smiling Except The Four Bushes

Daddy Bush, Stormtrooper Mama Bush, George and Laura are smiling. Nancy Reagan has a pained look on her face. Colin Powell's wife looks like she's crying. Jimmy Carter and Colin Powell are not smiling. It doesn't look to me like a joke has just been told, at least not the type of joke that would make the average person smile.

[mrboba1]

33. Colin Powell's wife

seems to me to be crying/laughing. Also to the left of Carter, woman is smiling. And since there's only about 10 people in the picture...

A little too much is being made of one snapshot...

[alarcojon]

39. I agree

nothing to see here. We don't have to reach this hard to find Bush's character flaws.

[mitchum]

38. Hey, I was smirking and laughing also

[TrustingDog]

41. I don't find the pic all that much unsettling...

funerals are tense. I've been to many and there is usually some kind of humour to break the reality of the somberness as a defense mechanism.

But I do have some comments.
Like, doesn't Junior look like he has to pee or something? Everyone else's poses are normal, his is, wierd.... surprise, surprise.

Jimmy Carter looks great. I love that guy just because he sounds like he has a freaking soul.

Babs always looked like something matured that came out of Rosemary's Babycarriage.

Poppy is probably wracking up the numbers in his head of what the next drug deal is going to get him.

Colon is working on his resumé, I see.... His wife is telling him it's ok to 'embellish' a bit.... everyone does it!

[buycitgo]

44. wasn't this the exact spot where they quoted Ron Jr.

as saying that Bush "couldn't carry my father's jock?"

I think so

[gulliver]

45. "Please look over at me Nancy!"

"I need a photo of you making eye contact with me."

Nancy doesn't exactly look like she wants to stroll over and talk to "George Bush's idiot son," does she?

[peacetalksforall]

48. Out of context. Doesn't count.

Can't say hes' smirking because others are smiling and looking at Nancy. The speaker must have made a little remark.

And I don't usually defend anything Resident Deficit does.

[donhakman]

50. smirk

[progdonkey]

51. To be fair...

This is just one still photograph. Robert Ingersoll once said, "You can measure a man's soul by what he laughs at." Unfortunately, we can't be sure at all what Bush et al are laughing at. It looks like Babs, Laura, and Shrub are all looking at Nancy, who's mouth is slightly open like she's beginning or finishing a sentence. It's well within the realm of plausibility that Nancy and the Bushies were talking, possibly about RR, and she said something humorous. I know plenty of old ladies who don't burst out laughing when they say something humorous.

Move on, nothing to see here....

[merh]

52. They all look evil!

[Octafish]

53. kick

:kick: