"Bubba" Not Invited To Speak At Ceremony!

[Lqskdiver]

XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX TUE JUNE 08, 2004 11:02:52 ET XXXXX

CLINTON DISAPPOINTMENT: LEFT OFF FUNERAL SPEAKERS LIST

Former President Bill Clinton has privately expressed anger he has apparently been left off the speakers list of Friday's Reagan State Funeral, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.

"President Clinton really held out all hope the funeral would be a nonpartisan event, like Nixon's was," a top Clinton source said on Tuesday morning. "He's angry and disappointed neither he nor President Carter have been asked to speak, as of yet."

The top source says Clinton has been critical that both Bush presidents will address the crowd gathered at National Cathedral.

Nixon's vice president Gerald Ford did not speak at Nixon's funeral.

Clinton's inner circle is convinced Nancy Reagan has personally shut out Clinton from any high-profile participation.

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

Former President George H.W. Bush, former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney will join President Bush in eulogizing Ronald Reagan, Reagan's office announced. Presiding over the service will be former Sen. John Danforth of Missouri, who is an ordained Episcopal priest. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and the Rabbi Harold Kusher will give readings, while Irish tenor Ronan Tynan will sing.

The eulogy is being prepared by President Bush's chief speechwriter, Michael Gerson, who also wrote the president's moving speech for a memorial service in the same cathedral after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Developing...



Classic!

[BigBadBrian]

Good. Clinton SHOULD NOT be allowed to open his pie hole. If that wife of his shows up, she should be required to be in a dress so everyone can make fun of her calves. :D

[FORD]

This further proves that the BCE is milking Reagan's death for their own political advantages.

Reagan was a 2 term elected President. Clinton was a 2 term elected President. It's only logical, and out of proper respect that one living ex President would attend another's funeral.

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040606/capt.wx10606061846.reagan_legacy_wx106.jpg

Yeah, it's easy to see how much President Clinton hated Reagan :rolleyes:

[BigBadBrian]

Originally posted by FORD
This further proves that the BCE is milking Reagan's death for their own political advantages.

Reagan was a 2 term elected President. Clinton was a 2 term elected President. It's only logical, and out of proper respect that one living ex President would attend another's funeral.

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040606/capt.wx10606061846.reagan_legacy_wx106.jpg

Yeah, it's easy to see how much President Clinton hated Reagan :rolleyes:


Clinton was supposed to keep those jelly beans as a keepsake. I'll bet he fuckin' scarfed 'em down the first chance he got, though. Fatasses like him can't help themselves. :gulp:

[FORD]

Jelly Bellys are actually quite addictive. If I remember correctly, Reagan said he started eating them as a way to quit smoking. He got off the cancer sticks, but became a jelly bean addict in the process.

[Ally_Kat]

Jelly Belly Saddened by the Passing of Ronald Reagan




FAIRFIELD, CA (June 6, 2004)---The candymaking family and employees of Jelly Belly Candy Company were saddened to learn of the passing of Ronald Reagan and sent their heartfelt condolences to Mrs. Reagan and his children.

"I greatly admired Mr. Reagan and the leadership he brought to this country and the world. He leaves an unparalleled legacy in world affairs. His interest in our candy certainly had a profound effect on us," said Herman G. Rowland, Sr., chairman of the board of Jelly Belly Candy Company.

The company came to Mr. Reagan's attention during his term as Governor of California when he ate jelly beans to help him stop smoking. His love of Jelly Belly beans continued during his terms in the White House.

In his own words:
"You can tell a lot about a fellow by his way of eating jelly beans." -- Ronald Reagan

In Memoriam: Ronald Reagan, 1911-2004

http://jellybelly.com/NR/rdonlyres/11FEDF59-0D03-4C47-9A3B-31ACD07FF6F9/343/JBreagan_415.jpg

[Ally_Kat]

i just had this image of people laying Jelly Belly bags around his house much like how everyone laid flowers for Lady Di.

[FORD]

Originally posted by Ally_Kat
i just had this image of people laying Jelly Belly bags around his house much like how everyone laid flowers for Lady Di.

Apparently that's true....

Media reports have said they are doing just that. I'll bet they're leaving the cheap generic kind though. Real Jelly Bellys are too pricy to buy for someone who can't eat them.

[fanofdave]

Clinton can attend the function; he's just not a speaker.
Get over it.

As for those jelly beans, he probably flavored them up
a bit by sticking up Lewinsky's snatch before eating them.

[FORD]

Point remains that by deliberately excluding a popularly elected 2 term president from speaking at the TAXPAYER FINANCED, public funeral of another 2 term president, the BCE is deliberately politicizing Reagan's death for their own selfish reasons.

[DLR'sCock]

repukes are worse than dumocrats, who woulda thunk it???

[John Ashcroft]

Why in the world would the family of Ronald Reagan accept eulogies from people who spent the last 20 years villianizing him? Tax money or no, it's just plain stupid.

Oh, and how did Republican attendance go over at the Wellstone funeral?

Fucking hypocrites.

[Ally_Kat]

Originally posted by FORD
This further proves that the BCE is milking Reagan's death for their own political advantages.

Reagan was a 2 term elected President. Clinton was a 2 term elected President. It's only logical, and out of proper respect that one living ex President would attend another's funeral.

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040606/capt.wx10606061846.reagan_legacy_wx106.jpg

Yeah, it's easy to see how much President Clinton hated Reagan :rolleyes:

http://drudgereport.com/rrbc.jpg

[ELVIS]

LMAO!

I saw that lying hillbilly sleeping next to his commie insignificant other...

Someone with the moral clarity that Regan posessed doesn't need an immoral hillbilly speaking at his funeral...

:cool:

[FORD]

Originally posted by ELVIS
LMAO!

I saw that lying hillbilly sleeping next to his commie insignificant other...

Someone with the moral clarity that Regan posessed doesn't need an immoral hillbilly speaking at his funeral...

:cool:

Why not? They let the amoral drug smuggling terrorist armer and his son the incomprehensible shithead speak, didn't they?

[ELVIS]

Tee hee hee


:D