Discussion: Bush Family Promised WH There'd Be No Anti-Trump Talk At 41's Funeral

[mickeyg]

Posted this on another story that seems to have disappeared…

[dave_mb]

@brutus1910

I understand the family has invited Scott Free to speak at the service.

Scott Free? Wasn’t he the Hero of the Bowling Green Massacre?

[chelsea530]

That’s okay. Everyone will be thinking mean thoughts, especially with the “elephant” right there in the cathedral.

[tacoma]

I really miss LAWRENCE ODONNEL… I t would be great if they moved his time-slot to earlier in the evening,i rarely make it past MADDOW.

[m_00_m]

If anyone starts acting bereaved, he’ll be able to 3-point-shot them some boxed handkerchiefs like they were paper towels in Puerto Rico. “Wow folks, lot of people for this funeral - looks almost as big as my inauguration. Just kidding, kidding - mine was the biggest in history, this isn’t even close…”

[easydm]

I was no fan of Barbara, but if she were alive, I’m guessing she would have told cadet bone spurs to stay away.

[dannydorko]

@steviedee111

@lizzymom

Donnie Dumpster, however, would have no reservations about turning a funeral into a show, hence the need for promises.

It’s telling in all of the various events surrounding Bush’s showing and interment Trump has no speaking slot. Surely if he did in no time he’d be dissing dirty effing migrants, bragging about the economy and trying to rouse those assembled into a “Lock her up!” chant.

And don’t forget making sales pitches:

At Fred Trump’s wake, at the Frank E. Campbell funeral home, his son stepped forward to address the political, real estate and society power brokers in the crowd. One attendee recalled Mr. Trump’s unorthodox ode to his father, which Mr. Trump confirmed.

“My father taught me everything I know. And he would understand what I’m about to say,” Mr. Trump announced to the room. “I’m developing a great building on Riverside Boulevard called Trump Place. It’s a wonderful project.”

[ralph_vonholst]

…likely fueled Bush family assurances that the 41st President’s funeral would be free of political tension and the anti-Trump sentiment that permeated McCain’s funeral,

That’s OK, { } and his wife, ) ( will create chaos and tension simply by being there.

[pmaroneyb]

Trump doesnt need any help to look stupid. His inappropriate saluting of the coffin is all over Facebook.

[gregor]

Wow!

Hate to say this at this time, but an arch sellout even in death

If he thought that Trump was a blowhard as is reported, why buckle to him at this time.

[aiddon]

Patton Oswalt (pattonoswalt)

[bikerdad]

Thin-skinned funeral crasher now wants eulogy clearance? That’s a pair of bull-sized testicles swinging between your knees, 2 Scoops, quite the contrast to your mini-shroom member.

[rondo]

It is so weird that they have to plan for a current president’s attendance at a funeral in the same way one plans to have a two year old in a wedding.

[timorwig]

Can they ensure Sully the service dog won’t growl at him?

[steviedee111]

@bikerdad

Thin-skinned funeral crasher now wants eulogy clearance?

Someone will surely slip in a remark that’s obvious to all as a sly takedown of Trump. yet just inscrutable enough to provide plausible deniability as to its meaning and intent.

[timorwig]

Not me. I’ll be ringing bells and hollering my butt off.

[greylady]

I’m hoping trump will be in prison for so long and be so far out of the limelight that our first reaction to the news will be “Trump? I thought he was already dead.”

[aiddon]

I can already seem him fidgeting, picking his nose, and asking when lunch is happening.

[zentropy]

I might fly to Washington just to TP the procession route…

[rondo]

I did not notice Trump showering Bush with praise on Twitter. I saw a tweet (probably written by one of his aides) that had some generic nice words. But “showered with praise”? I don’t think so. Maybe the media just failed to report it.