barry Refuses to Attend Scalia Funeral

[Locutus]

No Country For Old Men

By Kate on February 18, 2016 9:58 AM | 39 Comments



He's a peculiar man.

Unable to resist the urge to give one last snub to the Supreme Court justice who opposed him at every turn, President Obama will not attend the funeral of Antonin Scalia on Saturday.
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You could even say that he has principles.

 

[damngrumpy]

Sxalia I wouldn't go to his funeral either Obama didn't care for him in life so
why would he except for the fact its likely a state funeral

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Sxalia I wouldn't go to his funeral either Obama didn't care for him in life so
why would he except for the fact its likely a state funeral

It's not a state funeral. We don't do that for Supreme Court justices.

 

[Ludlow]

I usually abstained from going to funerals of people I did not like.

 

[MHz]

How would it look to be caught giving somebody a high-five or cracking a smile during you 'few words'?

I usually abstained from going to funerals of people I did not like.

Doh.

 

[Locutus]

It's not a state funeral. We don't do that for Supreme Court justices.

The only justice to be granted a state funeral by Congress was William Howard Taft, who served as chief justice from 1921 to 1930, after serving as president from 1909 to 1913. Taft laid in state at the Capital Rotunda.

In Photos: A Short History Of Official Funerals For Supreme Court Justices : The Two-Way : NPR

 

[gopher]

let's all over react ....



Obama To Skip Scalia Funeral — Let’s All Overreact! | Above the Law




... that’s all proper etiquette requires. But surely we’ll let this become a tempest in a teapot anyway.






Blame Obama!

 

[Ludlow]

Its obamas fault

 

[Curious Cdn]

It's another conpiracy headed up by Hitler.

 

[gopher]

well, at least we now know why Ted Cruz is also not attending the funeral .....

 

[Jinentonix]

I usually abstained from going to funerals of people I did not like.

It's a small person that allows his personal pettiness to overcome his professional etiquette.


I tend to abstain from going to funerals of people I do not like as well, but I've also never been a head of state either. I think there's a certain etiquette that's supposed to go with the job.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not singling out Obama, there've been a few tactless moves by various heads of state of so-called civilized countries over the years.

 

[Curious Cdn]

well, at least we now know why Ted Cruz is also not attending the funeral .....

...cause the Pope just excommunicated him?

 

[gopher]

here's why:

 

[Jinentonix]

here's why:

Yeah, but which one is which? :icon_smile:

 

[Highball]

Good decision. Why tarnish the memory of a great American with one whose loyalties are truly in question? Faux Muslims are uncomfortable in Christian places of worship.

 

[Ludlow]

Yeah, but which one is which? :icon_smile:

Well they're both vampires. One sucks the blood one sucks the trust. And both give nothing in return. Grampa is better looking than cruz though cruz looks like a rat face.

 

[EagleSmack]

That's our President in a nutshell.

 

[mentalfloss]

To be fair, the guy's name is Scalia.

 

[MHz]

No Country For Old Men

It should say 'no country for men'.

https://www.intellihub.com/scalia-m...king-police-publicly-question-untimely-death/

 

[darkbeaver]

A whineowe would get an awetopsy,

That's our President in a nutshell.

So when do you get on with the revolution? Saving the union, bearingarms against the enemy/ hurry up