Elder Bush will not attend Kennedy funeral

[deminks]

http://www.kwwl.com/Global/story.asp?S=11007681

BOSTON (AP) - The elder President George Bush will not be attending Sen. Edward Kennedy's funeral.

A spokesman for Bush said Friday that he and his wife, Barbara, decided not to attend Kennedy's funeral after learning their son, former President George W. Bush, would attend.

Jim McGrath says the 85-year-old Bush feels his son's presence would "amply and well represent" the family Saturday.

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Makes you wonder, doesn't it?

[hlthe2b]

1. I can think of many reasons the old goat doesn't want to go...

BUt what do you think is the prime reason?

[mnhtnbb]

15. He doesn't want to spoil his vacation.

[havocmom]

27. He doesn't want to be near so many who loved Kennedy

and no longer have Ted to keep the lid on their direct scorn of an old CIA agent who seems to be the only person who cannot remember where he was one day in November.

[undeterred]

54. Reminds him of his own mortality.

Maybe only one of the Clintons and one of the Kennedys and one of the Obamas should show up when he croaks.

[elleng]

65. He is not well.

[GCP]

75. I think you're right

85 is getting up there.

[elleng]

81. Yes and No.

My Dad's 95, and at 85 he would have been well enough to attend such.

[GCP]

82. That's your dad

I've known plenty of people in their 79's in much worse shape than Poppy. Everybody's different.

[hlthe2b]

87. perhaps, but didn't he just do the big skydiving thing a few months

back?

[YOY]

2. Scumbag.

Let junior catch some nasty leers...prolly afraid that the ghosts of John and Bobby will crawl out of their graves.

[gratuitous]

3. Unexpectedly and uncharacteristically civil of him

Out of respect for him, I will decline to attend George H.W. Bush's funeral.

[saltpoint]

4. Poppy and Bar would have attended but this is the weekend they're

hosting their annual Franklin Pierce Party, for which the most insulated millionaires in the country gather at the Maine compound to honor worthless presidents who died in alcoholic obscurity.

[asdjrocky]

22. No golf.

He'd go if there was golf.

[saltpoint]

32. LOL! There it is.

He would, too.


:thumbsup: :hi:

[asdjrocky]

33. Hey old buddy.

:hi: Good to see you on this morning.

[saltpoint]

34. You too. Hope all's well with you.

It's a pleasure running into you in any case but to add the occasion of slamming H.W. Bush makes it even better.

Have a great weekend.

[RockaFowler]

5. What a load of cr*p

You are a former president. Just because Junior is going doesn't mean you can't go. What kind of excuse is that??

[Dr Fate]

6. But he was right there BAWLING at Ken Lay's funeral.

That says something, no?

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

50. Well that's different. Lay wasn't a "class traitor". nt

[peekaloo]

7. "amply and well represent" the family

:rofl:

Didn't Poopy bring up the Warren Commission at Ford's service? I slightly recall some bizarre reference or mention by the Geezer.

[Fridays Child]

8. Oh, c'mon, people! After all, Barbara DOES have her beautiful mind to consider.

:eyes:

[oedura]

69. Too true...

Barbara can't go. She's afraid Teddy might look better than her.

[baldguy]

9. I don't think Pappy likes the Shrub very much.

The less time he needs to spend with him the better.

[doc03]

14. That's what I was thinking, who would want to sit

next to *.

[undeterred]

55. But he could sit by his other son, Bill

[baldguy]

61. Ah, the son he never had!

[ronnykmarshall]

63. *

[KharmaTrain]

10. That's Fine With Me...

It'd be like the Abe Vigoda character in the Godfather showing up at Sonny's funeral. Other than being seen, what connection with the Kennedys are there? It just takes up two seats better suited for people who had a real significance in Senator Kennedy's life and ours.

[Hannah Bell]

86. averell harriman.

[Rabrrrrrr]

11. Since he was probably involved in/in charge of the assassinations of Teddy's brothers,

maybe he feels a little weird about attending.

[blm]

18. No doubt about it......probably afraid some of the ice in his veins might melt.

.

[lurky]

19. The K family might be a little hostile, also.

Whatever they say publicly, they surely know what the score is.

[redqueen]

38. I wasn't gonna say it...

but yes.

I wonder if his memory ever cleared up about where he was that day.

[fascisthunter]

48. .

[arcadian]

58. I think this is it.

He's haunted by ghosts at the end of his life. Very Dickensian.

[scarletwoman]

77. My first thought exactly. Maybe he realizes it would be in poor taste.

It's no loss whatsoever for Bush senior to not be there. The vile old creep and his vile old creepy wife would add absolutely nothing worthy to the occasion.

[XemaSab]

12. Looks like the #1 hater of the BFEE

is Papa Bush.

[City Lights]

13. Big Bad Bar doesn't want to waste her beautiful mind on all the good Kennedy did. nt

[RockaFowler]

21. I have to laugh

I thought you wrote BEAR instead of BAR. I thought you were calling her a bear and I just had to laugh.

[madokie]

16. Probably his conscience is the problem

methinks he had something to do with the assassination of President Kennedy

[Sebastian Doyle]

84. That's assuming Poppy HAS a conscience

Which I doubt very much. Not with his long list of crimes.

[bullwinkle428]

17. They were making a big deal of all the living Presidents appearing together

for the funeral, on NPR this morning. Too bad Poppy can't be bothered to make a simple human gesture of decency.

[JeanGrey]

20. He may be ill. George Sr. is getting up there.

[Gin]

24. thats what I was thinking....the whole scene may be too close for comfort.

(IMO)

[JeanGrey]

25. I agree, it was my first thought.

[Bennyboy]

36. He is jumping out of an airplane later this year....

So he can't be that ill as you say...

[JeanGrey]

59. We don't know that. Plans are made, sometimes they are

broken. I don't think that is proof positive of anything, really.

[Dulcinea]

40. That's my guess.

His health is not good, & he doesn't want the media speculating, "Will Bush Sr. be next?"

[muffin1]

85. He jumped out of an airplane just a few months ago. n/t

[Pharlo]

23. Well, can't blame him really -

Probably got funeraled out on Reagan's watch. That's pretty much all 41 did as 40 1/2 - attend funerals.

In addition to that, there is the whole 'visions of mortality' thing. Senator Kennedy being twelve years younger than Poppy.

It would also force him to face the fact that the only republican 'dynasty' (41/43) will never be a pimple on a gnat's ass to this country compared to The Kennedy's.

All in all, attending this funeral would be nothing more than a direct reminder of just how incompetent the Bush family is in the eyes of history. Hard thing to be facing when you're staring into the eyes of your nineth decade on Earth and know you can't really do anything about it.

[Fleshdancer]

26. He's an ex-President and he should be there.

This is beyond tacky.

[LibDemAlways]

28. I know the Kennedys are too gracious to do so, but

I'd ban all members of the BFEE from attending. The media will be fawning over the chimp being there, which is plenty disgusting as it is.

[olegramps]

29. I think that he and his cow wife, pearls Barb of the slimy mind set, would sully the funeral.

Bush was and is a slim ball bastard that used the hostages to get Reagan elected. He and his son are a disgrace to Americans.

[deaniac21]

45. Slim ball? You'd think at his age it would be long balls.

[RagAss]

30. Who cares...I'm watching CSPAN2 - the endless line of mourners...unbelievable.

Does it really matter if an old goat who served his corporate masters shows up ? The man is less than a footnote in the history of this great nation. Next to a Kennedy he's a cartoon. What a shame that his son has to show his face. Can't they both stay home?

[Cass]

31. Sure says alot about Old Man Bush.

And none of it good, either.

[lunatica]

35. Wow, for once I'm actually grateful to the Bushes for something

And I'm also glad GWB feels the obligation to go. Yeah, Ted Kennedy was that important and that good!

Is the Dick Cheney going?

[redqueen]

37. Yeah, I bet he won't.

[Kansas Wyatt]

39. The way he choked up at Ford's funeral...

I think his past is catching up to him, because he knows his days are numbered.

That or he is very worried that there will be some kind of document release upon Senator Kennedy's death, and he is scared shitless that it will come back to unravel the BFEE.

[deminks]

42. In a perfect world, that would happen.

I hope he reaps twice what he has sown.

[Dora]

41. Poor taste. He's still an ex-president. I hope he gets a large dose of criticism for this.

[babylonsister]

43. Could he be more disrespectful? Maybe he's ill, or just rude. nt

[Trocadero]

44. idea: BAN ALL BUSH FAMILY MEMBERS from attending, and from being in public generally

[madamesilverspurs]

Put 'em in a special 'free speech zone'

and keep them there.

[jasi2006]

46. Weel, either he or wife or both could be sick themselves.

Just trying to be civil here. Be nice.

[Flying Dream Blues]

66. Then the respectful thing to do is say we aren't able to attend, or

something like that. Not "well, when I found out * was going, I changed my mind; let him represent me."

[fascisthunter]

47. did Poppy go JFK's Funeral

he seemed very close to the assasination... maybe it was just a coicidence

[eowyn_of_rohan]

49. P.O.S. extraordinaire

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

51. Actually, I think this is great. Why bring his and the Quaker Oats Lady's stench to such a solemn

occasion?

[jxnmsdemguy65]

52. Maybe Bush the Elder is having pangs of consicence...

http://www.jfkmurdersolved.com/bush.htm

[redqueen]

56. Impossible. The man doesn't have one. (nt)

[begin_within]

53. The fewer Bushes the better.

[ddeclue]

57. can't Poppy come and Jr. stay home?

I at least have some respect for Bush the Elder.

[elleng]

67. Ditto

That option may have been considered.

[Cha]

60. Somebody told me recently that

barbara bush said they hated Eleanor Roosevelt in their house so is it hate that's keeping them away?

I don't care..it will be nicer without them.

[tilsammans]

62. How could anybody hate Eleanor Roosevelt?

??? :wtf:

[Cha]

68. barbara bush does because she

doesn't have a nice bone in her body.

[tilsammans]

73. Babs is a small-minded battle-axe

And the apples didn't fall far from the tree.

:puke:

[tilsammans]

64. Tacky, tacky, tacky . . .

. . . this is a man who parachutes from aircraft. So he's not frail and unable to get around.

:wtf:

[Cha]

79. Gawd what our country has had to

endure in the name corporatewhoredom.

[oedura]

70. "Bush feels his son's presence would "amply and well represent" the family..."

Exactly. Why send two giant assholes when one will do?

[malaise]

71. Good

Hopefully Junior will miss his flight

[Stinky The Clown]

72. Fuck him. Fuck her. Fuck their spawn

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

74. Ditto!

[LittleClarkie]

76. Thank you, no.

Not even if they bought me dinner first.

[democrat2thecore]

78. He's 85. Big deal.......nt

[WeDidIt]

80. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and thnk there may be some medical issues going on

he is 85, after all.

Yeah yeah, bleeding heart and all.

[nadinbrzezinski]

83. No, my dad is 85 I truly get it

He probably, just like dad, gets more than just exhausted during travel

Now I wish idiot son staid home, but I do get it.