Apparently, you and I look at “outrage” as two entirely different things. I am not outraged at everything I mock. We also see “pattern” differently: you, for example, have a pattern of expressing your disagreement with, disappointment with, or general disdain for me. I call that a pattern because it has happened more than twice. It happens, in fact, with regularity. Why you choose always to impugn my motives has never been clear to me. You presume whatever is the worst and then run with it. I am no more outraged at Clinton for falling asleep than I am at my ass for itching. A rant need not express outrage; it may express mere indignation. I’m sure that even after explaining myself as I usually end up doing with you, you will have more to say and will show me how I’ve gotten myself all wrong. So thanks in advance for your insights.
Never having used the word “paean” in speech before, I am grateful to Terrifel for his post.
It’s flaming to point out that a man has a history of being caught on camera laughing (IMO) overexuberantly at funerals?
And whatever is telling you that would be telling you something false. If Clinton had comported himself at the funeral in the same manner as the other dignitaries and former presidents, I’d have no issue.
The only person escalating this to a pigroast is yourself. In any case, if Gov. Schwarznegger had a history of acting in an inappropriately giggly manner at funerals, I’d be as disappointed in him as I am in Clinton.
It’s possible. It sure didn’t look like it. It was a protracted, smiley-faced, gesture-laden, jovial conversation that went on for more than five minutes.
And some are born to jump to conclusions based upon other’s political affiliations. Pot, this is kettle, we have some things to discuss.
Seriously, are you people not aware of Clinton’s prior funeral misbehavior – and the blatant attempt at covering same at Ron Brown’s service when he noticed a television camera in the distance and realized that it wouldn’t do to be filmed leaving the services for a good friend laughing so he evinced a scrunchy crying face and immediately began wiping “tears” from his cheeks?
What a load of fetid crap you have vomited on this board! This is entirely fabricated by the right-wing blogmeisters, and you bought it, hook line and stinker. This is just another example of the endless hatred (yet fascination) the right has with Clinton, to the extent that you actually begin to believe the lies you have concocted. Peddle it elsewhere you pustulated crack whore, we’re not buying it.
Hell, I hope peple are laughing at my funeral.
As long as they’re laughing at me, and not with me. Because that would be really disturbing.
We’ve secretly replaced the coffee Lib usually enjoys with a cup of black tar heroin and broken glass. Let’s watch.
:shrug: Occam’s Razor at work.
Nonsense. It’s on video. It’s been seen. I saw it with my own eyes. Of course, I’m apparently a crack whore, so I suppose I could’ve hallucinated it. :rolleyes:
How about a hearty helping of get over yourself juice, Fear Itself? You can disagree or even disbelieve what I have to say without being insulting and juvenile.
Talk about cheapening discourse.
I reckon that if I attract your attention enough, you might eventually answer my three-year-old twenty-times-asked question about Almost Famous. But then, probably not.
You have watched the funeral TWICE already?!? Crap, Lib, you need to really rethink this thread if you have to watch a funeral on tape twice within a week just to bitch about something in the Pit.
What we should all do the next time we’re at a funeral and we see somebody close his or her eyes is immediately scream: “Hey You! Yes you, you disrespectful, non feeling, cold hearted bastard! How dare you close your eyes! And don’t give me that ‘I was praying’ line! You can’t fool me!”
That’ll teach em!
Well, shit, Kerry hasn’t done anything horrible in the last week. And Hillary has kept quiet.
What is he supposed to do?
-Joe
Wait until the commemorative set (two DVDs or four VHS tapes) comes out and buy it like all decent Americans should instead of making secretive pirated tapes of it. Don’t know bout y’all but I’m tellin’ John Ashcroft and Tom Ridge!
Do woo wealize how mush force is wequired to spoow peanut budder ontwo a monitwer? Wots!
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I’m no fan of Clinton but I gotta give him a hall pass on this one. Funerals are one time when often it’s often impolite not to have your eyes closed. God knows though that I’d have cashed in my IRA and donated it to the DNC for the chance to have seen the scenario J.R.D. described unfold.
Bill and Hilary aren’t living together anymore, are they? Heck, that probably hadn’t seen each other in months and spent the entire night before fucking like rabbits in a meth patch. I just can’t get the incensed meter to budge on this one.
Now Reagan’s minister? Yeah Sam and TVeblen, you’re bang on with that assessment. “I’m so honored… me this… me that…” I was hoping Nancy would turn and say “Hey, STFU!”
I lean toward electrified seats.
Bzzzzzzpptttt!
I turned to C-Span and watched some of the lying-in-state in the Capitol. I was hypnotized. I imagine I was completely slack-jawed and glazed over, not precisely with boredom, but with something.
Bill Clinton creeps me out, though I can withstand it so long as he’s not talking. But I definitely give a pass to anyone involved in that mind-numbing event who didn’t actually leap out of their chairs and scream that the fire ants were taking over the world.
I’ve watched it three times now and finally erased it. Other than the Irish tenor, it was quite beautiful.
My wife and I loved the repose in the Capitol. We watched it until midnight and got up at about three to watch until its end.
Oh, for goodness sake.
The Clintons and Betty Ford fell asleep, just like everyone did, when the Russian authorities pumped nerve gas into the funeral to ferret out any Chechen rebels who might have sneaked in.
And Clinton and Kerry were laughing about how, at the viewing, Reagan’s corpse was rigged to pop up and go, “Wellll . . . gotcha ya!”
Oh, Eve, there you go again. 
Why don’t you get a fucking life, instead of rewinding and making sure Clinton was really asleep?
What is the fucking deal with the Right’s fucking obsession with Clinton?
He fucking fell asleep. Boo hoo hoo! So fucking what?
Let’s make it a national scandal! :rolleyes:
Who said anything about rewinding? Why don’t you get a fucking brain?