Conservatives Defy History With Derision At Obama's Decision Against Attending Scalia's Funeral

[KamaAina]

http://mediamatters.org/research/2016/02/19/conservatives-defy-history-with-derision-at-oba/208693

Laura Ingraham: Obama Won't Attend Scalia's Funeral Because "He's Probably Annoyed" Scalia Didn't Attend The State Of The Union. On the February 18 edition of The Laura Ingraham Show, host Laura Ingraham mocked Obama for planning to skip Scalia's funeral, saying it's "at least like 10 minutes" to travel. Ingraham also suggested Obama was "probably annoyed that Scalia didn't come and show up at his State of the Union speeches" and was "one-upping" Scalia by not attending his funeral:

Fox's Andrea Tantaros: Obama's Decision To Skip Funeral "Is Not Presidential." On the February 18 edition of Outnumbered, co-host Andrea Tantaros said President Obama's decision to skip the funeral is "not presidential," after co-host Harris Faulkner noted that Obama would be the first president to "skip the funeral of a sitting Supreme Court justice since 1954." Fox Business host Charles Payne suggested that the president wasn't showing proper respect to Scalia:...

Historically, Presidents Have Not Always Attended Funerals Of Supreme Court Justices, Regardless Of Whether The Death Occurred While Serving. According to a Media Matters analysis, sitting presidents attended four of the funerals of 10 Supreme Court justices who have died since June 1, 1980 -- including justices who died while serving and those who died after serving on the bench.

Politico: "People Close To The Scalia Family Said Obama Was Making The Right Choice"; "There's Not Substantial Historic Precedent For Presidents Attending The Funerals Of Sitting Justices." A February 17 Politico article noted that "people close to the Scalia family said Obama was making the right choice," and further explained that "There's not substantial historic precedent for presidents attending the funerals of sitting justices." Politico cited Ed Whelan, a former Scalia clerk, who said "'I wouldn't have expected President Obama to attend the funeral Mass, and I see no reason to fault him for not attending'":

[imanamerican63]

1. Amazing how the right wing media can spin so garbage thru their little minds?

[Skittles]

2. the man was a racist piece of shit

Obama gave him enough respect

[COLGATE4]

3. And if he had decided to attend

the same Know-Nothings would be criticizing him for 'profaning Scalia's funeral'. As someone recently said, "If Obama had cured Cancer they'd find a way to criticize it".

[awoke_in_2003]

4. Yep...

like LBJ said, if he walked across the Potomac the headlines would read "LBJ Can't Swim"