The right wing blogs and Drudge are beside themselves that Harry Reid won't attend Iraq war and Bush Administration critic and former president Gerald Ford's funeral.
Seems that Bush was off galavanting around the world and missed Ronald Reagan's funeral.
Bush, who is on vacation, missed Reagan's service in the Capitol, too, because he was attending a G-8 summit
I don't remember right-wingers hyperventilating over that one. And Reagan is their patron saint.
And having missed that one, the vacationing Bush is in no hurry to get back for Ford's commemorative ceremonies.
President Bush will not attend weekend ceremonies including a Capitol Rotunda service, but he will return to Washington from his Texas ranch on Monday, pay respects to Ford while his remains lie in state at the Capitol, and speak Tuesday at services for Ford at the National Cathedral.
Reid and his bipartisan group of Senators are on a diplomatic and trade mission. Bush is "clearing brush" or whatever down in Crawford. He didn't cut one of his vacations short for Katrina. He sure as heck ain't gonna cut it short for former President Ford.
I'm sure there will be great outrage from those dark, right-wing corners of the political fringes, right?
Right?
That said, who cares if Bush or Reid or anyone else attends the ceremony? Apparently, only those trying to score cheap political points at the expense of incoming majority leader Reid and the Democrats.