Here's why. If a great sports figure dies, the funeral would have a sporting flavor, if a major hollywood star died, the event would have a hollywood flavor, so when someone who was a great figure in political struggle dies, the funeral has a political flavor. To suggest otherwise is to reject common sense. Oh, hold on, that's what these people do all the time. To rejig Philip K Dick, in a brief moment of lucidity, a Republican's inner voice may realize,
"We ourselves are talking point-rich; talking points enter us, are processed and are then projected outward once more, in almost unaltered form. We are not aware that we are doing this, that in fact this is all Republican supporters are doing." (corruption of a thought from VALIS)