A classy former president and Nancy Reagan at Ladybird's funeral today. (pics)

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

Edited to add, this is what compassion and forgiveness look like. MKJ

[AlCzervik]

1. i ain't gonna lie, at Ronnie's funeral service at his library she had me in tears when she was

up at his casket and you could see she really did not want to leave him.

[journalist3072]

4. Same here

I did not care at all for her husband's politics, but when I saw her at the casket at Reagan's funeral, I could not help but shed a tear.

[Captain Hilts]

7. Me too. But...

But I thought the overall grimness of the service was out of place for a man who died in his mid-90s and led a great life.

I thought it was just petty not to have Clinton speak. She thought he defamed the presidency.

[Cha]

24. That's real hypocritical..

Clinton had a blow job..ronnie blew the world.

[SammyWinstonJack]

6. I know what that feels like, I was a widow, at 27y/o. It's a hard thing to go through.

[AlCzervik]

8. i'm so sorry for your loss, that must have been so difficult.

:hug:

[SammyWinstonJack]

13. Thank you. It was more difficult to explain to our 3y/o where his daddy was.

:cry:

[Kurovski]

10. Same here.

I didn't even sign on to DU, just spent it with the family, watching the funeral.

The Reagan kids gave beautiful eulogies.

[blondeatlast]

14. I kept hoping the cameras would give her some more privacy. I, too, shed a tear--and my mom actually

knew her personally and did not care one bit for her.

[Raine]

28. Me too

I admit I shed a few tears to see the pain she had at losing the person she loved best. :cry: It made me remember those I loved and lost and the how much it hurt.

[maggiegault]

31. Don't feel funny...I cried like a baby at Ronnie's funeral coverage

Not just seeing Nancy at the coffin, but those darned cowboy boots of his, turned backwards, in the stirrups on the saddle of the black horse. That still chokes me up.

[TankLV]

38. THAT got to me too...reminded me of my Mom's reaction to my Dad's funeral...

[AlCzervik]

40. i think thats how it must of hit most of us then judging by the responses

it made me think about my Nana after my Granpa died, they were married for something like 55 years and when he died it really hit her hard, i was distraught to be honest and i had a really hard time letting go.

[BeyondGeography]

2. Sweet

Rosalynn looks great, too.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

3. She does, they are an amazing couple.

MKJ

edited to add: this illustrious man has had the incredible great fortune to be married to a smart, loving, beautiful wife.

[cascadiance]

29. It's just a shame that they were married on the same day that Shrub was born!

I'm sure they're aware of that by now. Hope they don't think about that too much on their wedding anniversaries which is pretty significant when you think they've been married as long as this bum's been living!

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

32. It's just a date, isn't it? I think they can look at what theyve done to make the world better and

be at peace. MKJ

[Captain Hilts]

5. Nancy's not having any Democrat speak at Reagan's funeral was classless. She's vile. nt

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

11. She is now a woman who needs a truly kind word or gesture. And, how much control did she REALLY have

over Saint Ronnie's funeral?

It was the June before the '04 elections, after all.

MKJ

[SammyWinstonJack]

18. I don't think she had much control at all. Didn't she ask that ** not attend?

:shrug:

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

19. Nancy Reagan does not care for Bush II and I'd wager not much for Bush I.

MKJ

[Captain Hilts]

35. That is true. nt

[Captain Hilts]

34. The family selects the speakers. She specifically refused to have Clinton speak. nt

[Hand]

9. Carter's a class act for sure.

I still remember that he insisted on walking into Three Mile Island to demonstrate to the nation that the crisis had been handled. That took a pair! :toast: Chimpy would have been on AF One headed for Nebraska and points beyond.

[blondeatlast]

12. She could make it, but the CURRENT prez and daddy prez couldn't.

I hope that the whole lot of living prezzes and widows show up at their funerals. It's just the proper thing to do.

My heart really did go out to her when RR died. I kept hoping the cameras would let her be, actually.

[Aviation Pro]

15. This woman has redeemed herself....

...the way Shoots-Guy-In-Face treated her at her husbands funeral was disgraceful.

[wordpix]

16. what did Shoots Guy in Face do? I missed it

[blondeatlast]

20. Also see: RW hypocrite" comments on Paul Wellstone's funeral. Here's a link

(admittedly gossipy) on cheney's behavior.

http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0423,mondo5,54258,6.html

Basically, Cheney made it a rah-rah Republican affair--and Nancy, who has always been big on decorum, like her or not, was clearly not happy about it. She was clearly very upset and would have preferred a subdued ceremony, IMHO.

[SammyWinstonJack]

22. Wellstone memorial . I watched all of it . It was very touching.

:cry:

[blondeatlast]

37. It was. And I actually had sympathy for Nancy at Ronnie'sfuneral--regardless of my

feelings about her, she really, truly missed him--and the funeral was truly a partisan disgrace, unlike Wellstone's (regardless of what we've been led to believe).

[Aviation Pro]

21. He left her swaying in the heat during her final respects....

...to her husband.

[DeepModem Mom]

17. Those photos are lovely. Thank you so much! nt

[Terri S]

23. I second that. n/t

[Sarah Ibarruri]

25. Jimmy Carter has always been a lovely man

He's old now and what I remember of him was his tenderness, kindness, honesty. Then I look at Nancy Reagan. She's old now, and all I remember of hers was her pettiness, cruelty, meanness, a certain brutality, and shallowness.

[Libby2]

26. Same here

[Elspeth]

30. Well, sometimes age has a good effect on people. Maybe Nancy has learned a thing or two

Also, you can't count on the Washington Press corps to be fair to First Ladies. Even when the President is beloved, the First Lady can be trashed over nothing at all.

[Raine]

33. My aunt was like Nancy

but in her later years after my mother died I got to be very close with her and she even said she had made many mistakes earlier in life and regretted much of her behavior. I was genuinely grief stricken when she died a few months ago, people can change.

[babylonsister]

27. True grace. Thanks for sharing. nt

[Horse with no Name]

36. Why did this photo bring tears to my eyes?

:cry:

[Lochloosa]

39. I got the honor of speaking to President Carter at a book signing

About 2 years ago. We spoke for maybe 30 seconds. He wanted to know about the pin I was wearing for a local politcal race. That twinkle in his eye made me feel like I was the only person in the room.

[emmadoggy]

41. Wow! Rosalyn looks beautiful. nt

[cascadiance]

42. I know this wasn't your intent, but seeing your sig pic and the last line of your post...

Made me want a bit more distance or at least a line between it! :) Somehow this line and the following pic shouldn't be any where close to each other (though I'm doing it here!)!

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"Edited to add, this is what compassion and forgiveness look like. MKJ"



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Thanks for the thread though. It was pretty cool seeing those pics and knowing who still has sanity amongst our older world leaders versus the newer ones...

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

43. LOL, great observation! I need to be a bit more cognizant of the my sig line.

:toast: MKJ

[AZBlue]

44. I love him. He has more class in his little pinky than anyone in this administration

ever will total in their lives.