06-10-2004, 03:46 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: New York
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Originally posted by MysticCat81
I truly hope you're wrong. I would hope that when it comes to the death of a (former) president, the powers that be would put partisanship aside. State funerals should not be predicated on what a president accomplished but on the solitary fact that he (or she someday) served this country in the office president. Period.
Not that accompishments should be left out of the picture -- this is a time to remember and celebrate them. But making decisions based on criteria like who divided/united the country can be so subjective. I can assure you that there were many, many people in the 80's who would have rejected the idea that Reagan united the country and who would still reject that idea.
I hate to see us becoming a country where simple respect for the president takes a back seat to partisanship.
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I couldn't agree with your thoughts more. Very well said!
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