{"id":31736,"date":"2016-02-19T20:30:54","date_gmt":"2016-02-20T00:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=31736"},"modified":"2016-02-19T23:21:47","modified_gmt":"2016-02-20T03:21:47","slug":"why-isnt-obama-attending-justice-scalias-funeral-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=31736","title":{"rendered":"Why isn’t Obama attending Justice Scalia’s funeral? Really?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nSOTN<\/a> Editor’s Note:<\/strong>
\nThe level of outright disrespect from this president is unprecedented, unparalleled and unrivaled in U.S. history. \u00a0President Obama’s willful decision to not attend the funeral of Justice Antonin Scalia is as shocking as it is unsurprisng.<\/p>\n

Obama Exhibits Profound Disrespect for Office of the President<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

It’s almost as though Barack Hussein Obama was never taught his manners, or learned common courtesy, or understands the meaning of the word “RESPECT”.<\/p>\n

Barack Obama: Guilty Of Conduct Unbecoming Of A U.S. President<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Given the extremely suspicious circumstances regarding the death of the Honorable Justice Antonin Scalia, there can be only ONE reason why Obama has chosen to skip his funeral. \u00a0While there may be several reasons that he uses for himself as excuses, there is only one explanation that rises above them all.<\/p>\n

Truly, there can be only ONE reason why Obama simply cannot bring himself to attend the funeral of a fondly remembered and longstanding SCOTUS jurist.<\/p>\n

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No matter how you look at it, they killed him!
\n(Source:\u00a0Justice Scalia\u2019s \u2018Natural Death\u2019\u2014Cui Bono? And Why They Did It?<\/a>)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

State of the Nation<\/a>
\nFebruary 19, 2016<\/p>\n

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President Obama Is Criticized Over Funeral for Scalia<\/h1>\n
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By GARDINER HARRIS
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President Obama at the White House on Thursday. He plans to pay his respects to Justice Antonin Scalia on Friday at the Supreme Court, but will not attend his funeral on Saturday.<\/span> Credit<\/span> Zach Gibson\/The New York Times <\/span> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 The White House on Thursday tried to fend off criticism of President Obama<\/a>\u2019s decision not to attend the funeral this weekend of Justice Antonin Scalia<\/a>, but even some administration allies lamented the move as a missed opportunity to ease the partisan warfare that has followed the justice\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

Mr. Obama and his wife, Michelle, will pay their respects by visiting the Supreme Court<\/a> on Friday, when Justice Scalia<\/a> will lie in repose in the Great Hall. Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., who is Catholic \u2014 as was Justice Scalia \u2014 and had a personal relationship with him and his family, will attend the funeral on Saturday at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception along with his wife, Jill.<\/p>\n

Facing questions again on Thursday about the decision, Josh Earnest, the White House press secretary, did not offer a direct answer but implied that one reason was the potential for the extensive presidential security detail to be disruptive.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, when the vice president travels to some place, his security footprint is at least a little bit lighter,\u201d Mr. Earnest said. \u201cBut given his personal relationship with the family and given the president\u2019s desire to find a respectful way to pay tribute to Justice Scalia\u2019s service to the country, we believe we have settled on an appropriate and respectful arrangement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Administration officials were stung by what they saw as an unfair attack on what they viewed as Mr. Obama\u2019s dignified and respectful reaction to Justice Scalia\u2019s death, a reaction they thought contrasted sharply with that of others in Washington who quickly politicized the loss.<\/p>\n

Mr. Obama has repeatedly expressed condolences to Justice Scalia\u2019s family and, while acknowledging their differences, praised him as \u201csomebody who made enormous contributions to the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSome people actually want to use the funeral of the Supreme Court<\/a> justice as some sort of political cudgel,\u201d Mr. Earnest said. \u201cThe president doesn\u2019t think that that\u2019s appropriate, and, in fact, what the president thinks is appropriate is respectfully paying tribute to high-profile patriotic American citizens even when you don\u2019t agree on all the issues. And that\u2019s what he\u2019s going to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Still, some supporters of the administration saw Mr. Obama\u2019s decision as another reflection of the capital\u2019s deep partisan divide.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like there ought to be a more respectful relationship between the political parties,\u201d said Steven Rattner, a financier who led the restructuring of the auto industry in 2009 as counselor to the Treasury secretary in the Obama administration. \u201cThat goes for political campaigns, legislative efforts and attending funerals.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Ed Whelan, the president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, who once clerked for Justice Scalia and shares the same faith, said that Mr. Obama made the right decision. Mr. Whelan emphasized that traditional Catholic funerals are deeply religious affairs during which even eulogies are discouraged.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor Catholics, a funeral Mass is first and foremost a funeral, not an event of state,\u201d Mr. Whelan said.<\/p>\n

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