"No doubt this petty man gets petty satisfaction from insulting a far, far better man than he."
"The funeral for Justice Antonin Scalia will be held Saturday. Official Washington will pause and take stock of the life of a great man and a great jurist.
"Well, most of official Washington. President Barack Obama has discovered he has something more important to do and will not attend. Instead, he will be at the Supreme Court on Friday to "pay his respects" – a typical empty gesture from a man who apparently can't resist delivering one last snub to a justice who opposed him at every turn."
The common thread through the funerals of those individuals he attended is that in death, they could do the president some partisan political good. Scalia was useless to him politically, so Obama felt no need to honor him by attending his memorial service."
The petulant juvenile is catching some backlash . . . "If Obama does not attend, the president also potentially risks angering Republicans whom he will need to help confirm his eventual nominee to succeed Scalia.
"Los Angeles Times opinion writer Michael McGough raised this possibility in calling the decision a “dumb political move.' ” . . .
LA Times Opinion "It’s also is a dumb political move. By attending the funeral Obama would have underscored the importance of nonpartisanship when it comes to the court. That could only have helped him make the case that the Republican-controlled Senate has a duty to give fair consideration to the person he nominates to succeed Scalia.
"Wow: WH Doesn’t Rule Out Obama Might Golf Instead Of Going To Scalia Funeral…"
""Unless the Scalia family let it be known that it didn’t wish Obama to attend — which seems inconceivable — the president’s decision makes no sense." . . .
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