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June 11, 2004

Notes on the Reagan Funeral
Posted by Dale Franks

It isn't often that such an intensely religious ceremony is presented to the American people without any editorial comment.

You have to hand it to Mikhail Gorbachev. It took a certain measure of fortitude to come to this ceremony, knowing he would hear things like Baroness Thatcher calling the USSR an evil empire again, or former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulrony talk about the "squalid underpinnings" of Soviet Communism.

President George HW Bush is a softie. He almost broke down during his eulogy. I guess I'm an old softie, too, because I did.

Beautiful line by W: even though he taught us that America's best days are still ahead of her, with his passing, many bright days are now behind us.

This must be so hard on Nancy Reagan, having to share this with the rest of us, so publicly.

Image from a video montage: A woman holding a sign, "Our hearts are broken." I'm not ashamed to say that mine is.

"He belongs to the ages, now."

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