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MY COMMENT: It is a temptation not to make disparaging
remarks about President Obama’s character because he did not attend Justice
Scalia’s funeral. However, he is an
employee of the American people, and as my employee I think it is more
appropriate to remark on his job performance.
Every country has a political and a ceremonial head of
state. For example, in Great Britain the
prime minister is the political head of state, and Queen Elizabeth II is the
ceremonial head of state. In the Unites
States the president wears both hats.
DISCLAIMER: If the
president stayed away from the funeral for security reasons, that is
reasonable. It also reasonable that he
would not want to publicly announce that he stayed away for security
reasons. It would give the terrorists
and others too much prestige.
The news media gave conflicting reports about the reason
President Obama did not attend the funeral.
One report was that he felt it would be turned into a “political
football” if he attended. So, he sent
Vice President Biden instead, while paying his personal respects at the
viewing. The other report that I am
aware of was that he sent the vice president because he was busy selecting his
nominee to be Justice Scalia’s successor.
The prima fascia evidence provides nothing that should have prevented
his attendance.
Certainly, there is ample precedent for the vice
president to attend funerals of behalf of the president. However, absenting himself from this type of
ceremonial duty seems to be a pattern for Mr. Obama. He did not attend Margaret Thatcher’s
funeral, and no ally has supported the United States more since World War II
than Great Britain. He did not attend a
memorial for the fallen in Paris following a mass shooting. Many of the leaders of the free world
participated in that march in Paris, and President Obama’s absence was
conspicuous. Is it any wonder that our
friends no longer feel they can count on us for support?
According to Megyn Kelly of Fox News, Mr. Obama’s failure
to attend Justice Scalia’s funeral was the first time that the president did
not attend the funeral of a justice of the Supreme Court when both were in
office. The Supreme Court is “the
highest court in the land,” and the pinnacle of the judicial branch of our
government. President Obama seems to be
unable to recognize any authority to be equal to, or greater than himself, and
that is one of his greatest failures as a president.
I believe that avoiding Justice Scalia’s funeral, at the
very least, gave the appearance of wrong doing.
It also gave conspiracy theorists one more thing to add to their list of suspicions about the circumstances surrounding Justice Scalia’s
death. NOTE: The issue of the National
Enquirer on sale at this writing bears the headline, “Scalia Was Murdered.”
Unfortunately, this is one more disappointment to add to
a long litany of disappointments in Mr. Obama’s job performance. His presidency, in my view, is a failed
presidency.
Jesus said, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be
ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.”
(Matt. 12:25 NIV) President Obama has been called the “Divider in Chief.” Soon we will be electing a new
president. When you choose who will vote
for, please use the ability to bring us together as a nation as one of the
criteria in making your selection.
