Generally The rule of thumb is to minimize the negative in Peoples Lives before during and after their funeral. This unwritten rule of funeral was and will be the case in the Robert Byrd Funerals and memorial services.
Yes he was West Virginia’s Favorite son. Yes President Clinton and Barack Obama glossed over and gave poor reasons for his involvement in the KKK and his Filibuster of the Civil Rights Act( following the don’t say anything negative funeral rule.)
But Every Service also made a reference to all the great things he did West Virginia. But surprisingly when the Facts are looked at objectively, he did not do all that for the state. In his time as a Congressman and senator for West Virginia, he did find a “time for every Earmark under heaven” amassing a whopping 4+Billion Dollars of them for WVA.
The Wall Street Journal Points out that all that Senator Byrd Cash really did not change things for West Virginia.
“His heart belonged to you,” President Obama told the hundreds of West Virginians who attended Robert Byrd’s funeral last week. “Making life better here was his only agenda.” Maybe so. But despite the $4 billion in pork that Byrd served his constituents over the past 19 years alone—not to mention the untold billions before observers started keeping tabs—West Virginia remains the third poorest state in the country. Government spending does not prosperity make”-via online.wsj.com
President Obama should have known better than to tell such a half truth, especially at a state funeral even if it was from a speech from a a teleprompter.
Here are the Six Funerals of Senator of Robert Byrd.
Senator Robert Byrd will take a unique place In History and The History of Funerals. He has had Four Funerals.
1.Funeral as he lied in repose on the Senate Floor on Thursday July 1st 2010.
2. Memorial Service on Friday July 2nd 2010 at The West Virginia Statehouse.
3. Funeral Service a the Memorial Baptist Church on Tuesday July 6th 2010.
4. Grave Side Service at Columbia Gardens Cemetery
There will be 2 more services:
1. A disinterment at Columbia Gardens Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia
2. Another Burial Service at a West Virginia Cemetery to be announced.
Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia will have a total of 6 Funeral Services
Sen. Byrd may have loved West Virginia. But a hearty economy would have been a greater legacy than the 30 taxpayer-funded projects that bear his name.
via online.wsj.com
As “Almost heaven West Virginia” was played at that the State Capitol, I could not help but think all that pork spending and it never happened. Your Funeral Guy has driven through West Virginia many times. His best friend lived and died there.
I always thought it would be good if what was said at a wedding would be said at Funerals. IF ANYONE OBJECTS TO US BURYING THIS PERSON WITH HONORS SPEAK NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE.
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Yes a case could be made that all those Senator Byrd Funerals were a funeral scandal.
This is one of the more radical original funeral posts from your Funeral Guy because it breaks the unwritten Nothing negative said funeral rule.
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