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Polybius

(18,720 posts)
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 01:03 PM Jan 9

Michelle Obama doesn't attend state funeral for Jimmy Carter

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Source: MSN

Former first lady Michelle Obama did not attend the state funeral Thursday for former President Jimmy Carter.

Except for Michelle Obama, all of the living former presidents and their spouses were at the funeral, including Barack Obama, sitting in the front pews of Washington National Cathedral behind only President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris and their spouses.

Michelle Obama's office confirmed she did not attend the funeral but did not say where she was or why she was absent.

“Former First Lady Michelle Obama is not in attendance at President Carter’s National Funeral Service," according to the statement from spokesperson Crystal Carson. "Mrs. Obama sends her thoughts and prayers to the Carter family, and everyone who loved and learned from the remarkable former President.”

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/michelle-obama-doesn-t-attend-state-funeral-for-jimmy-carter/ar-BB1raEdq?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&cvid=586cf212b6294347affee937df445117&ei=12



She probably didn't wanna have to sit next to Trump...
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Michelle Obama doesn't attend state funeral for Jimmy Carter (Original Post) Polybius Jan 9 OP
She is in Hawaii and her schedule says she had a previous commitment. What's so difficult to understand? SheilaAnn Jan 9 #1
Seems strange to me.......n/t Bengus81 Jan 9 #2
She's on vacation marshall Jan 9 #34
She should have been there HereForTheParty Jan 9 #35
Given the iconic nature of the Carter presidency Unladen Swallow Jan 9 #8
I think she just couldn't play nice Bird Lady Jan 9 #3
Barack Obama is talking to him though Polybius Jan 9 #4
President Obama is certainly far better at diplomacy than me. groundloop Jan 9 #6
OOF! C0RI0LANUS Jan 9 #29
Obama Old Okie Jan 9 #7
It's all a big club and you ain't in it Fullduplexxx Jan 9 #9
This Deminpenn Jan 9 #10
RIP George Carlin. If people had taken seriously 1/2 of what he explained during his shows Escurumbele Jan 9 #18
George Carlin was so prophetic and right-on. OMGWTF Jan 9 #27
Yea sometimes i miss his wisdom Fullduplexxx Jan 9 #28
Gleeful Prairie Gates Jan 9 #12
Do you mean President Obama's expression is gross, or the former guy? mahina Jan 9 #14
Hey diaper don he's laughing at your silly fat ass! endgenocide Jan 9 #16
The reason why we lose. The Grand Illuminist Jan 9 #17
Doesn't explain why Trump was initiating all of the conversations newdeal2 Jan 9 #19
Wasn't her husband sitting next to Trump? ificandream Jan 9 #5
I don't blame her. Can you imagine his hulking, sweaty body (probably odiferous) sitting next to you for an hour or more CTyankee Jan 9 #21
It wasnt about 45. It was about showing respect for President Carter Raine Jan 9 #36
... Prairie Gates Jan 9 #11
Because this merits ink and electrons. mahina Jan 9 #13
THANK YOU Hekate Jan 9 #20
Oh it is nothing love mahina Jan 9 #33
She deeply, deeply loathes Trump ... Auggie Jan 9 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author LisaM Jan 9 #22
Gross take. ForgoTheConsequence Jan 9 #23
Okay, then should we get over 2016 and 2024, not to mention 2000? LisaM Jan 9 #24
Are you comparing Michelle Obama to Trump? ForgoTheConsequence Jan 9 #31
would you? Evolve Dammit Jan 9 #25
PBO drew the short straw I guess. MontanaMama Jan 9 #26
I doubt any of the Dems wanted to be around that orange POS Bengus81 Jan 9 #30
My opinion of Michelle Robinson Obama is that no_hypocrisy Jan 9 #32
This message was self-deleted by its author mentalsolstice Jan 9 #37
Maybe out of compassion for what's happening in CA? mentalsolstice Jan 9 #38
AFTER a review by forum hosts LOCKING Omaha Steve Jan 9 #39

SheilaAnn

(10,260 posts)
1. She is in Hawaii and her schedule says she had a previous commitment. What's so difficult to understand?
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 01:06 PM
Jan 9

Bengus81

(7,584 posts)
2. Seems strange to me.......n/t
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 01:12 PM
Jan 9

marshall

(6,683 posts)
34. She's on vacation
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 05:42 PM
Jan 9

I wouldn’t want to leave paradise either.

HereForTheParty

(416 posts)
35. She should have been there
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 05:46 PM
Jan 9

As a matter of respect, being a former first lady.

 

Unladen Swallow

(491 posts)
8. Given the iconic nature of the Carter presidency
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 01:46 PM
Jan 9

it does seem strange for her not to be there.

But I'm not her keeper, and obviously she has someplace else she needed to be.

Bird Lady

(1,952 posts)
3. I think she just couldn't play nice
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 01:14 PM
Jan 9

with 45. I know I couldn't.

Polybius

(18,720 posts)
4. Barack Obama is talking to him though
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 01:17 PM
Jan 9

groundloop

(12,432 posts)
6. President Obama is certainly far better at diplomacy than me.
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 01:23 PM
Jan 9

I couldn't tolerate being in the same zip code as the orange motherfucker.

C0RI0LANUS

(2,388 posts)
29. OOF!
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 04:29 PM
Jan 9

Old Okie

(203 posts)
7. Obama
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 01:27 PM
Jan 9

I was wondering if this photo would make it to DU. Eminent danger to democracy?

Fullduplexxx

(8,391 posts)
9. It's all a big club and you ain't in it
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 01:46 PM
Jan 9

Deminpenn

(16,375 posts)
10. This
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 01:52 PM
Jan 9

nt

Escurumbele

(3,680 posts)
18. RIP George Carlin. If people had taken seriously 1/2 of what he explained during his shows
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 02:35 PM
Jan 9

I don't think trump would have won...Although I think its safe to assume that a high % of those who went to his shows lean Democrat.

OMGWTF

(4,504 posts)
27. George Carlin was so prophetic and right-on.
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 04:07 PM
Jan 9

"Bi-partisan means that a larger than usual deception is being carried out."

"I'm pretty sick of church people. You know what they ought to do with the churches? Tax them. If holy people are so interested in politics, government, and public policy, let them pay the price of admission like everyone else. The Catholic Church alone could wipe out the national debt if all you did was tax their real estate."

"The real owners, the big wealthy business interests that control things and make all of the important decisions. They've long since bought and paid for the senate, the congress, the statehouses and city halls. They spend billions of dollars every year lobbying to get what they want. I'll tell you what they don't want. They don't want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. They don't want a well-informed, well-educated people capable of critical thinking."

"Tell people there's an invisible man in the sky and they will believe you. Tell people paint is wet, and they have to touch it to be sure."

"Boy those conservatives are really something, aren't they? They're all in favor of the unborn. They will do anything for the unborn. But once you're born, you're on your own. Pro-life conservatives are obsessed with the fetus from conception to nine months. After that, they don't want to know about you. They don't want to hear from you. No nothing. No neonatal care. No daycare, no head start, no school lunch, no food stamps, no welfare. Nothing. If you're pre-born, you're fine. If you're preschool, you're fucked. Conservatives don't give a shit about you until you reach 'military age'. Then they think you are just fine. Just what they've been looking for. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. Pro-life, pro-life, these people aren't pro-life, they are killing doctors! What kind of pro-life is that? What? They will do anything they can to save the fetus, but if it grows up to be a doctor, they just might have to kill it. They're not pro-life. You know what they are? They are anti-woman. Simple as it gets, they are anti-woman. They don't like them. They don't like women. They believe that a woman's primary role is to serve as a brood mare for the state."

"Here's all you have to know about men and women. Men are stupid and women are crazy. The main reason that women are crazy is that men are stupid."

"Respect is taught at home. If your kid is a disrespectful little shit, it's your fault. Not society's. Not music, not video games. Yours."

"Conservatives say that if you don't give the rich more money, they will lose their incentive to invest. As for the poor, they tell us that they have lost all incentive because we've given them too much money."

Fullduplexxx

(8,391 posts)
28. Yea sometimes i miss his wisdom
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 04:25 PM
Jan 9

Prairie Gates

(3,698 posts)
12. Gleeful
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 01:56 PM
Jan 9

Gross.

mahina

(19,207 posts)
14. Do you mean President Obama's expression is gross, or the former guy?
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 02:02 PM
Jan 9

Or are you referring to the text in the article?

Thank you for clarifying.

endgenocide

(137 posts)
16. Hey diaper don he's laughing at your silly fat ass!
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 02:28 PM
Jan 9

The Grand Illuminist

(1,724 posts)
17. The reason why we lose.
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 02:34 PM
Jan 9

The enemy is the enemy, no exceptions.

newdeal2

(1,228 posts)
19. Doesn't explain why Trump was initiating all of the conversations
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 03:05 PM
Jan 9

If he hated Obama and the rest so much.

ificandream

(10,904 posts)
5. Wasn't her husband sitting next to Trump?
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 01:22 PM
Jan 9

I'm guessing that originally they had her sitting next to him and she refused to do it.

CTyankee

(65,454 posts)
21. I don't blame her. Can you imagine his hulking, sweaty body (probably odiferous) sitting next to you for an hour or more
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 03:29 PM
Jan 9

Major ICK!

I'm glad she had a previous commitment...

Raine

(30,666 posts)
36. It wasnt about 45. It was about showing respect for President Carter
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 06:27 PM
Jan 9

and his family, she should be able to play nice for them.

Prairie Gates

(3,698 posts)
11. ...
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 01:56 PM
Jan 9

mahina

(19,207 posts)
13. Because this merits ink and electrons.
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 01:58 PM
Jan 9

Nope.

Hoping she has a beautiful day.

Last week there were stories about credible security risks at Jimmy's funeral. The Obama's safety is a concern for me too. She knows more than we do.

Looking forward to reading msn's richly detailed stories about Jimmy Carter's life and presidency, and his character. in 5 4 3 2 1...


Hekate

(95,617 posts)
20. THANK YOU
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 03:19 PM
Jan 9

mahina

(19,207 posts)
33. Oh it is nothing love
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 05:35 PM
Jan 9

Auggie

(31,967 posts)
15. She deeply, deeply loathes Trump ...
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 02:18 PM
Jan 9

based, IMO, on what she wrote in her book.

Response to Polybius (Original post)

ForgoTheConsequence

(4,936 posts)
23. Gross take.
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 03:42 PM
Jan 9

It's 2025, get over it like an adult. Politics is a rough business.

LisaM

(28,831 posts)
24. Okay, then should we get over 2016 and 2024, not to mention 2000?
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 03:46 PM
Jan 9

Got it.

ForgoTheConsequence

(4,936 posts)
31. Are you comparing Michelle Obama to Trump?
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 05:15 PM
Jan 9

It's time to touch grass and get over the PUMA nonsense.

Evolve Dammit

(19,418 posts)
25. would you?
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 03:51 PM
Jan 9

MontanaMama

(24,127 posts)
26. PBO drew the short straw I guess.
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 04:06 PM
Jan 9

Poor guy has to sit next to that stinking thing most likely filling his pants.

Bengus81

(7,584 posts)
30. I doubt any of the Dems wanted to be around that orange POS
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 04:34 PM
Jan 9

But you DO what you need to DO. Respecting the life of Carter is worth having to be near that blowhard asshat for a hour or so.

Michele Obama should have been there too.

no_hypocrisy

(49,505 posts)
32. My opinion of Michelle Robinson Obama is that
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 05:21 PM
Jan 9

she is a woman of strong convictions. She is patient. She could be outspoken but prefers to observe and to be witness.

And she's witnessed Trump, his wife, and his family hurl unprovoked and cruel remarks at her husband, at her, at her family. Insults that had undisguised racism. Trying to minimalize their achievements. Gaslighting. Personal attacks.

And frankly, I believe she declared to her husband, "I've had enough!"

It's that simple. She didn't want to be in the same room as Trump. She likely sent a heartfelt letter to the Carter family, asking for them to understand her absence, no disrespect to Jimmy Carter.

Response to Polybius (Original post)

mentalsolstice

(4,535 posts)
38. Maybe out of compassion for what's happening in CA?
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 06:34 PM
Jan 9

She read the room, didn’t want to fly into LAX or nearby airports with a SS escort and all that. Even if flying privately, it’s hard for former first families to travel as they have a group that has to follow along with them. She didn’t want to add to already strained resources?

Omaha Steve

(104,006 posts)
39. AFTER a review by forum hosts LOCKING
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 07:05 PM
Jan 9

NOT important news of national interest only.

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