Do we make too much of a past President death?

[chrisinhouston]

Just a thought... I did, for the most part like President Ford, but reading about all the pomp and circumstance for a former President's funeral made me wonder if we aren't treating them more like a deceased monarch?

He was the President for a short time and came to office almost by accident. He helped make the end of the Vietnam war a reality and for the most part seemed to work in a more bi-partisan way then many of our recent leaders.

The NY Times had an article on the rules and regulations for a Presiential funeral with everything from the speed of the funeral procession to who sits in what order at the service and a whole lot more. I think the flags at half staff for 30 days is fine and laying in state if that was his choice is ok but 6 days of ceremonies around the country seems a bit much to me.

Oh well, CNN and the other networks will love it, they get to cover nothing else for a week now!