[Verginius Rufus]

It used to be that the chief function of the Vice President was to attend the funerals of foreign dignitaries. That was before recent Democrat Presidents turned the Vice Presidency and cabinet offices into opportunities to shake down foreign countries for millions of dollars.

So now the function of ex-Vice Presidents is to offer condolences on the deaths of celebrities? Have Walter Mondale, Dan Quayle, Al Gore and Dick Cheney chimed in?

My take is it is just Joe Biden's way of saying "look at me! look at me! I'm important!"

[vespa300]

A guy and his wife who give like .000001 of their hundreds of thousands in income to charity and they expect me to believe he prays? Silly rabbit, tricks are for kids.

[Eagles6]

What's really sad is that all I heard all day was Kobe, Kobe, Kobe.

It wasn't until tonight that I heard that 8 other people died in the crash, including his daughter.

This is a tragedy for all of their families.

Bryant was an entertainer.

He played a child's game that was unwillingly subsidized by the taxpayer and became very, very wealthy.

He did some good things and some bad things but hopefully he was on the right side when he passed.

More sorry for his young daughter.

The other victims have names too, though I haven't heard them.