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President Obama was so busy and dedicated to his constitutionally sacred duty to nominate an activist liberal political Judge to the Supreme Court that he had to miss the funeral for the Justice we just lost. And he wanted to make sure everyone knew it, as the White House notified reporters of a photo-op showing studious and serious Obama and his Big Book of Judging on Saturday buckling down to the weighty task. From yesterday:

<p>When the rhetoric of a major party's leading presidential candidate falls to this level, we should be scornful.</p> <p>So, how is it OK when it isn't just a presidential candidate but a president who does it?</p> <p>Demeaning and snarking his political opponents has been a favorite habit of President Obama for the last eight years. Obama is perhaps the first president who believes that leading the country and playing to the beliefs of the extremists in his own party amount to the same thing,.</p>

In his typical fashion, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump did not stay quiet about President Barack Obama's decision to skip Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's funeral Saturday. "I wonder if President Obama would have attended the funeral of Justice Scalia if it were held in a Mosque," Trump tweeted as the funeral was taking place. "Very sad that he did not go!"

In a move that many believe is disrespectful and unprecedented, President Obama did not attend the funeral of conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, making him the only president in U.S. history to miss the funeral of a sitting supreme court justice. Instead of attending the funeral, the preisdent and first lady opted to attend Scalia’s wake, stopping by the casket for approximately two minutes before leaving early. While Obama did pay his respects, the brevity of the whole affair has led to questions of Obama’s sincerity. Furthermore, it has been noted that Obama made great efforts to attend certain...

Donald Trump on Saturday questioned whether President Barack Obama would have skipped late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s funeral had it been held in a different venue: a mosque. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/701084443889381377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Scalia’s funeral Mass began Saturday morning in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, the largest Roman Catholic church in the U.S. Obama and first lady Michelle Obama paid their respects to Scalia on Friday as he lay in repose in the Great Hall of the Supreme Court but did not attend the funeral.

Can the U.N or Interpol slap a restraining order on an international stalker? I ask on behalf of Raul Castro because Barack Obama seems infatuated with him. Seems that every time the Stalinist terror-sponsoring dictator who craved to nuke the U.S. looks over his shoulder, there's the president of the U.S. making goo-goo eyes at him. There's a famous scene in the movie Scarface where the late actor Robert Loggia makes an urgent request of Cuban gangster Tony "Scarface" Montana. I'm betting that Robert Loggia will look gallant, powerful and dignified in front of the Cuban shown in that scene...

Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump 1 hour ago I wonder if President Obama would have attended the funeral of Justice Scalia if it were held in a Mosque? Very sad that he did not go!

For a man “not interested in photo ops,” President Barack Obama sure finds himself in plenty. Raising more than a few eyebrows for not planning to attend Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s funeral on Saturday — an unprecedented act — Obama is seen carrying a “huge binder of materials on possible SCOTUS nominees,” as noted by CBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller.

President Barack Obama is not attending conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's funeral on Saturday and the White House has been refusing to say why. The president and first lady instead came to the high court today to pay their respects while Scalia lay in repose. The president's press secretary yesterday suggested that Obama was skipping the formal funeral because his 'security footprint.' Today he said the president planned to review dossiers compiled on 'individuals who may be worthy of consideration' to replace Scalia on the bench. 'I would expect that the president will spend a significant portion of his...

(CNSNews.com) – White House spokesman Josh Earnest defended President Barack Obama’s decision to skip Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s funeral on Saturday, telling reporters Thursday that they have “settled on an appropriate and respectful arrangement” and accusing those questioning the decision of using Scalia’s funeral “as some sort of political cudgel.” “There’s so much rancor in politics and partisanship that we allow ourselves to get drawn into different corners to the extent that some people actually want to use the funeral of a Supreme Court Justice as some sort of political cudgel,” Earnest said when asked why the president is...

  U.S. President Barack Obama pulls up his collar as he arrives in the rain with first lady Michelle Obama to attend the Republic Day parade in New Delhi January 26, 2015. REUTERS/Jim Bourg The White House announced on Wednesday that neither President Barack Obama or first lady Michelle Obama will be attending the funeral of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. While Justice Scalia’s funeral apparently doesn’t warrant Obama’s presence, here are six funerals that did. Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI) Less than two months before the 2012 election, both Obamas took time out of their schedule to attend the...

President Barack Obama will not attend Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s funeral on Saturday, the White House said Wednesday. Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden will attend. Obama and first lady Michelle Obama instead will go to the Supreme Court on Friday “to pay their respects to Justice Scalia” while the justice lies in repose in the Great Hall, press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters Wednesday.