There will be plenty of chairs, you won't have to sit on your cooler.....

Drudge headline :

OBAMA SNUBS THATCHER FUNERAL

Close your eyes and picture the consertivegaism that would happen if the POTUS and FLOTUS were to leave the country tomorrow - 3,2,1. Not that they won't make bile while the sun shines .....

Despite the front row dotted by HRH, this is NOT a STATE funeral , hey QEII got her royal tuckus handed too her the last time there was a big death too do - and she is way to smart to let that happen again. Popular dog catcher drops and she is there, casserole in hand....

From The Guardian UK : The US is to send distinctly low-key official representation to Lady Thatcher's funeral on Wednesday, with a delegation led by George Shultz and James Baker, who both served as US secretary of state while Thatcher was in power.

While Barack Obama was invited, he has opted to send a presidential delegation comprising no serving politicians. Shultz was secretary of state to Ronald Reagan while Baker served the elder George Bush. Also representing Obama will be Barbara Stephenson, chargé d'affaires at the US embassy in London, and Louis Susman, the recently departed ambassador to Britain.

Separately, the Republican party is sending three members of the House of Representatives: Marsha Blackburn, who will lead the delegation, along with Michele Bachmann and George Holding. Blackburn is a leading fiscal conservative, while Bachmann, a member of the hardline conservative Tea Party faction, became internationally known during her spectacular if brief bid for the 2012 presidential nomination.

Another leading Republican conservative and attempted 2012 nominee, Newt Gingrich, is also among the confirmed attendees. Ronald Reagan's widow, Nancy, was invited but has said she felt unable to make the trip aged 91.

The somewhat ambiguous nature of Thatcher's funeral, which is not a state event but nonetheless has many of the trappings of such a ceremony, given the involvement of the Queen and members of the armed forces, has prompted a varying response from other countries in terms of representation.

The Cheneys will be there, as will Henery Kissinger along with F.W. De Klerk - three people that deserve one another . No Clintons, no Bushs no Merkels - but Newty and (wtf ) Michele Bachman will be there..... tin foil hats for everyone.....

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