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Classy word to use about a woman, gopqed.
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It's true that no one's life should be summed up in one comment, John. When a person dies, it's very bad manners to point out her flaws until some time has passed. I'll risk bad manners by saying that although that comment by no means covered all the facets of Barbara's character, it was not uncharacteristic of her.
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quote:

Bellelettres wrote:

It's true that no one's life should be summed up in one comment, John. When a person dies, it's very bad manners to point out her flaws until some time has passed. I'll risk bad manners by saying that although that comment by no means covered all the facets of Barbara's character, it was not uncharacteristic of her.



I understand, but we seem to have a tendency in this country to take one thing about a person and imply that there is nothing good about them.

Nobody is perfect, we all have our faults, and many people say or do things that are not admirable.

I'm not saying we shouldn't point these things out, but some go to extremes.

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Trump gets dragged for typo in Barbara Bush tribute tweet

"It wouldn't be a White House press release without an error," one Twitter user said.

By Michael Martin
April 18, 2018

The official White House statement on the death of former first lady Barbara Bush contained an unfortunate typo which President Trump then tweeted out, enabling some efficient dragging on Twitter.

Although Barbara Bush died yesterday, the statement was dated April 17, 2017. As in last year.

The Trump administration has an extensive history of typos in official materials and on social media. Trump's official inauguration poster declared that “no challenge is to great.” Last April the White House Snapchat referred to “Secretary of Educatuon Betsy DeVos.” Press releases about the visit of British prime minister Theresa May misspelled her name as “Teresa May,” a porn star. According to a May 2017 press release, Trump will “promote the possibility of lasting peach” in the Middle East.

But this error, coming as it did in a memorial, was egregious, as Twitter pointed out. (Trump apparently deleted the tweet, then reposted it with the erroneous date cropped out of the attached release.)

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I like the idea of promoting lasting peach in the Middle East.
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Did any of you watch the funeral this morning? It was a jolly funeral. She was a funny woman. It had its solemn and movingly beautiful moments too. I was pleased to be able to hear Chelsea Helm's singing of "In the Garden," which was within my hearing range. Helms has a gorgeous voice. "Amazing Grace" and "The Holy City" sounded like noise to me, many of the tones being out of my range.


The speeches were full of stories about Barbara's humor, which was quick and sometimes self-deprecating, as well as slightly cutting at times. The speakers liked reporting when the joke was on them. They seemed to know she joshed them with affection.


It was totally appropriate for Trump not to be there. He would have been a sour note.
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