Bill & Hillary Going To Inauguration? Why?

[TheMastersNemesis]

I would not go if I were in their position. Don't get it. If it is true.

[DawgHouse]

1. Tradition and respect for the Office of President.

[PoliticAverse]

4. Tradition? No...

Ex-presidents Bush skip Obama inauguration...

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/01/21/obama-inauguration-george-bush/1851335/

[SaschaHM]

6. They skipped the 2nd.

They attended the first.

[Big Blue Marble]

9. They had to attend considering the transfer of power that was occurring. N/T

[Jim Beard]

36. Its a free meal

[pbmus]

2. Belief in country over party...

[SaschaHM]

3. Former Presidents/first ladies tend to attend these things.

They all showed up for Obama's inauguration in 2009.

[PoliticAverse]

7. But not 2013. Ex-presidents Bush skip Obama inauguration..

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/01/21/obama-inauguration-george-bush/1851335/

[SaschaHM]

10. And? We're talking about the Trump's first (and hopefully only) inauguration.

And even in the link you provided Pappy Bush had just got out of a rather rough hospital stay following two months of dealing with illnesses. I think it's understandable that the family wouldn't be traveling to Washington.

[triron]

35. For that monster!?

wtf?

[HassleCat]

5. Because he's an ex-president and she's an ex-senator.

They're part of the Washington political scene, or establishment if you like.

[yeoman6987]

8. If I were a former president, you damn right I'd go

I applaud all of them. President Carter took the lead as always.

[11 Bravo]

16. THIS

Well said.

[gratuitous]

24. I don't know if I'd applaud

But I'd certainly go, just because I wouldn't want to hear Trump complaining about it every time he was stuck for something to say. Give him something real to gripe about, like articles of impeachment.

[Hoyt]

11. I don't think giving Trump the finger would help our cause. Fact is, he will be the Prez of our

entire country. I hope Trump fails at the agenda he articulated during the campaign, but I hope he succeeds in improving conditions for everyone who has had a hard time the past 20 years or so. I don't have a lot of hope for the latter, but maybe . . . . . .

[LenaBaby61]

19. I hope he succeeds in improving conditions for everyone who has had a hard time the past 20 years.

Have you not heard some of the things he and thuglicans are proposing in doing? And no, he's not my president and no president put into the office of the presidency with the help of putin will ever be.

And by the way, tRump's giving those of US who didn't vote for him the finger. He's in love with and supportive of russia/putin, which is outright treason and I take offense to that, so how in stars can I even begin to THINK that this racist, sexist, a moral, petty, thin skin, tweeting-addicted "child" will improve life for anyone but himself, his family and other rich, white, males? There's no way around it, this person was putin into office to destroy this country, and give power back to white, rich males and to russia.

Not trying to start anything with you friend, but there's no way around WHAT tRumputin IS, and that's an incoming disaster.

[Hoyt]

20. Giving him finger at the Ingratiation won't help us. After that, if he proposes crummy legislation,

I'm game.

As far as I am concerned if he gave everyone in America free health care for life, it would still be a nice gesture from an ignorant white wing racist/bigot.

But, the hard fact is, he's our Prez and refusing to go to an inauguration ain't going to change that or make him do anything differently.

[LenaBaby61]

41. We can agree to disagree on this one.

He can be your president, but never mine.

And as far as Dems going to the inauguration is concerned, that's on them. IF Hillary and Bill want to sit up there next to the guy who had help from russia in defeating her (Which is an act of treason), that's on THEM also. But then again, they're plenty wealthy and won't go through the hell the rest of us will be going through. I don't think they'll like what tRumputin puts this country through for one minute, but being "adult" and attending his inauguration will I guess make them feel better in that regard.

God Bless 'em. Dems love being rick-rolled by thuglicans.

Oh well

[RonniePudding]

23. I hope he fails at literally everything he does

I hope he is obstructed, mocked and pilloried until he can't take it any more and cracks up. I hope he is fucking miserable and I hope those who supported him suffer the most.

And there's no fucking "maybe" to it. He will be a dismal fucking failure.

[2naSalit]

26. Me too...

and I hope he fails to exist at some point in the very near future.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

38. I guess they have to go but there is nothing redemptive about a Drumpf presidency, nothing...

He is a monster. He's a wannabe Il Duce without the panache.

[MFM008]

39. He wont

Don't think it for a nano second.

[Hamlette]

12. Trump is not a "normal" president-elect, but he is a normal republican

the only one's not going are former GOP presidents. They want to show he's not one of them. We want to show he is. A freak. Just like all of them.

Honestly. When they can't give a reason for getting rid of ACA or Medicare or SS, doesn't it make them freaks?

[SaschaHM]

18. Bush 43 is attending the inauguration.

George H. W. Bush isn't attending for health reasons just like 2013. He's been quite fragile heath wise for a wise. He pretty much has a health scare every year and standing outside in the cold would probably be against his doctor's wishes. And Barbara is above celebrating the man that wronged her favorite son.

[BeyondGeography]

13. It's the right thing to do

When all the adults stop doing the right thing, we won't have a country left.

[Hoyt]

22. +1.

[lamp_shade]

14. One word: Class

[stevenleser]

53. You beat me to it.

[NCTraveler]

17. Because she is a strong woman who will do what she always does.

Hold her head high in difficult times. She has shown strength for decades. No clue why this would be a surprise to anyone.

I'm guessing if a "Democrat" went and pander to students at Liberty University they would be cheered by the same people questioning Clinton here.

[mtnsnake]

21. Bill should go because it's "tradition" for a former pres, but Hillary should tell him to fuck off

after all the lousy names he called her and after all the horrible things he said about her.

Trump treated her like garbage all throughout the campaign: "Put her in jail", "Nasty Woman", "She's the devil", etc etc, and he made "Crooked Hillary" stick like velcro.

The scumbag never showed her an ounce of respect. Hillary should return the favor by not showing up at his fucking circus of an inauguration.

[pnwmom]

25. To prove she is a bigger person than he is,

in her heart and soul.

My prediction: watch the media help her steal some of his attention.

[LisaM]

27. Yes, I have a good feeling about this.

It will be like a counter inauguration. Why shouldn't the person who got 3,000,000 more votes go??? She'll be wildly popular, and he won't be able to stand it. In fact, he probably, more than anyone, wishes she wasn't going.

[SticksnStones]

28. In case a miracle happens and she's asked to step in at the last moment.

(Please, please, please God...I promise to stop all my "please let me win the lottery" prayers if you would just hear me out on this one. We need a miracle. Pencil us in for January 20th.)

(You, who carved the Grand Canyon and gave us bees that can crap honey...surely you could still pull off some kind of reverse Men in Black maneuver...with a blinding flash of light the nation suddenly and collectively remembers there's a clause in the Constitution that's says if the winner of the electoral college turns out to be corrupt and a bit of a tool he shall be immediately replaced with the runner-up. Simple...but of course, You can make it more formal...add in a "doth" and a couple of "heretofores" - so it'll sound constitutiony.)

(So how 'bout it? I'd start tithing I would...no, really!)

(I'll even be kinder to strangers although I don't think I have to point out to You just how much easier that would be to do if Hillary was president. Instead. Just sayin'.)

( here ~ have a donut while you think about it...)

[yellerpup]

29. Still triangulating?

Just a guess.

[Dem2]

32. Of all the ridiculous comments

[onenote]

30. Because they are smart enough to know that its the correct strategic move

Not going would give repubs and Fox News the opportunity to blather on as they have in the past when they think a Democrat has slighted tradition or some such by not wearing a flag pin, not saluting someone, not doing this that or the other.

They don't get to engage in that distracting narrative about disrespecting the office blah blah blah. And the Clintons demonstrate that they have the class that a lot of their enemies claim they lack.

[Hoyt]

34. I don't get why so many here don't recognize that. I get we despise Trump, but we can't out-petty

GOPers, nor do I really want to try to treat him like they treated Obama. Doesn't mean I am not mad as hell about that, but I see no reason to giver GOPers more rope to hang us.

It's not like GOPers have been that friendly to Trump. I know it might be delusional, but I'd like for Trump to see Democrats as accepting of any attempts to prove he's not the ignorant racist/bigot he portrayed in the campaign to attract white wing votes. It's a long shot I know.

[GoCubsGo]

54. I hope they sit there with shit-eating grins on their faces.

Just to screw with all of his cult followers. They'll be expecting the Clintons to be miserable. I'm hoping they'll behave like they're best buddies with Comrade Trump. It would make the rubes crazy.

[blueseas]

31. Manners - peaceful transition

There will be people there who voted for them.

[Dem2]

33. Distraction

I kind of like it.

[PoliticAverse]

37. Because the Trumps and the Clintons are friends...

http://www.newsweek.com/history-donald-trump-bill-clinton-friendship-464360

[MFM008]

40. Oh I'd say

Not anymore........

[PoliticAverse]

42. Do you ever watch professional sports? Even athletes that are friends...

often trash talk each other at playoff time.

How long before Bill and Donald are back golfing together?

[LAS14]

43. That's ridiculous. He's a former president. They all always attend.

[PoliticAverse]

45. No, they don't "always" attend...

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/01/21/obama-inauguration-george-bush/1851335/

[LAS14]

47. Oh, wow! Didn't know that! The start of not accepting..

...invites to White House dinners!

[pnwmom]

48. They are not friends anymore. The most recent positive quote in that article,

Bill talking about playing golf, was from 2012.

[cwydro]

44. Dude.

It's time to grow up.

None of us like this, but it is what it is.

[UTUSN]

46. For the correct reasons/protocol/democracy, but also Dems are always *wedged*

into damned-if-do/don't - like, oppose Iraq & be smeared as weak/traitorous or go along with "patriotism" - and they end up "taking the high road". That's why.

[pnwmom]

49. Right. Hillary's always taken the high road and she's not going to stop now. n/t

[kacekwl]

50. Everyone deserves a good laugh.

Sad as it is he is sure to fuck up somehow.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

51. Because breaking all norms and institutions is bad for democracy

Because she has more grace and strength than most people

[Va Lefty]

52. I think this is a mistake. However, I won't assign motives.

[Hekate]

55. It is a symbolic act dating back to George Washington. That, & the Clintons have class. nt

[Throck]

56. Hopefully with a basket of tomatoes.

[BigDemVoter]

57. She would be branded as a sore loser or a bitch, or any combination of

similar sentiments. It should be HER inauguration, as she WON the fucking election.

I'm still in shock.