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Behavior at Funerals

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At Jimmy Carter's state funeral, much attention was focused on the living presidents

Watching the Carter state funeral at National Cathedral, I couldn’t help but notice how much attention was focused on the five Presidents. One of the few times Americans see all their living former, current, and — at Carter’s funeral — future presidents in one place is when one of them is subtracted from the club. The camera couldn’t seem to decide whether to focus on the dead one in the coffin or the live ones in the pews. Whenever a speaker, eulogist, or even preacher said something that might elicit a reaction, cameras immediately panned to the quintet.

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I thought it was very interesting that Obama and Trump were chatting away.

Bush stood up when the Clintons came in, but neither Hillary nor Bill acknowledged him.
 
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