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PV2 Senior Web Designer, Web Team Lead
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What a lot of folks don't get and ASSUME is that SXSW is strictly a music festival and it's not. I know many folks from Government who are going. It's so much more. In addition to the music and film tracks, there's a whole convergence track that gets into diversity issues and showcases startups. http://schedule.sxsw.com/tags/SXgood?_ga=1.215 [login to see] [login to see] 618734

I may not agree with all of President Obama's policies, but I feel in this case it's people setitng standards for President Obama only and that is wrong. Especially when precident has shown that Other presidents didn't attend other First Ladies' funerals.
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Capt Tom Brown
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To illustrate the diversity of presentations and speakers, as I recall last year SXSW featured a live closed circuit TV presentation by none other than Edward Snowden which I heard played to a sell-out standing-room-only audience of fellow-travelers.
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LTC Hardware Test Engineer
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as much as I hate it, I must come to Obama's defense. Historically, past presidents have not attended former first lady's funerals. That duty was left to the first lady. That said, it will be interesting to see if Michelle shows up.
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SSG Warren Swan
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It's been noted on other sites that she will attend the funeral and then go to SXSW to meet back up with her husband.
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SCPO Jason McLaughlin
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This is typical "Obama can do no right" rhetoric. Ironically, the people who are screaming
"disrespect" the loudest were very silent when President George W. Bush skipped out on Lynda Bird Johnsons funeral in 2007.
Perhaps people should recognize that the protocol for former First Lady funerals is that the First Lady attends not the President.
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SCPO Jason McLaughlin
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SSG Warren Swan - People need to read The Boy Who Cried Wolf.
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MSG Mechanic 2nd
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did the first lady attend
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SCPO Jason McLaughlin
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SCPO Jason McLaughlin
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MSG (Join to see) - President Reagan did not attend the funeral of First Lady Bess Truman.
President Carter did not attend the funeral of First Lady Mamie Eisenhower.
President Clinton did not attend the funeral of First Lady Pat Nixon.
President Bush did not attend the funeral of First Lady “Lady Bird” Johnson, and President Obama did not attend the funeral of First Lady Betty Ford.
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