Olbermann: more than 70,000 people have gone by THE casket.

[LittleApple81]

Do you think that because our presidents are taking so long to die, these people have a Ghoulish desire to say "I saw a dead one?"

[LittleApple81]

1. I was right for at least part of the public: A younger man more or

less said that this was a "once-in-a-lifetime" opportunity.

[leftofthedial]

2. people saw a sign: "Free Dead President"

They thought it meant money.

[LittleApple81]

3. LOL!

[snippy]

4. Some of them may be checking just to make sure he is dead. n/t

[theboss]

5. I'm thinking of going to the Capitol

More for the tradition of the state funeral than for Reagan.

[azmesa207]

6. Oberman

70,000does not seem like that many in a state the size of California

[xultar]

7. I don't even think he's in there. I think he's in the funeral home, they

will bury him on Friday.

[DemoTex]

8. And how many caskets have gone by those 70,000 people?

[Imalittleteapot]

9. I walked through the Capitol rotunda past Kennedy's

coffin after standing in the rain for hours - when I was a teenager. A very cute guy invited me to go. I was very sad about JFK's assasination, but after viewing the casket, guarded by attentive representatives of each branch of the military, in that historical setting, I was filled with a sense of closure and peace.
I have been bonded to government and politics since then because of that simple jesture and the civil rights issue.

If 70,000 viewing a casket seems strange, just wait till one of ours passes.