Ah, Martin Gibson, your hypocrisy is showing.

So, the left is despicable for not kowtowing to the phony "mourning" period hype, but it is fine for the Bush/Cheney campaign to exploit Reagan's death in order to be re-elected.

Is that it? And by the way--with whom are you agreeing about Reagan's funeral giving Bush a boost in the electoral process? I haven't seen that issue raised by anyone but you.