Dems Excluded from State (Taxpayer-Paid) Funeral for Reagan

Via Skippy and a couple of other discussion outlets comes word that former presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, along with other distinguished and high-ranking Democrats, are being deliberately excluded from being able to attend Ronald Reagan's funeral tomorrow.

Were the funeral paid for privately, that's all fine and good.

But we the taxpayers are picking up the cost of the most elaborate state funeral ever (security concerns, et al, make this far more expensive, even when comparing '63 prices to '04 prices, than JFK's). That makes it improper and (I believe) illegal to exclude anyone but preferred Republicans.

This is how Washington operates under BushCo.