EFerrari
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Wed Dec-27-06 04:38 PM
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| 25. The man is gone and I'd like to be able to just respect his family. |
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But when the press in this very liberal town runs headlines "Ford calmed the Country", I have to speak up.
Because, what does that mean, exactly?
It means he covered the asses of the political elite.
And it means that among those elite, he covered for Pinochet.
So as much as I adore Betty Ford, her husband was a bought piece of sh@t. And no way will I allow revision of that fact, that fact literally carved into skin, pass.
Can't do that.
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| -Sorry - I remember Ford as a "placeholder" and not much else. |
johnaries |
Dec-27-06 02:21 PM |
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first unelected president--that is what I always remember. had far more |
niyad |
Dec-27-06 02:25 PM |
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Ford wasn't the first "un-elected" president |
Hoosier Dem |
Dec-27-06 02:26 PM |
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You are right... |
Hoosier Dem |
Dec-27-06 02:25 PM |
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I remember it well. Nixon thought that |
sallyseven |
Dec-27-06 02:34 PM |
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President Ford the accidental President in more ways than one. |
William769 |
Dec-27-06 02:30 PM |
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I remember even as a kid that it seemed funny that such a cipher of a |
Aristus |
Dec-27-06 02:38 PM |
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You're right,,,he was a joke...following by a bigger joke... |
rfranklin |
Dec-27-06 02:39 PM |
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"following by a bigger joke" ? surely you are not referring to President Carter? |
niyad |
Dec-27-06 02:59 PM |
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Nah, I was thinking of Reagan... |
rfranklin |
Dec-27-06 03:30 PM |
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Ford did one really good thing: |
ocelot |
Dec-27-06 02:43 PM |
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Stevens was a moderate Republican. |
johnaries |
Dec-27-06 02:53 PM |
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True, but he usually votes with the liberals. |
ocelot |
Dec-27-06 03:04 PM |
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That is true, also. But as I said |
johnaries |
Dec-27-06 03:16 PM |
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Wasn't he also the first president who couldn't ... |
damntexdem |
Dec-27-06 02:44 PM |
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He got a bad rap on that. |
rsdsharp |
Dec-27-06 04:33 PM |
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People forget why he wasn't elected when he actually ran. |
Old and In the Way |
Dec-27-06 02:54 PM |
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Not a great president by any means, but a good man, I think; |
Phredicles |
Dec-27-06 02:57 PM |
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"easily the best Republican president of my lifetime" LOL! True! |
johnaries |
Dec-27-06 03:07 PM |
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I believe his pardon of Nixon bordered on the criminal, and paved |
NCevilDUer |
Dec-27-06 03:12 PM |
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Don't forget he was instrumental in the |
WannaJumpMyScooter |
Dec-27-06 03:12 PM |
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To be fair, I don't think he was prescient enough to know |
johnaries |
Dec-27-06 03:24 PM |
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That's about it for him, an accidental president, a placeholder. |
uppityperson |
Dec-27-06 03:44 PM |
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I don't feel the need to honor Ford's memory |
calzone |
Dec-27-06 04:20 PM |
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He was still better than Dubya. |
cornermouse |
Dec-27-06 04:28 PM |
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The man is gone and I'd like to be able to just respect his family. |
sfexpat2000 |
Dec-27-06 04:38 PM |
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He put Dumbsfeld and darth Chaney in charge to the vietnam war |
lastknowngood |
Dec-27-06 04:39 PM |
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He should have at least succeeded in getting a full written signed confession |
lonestarnot |
Dec-27-06 05:21 PM |
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Are you stoned? |
WannaJumpMyScooter |
Dec-27-06 05:53 PM |
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heh heh heh stoned? |
lonestarnot |
Dec-27-06 08:06 PM |
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Of course not, it was just a simple |
WannaJumpMyScooter |
Dec-27-06 08:20 PM |
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They wanted the Nixon criminal out of the headlines. |
lonestarnot |
Dec-27-06 08:30 PM |
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much like this |
lonestarnot |
Dec-27-06 08:10 PM |
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