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MichiganVote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-27-06 05:13 PM
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11. folks, Gerald Ford was not a dim bulb. Grad. U of M, Yale Law
Began a practice, after a year enlisted in the military in 1942. Returned to begin career in law and politics. 25 years in Congress.
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  -This whole Gerald Ford thing... renie408  Dec-27-06 04:37 PM   #0 
  - .  Richardo   Dec-27-06 04:40 PM   #1 
  - gerald ford was a decent man. he didn't cheat at cards.  stansnark   Dec-27-06 04:41 PM   #2 
  - Kicked and recommended.  terrya   Dec-27-06 04:54 PM   #3 
  - I recall (and I was ten when Ford became president) Ford as a nice guy  WI_DEM   Dec-27-06 04:56 PM   #4 
  - Hyperbole aside....  calzone   Dec-27-06 04:58 PM   #5 
  - We are also not obligated  renie408   Dec-27-06 05:11 PM   #9 
  - More hyperbole aside...  calzone   Dec-27-06 05:27 PM   #13 
     - No. I am not referring to you.  renie408   Dec-27-06 05:31 PM   #14 
  - Ford and Carter & wives have enjoyed a long friendship for years  MichiganVote   Dec-27-06 05:14 PM   #12 
     - Friends?  calzone   Dec-27-06 05:41 PM   #15 
        - I think he said their WIVES were friends.  renie408   Dec-27-06 05:44 PM   #16 
        - The couples, the wives....don't sweat it renie, not worth the time.  MichiganVote   Dec-27-06 05:51 PM   #21 
        - Ok, well I'll tell you what, since you're so sure of your opinion w/o  MichiganVote   Dec-27-06 05:48 PM   #18 
        - Wow. That was WAY better than what I said.  renie408   Dec-27-06 05:50 PM   #20 
        - :) Yes, mother taught me how to bite back  MichiganVote   Dec-27-06 05:51 PM   #22 
           - Good for her. I hope I can do as well for my own kids. I guess I could start by  renie408   Dec-27-06 06:40 PM   #24 
           - Lots of time, lots of opportunities to practice. And that's life on earth  MichiganVote   Dec-27-06 06:53 PM   #26 
              - Amen. :) n/t  renie408   Dec-27-06 06:55 PM   #27 
           - You GO!!  ronnykmarshall   Dec-27-06 07:23 PM   #34 
        - You know what?  calzone   Dec-27-06 07:17 PM   #30 
           - NO! He posted that their WIVES were friends. And how do you prove/disprove  renie408   Dec-27-06 07:23 PM   #35 
           - Good lord Renie  calzone   Dec-27-06 07:29 PM   #40 
              - Nooo....  renie408   Dec-27-06 07:40 PM   #43 
                 - You're welcome to the silly hyperbole  calzone   Dec-27-06 08:38 PM   #59 
                    - Well, you can rest assured of your superiority. And we shall have to  renie408   Dec-27-06 08:46 PM   #61 
                    - Mama would be proud. Pass the bandaids out for the tender hearted children.  MichiganVote   Dec-27-06 08:51 PM   #65 
                    - ROFL!! I think I love you, man!!  renie408   Dec-27-06 08:55 PM   #68 
                    - I take killing, coverups, lying and corruption seriously  calzone   Dec-27-06 08:59 PM   #72 
                       - Ok. n/t  renie408   Dec-27-06 09:03 PM   #74 
                    - Calzone, I did not say the Fords and Carters were "close personal friends"  MichiganVote   Dec-27-06 08:50 PM   #63 
                       - Doesn't matter what it means to me  calzone   Dec-27-06 09:16 PM   #77 
                          - You're an alter boy? Cripes! Why didn't you say so before?  MichiganVote   Dec-27-06 09:27 PM   #79 
                             - No, no...He is 'Saint-like'...(Now I KNOW he ain't no fun at a party) n/t  renie408   Dec-27-06 09:31 PM   #80 
                                - Oh. So he's just a lousy priest? Well that sucks.....  MichiganVote   Dec-27-06 09:35 PM   #81 
                                   - My new friend...  renie408   Dec-27-06 09:42 PM   #82 
                                      - R.I.P. :)  MichiganVote   Dec-27-06 09:46 PM   #84 
           - Darling, that may be your rendition of how I work on this message board  MichiganVote   Dec-27-06 08:10 PM   #48 
              - ROFL....MI, what would your mama say???n/t  renie408   Dec-27-06 08:14 PM   #51 
              - She would invite this child to tea in the back of the woodshed.  MichiganVote   Dec-27-06 08:20 PM   #55 
                 - Are you SURE you are from Michigan? Cause your mama sounds like my mama  renie408   Dec-27-06 08:22 PM   #56 
                    - Mama thing. But there would have been a lot of church stuff too.  MichiganVote   Dec-27-06 08:27 PM   #57 
              - Still stalling huh?  calzone   Dec-27-06 08:28 PM   #58 
                 - Would you please source your comment that Carter's statements  renie408   Dec-27-06 08:43 PM   #60 
                 - I didn't base it on any source  calzone   Dec-27-06 08:54 PM   #66 
                    - Hey, SYBIL, isn't that exactly what you are asking Michigan to do??  renie408   Dec-27-06 08:57 PM   #70 
                       - Huh?  calzone   Dec-27-06 09:07 PM   #76 
                          - Hey, Google IS your friend!!  renie408   Dec-27-06 09:22 PM   #78 
                             - Calzone, feel free to PM me if you can back up your claims. I am sure this thread will be long gone  renie408   Dec-27-06 09:44 PM   #83 
                 - Google is your friend. Look anything up your heart desires.  MichiganVote   Dec-27-06 08:48 PM   #62 
                    - I have been assured that just 'a little research' is all that will be  renie408   Dec-27-06 08:51 PM   #64 
                       - Well if all that's needed is "a little research" why are you and I so important?  MichiganVote   Dec-27-06 08:54 PM   #67 
                          - OMG! Now I KNOW I love you!!!  renie408   Dec-27-06 08:59 PM   #71 
                             - :) Same here.  MichiganVote   Dec-27-06 09:01 PM   #73 
        - and you know the Ford's and Carter's personally I take it?  ronnykmarshall   Dec-27-06 07:21 PM   #32 
           - Please try to keep up. n/t  calzone   Dec-27-06 07:25 PM   #37 
           - Oh I guess you told ME!!  ronnykmarshall   Dec-27-06 07:56 PM   #45 
           - Would you like to introduce me?  MichiganVote   Dec-27-06 08:12 PM   #50 
  - I think a lot of it has to do with the revisionist historians in the corporate media  corkhead   Dec-27-06 05:02 PM   #6 
  - Not EVERY SINGLE Republican to hold office has been the spawn of Satan.  WinkyDink   Dec-27-06 05:04 PM   #7 
  - Hey, I am leaving the door open for the fact that SOME of them have been. n/t  renie408   Dec-27-06 05:12 PM   #10 
  - Jimmy Carter is a neocon double-agent  Tin Man   Dec-27-06 05:05 PM   #8 
  - folks, Gerald Ford was not a dim bulb. Grad. U of M, Yale Law  MichiganVote   Dec-27-06 05:13 PM   #11 
  - After W, everyone looks good in comparison.  MidnightWind   Dec-27-06 05:45 PM   #17 
  - And wrong again with Reagan. Ohhhh boyyyyy  MichiganVote   Dec-27-06 05:50 PM   #19 
  - Oh now wait a minute MIvote  durtee librul   Dec-27-06 06:49 PM   #25 
     - So somebody said he had pretty papers???  MichiganVote   Dec-27-06 07:06 PM   #28 
  - As we speak, the repukes are doing their best at building a Ford legacy  B Calm   Dec-27-06 06:40 PM   #23 
  - Old Saying: If you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all.  originalpckelly   Dec-27-06 07:10 PM   #29 
  - That's high on my list of all-time-most- asinine-sayings-EVER....  BlooInBloo   Dec-27-06 07:20 PM   #31 
     - I think there are times it's a good motto. nt  Sparkly   Dec-27-06 07:24 PM   #36 
     - I have to admit, this place would be as dead as Gerald Ford  renie408   Dec-27-06 07:25 PM   #38 
  - For my $, Digby's the best on the subject (i.e., my usual opinion)...  BlooInBloo   Dec-27-06 07:22 PM   #33 
  - My republican father despised Ford for pardoning Nixon...  tnlefty   Dec-27-06 07:27 PM   #39 
  - Nobody has asked you to forget. Nobody has asked you to join the Gerald Ford Fan Club  renie408   Dec-27-06 07:34 PM   #41 
     - Well perhaps I would need to see the bizarre, vituperative attacks  tnlefty   Dec-27-06 08:12 PM   #49 
        - Ok. n/t  renie408   Dec-27-06 08:16 PM   #52 
  - I agree -- the pardon was a mistake  Sparkly   Dec-27-06 07:39 PM   #42 
  - I don't know enough about the political climate of the time  renie408   Dec-27-06 07:46 PM   #44 
     - I'm glad you said that.  Sparkly   Dec-27-06 08:03 PM   #46 
        - Another thing about Bush....  renie408   Dec-27-06 08:10 PM   #47 
           - Definitely.  Sparkly   Dec-27-06 08:17 PM   #53 
  - K&R  cboy4   Dec-27-06 08:19 PM   #54 
  - I Have NO Thoughts Regarding Ford.... I Didn't Watch ANY OF THE  ChiciB1   Dec-27-06 08:55 PM   #69 
  - This is kind of where I was at.  renie408   Dec-27-06 09:06 PM   #75 
     - Looks Like We Blinked, 'EH? n/t  ChiciB1   Dec-27-06 10:07 PM   #85 
  - I'm going with Carter too!  AZBlue   Dec-27-06 10:25 PM   #86 
 

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