Cheney re Ford: "assumed the nation's highest office during the greatest constitutional crisis"

[sabra]

http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/news_theswamp/2006/12/bush_and_cheney.html#more

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"Thirty-two years ago, he assumed the nation's highest office during the greatest constitutional crisis since the Civil War,'' Cheney said. "In that troubled era, America needed strength, wisdom, and good judgment, and those qualities came to us in the person of Gerald R. Ford. When he left office, he had restored public trust in the presidency, and the nation once again looked to the future with confidence and faith. I was proud to know President Ford, and to have served in the White House as his chief of staff.

"He was a dear friend and mentor to me until this very day,'' Cheney said. "I feel a great sense of loss at his passing, and Lynne and our daughters join me in offering heartfelt sympathy to Betty Ford and her entire family.''

[Deep13]

That was the greatest constitutional crisis? Guess that little tiff in the 1860s doesn't count anymore.

[H2O Man]

14. It says

the greatest since the Civil War.

[acmavm]

1. A Constitutional crisis brought on by a crooked pResident and

his criminal administration.

Deja Vu

[hippiechick]

2. "A Constitutional Crisis" which Dick may have contributed to ...

... if some are correct in their assertions that Uncle Dick himself was Deep Throat ?

:shrug:

[brentspeak]

3. Deep Throat was identified last year as William Felt

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Mark_Felt%2C_Sr.

[hippiechick]

5. Yeah, a dead guy. Whatever.

I believe Wikipedia. Uh huh.

[sandnsea]

10. No really

It was Felt, whole big media tadoo about it. You must have missed it. :shrug:

[unblock]

13. it's true, felt admitted it and woodward & bernstein confirmed it

[Wickerman]

4. Correction, Dick - the third worst Constitutional Crisis

There was that whole Civil War thing back when Bob Dole was a kid. Afraid that whole Watergate thing was pretty minor compared to the War between the states and, oh yeah, the shit you have pulled in the last 6 years.

[RaleighNCDUer]

6. "restored the public trust"

to the degree that him and his whole administration was booted out, and replaced by a Democratic sunday school teacher -- yep, he certainly restored our trust in government and our political class.

[Hav]

7. .

I don't have anything to say to the subject of this thread, I just found it a little bit embarrassing that there are still people who only reply to the title but who don't even make the effort to read the short excerpt ;).

"Thirty-two years ago, he assumed the nation's highest office during the greatest constitutional crisis since the Civil War,"

[wryter2000]

9. You're right, but

The mere idea of Cheney talking about a Constitutional crisis is enough to cross my eyes so badly I can't read beyond the first line.

[madeline_con]

19. I'll second that. n/t

[wryter2000]

8. I got your Constitutional crisis right HERE, Cheney

Watergate wasn't nothing compared to what you've been up to, and the excrement is about to hit the cooling aparatus.

[partylessinOhio]

11. oh?

:puke:

[WinkyDink]

12. Following the procedures set by the Constitution does not = a "crisis".

THAT is the EXACT same "crisis" crap the media fed us in 2000: "WHO is PRESIDENT?! OMG, OMG!!" When, of course, Clinton was until late January, 2001.

[donsu]

15. once snake Cheney and arrogant Rummy got ahold of Ford he turned

into a coward and did whatever they wanted

[Kber]

16. Greatest constitutional crisis?

besides what, the civil war, perhaps?

Little touchy about the possibility of impeachment isn't he?

[H2O Man]

17. " '...he assumed the

nation's highest office during the greatest constitutional crisis since the Civil War,' Cheney said."

[melissinha]

18. Cause lies about WMDS/War, far-reaching domestic wire-tapping is the same as

Spying on the Democrats.

Not to mention no-bid contracts to your old company.. yeah that doesn't compare....

What Nixon did is child's play.