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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 09:20 PM Original message |
Say what you want about Ford...He pardoned Nixon for the Good of the United States |
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muntrv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. I think allowing Nixon to stand trial would have reinforced the notion that |
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guyton (370 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 09:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. imperial presidents |
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Sgent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. According to his memoirs |
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Garbo 2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 10:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
30. Ford pardoned Nixon one month after his resignation. Ford's administration was |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. he also condemmed Clinton's impeachment |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 09:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. So, he was batting 500 |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 10:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
31. Batting .500 he should have been paid $35,000,000. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
4. That's what Bush says about the invasion of Iraq. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
5. Ah, no. He pardoned Nixon for the good of others who would have gone down with Dick |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 10:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
27. Thank you. I remember my republican father being livid when it |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 10:52 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. Haven't been able to say the pledge of allegiance since that pardon |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 10:53 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. Cheney & Rumsfeld learned that same lesson too. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
6. Utter bullshit |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
7. I realize that you have a point. Good friends have made it to me. |
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hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
9. ... if that's what you want to believe ... |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
10. Used Nancy Reagan's astrologer? |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
11. What could have been better for the country than making it clear |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
12. ironically, it had the opposite effect, and was just one more step to fascism |
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eagler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
13. And impeachment of Bush would show the world |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
14. Too Lazy, Stupid, Partisan and Inept. to do his duty to uphold the |
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illinoisprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
15. You must put it in the contex of the times |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 09:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. It started when they murdered the Kennedys... |
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Big Sky Boy (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 12:08 AM Response to Reply #15 |
36. The road to hell is paved with good intentions |
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Garbo 2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 02:15 AM Response to Reply #15 |
39. You're characterizing politics in general and Congress in a "good old days" that didn't |
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Sgent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
16. Lets be honest |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
17. No, Ford pardoned Nixon for the good of the ELITES. |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
18. he is PRO-CHOICE and would not apologize for it |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
20. History, if the facts are not lost, will show Gerald Ford did it to save |
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ritziecracker (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
21. Ford participated in 2 cover ups!!! |
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Bob3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
22. No - he did it for the good of the ruling class not us. |
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Stargleamer (636 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
24. Our country only prospers when justice is promoted. . . |
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laststeamtrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
25. Say what you want about Ford...but he was a mass murderer... |
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Zenlitened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
26. "I looked upon him as my personal friend... I had no hesitancy about granting the pardon because..." |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 10:43 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Yeah, what a helluva guy |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
28. Too bad that others who committed the crimes for Nixon |
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Capn Amerika (248 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
32. You are right, the nation was at a standstill during the OJ trial. |
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Garbo 2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
35. Baloney. 1. What about Ford's friendship with Nixon influencing the pardon? |
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Pastiche423 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
37. Anyone who was alive and paying attention |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
38. You gotta be kidding. This is a joke, isn't it? n/t |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 02:18 AM Response to Original message |
40. Oh, well that settles it then. nt |
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Ani Yun Wiya (639 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 04:30 AM Response to Original message |
41. I think that for the good of the country... |
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U4ikLefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 04:51 AM Response to Original message |
42. Wow, I sure wouldn't want the rest of the world to see us as "week". |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 04:56 AM Response to Original message |
43. So, you agree with Ford that Nixon was above the law? |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 05:10 AM Response to Original message |
44. It's good for the country that a criminal goes free? |
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SheWhoMustBeObeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-31-06 05:40 AM Response to Original message |
45. Nonsense |
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