Presidejt Gerald Ford, Dead at 93

[launderess]

Special news reports announce that former president Gerald Ford, has just died. He was 93

 

[exploder3211]

Oh my Heavens.. We lost James Brown, Gearld Ford and Some one else today.... They seem to pop off in threes..

 

[exploder3211]

IMHO I think he was one of the best presidents we had... He handled so many issues so well, and to even grant the pardon to Former Prez. Nixon, wow... Another great loss

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/26/ford.dead.ap/index.html

 

[hoover1060]

a good man

I thought he was a decent prez...
The best line I ever heard about President Ford came from Archie Bunker, during one of his (in)famous arguements with the meathead: "You leave Gerald Ford alone, he's doing a helluva job for a guy nobody voted for!"

 

[gansky1]

Gerald Ford was born in Omaha - the park at the site of his birthplace home was where I first got a kiss ;-)

 

[sudsmaster]

Ford was a good and simple man, but I have never agreed with his decision to pardon Nixon.

 

[irishwashguy]

i just heard

OMG. i thought that he would get better.James Brown, and the one of the guys that started the CBS(the Tiffany network) OH and half of Hanna Barbara died the other day. That made me sad.

 

[oxydolfan1]

Great, another multimillion dollar funeral spectacle for a man who's been either a cheerleader or an architect for every wrong thing that's happened to this country for the last seventy years...

Better stock up on videos, folks, and brace yourselves for another onslaught.....frankly, Squeaky Fromme wasn't that interesting the first time around.

 

[tomturbomatic]

Squeaky Frum? No, Fromme

I wonder if she was squeaky clean. Interesting news that came out of that attempt on Ford's life was that a gay former member of the armed forces was the one who made the move that saved Ford's life.

 

[exploder3211]

This time it was 4.. Odd... I knew it was some one else important

 

[westyslantfront]

Gerald and Betty Ford live in Rancho Mirage, California and attended St. Margaret's Episcopal Church in Palm Desert, California which I also attended until I moved to Tucson.
The "Presidential Pew" was always reserved for the Fords and the Rector and his wife. I met the Fords and spoke to them once, but I usually respected their privacy and would just smile when I saw them at St. Margarets.

Their limousine would park at the front door, the Fords would be escorted into church by secret service agents who would sit through Mass with them, then escort the Fords out to their limousine that awaited them by the front door.
Betty Ford is very well liked at respected at St. Margarets.
As coincidence would have it, the Rector, Fr. Robert Certain announced he would retire on January 7, 2007 but would remain as personal pastor to the Fords.

I am very sad to hear of the passing of Gerald Ford. I am attaching link to St. Margarets, and I would assume that a Mass will be done their for Gerald Ford.

Ross

St. Margaret's Episcopal Church

St. Margaret's Episcopal Church in Palm Desert, CA is welcoming and inclusive of all. This LGBTQ+ affirming church offers many ministries devoted to serving the community.

www.stmargarets.org

 

[retromom]

Oxydolfan, do you ever post anything respectful about anyone?

Once again your misdirected anger is launched in the wrong direction. Gerald Ford was given the wheel of a perilously close-to sinking ship (the USA) by a president who was smart enough to leave office before more serious damage was done.

This man's job, for 2 1/2 years, was to keep our country on an even keel until the next election. The fact that he pardoned Nixon may have brought him down politically, but he prevented our country from plunging even further into a chasm of chaos. Nixon was pardoned, disappeared, and the country got back to the business at hand. The American people then elected Jimmy Carter...'nuf said.

You may not have agreed with Gerald Ford and/or his politics, but most mannered folks observe someone's passing with respect and dignity. Sorry the special reports are interrupting your cartoons.

 

[rickr]

I have to admit that I did not care for President Ford while he was in office. I think it was because he was appointed by Nixon, and of course, I did not like Nixon at all. Then to top it all off, Ford turned around and pardoned Nixon. Even though I was still a teen, I knew felt doing that was very wrong. I think many in our country felt the same way about the situation at the time.

Since that time I have listened to President Ford speak many times over the years. Mostly via public radio. I think he did a good job as president, considering the position our country was in at the time. He did have to get the country moving forward again, even though he would pay a heavy price for pardoning Nixon. He has said that he was aware of the price of what he did, but he thought it was in the best interest of our country. I think he should be respected for that.
All in all, he was a good person, was a very intelligent man, and did the best job he could. We have had much worse, that is for sure.

May President Ford rest in peace.

 

[westyslantfront]

The Tucson Contingent enjoys a good reputation in the club. We are of varying political views here in Tucson but we all respect each other for our differences. After all, we are together to enjoy our washing machines. I feel that respect must be given to anyone who passes away, regardless of our feelings about that person. Our sympathies should go out to the family who endured the loss and not forget that most of us too have experienced losing loved ones and would want the same respect and sympathy in return.

Ross

 

[cehalstead]

retromom,

Well Said!!!! President Ford deserves the dignity of a State Funeral simply because he was President, whether bad or good...he was President!!!!!

 

[cehalstead]

retromom

Well Spoken!!!! Ford was the President, like it or not, and he deserves all the diginity that goes with the office.

 

[cehalstead]

oops...didn't intend to post twice...

sorry!!!

 

[oxydolfan1]

Well, this time I'm cutting this off at the pass..

Retromom, respect has to be earned...

For Carter, and to a lesser extent Bill Clinton, I shall mourn.

But I don't cry when a Rethug dies, and hypocritical whining suits its purveyors far better than me....

I stand by my original statement.

If I have my cartoons, you have Rush Limbaugh....at least my cultural heroes sources aren't in imminent need of detoxification....

I relate more to real mothers, like Cindy Sheehan....

Again, if you have a beef, please email me at [email protected] and have a go. Logs, wingnuts, pink gatekeepers as well: Welcome! Please don't (again) clutter the board with your howls, thinking you'll get me tossed. I know my people: just because they will not support me publicly doesn't mean they do not support me privately.

But don't blame me just because the greater majority of Americans shed crocodile tears, when they would have vastly preferred a far more recent "President" to have gone in his sleep last night, and I refuse to participate.

We ARE divided politically. America is not a 1950s picnic.

I am PERMITTED to speak my mind.

Thank you.

 

[retromom]

Oxydolfan:

A wise man on this forum once advised to "never match wits with an unarmed man". Please feel free to blather away. I consider any further comments by you to be moot, as you ran out of ammunition a long time ago.

Adios