Gerald Ford dead at 93

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Former President Gerald Ford, who became president in 1974 after the resignation of Richard Nixon, died Tuesday at age 93, his wife, Betty Ford, told The Associated Press.

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FireBrand

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Fubar

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Minutes after Nixon resigned in disgrace over the Watergate scandal and flew into exile, Ford took office and famously declared: "Our long national nightmare is over."
RIP
 
Larry Gude

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FireBrand said:
A time to put partisanship aside and
thank God for all of our Presidents !
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...oblige you to offer up something to feel thankful for Carter about. And Ford?


Momma said if I ain't got nothing nice to say...


RIP.
 
Dondi

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President Gerald Ford was the only President never elected to office, either as President or Vice-President.
 
vraiblonde

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Not to sound disrespectful or anything, but what's the big hoopla about Ford? I mean, yeah, he was a President and all, but he was only VP for like 15 minutes after Agnew got in trouble, then became President for a couple of years because Nixon got in trouble.

Not exactly The People's Choice.

And for the life of me, I can't remember anything about him other than "Whip Inflation Now" and having two back-to-back assassination attempts. And pardoning Nixon. And he golfed. And Chevy Chase made fun of him on SNL.

Did he do anything besides that? :confused: Because they're all over him on the news and talk radio.
 
Fubar

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vraiblonde said:
Not to sound disrespectful or anything, but what's the big hoopla about Ford? I mean, yeah, he was a President and all, but he was only VP for like 15 minutes after Agnew got in trouble, then became President for a couple of years because Nixon got in trouble.

Not exactly The People's Choice.

And for the life of me, I can't remember anything about him other than "Whip Inflation Now" and having two back-to-back assassination attempts. And pardoning Nixon. And he golfed. And Chevy Chase made fun of him on SNL.

Did he do anything besides that? :confused: Because they're all over him on the news and talk radio.
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In the words of Congressional Quarterly, he "built a reputation for being solid, dependable and loyal-a man more comfortable carrying out the programs of others than in initiating things on his own."
He did really PO me when he granted Nixon a pardon for all crimes he committed as president. :nono:
 
Kerad

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vraiblonde said:
Not to sound disrespectful or anything, but what's the big hoopla about Ford? I mean, yeah, he was a President and all, but he was only VP for like 15 minutes after Agnew got in trouble, then became President for a couple of years because Nixon got in trouble.

Not exactly The People's Choice.

And for the life of me, I can't remember anything about him other than "Whip Inflation Now" and having two back-to-back assassination attempts. And pardoning Nixon. And he golfed. And Chevy Chase made fun of him on SNL.

Did he do anything besides that? :confused: Because they're all over him on the news and talk radio.
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Was he not "Republican" enough for ya?

I think the circumstances of his presidency make for an interesting chapter. Sort of just fell into it, and did a pretty good job of getting America back on track after difficult times. Like a 3rd string QB having to go into a game unexpectedly, taking the team on his shoulders and winning the thing.

R.I.P.
 
Steve

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Larry Gude said:
...oblige you to offer up something to feel thankful for Carter about. And Ford?


Momma said if I ain't got nothing nice to say...


RIP.
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Habitat For Humanity?

Carter is the only one left of the Old School presidents. Once he's gone, all we'll have left is two modern day legacies and Clinton.
 
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