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President Gerald Ford RIP

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I just saw this online. fyi.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/27/ford.dead/index.html


I was very young when he was President so I do not remember him mush.
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Yes...I saw the news earlier.......he was a very good man. Uptill the end.
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I wonder if the nation will have a huge turnout at his funeral like Ronald Reagan, with both president bush's, bill clinton and jimmy carter. as well as their first ladies and people reading dedications and speeches.

A death of a president in the u.s. is usually a moment of reflection and solemnity.

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He was a good man as far as I know (I wasn't born until 1979). Not the best of leaders I guess, but a good man.

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He was perfect for what the country needed of their President at the time...

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Originally posted by: vbangle
He was perfect for what the country needed of their President at the time...


I agree....after Tricky Dick, we needed a prez who wasn't going to pull anything like that. Sad to see him go...

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Oh man, everybody's dying lately.

Rest In Peace, former President Ford.
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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-89770458144460734&hl=en

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From the beautifully warped minds of Matt Groening and Ken Keeler:
No sooner have the Bushes departed that another moving truck pulls in along with a car with license plate "Mr. Duh".

Gerry: Hi! Pleased to meet you, I just moved in. My name is Gerry Ford.

Homer: [gasps] Former President Gerald Ford? Put her there! I'm Homer Simpson!

Gerry: Say, Homer, do you like football?

Homer: Do I ever!

Gerry: Do you like nachos?

Homer: Yes, Mr. Ford.

Gerry: Well, why don't you come over and watch the game, and we'll have nachos? And then, some beer.

Homer: Ooh!
[they walk across the street]
Gerry, I think you and I are going to get along just --
[they both trip]

Both: D'oh!
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Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
From the beautifully warped minds of Matt Groening and Ken Keeler:
No sooner have the Bushes departed that another moving truck pulls in along with a car with license plate "Mr. Duh".

Gerry: Hi! Pleased to meet you, I just moved in. My name is Gerry Ford.

Homer: [gasps] Former President Gerald Ford? Put her there! I'm Homer Simpson!

Gerry: Say, Homer, do you like football?

Homer: Do I ever!

Gerry: Do you like nachos?

Homer: Yes, Mr. Ford.

Gerry: Well, why don't you come over and watch the game, and we'll have nachos? And then, some beer.

Homer: Ooh!
[they walk across the street]
Gerry, I think you and I are going to get along just --
[they both trip]

Both: D'oh!


Hehe... I always liked that episode as a whole. I wonder what both Bush and Ford thought of it.

I have no idea what the country was like under Ford, as I was born in '87, but when an American president dies it is always a sad time. My thoughts go out to him today.

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At least he had the satisfaction of knowing that he was the longest-lived President in history.

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Speaking of Ford, does anyone have the old SNL skit where Chevy Chase plays Ford at the Presidential debates?

"Mr. President, how do you feel about the economy falling 5%?"

"Uh... I was under the belief that there would be no math here tonight..."

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Originally posted by: bad_karma24
Speaking of Ford, does anyone have the old SNL skit where Chevy Chase plays Ford at the Presidential debates?

"Mr. President, how do you feel about the economy falling 5%?"

"Uh... I was under the belief that there would be no math here tonight..."


No, but I have the link posted above for the snl skit where dana carvey does Tom Brokaw pre-recording various ways Gerald Ford died (this is back in 96)

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Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
At least he had the satisfaction of knowing that he was the longest-lived President in history.


Which might bring some aprehension to mr. Jimmy Carter, being 82 years old, odds are he'll live 10 more years tops (unless he breaks the record himself).

Oh, RIP btw. He's the post-Kennedy US president I know the least about.
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Originally posted by: ricarleite
Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
At least he had the satisfaction of knowing that he was the longest-lived President in history.


Which might bring some aprehension to mr. Jimmy Carter, being 82 years old, odds are he'll live 10 more years tops (unless he breaks the record himself).


Lovely. Ten more years of that man spewing his hatred for America? Maybe he and Ford could trade places.

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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
Originally posted by: ricarleite
Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
At least he had the satisfaction of knowing that he was the longest-lived President in history.


Which might bring some aprehension to mr. Jimmy Carter, being 82 years old, odds are he'll live 10 more years tops (unless he breaks the record himself).


Lovely. Ten more years of that man spewing his hatred for America? Maybe he and Ford could trade places.


I feel the same way, stupid Carter!

R.I.P. President Ford. He seemed pretty good to me, I read his wiki page since I had no idea how his Presidency went (I was also born in 1979) seems like he did a great job.
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Originally posted by: Mavimao
No, but I have the link posted above for the snl skit where dana carvey does Tom Brokaw pre-recording various ways Gerald Ford died (this is back in 96)


Heh, I'm so glad you posted that. That's always been one of my favorite sketches. My friend and I used to quote it all the time in high school.

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C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

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He was the only President ever to sit in the Oval Office having not been elected to either the Presidency OR the Vice Presidency. He replaced VP Spiro Agnew, who resigned in the midst of Watergate, and then of course Nixon. I remember an old joke that Nixon physically bumped into Ford as they were moving in/out of the White House. Nixon said "Pardon me" to which Ford replied "OK" and thus, Nixon never had to stand trial.
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Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
He was the only President ever to sit in the Oval Office having not been elected to either the Presidency OR the Vice Presidency. He replaced VP Spiro Agnew, who resigned in the midst of Watergate, and then of course Nixon. I remember an old joke that Nixon physically bumped into Ford as they were moving in/out of the White House. Nixon said "Pardon me" to which Ford replied "OK" and thus, Nixon never had to stand trial.


Hey, at least he was a man of his word...