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Gerald Ford Dead

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May he R.I.P. He was a good man.

Some sites don't have the news yet, so just go to MSNBC home page.
 
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As I posted in OT:

R.I.P.
He gave Chevy Chase lots of good material...
First (and so far, ONLY) president to serve, without being elected to the position of president or vice-president. (for those too young to remember), Ford replaced Spiro Agnew as V.P. when Agnew pleaded nolo contendere (no contest) to criminal charges of tax evasion and money laundering, part of a negotiated resolution to a scheme wherein he allegedly accepted $29,500 in bribes during his tenure as governor of Maryland. Agnew was fined $10,000 and put on three years' probation. The $10,000 fine only covered the taxes and interest due on what was "unreported income" from 1967, even though there was evidence that the payments continued while he was vice president.
Ford then became president, when Richard (Tricky-Dick) Nixon resigned rather than be impeached over the Watergate scandal.
Ford WAS a good man, just not a good president.
 
Ford WAS a good man, just not a good president.

His only mistake was pardoning Nixon. Other than that, he did the best anyone could have done in that situation.
 
Originally posted by: Jadow
Ford WAS a good man, just not a good president.

His only mistake was pardoning Nixon. Other than that, he did the best anyone could have done in that situation.
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That was not a mistake. He allowed an already wounded nation to heal. The destruction to Nixon's legacy was enough.
 
Originally posted by: Jadow
Ford WAS a good man, just not a good president.

His only mistake was pardoning Nixon. Other than that, he did the best anyone could have done in that situation.
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I tend to agree. The same is also true for Carter, both of them were Presidents at a time when the country was reeling from Vietnam, Watergate, OPEC, and horrible inflation. Those of you who are too young can't imagine what double digit inflation is like.

They both made hard decisions that helped get the economy back on track, but it took a while and Reagan usually gets the credit, not from me though.

 
I think part of Ford?s problem was that he was not elected and therefore had no real mandate or platform to rule from. Plus the Watergate fallout and all that.

I am to young to remember him as president, but I believe they put him some place in the middle, not great, not bad, just average.

RIP Mr. President. 🙁
 
I can't really comment on Ford's presidency as it was about 10 years before I was born but from what I've seen and read he seemed like a damn good guy.

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That was not a mistake. He allowed an already wounded nation to heal. The destruction to Nixon's legacy was enough.
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No, it wasn't. It was one of the greatest crimes against justice in the history of our government. The truth about what Nixon did should have been fully investigated criminally, and the rule of law should have been upheld. Just this morning I was listening to the argument 'Nixon did nothing wrong, nothing was proven'.

It's unfortunate that he passed away.
 
Ford was probably the most honest politician we will ever see in the Oval Office. Because of Nixon, he was investigated back to his birthday by more people than you can imagine, most salivating over the idea of finding something he had done wrong. Nobody found anything.

Loved it when he told the Cambodians they had 48hr to release the merchant ship they took or he would send in the Marines. 48hr later, the Marines landed, guns blazing. Funny, but no one else gave us a really hard time while he was in office after that.

I too was really upset at first when he pardoned Nixon, but later came to realize that it was the best thing to do for the country. Ford realized what a huge hit he would take for doing it, but decided the best interests of the nation took precedence over his own.

I think he was a rather remarkable in what was probably the most nationally distressed time since the Civil War.
 
Originally posted by: Craig234
That was not a mistake. He allowed an already wounded nation to heal. The destruction to Nixon's legacy was enough.
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No, it wasn't. It was one of the greatest crimes against justice in the history of our government. The truth about what Nixon did should have been fully investigated criminally, and the rule of law should have been upheld. Just this morning I was listening to the argument 'Nixon did nothing wrong, nothing was proven'.

It's unfortunate that he passed away.
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Pardoning Nixon was what was best for the country.
 
Originally posted by: raz3000
Originally posted by: Jadow
Ford WAS a good man, just not a good president.

His only mistake was pardoning Nixon. Other than that, he did the best anyone could have done in that situation.
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That was not a mistake. He allowed an already wounded nation to heal. The destruction to Nixon's legacy was enough.
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Agreed-and this is from a person who always thought (before GWB) that the Nixon-Agnew combination was the worst this country had to suffer through.

Ford's shining moment came with the start of his term. Afterwards he was pretty ineffective, especially regarding dealing with the very high and persistent inflation of the day (his most significant effort was to push wearing "whip inflation now (WIN)" buttons. Along with Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford will be remembered most for failed potential.

And yes, he did a whole lot to create the golden era of Saturday Night Live.

 
Thirty years after the fact---pardoning Nixon is still a hotly debated subject and is now just a historical event. But in many ways---Gerald Ford was the man the times needed----a decent and non-devious man that was everything Nixon was not. When Gerald Ford fairly narrowly, in popular vote, lost the Presidency to Jimmy Carter--------he had the decency to not butt into or second guess other subsequent Presidents. And after a long career in public service---he retired.

I for one will fondly remember Gerald Ford---not as a great President---but as a man who did do a great job of healing a shattered and deeply divided nation----and the one quality he had in spades was integrity.-------------I think the more sober judgement of future historians will be that he was the man the times needed desperately----and I can't think of anyone who could have done a better job than Gerald Ford. This nation has lost a very good and decent person.
 
Celebrity golf tournament organizers mourn his passing.

Nixon commited treason, and should have been tried. Ford was selected by Nixon specifically to pardon Nixon.
 
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