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Post by Mr. Atari on Dec 26, 2006 23:39:03 GMT -5
Hail to the Chief. Unelected or not.
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Post by Mitchell on Dec 27, 2006 0:02:02 GMT -5
Just saw this myself. Prayers, Mr. Ford. Story here. . . |
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Post by Chuck on Dec 27, 2006 6:08:21 GMT -5
I just saw this.
R.I.P.
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Post by mummifiedstalin on Dec 27, 2006 7:59:42 GMT -5
And on that day, he took his final stumble into darkness...
(I'm sorry...)
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Post by siamesesin on Dec 27, 2006 11:24:38 GMT -5
President Ford was the first president I knew, since he was born in Omaha. This is not a surprise, but it is a sadness.
RIP, President Ford.
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Post by Wild Rebel on Dec 27, 2006 17:09:34 GMT -5
Wear your W.I.N. buttons at half-mast.
Actually, I never could decide what I felt about Gerald Ford.
On the one hand, he always seemed like a genuinely nice guy.
On the other hand, he pardoned Nixon and was on the Warren Commission - "Move on. Nothing to see here.".
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Post by siamesesin on Dec 27, 2006 17:30:59 GMT -5
He did love animals-I always liked that about him.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Dec 27, 2006 18:06:24 GMT -5
Sometimes I tell people that I was born during the Ford Administration.
When they stare into space, trying to figure out what years that was, I point at them and say, "Ha ha! The jokes on you! There wasn't any Ford Administration! He only took over the Nixon Administration, sucker!"
Sometimes people throw things at me.
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Post by Shep on Dec 27, 2006 19:46:26 GMT -5
He always seemed like a helluva nice guy. He will be missed.  |
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Post by mst3ktemple on Dec 27, 2006 21:25:04 GMT -5
I got to see President Ford at the University of Michigan once. I was at the football game a few years back when they retired his number.
This has been a tough year for Michigan fans.
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Post by soundandvision on Dec 27, 2006 21:43:36 GMT -5
Sometimes I tell people that I was born during the Ford Administration. When they stare into space, trying to figure out what years that was, I point at them and say, "Ha ha! The jokes on you! There wasn't any Ford Administration! He only took over the Nixon Administration, sucker!" Sometimes people throw things at me. I thought that was just me... and then they ask, who was Nixon? |
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Post by mummifiedstalin on Dec 27, 2006 21:45:50 GMT -5
So what's the over/under on Daddy Bush or Carter being next? Clinton's the obvious long shot, but if he keeps downing those cheese fries...
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Post by Mitchell on Dec 27, 2006 22:29:20 GMT -5
Carter, I think. When I saw him in Austin he looked bad. . .
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Post by soundandvision on Dec 27, 2006 22:29:41 GMT -5
So what's the over/under on Daddy Bush or Carter being next? Clinton's the obvious long shot, but if he keeps downing those cheese fries... And hopping from bed to bed... |
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Post by StreetDreamer83 on Dec 27, 2006 22:38:09 GMT -5
RIP Mr. Ford. Not to be off color, but the first thing I thought of was the SNL skit of Dana Carvey as Tom Brokaw announcing Ford's death.
Matt
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