From: Why It's Time to Rethink the 70s by Bruce Schulman and Julian Zelizer Another reason for the scholarly bias against the 1970s concerns the peculiar focus of political historians. Scholars still tend to focus on presidents, their top advisers, and the exercise of executive power. As a result, the 1960s--a period that features the Camelot of John F. Kennedy and the tragedy of Lyndon Johnson--or the "Reagan Revolution" of the 1980s attracted more interest than a decade filled with corrupt or lackluster presidencies. Bob Dole, the long-time Senate Republican Leader and 1996 presidential nominee neatly, summarized this view when he described Presidents Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, and Richard Nixon respectively as "See No Evil, Hear No Evil, and just Evil." While recent scholarsh
Did the CIA orchestrate a cover-up in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy?According to the publisher of a new book, who appeared on Fox News Wednesday morning, the last living words of former President Gerald Ford fingered the CIA in the orchestration a cover-up of Kennedy's assassination.read more | digg storyLiberty Central- Conservatism's Blog of Choice
President Ford was a fottball player and a lawyer. He went to the University of Michagan and was named most valuable player in his last year on the team. he also went to Yale Law School after being the football...
Former US President, Gerald Ford, has, to coin a phrase, dropped dead. He has kicked the bucket. He is an ex ex President.
Unlike Mr "Mr' James Brown, who died a day and a half earlier, Gerald Ford was not a funky President. Whilst in power, he famously pardoned Richard Nixon, gave jobs to George Bush [...]
Okay so I really don’t know much about President Gerald Ford except that he took the Presidency after Nixon and pardoned Nixon and that pissed people off. Then he was almost killed by a follower of Charles Manson named Squeaky. I think someone else tried to shoot him too.
Oh this is the only other thing I know about him. Does anyone know where I can get a video of the numerous falls?
But in all seriousness. I hear that he hated how America had become a Red and Blue divide in the last few years. If that is the only thing I know about him, I like him, because America sucks when we hate eachother. I don’t know how not to hate Red, I mean Blue sucks. . . but come on red. . . but I’m working on it. I have met some really swell Reds.
I really don;t remmber President Ford that much, I was very young when he was in the White House. I mostly remember the SNL sketches of Ford falling down and being a clutz. He was the first President that was...
I've been spending time this morning talking about the passing of President Ford, so figured I might as well post something about it as well. Mr. Ford, 38th President of the United States, passed away in California yesterday at the age of 93. He was the only un-elected president, and America's oldest president as well, beating Reagan by a month.
Our thoughts and good wishes go out to the Ford Family, and to some of our close friends who worked for the Fords as well. The President had nothing but friends out there (Chevy Chase excepted...)
Associated Press Reports:The nation's 38th president, and the only one neither elected to the office nor the vice presidency, died at his desert home at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday."His life was filled with love of God, his family and his country," his wife, Betty, said in a statement.Ford was the longest living former president, surpassing Ronald Reagan, who died in June 2004, by more than a month.Ford's office did not release the cause of death, which followed a year of medical problems. He was treated for pneumonia in January and had an angioplasty and pacemaker implant in August.Funeral arrangements were to be announced Wednesday."President Ford was a great man who devoted the best years of his life in serving the United States,"President Bush said in a brief statement to the nation Wednesday morning. "He was a true gentleman who reflected the best in America's character."Ford was an accidental president. A Michigan Republican elected to Congress 13 times before becoming the first appoin
LOS ANGELES - Gerald R. Ford, who picked up the pieces of Richard Nixon’s scandal-shattered White House as the 38th and only unelected president in America’s history, has died, his wife, Betty, said Tuesday. He was 93.
“My family joins me in sharing the difficult news that Gerald Ford, our beloved husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather has passed away at 93 years of age,” Mrs. Ford said in a brief statement issued from her husband’s office in Rancho Mirage. “His life was filled with love of God, his family and his country.”
The statement did not say where Ford died or list a cause of death. Ford had battled pneumonia in January 2006 and underwent two heart treatments — including an angioplasty — in August at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
He was the longest living president, followed by Ronald Reagan, who also died at 93. Ford had been living at his desert home in Rancho Mirage, Calif., about 130 miles east of Los Ang
Well, this is a baseball blog, but this is not a baseball post.However, no matter your political affiliation, let's take a minute to honor the 38th president of the United States, Gerald Ford who died today in California at 93.He was the only president not elected to the presidency or vice presidency, as he took office in the aftermath of Watergate and was his most notable act was that he issued a full pardon to former president Richard M. Nixon.In light of his work as president, he was quite the athlete before his life in public service as he played on Michigan's 1932 and '33 national championship football teams. He was actually offered at one time a contract to play for the Detroit Lions.He passed at the chance to play football and went onto law school at Yale. It was the right choice indeed, and for that Mr. Ford, we thank you for your public service and devotion to the country.*Thanks to ESPN and the Washington Post for the compliation of facts and info for this posting.
Here is what Chuck Hagel said about the death of former President Gerald Ford"The death of Gerald Ford is a sad moment for all Nebraskans and all Americans. History will remember President Ford for holding our nation together during a time of trauma and division. He earned the trust and the confidence of the American people through the force of his will and his common decency."(from CNN.com)Technorati tags: Gerald Ford
Gerald Ford, former President of the United States, died the other day. As we have in the past (#1, #2, #3, #4, #5), we here at Please Do It Ms Hewitt turned to our diminutive friend Gary Coleman for a response. Apparently, learning from our mistakes is not what we do best.Whatchu Talkin' Bout Gerald Ford,Why didn't you pardon me? I was an international star of great fame, fortune, and mystery and yet you stole all of my glory by pardoning Richard Nixon instead of me. Clearly you should have been calling me up and congratulating me for playing Arnold Jackson with such wisdom and talent. But you didn't and now you are dead, robbing me of the pardon that I so justly deserved. I was on TV for 8 years! I am the greatest actor in the universe. You are not. And that is why I hold you accountable for your death.Clearly we should be celebrating my life. Yet, you go and die, making the world focus on your "presidency" and "legacy" and "hair." Why must you do this to me during my time of need
This evening, rather than watch some football on TV, head out to the Skins' game or partake in bar activities, I decided to venture into Washington D.C. and view Gerald Ford's casket on display at the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol.I'd seen the viewing for Rosa Parks in 2005 at the same location, and the procession for the 40th president, Ronald Reagan. Well, I waited about two hours in line to see the casket of Gerald Ford and you were in and out in about a minute, if even that. The good thing was that people from every race, group and class of society seemed to be out there and everyone had a lot to say about Gerald Ford and the occasion. The time seemed to pass by, as I was with a group of people and we chatted about everything from politics to sports.His body lay in state in the rotunda, with members of every branch of the armed services remaining perfectly still his casket, police directed you where to go, you moved in a line and it was pretty much over.It was amazingly organiz
With the mourning of Gerald Ford I thought I'd highlight one of the achievements of the President past, let alone any President this country has had.The Right Turn On Red.Yes, it was Gerald Ford that passed legislation and encouraged states to adopt the uber-convenient ability that drivers could turn right at intersections with red lights. Of course it wasn't because of convenience or comfort but because the U.S. was going thru the OPEC oil crisis ~1973. Well, either way, it's 2007 and I am pleased to no end that I can turn right on red.Oh wait, except in New York City because you can't turn right on red in the city.Oh wait, I don't even have a car up here to be able to 'not' turn right with. Yay.
