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[The Bolvine Gigolo!]

LOS ANGELES - Gerald R. Ford, who picked up the pieces of Richard Nixon's scandal-shattered White House as the 38th president and the only one never elected to nationwide office, has died. He was 93. There was no caused of death reported as of yet.

[JCZ]

Thanks for the post Don.  This is some real news that I heard (read) here first. [smiley=xyxthumbs.gif]

[Bagger]

WOW.  I'm getting old quick.  I was in the sixth grade when he took over for tricky Dick.

[nidan]

Always sad to lose someone during the holidays , but he did give us some good moments

[Midnight Rider]

Former President Ford was a good man who took a tough job at an extremely tough time in our history...he had the unenviable task of cleaning up the mess Tricky Dick had left him with the whole Watergate fiasco, the withdrawal of our troops/civilians when Saigon fell.  He was respected, even though not elected.  Jimmy Carter thanked him during his acceptance speech for helping to heal the wounds in this country, which were many at that time.

He was always a good sport about Chevy Chases' poking fun on SNL too...the ability to laugh at oneself speaks volumes about a person's character.

[ultrafxr]

He was always a good sport about Chevy Chases' poking fun on SNL too...the [highlight]ability to laugh at oneself speaks volumes about a person's character[/highlight].

Tricky Dick never could bring himself to do that for sure.  

[Bagger]

Former President Ford was a good man who took a tough job at an extremely tough time in our history...he had the unenviable task of cleaning up the mess Tricky Dick had left him with the whole Watergate fiasco, the withdrawal of our troops/civilians when Saigon fell.  He was respected, even though not elected.  Jimmy Carter thanked him during his acceptance speech for helping to heal the wounds in this country, which were many at that time.

He was always a good sport about Chevy Chases' poking fun on SNL too...the ability to laugh at oneself speaks volumes about a person's character.

Very well said, Terry.

[Special_Ed]

Former President Ford was a good man who took a tough job at an extremely tough time in our history...he had the unenviable task of cleaning up the mess Tricky Dick had left him with the whole Watergate fiasco, the withdrawal of our troops/civilians when Saigon fell.  He was respected, even though not elected.  Jimmy Carter thanked him during his acceptance speech for helping to heal the wounds in this country, which were many at that time.

[highlight]He was always a good sport about Chevy Chases' poking fun on SNL too[/highlight]...the ability to laugh at oneself speaks volumes about a person's character.

Something I just learned today, President Ford was quite the athlete. Even though Chevy Chase had fun at his expense President Ford had the opportunity to play pro football but turned it down for politics. What an amazing piece of history we've lived through so far.

[cuthbertss]

an opportunity to reflect back on man and his sacrifices for our country ....President Ford was exactly the right man at the right time in history


time to honor him