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Is the US ready to bury Gerald Ford?
- Thread starter BlazerBoy
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WordInterrupted
Troll Kingdom Ambassador
(1) Pardoning Richard Nixon
(2) Discovering that Poland really wasn't a Soviet puppet state after all
Laker_Girl
Mrs. Big Dick McGee
Three words: Betty Ford Clinic
Eggs Mayonnaise
All In With The Nuts
Betty did more for the country than Gerald did. Or at least, she did more for Liza MInnelli anyway.
Number_6
beer, I want beer
You know, at least we can say that Ford did little damage on his watch.
Yes, he pardoned Nixon, but his reasons for doing so were at least in the right place. This country had gone through multiple assassinations in the 60s, Vietnam, and Watergate. We needed to heal.
In hindsight, perhaps he was wrong. Maybe trying Nixon would have put a stop to the ping pong game we've been playing ever since, with both parties trying to fuck the other one over whenever they're in power. But probably not.
I don't think Ford had malice towards anyone, so we should probably just give him a break in the usual excoriating of politicians when they are near death or dead.
Yes, he pardoned Nixon, but his reasons for doing so were at least in the right place. This country had gone through multiple assassinations in the 60s, Vietnam, and Watergate. We needed to heal.
In hindsight, perhaps he was wrong. Maybe trying Nixon would have put a stop to the ping pong game we've been playing ever since, with both parties trying to fuck the other one over whenever they're in power. But probably not.
I don't think Ford had malice towards anyone, so we should probably just give him a break in the usual excoriating of politicians when they are near death or dead.