Former President Gerald Ford Dead at 93

Rancid Altoid was one of a large number of readers to tell us that "Former U.S. President Gerald Ford, who was swept into office after the Watergate scandal and later pardoned Richard Nixon, died at age 93, his widow said on Tuesday."

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Re:Cnn does it best

[TrisexualPuppy]

He was pretty interesting! I didn't realize he was a Michigan football player who turned down the NFL to go into Yale law! Not sure I agree with the Nixon pardoning but it did get the messiness behind us. However, it allows presidents to seem to operate with out regard to legality (ie, current war crimes, etc...)

I am very saddened to read of this. I found a little more pertinent info here, a much less biased source. I am planning on travelling to DC to pay my respects. He was quite a man.

Re:Our Long National Nighmare is Over

[Hatta]

Do you like nachos?

very sad

[kbox]

Aww, That's a shame.... He made some pretty good cars.

Pardons

[Mark_MF-WN]

Right, so when exactly will you NOT think that an impeachment was just partisan discord? What would a president need to do, exactly? Open secret torture camps? Ignore CIA reports that Al Qaeda is planning to attack America? Lie repeatedly about a connection between Iraq and Al Qaeda in order to start an unwinnable war, ignore the generals so that any slim hope of victory could be dispensed with, open not-so-secret torture camps in occupied territory, lie about the torture camps, continue ignoring the generals and the CIA, tell more lies in order to maintain support for the war while mismanaging it at every turn, and then have the gall to DENY that he's been babbling like a monkey with Tourette's about "staying the course" for the last two years? (Since when do you have to "stay the course" for two years AFTER "mission accomplished"?)

I guess maybe none of that matters, right? The worst president in all of American history, but any attempt to fire him is just partisan discord. What are you waiting for -- does he need to rape a few babies and curb-stomp senior citizens before you'll acknowledge that he's got to go?

You know, where I come from, if someone is bad at their job, they generally get fired. Bush ain't union, he's got no contract guaranteeing him two verbal warnings and a written warning before he can be fired. If I were to lie to my employer, I'd be looking for a new job as soon as it was discovered. Bush has lied to his employers, but continues to snatch his six figure salary out of their pockets every year. He's let his employers down, he's failed to do his job, he's taken way more sick days than is reasonable. He's done everything required to warrant disciplinary action at ANY job on the planet. Any job other than being the president of the US, apparently.

It's sad and a bit pathetic that you hold your president to a lower standard than you would your doctor, a contractor who's brought in to rebuild the balcony on your house, a sleazy defence lower, or even an ex-con working at Burger King.