To: republicanwizard
Working in Manhattan near the WTC. Out of the service by a year and a half. I got sucked into the zero based budget plan by Carter, and the fact he served on nuclear submarines (which he never did) and the SNL skits about Ford being a pathetic athlete. Turns our Gerald Ford is considered the most athletic president in history, based on his college football career.
So yeah, I have some responsibilty for the peanut farmer. Ford earned some of it with his WIN (wip inflation now) buttons. He was way over his head.
32 posted on
10/17/2004 7:58:22 PM PDT by
ProudVet77
(Flush "John Fonda Kerry")
To: ProudVet77
I got sucked into the zero based budget plan by Carter, and the fact he served on nuclear submarines (which he never did)He didn't? =o)
93 posted on
10/17/2004 8:10:43 PM PDT by
GeronL
(John Kerry believes in a right to privacy and in gay rights............ ask "fair game" Mary Cheney)
To: ProudVet77
So yeah, I have some responsibilty for the peanut farmer. Ford earned some of it with his WIN (wip inflation now) buttons. He was way over his head. Ford did a very good job with inflation. He executed 39 vetoes and 27 were successful in his first 14 months. Most of the vetoes were to combat government overspending. I believe inflation was in the 5% range when he left office. I guess people don't remember that because inflation got really bad under Jimmuh, the worst president ever.
BTW, about all I can remember about 1976 was the bicentennial fireworks.
206 posted on
10/17/2004 8:57:48 PM PDT by
Moonman62
(Federal Creed: If it moves tax it. If it keeps moving regulate it. If it stops moving subsidize it.)
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