Former President Ford dead at 93

AP on Yahoo ^ | 12/26/06 | Jeff Wilson - AP

[dfwgator]

"One of these things isn't like the others...."

[SevenofNine]

I was talking to Daily dosers earlier tonight NORM we discussinng First pets on thread I couldn't think of Ford little mutt name

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[Skip Ripley]

RIP President Ford. He took a lot of flak for being too centrist, but he wasn't afraid to use the veto pen to curb an emboldened, activist Congress.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presidential_vetoes

IMHO, he was and remains a vastly underrated President

[SevenofNine]

With exceptiion of Jimmy Carter those were bad*** US ex president even Ronnie was walking Gary Cooper here

[Theresawithanh]

Rest in peace, President Ford. God bless and comfort his family.

[srmorton]

Great photo! It's interesting to note that in the picture, all of the Republican presidents are stepping out with their right foot while Jimmah Carter is stepping out with his left.

President Ford was the first man for whom I voted for POTUS. I stood in line for over two hours to cast my vote for him. Although he was still being criticized for his pardon of Richard Nixon, I felt that he had made the best of a bad situation. When my state (NC) narrowly went for Jimmy Carter, I was crushed thinking that my vote had really not counted for anything. The one consolation is that it has not done the same for any Democrat presidental candidate since then.

President Ford was a fine man with a wonderful family. May he rest in peace and may the Lord bring comfort to his family at this sad time for them.

[HarmlessLovableFuzzball]

Wow, the DUmmies are being surprisingly charitable. To what do we owe this ?

DUmpster

[stockstrader]

He was a good, decent, and honorable man--a rare set of traits in this modern world. God bless, President Ford. Rest in peace, Mr. President.

[dleecomeback07]

He's the first president I remember as I was 6 years old in 1974 and have only really vague memories of Nixon.

He is the model of how an ex president should act.

[dleecomeback07]

I always wondered how much better our country would have been if Ford had won in 1976. Can you imagine what Reagan could have done if he had been able to just do everything he wanted to without having to clean up Carter's mess as well?

[dleecomeback07]

the Unicycle Riding Clowns Anti Defamation league respectfully requests you stop comparing them to Clinton and Carter.

[ARE SOLE]

Gerald Ford goes for the tip-off on forward elevator USS Monterey, 1944.

Regards.

[stockstrader]

It's really sad that he did not win in '76. Our country would have been so much better off if Gerald Ford had won that election! RIP.

[dleecomeback07]

You always remember your first vote for President. Mine was for George HW Bush.

But the first presidential campaign I was any part of was Ford's in 1976, stuffing envelopes in my grandparent's living room. Although they were extremely active 4 years ahead of time during the primary season for a certain governor of a certain western state.......

[BW2221]

Only "Unelected" President in history as he never ran (successfully) in a national election. RIP.

[SteveMcKing]

How is he the "only unelected president"? Andrew Johnson wasn't elected.

[dfwgator]

Thank God I was too young to vote in 76, I fell for Carter's load of BS. Never Again!!!

[FlingWingFlyer]

Did I say that? Hmmmmm.

[steamroller]

i remember reading a book by stephen datz about being a stamp dealer and how he met President Ford after his retirement when he was selling off his stamp collection-he said that after the initial formalities of meeting,the former president had him use first names in their conversation and he soon forgot that he was sitting with a man who had been in such a powerful position in the world;that Ford was just a down to earth regular person with no huge ego-nice to hear and i think it gave a picture of the man not usually seen RIP