Posted on 12/28/2006 9:36:03 AM PST by ARealMothersSonForever
True but the policies of his administration were well to the right of GWB who pushed through the largest single increase in the welfare state since LBJ via prescription drugs. Interestingly, the size of government actually decreased under Ford, while under Bush it has skyrocketed.
Second, if ex-prez Ford felt this way he should have been man enough to say what he thought before he expired.
With all of the spin going on out there it is hard to understand what to believe??????
I can find a hundred people who disagree with him ...ya wanna listen to them?
If they are all ex-presidents of the United States of America, post a link and I will listen ;)
Most of the conservative ex-presidents warned about the dangers of foreign entanglements that were not congressionally declared wars. Heck, even President Bush questioned the wisdom of nation-building in 2000.
Actually, despite the hammering of Watergate, Ford came back almost won the 1976 election. He would have won had it not been for the pardon. The GOP made big gains in Congress in 1976.
The troll said 'Good riddance' to Gerald Ford, and called him a loser.
He was most certainly NOT a 'loser' in the sense that said troll intended it to mean.
ping
Once again ...the old policy of containment was a great success wasnt it?
No, containment did not work. Remind me again which NGO mandated the no-fly zones in Iraq after Desert Storm. Seems like it was the UN.
well, I sure do appreciate his helping get Carter votes for the Panama Canal Treaty!
May his RINO soul rest in peace
The main thing that I have against your arguments is that I believe and will continue to believe that there was a link between Saddam and Al Qaeda...If there was we had no choice but to do what we did....I assume you buy the lefts assertion that there is was no link ...I doubt Ford knew anything except what he read in the NY Times
Would you not agree that 90 years is kind of "getting up there"?You keep trying to convince me that Gerald Ford was senile when this interview was conducted because of his advanced age. Sorry, it's just not working. You need to find a better argument if you want to dismiss his opinions out of hand.
Yes, W has more than a bit of RINO in him. I, too, am aghast at his spending, but you know what? I remember in 2000 during his run against algore, Bush listed all the stuff he was going to spend our money on, which was pretty much what he's done. I was shocked at the time to hear such out of a Republican, but figured it was just typical political B.S. Love him or hate him, W does what he says he'll do. He warned us.
My main problem with Ford is Justice Stevens.
He didn't ever call a tune for the republicans or conservatives. He never sang a song we cons like to hear. In the political world he ain't no James Brown.
I've never seen evidence that these "links" amounted to anything more than occasional and fleeting contacts because of a common enemy. They cannot be described as an alliance or even cooperation. There certainly is no evidence that Saddam was involved in 9-11 and even the Bush administration agrees that the Atta meeting is a myth. Fundamentally, the AQ types hated Saddam and the secularist government he represented.
The above coming from a wimp and totally ineffective president. We had two horrible choices from both the major parties, for the presidency in "76."
You mean like when he pledged a more humble foreign policy and slammed nation building? Also, I don't remember him saying a thing about a massive prescription drugs giveaway back in 2000.
Isn't very interestingly, that when jimmuh "pee-NUT" or "slick willy" were in the W.H. we did NOT hear any treasonous remark from living GOP Ex-Presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan or Bush running all over the map telling how rotten the U.S. is???
That's just the difference between (D) "White-Trash" and (R) Gentlemen!!!
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