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Live Thread - President Ford's Body Leaving Capitol for Final Time
FNC ^ | January 02, 2007 | AP

Posted on 01/02/2007 5:41:07 AM PST by Mo1

WASHINGTON — Gerald R. Ford leaves his beloved U.S. Capitol for the last time Tuesday as the period set aside for ordinary Americans to say goodbye gives way to an elaborate invitation-only funeral at the awe-inspiring Washington National Cathedral.

As the first order of business Tuesday, Ford's remains were being removed from the Rotunda to lie in repose briefly outside the Senate before leaving the Capitol where Ford served as a congressman for 25 years. As vice president, Ford also had the constitutional title of president of the Senate.

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To: spectre

Believe me, I'm thinking it!

16 days!


1,421 posted on 01/03/2007 12:23:13 PM PST by Howlin
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To: A Citizen Reporter
Carter has that stupid s#it eating grin on his face at all times..I loathe him..grrrr.

sw

1,422 posted on 01/03/2007 12:23:37 PM PST by spectre (Spectre's wife ("One Nation, One Standard")
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To: Miss Marple

My first vote was also against Ford and for Carter. I was young, dumb(er), and believed the BS Carter was peddling. Then I started working for a living, paying taxes, and I realized that the old Democrats were replaced by America haters.


1,423 posted on 01/03/2007 12:23:41 PM PST by dashing doofus (Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber)
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To: Howlin
Take me with you!!! I want to stay at the Hilton too..wahhhh..

sw

1,424 posted on 01/03/2007 12:24:51 PM PST by spectre (Spectre's wife ("One Nation, One Standard")
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To: Miss Marple
I don't think I heard that one. Then, let me qualify. The worst eulogy ever delivered at a President's Funeral.

True, I'm grateful that he didn't completely embarass his invitation to speak, by bashing President Bush.

1,425 posted on 01/03/2007 12:25:05 PM PST by A Citizen Reporter
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To: A Citizen Reporter

Unlike at the King funeral, President Bush isn't there today. ;)


1,426 posted on 01/03/2007 12:26:26 PM PST by linda_22003
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To: Miss Marple
At least at this one he couldn't figure out a way to bash Bush!

I bet that kept him awake at night--trying to figure out a way.

He is a small man that seems to need big men to prop him up. Hence his 'best friend in history' routine.

1,427 posted on 01/03/2007 12:27:53 PM PST by arbee4bush (Our Airman Daughter KB4W--Hero, Patriot and the Love of her mom & dads life!)
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To: linda_22003
It would be something if Jimmy Carter were to understand, why he and President Ford had a good relationship. As BAD as Carter was as a president, President Ford didn't run all over the world criticizing him.

The very thing that Jimmy has done to his successors. Perhaps that was what President Ford was hoping to have happen by this gesture. I don't think that Carter is smart enough, or humble enough to understand it. Particularly as evidenced by the words he delivered.

1,428 posted on 01/03/2007 12:31:05 PM PST by A Citizen Reporter
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To: arbee4bush

Well, a weak eulogy was followed by a strong one. I think Richard Norton Smith did a terrific job.


1,429 posted on 01/03/2007 12:31:11 PM PST by linda_22003
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To: linda_22003
I saw an interesting trivia point in the Post this morning; that since the Civil War, only three Presidents have outlived their wives. I can come up with Wilson and Nixon without Googling.... now, who else?

Benjamin Harrison, I think. Caroline Harrison died just as they were moving out of the White House. He remarried and had another daughter who was four years old when he died.

1,430 posted on 01/03/2007 12:32:30 PM PST by GraceCoolidge
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To: GraceCoolidge

Thanks, but it was "since the Civil War", where someone else tripped up. The answer is Hoover.


1,431 posted on 01/03/2007 12:33:46 PM PST by linda_22003
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To: GraceCoolidge

Sorry, now I slipped up. I got my Harrisons mixed! :)


1,432 posted on 01/03/2007 12:34:40 PM PST by linda_22003
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To: A Citizen Reporter

I bet Carter is already figuring ways he can dine out on that "best friend of Jerry Ford" story for the next five years.


1,433 posted on 01/03/2007 12:35:59 PM PST by Miss Marple
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To: linda_22003

Well, Hoover also outlived his wife, I'd forgotten. Hoover lived into his 90s, I think. Benjamin Harrison served as President after the Civil War, though he was born prior to it (he served in the Civil War). So I guess it depends on how you define "since the Civil War." I think. Now I have to verify this myself....


1,434 posted on 01/03/2007 12:36:45 PM PST by GraceCoolidge
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To: linda_22003

Benjamin Harrison did outlive his wife. So I guess the error was in the wording of the question. Or you could say the three are Nixon, Hoover, and Harrison. Wilson outlived his first wife, but not his second.


1,435 posted on 01/03/2007 12:39:37 PM PST by GraceCoolidge
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To: GraceCoolidge

Given newspaper research, you're probably right - I shouldn't have thought of Wilson at all, most likely.


1,436 posted on 01/03/2007 12:42:21 PM PST by linda_22003
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To: linda_22003

The grandchildren are getting to participate now; I think that's wonderful.


1,437 posted on 01/03/2007 12:43:06 PM PST by linda_22003
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To: dashing doofus; Miss Marple
I am ashamed to say that in my ignorance and youth I voted for Carter because of the pardon, even though I thought Ford had done a good job. That is the LAST time I voted single issue,

Ditto for me. I cringe every time I think I voted for Carter. And I truly feel ashamed - still !! 30 years later.
1,438 posted on 01/03/2007 12:43:27 PM PST by baseballmom
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To: linda_22003

Reciting prayers -- including the older great-grandson and granddaughter who called him "Gramps".


1,439 posted on 01/03/2007 12:45:41 PM PST by CedarDave
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To: linda_22003
They will have a special memory, even in his passing.

This is such an eloquent service. President Ford would be proud.
1,440 posted on 01/03/2007 12:47:22 PM PST by flutters (God Bless The USA)
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