Don’t put too much thought into that guy’s comments. Ford only died less than a year ago. There are people out there that are trying to rewrite history at the first chance without Ford getting a chance to respond to and/or correct them.
Bob Woodward did this same sort of thing a day or two after Ford died, said “well, he opposed the war in Iraq... neener neener GOP!”
Safire thinks Rahm Emanual will be Hillary’s VP choice because they are both such hawks.