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Former first lady Betty Ford dies at 93
AP ^ | Jul 8, 2011 9:53 PM (ET) | CONNIE CASS and LINDA DEUTSCH

Posted on 07/08/2011 8:03:15 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW

Betty Ford said things that first ladies just don't say, even today. And 1970s America loved her for it.

According to Mrs. Ford, her young adult children probably had smoked marijuana - and if she were their age, she'd try it, too. She told "60 Minutes" she wouldn't be surprised to learn that her youngest, 18-year-old Susan, was in a sexual relationship (an embarrassed Susan issued a denial).

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bettyford; moralabsolutes; moralhypocrites; naral; obit; obituary; prolife; rip
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To: STARWISE

I agree with you...disgusting comments posted.

What is freeper coming to?
Those comments are the ones you might see on the DailyKos or Moveon.

Betty Ford came out in public about her problems at a time when no one else was and probably helped a lot of people.


21 posted on 07/08/2011 8:38:47 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (where is the Great Santini when we need him??)
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To: DJ MacWoW
Prayers up for Betty, Gerald, and family.

Notre père, qui êtes aux cieux!
Que votre nom soit sanctificié. Que votre règne vienne.
Que votre volonté soit faite, sur la terre comme au ciel.
Donnez-nous aujourd'hui notre poindre ce jour.
Pardonnez-nous nos offenses, comme nous pardonnons aussi a ceux, qui nous ont offensés,
et ne nous soumetez pas à la tentation, mais délivrez-nous du mal.
Car c'est à toi qu'appartiènne, le régne, la puissance et la gloire, pour les siècles des siècles.
Amen.

Je vous salue, Marie, pleine de grâces,
le Seigneur est avec vous, vous êtes bénie entre toutes les femmes,
et Jésus le fruit de vos entrailles est béni.
Sainte Marie, Mère de Dieu, priez pour nous pauvres pécheurs,
maintenant, et à l'heure de notre mort. Ainsi-soit-il.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

22 posted on 07/08/2011 8:40:41 PM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: 1rudeboy
Who amounted to more than you.

Really? What did she get elected to?

23 posted on 07/08/2011 8:40:49 PM PDT by Last Dakotan
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To: american_ranger

Reagan was famous for preaching adherence to the “11th commandment,” namely: “Thou shalt not speak ill of thy fellow Republicans.”


24 posted on 07/08/2011 8:41:33 PM PDT by sleddogs
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To: Last Dakotan
Really? What did she get elected to?

So the only way someone can amount to anything is if they get elected to office?

(Looking around) This IS Free Republic, right?

25 posted on 07/08/2011 8:43:03 PM PDT by Darkwolf377 (``Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it``-Pope John Paul II)
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To: Revolting cat!

When we try.


26 posted on 07/08/2011 8:45:30 PM PDT by Winstons Julia (when liberals rant, it's called free speech; when conservatives vent, it's called hate speech.)
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To: Darkwolf377

I was just thinking the same thing. That comment sure was odd.


27 posted on 07/08/2011 8:46:08 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: DJ MacWoW

Gerald Ford stepped up to hold down the fort for the Republic when the GOP was at a low ebb. He told us he was a Ford, not a Lincoln.

His wife, God rest her soul, attempted to make some amends for her weakness.

I cannot claim any greater favor before my God.


28 posted on 07/08/2011 8:47:30 PM PDT by One Name
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To: american_ranger

You seem to be more familiar with drunkeness than class!


29 posted on 07/08/2011 8:48:32 PM PDT by lonestar (It takes a village of idiots to elect a village idiot.)
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To: Darkwolf377; Last Dakotan

Can you believe it, of all things? A Betty Ford obituary thread bringing-out the FR geniuses?


30 posted on 07/08/2011 8:50:09 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy; Darkwolf377; Last Dakotan; TheOldLady

And what if this thread pops up in a search and one of her grandchildren or great-grandchildren reads it? It won’t reflect well on FReepers.


31 posted on 07/08/2011 8:55:28 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are at your door! How will you answer the knock?)
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To: DJ MacWoW

Well, you had the troll, that was expected. But someone defending the troll? Holy Cow.


32 posted on 07/08/2011 8:58:25 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: DJ MacWoW
And what if this thread pops up in a search and one of her grandchildren or great-grandchildren reads it?

They're safely over at DU.

33 posted on 07/08/2011 9:00:18 PM PDT by Last Dakotan
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To: american_ranger

If you mean she wasn’t a snob or world elitist who was able to care for her fellow man, you are correct.

We shopped at the same supermarket and she didn’t mind saying hello to her fellow shoppers and didn’t attempt to use her status to gain privilege.

I wish all the First Ladies shared her attributes.


34 posted on 07/08/2011 9:04:14 PM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: american_ranger

That is one of the nastiest comments I have ever heard. She did more to help alcoholics than anyone since Bill Wilson. Shame on you.


35 posted on 07/08/2011 9:05:59 PM PDT by Hildy (Hollywood liberals once embraced Communism "because they hadn't invented Pilates yet"- David Mamet)
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To: Last Dakotan
So now you are prescient to channel the grandkids. Well done. What medication do you take?
36 posted on 07/08/2011 9:06:25 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy
But someone defending the troll? Holy Cow.

Yup. Holy cow!

37 posted on 07/08/2011 9:06:52 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are at your door! How will you answer the knock?)
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To: 1rudeboy
What medication do you take?

RINO-away in pill form. Its like garlic to vampires.

38 posted on 07/08/2011 9:10:06 PM PDT by Last Dakotan
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To: TheOldLady; DJ MacWoW
Yeesh ... I merely objected to the notion expressed by the writer that 1970s America loved her for saying:

her young adult children probably had smoked marijuana - and if she were their age, she'd try it, too

she wouldn't be surprised to learn that her youngest, 18-year-old Susan, was in a sexual relationship

living together before marriage might be wise

spoke up unapologetically for abortion rights

So if I object to the notion that saying these things made her beloved, that makes me a hater?

If in 40 years some leftist writer says 2010 Americans loved BHO because he "gave" healthcare to Americans, will you object? I certainly hope so.

39 posted on 07/08/2011 9:10:14 PM PDT by jtal (Runnin' a World in Need with White Folks' Greed - since 1492)
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To: Admin Moderator

Time to close this thread.


40 posted on 07/08/2011 9:10:32 PM PDT by lightman (Adjutorium nostrum (+) in nomine Domini)
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