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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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.
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)
Really? What did she get elected to?
Reagan was famous for preaching adherence to the “11th commandment,” namely: “Thou shalt not speak ill of thy fellow Republicans.”
So the only way someone can amount to anything is if they get elected to office?
(Looking around) This IS Free Republic, right?
When we try.
I was just thinking the same thing. That comment sure was odd.
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.
You seem to be more familiar with drunkeness than class!
Can you believe it, of all things? A Betty Ford obituary thread bringing-out the FR geniuses?
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.
Well, you had the troll, that was expected. But someone defending the troll? Holy Cow.
They're safely over at DU.
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.
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.
Yup. Holy cow!
RINO-away in pill form. Its like garlic to vampires.
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.
Time to close this thread.
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