since when was the upholding of eminent domain a good thing?
1 posted on
12/27/2006 5:43:18 AM PST by
mmmRamen
To: mmmRamen
Ford's most important legacy: Stevens, Government TheftPlease don't alter headlines.
To: mmmRamen
No one said it was a good thing. In fact, even Stevens himself is quoted as saying he wished he could have voted the other way. Of course, that was pretty self-serving given that he could have, and did not, and only made the statement after he was pilloried by both the left and the right. It is his legacy though.
3 posted on
12/27/2006 5:49:22 AM PST by
Brilliant
To: mmmRamen
He sacrificed his own ambitions to do the right thing for the country. By pardoning Nixon he KO'd his own chances of reelection. But it was the right thing to do and it royally annoyed the Nixon-haters.
4 posted on
12/27/2006 5:50:32 AM PST by
veronica
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To: mmmRamen
She was the woman who fired a shot from her .38-caliber revolver I thought it was a 45 ACP in which she failed to chamber a round.
6 posted on
12/27/2006 6:08:57 AM PST by
LouAvul
To: mmmRamen
Ford was a good man who tried his best even though he was much better suited to be a Congressman than President. He never would have been President if it were not for the resignations of both Agnew and Nixon.
Unfortunately, mistakes linger well beyond one's presidency and Stevens was a HUGE mistake, one I am not sure he ever realized the impact of.
While Eisenhower readily admitted that Warren and Brennan were his two biggest mistakes, Ford continued to praise Stevens.
10 posted on
12/27/2006 6:59:16 AM PST by
BW2221
To: mmmRamen
They didn't mention Squeaky Fromme's attempt to kill him here in Sacramento. A friend of mine eventually ended up living in the house she was living in at the time.
Funny how they don't mention how one of Manson's minions tried to kill President Ford. I think the only reason she failed was because she stuck the pistol in his chest and compressed the slide back so it wouldn't fire. Anyone else remember that?
11 posted on
12/27/2006 7:16:40 AM PST by
Lx
(Do you like it, do you like it. Scott? I call it Mr. and Mrs. Tennerman chili.)
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