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President Gerald Ford is dead
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| 12/26/06
Posted on 12/26/2006 8:49:25 PM PST by Borges
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: brotherford; ford; geraldford; masons; presidentford; rip
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To: chesty_puller
Were you one of the Marine honor guards?
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posted on
12/26/2006 8:58:57 PM PST
by
Pyro7480
("Give me an army saying the Rosary and I will conquer the world." - Pope Blessed Pius IX)
To: chesty_puller
I met him in Athens and had a 15 minute one on one conversation with him while he was waiting to go on a cruise ship in the 90s. I have a picture inscribed with a personal greeting to remember the event. Very down to earth, pleasant person. Served this country well in a critical period. He did the right thing in pardoning Nixon.
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posted on
12/26/2006 8:59:11 PM PST
by
kabar
To: Borges
May he rest in peace, and prayers for his family.
He is the first president I really remember :)
I think he died in the hospital he was not swimming he was sick
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posted on
12/26/2006 8:59:31 PM PST
by
al baby
(Hi mom)
To: Borges
RIP President Ford - he was a good man in a tough spot.
Gerald R. Ford, Jr. on the field of Michigan Stadium at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. 1933.
Gerry's gone up to join Schembechler and Yost at the Big House in the sky....
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posted on
12/26/2006 8:59:32 PM PST
by
Yossarian
(Everyday, somewhere on the globe, somebody is pushing the frontier of stupidity.)
To: Borges
Prayers for President Ford and his family.
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posted on
12/26/2006 8:59:34 PM PST
by
mysterio
To: Borges
RIP and thanks to President Gerald Ford.
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posted on
12/26/2006 8:59:35 PM PST
by
NewLand
(Always Remember September 11, 2001)
To: Borges
The first KING to be president.
He was born Lesley King and had his name changed when he was adopted.
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posted on
12/26/2006 8:59:41 PM PST
by
irishtenor
(Save the whales. Collect the whole set.)
To: Borges
93 years, a good long run. May he rest in peace. Prayers to Mrs. Ford and the family.
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posted on
12/26/2006 8:59:51 PM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(Cheney X -- Destroying the Liberal Democrat Traitors By Any Means Necessary -- Ya Dig ? Sho 'Nuff.)
To: PhilDragoo
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posted on
12/26/2006 8:59:56 PM PST
by
tina07
(In Memory of my Father - WWII Army Air Force Veteran)
To: LisaMalia
FYI.. In my stocking this weekend, I got a book, "Halsey's Typhoon"..about the storm that struck the Pacific Fleet off Okinawa in WW II. Among the pics is one of Lt Gerald Ford playing basketball aboard one of the carriers just before the storm hit.
Ford's legacy is still debatable, IMHO, and not because he didn't know that Poland wasn't then a free country, but rather because his pardon of Nixon gave us four years of Carter...
I do hope that the Ford family has a modest burial, lest comparisons with Reagan's funeral be made.
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posted on
12/26/2006 9:00:19 PM PST
by
ken5050
To: TomGuy
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posted on
12/26/2006 9:00:32 PM PST
by
Kirkwood
To: Pyro7480
Were you one of the Marine honor guards? Army
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posted on
12/26/2006 9:00:41 PM PST
by
chesty_puller
(USMC 70-73 3MAF VN 70-71 US Army 75-79 3d Inf Old Guard)
Thank you for you service to our nation President Ford. Rest with God now.
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posted on
12/26/2006 9:00:45 PM PST
by
backtothestreets
(Invite Jesus to pray with you.)
To: Borges
My favorite Gerald Ford quote was "A government big enough to give you everything you want is also a government big enough to take from you everything you have."
Well, he did have a very long life.
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posted on
12/26/2006 9:00:47 PM PST
by
SamAdams76
(I'm 84 days from outliving Steve Irwin)
To: ken5050
but rather because his pardon of Nixon gave us four years of Carter...Which then gave us eight years of Reagan.
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posted on
12/26/2006 9:00:55 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: chesty_puller
He was a very fine man.Yes he was. I share his hometown and alma mater so I do have a bias though. Still, I remember when he spoke to a small political science class while I was at Michigan and explained the Nixon pardon. I have never forgotten his genuine goodness and love of country.
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posted on
12/26/2006 9:00:55 PM PST
by
Dolphy
To: Borges
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posted on
12/26/2006 9:00:57 PM PST
by
RushCrush
(Reverence: the spiritual attitude of a man to a god and a dog to a man)
To: ken5050
Glad he had a long and rich life. RIP.
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posted on
12/26/2006 9:00:58 PM PST
by
umgud
(I love NASCAR as much as the Democrats hate Bush)
To: Borges
President Jerry Ford worked with Peter Paul in support of his efforts to make California the leading state in the three year Bicentennial of the US Constitution and Bill of Rights.
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posted on
12/26/2006 9:01:02 PM PST
by
doug from upland
(Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
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