Photo memories of Gerald Ford (vanity)

Yahoo! News Photos ^ | 12/27/06 | staff

[redstates4ever]

"Portrait of Gerald R. Ford, named Leslie Lynch King, Jr. until 1916, around ten months old." "A photo provided by the Gerald R. Ford Library shows Gerald Ford a student in elementary school in 1923." "A photo provided by the Gerald R. Ford Library shows Gerald Ford in 1936 as a ranger at Yellowstone National Park." "A photo provided by the Gerald R. Ford Library shows Navigation Officer Gerald Ford using a sextant aboard the USS Monterey in 1944." "A photo provided by the Gerald R. Ford Library shows Gerald Ford as a naval officer in 1945." "Former US President Gerald Ford and Betty Ford sit in the backseat of a car following their marriage in Grand Rapids, Michigan in October 1948." "Rep. Gerald Ford, R-Mich., is shown in an August 1964 file photo as he served as a member of the Warren Commission investigating the assassination of President John F. Kennedy." "President Gerald R .Ford often sits with his dog Liberty, a golden retriever, in the Oval Office." "President Ford skiing at Vail, CO. December 1974." "Former U.S. President Gerald R. Ford talks with his Chief of Staff Donald Rumsfeld (L) and Rumsfeld's assistant Richard Cheney (R) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington in this April 28, 1975 file photo." "President Ford plays golf during a working vacation on Mackinac Island in Michigan July 13, 1975." "Former President Gerald R. Ford and Betty Ford acknowledge applause after they both received the Congressional Medal of Honor during a ceremony in the rotunda of the Capitol in Washington in this October 27, 1999 file photo."

[PGalt]

Great pictures. Thanks for posting. Condolences to Betty Ford and the rest of President Ford's family and friends.

[Long Island Pete]

God bless the Ford family in their time of need.

[alisasny]

A very long life lived well and honorable.

God Speed President Ford.

[Kimmers]

Prayers for his family......his presidency helped heal this country and the party.... thank you President Ford

[1rudeboy]

Anyone have any good photos of Ford as a football player at Michigan?

[pepsi_junkie]

It's interesting to see that President Ford was a park ranger, naval officer during the war, skier, golfer, and of course was a nationally known college football star. Clearly a man with extraordinary physical and athletic skills and yet the left lampooned him as a stumbling, bumbling fool.

The left always demonizes republican presidents as either (a) stupid (b) evil or (c) evil and stupid. With Ford, they couldnt make evil stick, so they went with stupid. But he wasnt inarticulate, so they decided to portray him as so clumsy and unaware that he was barely able to walk. A goofball who cared only about football and would knock everything around him down as he plowed through a room. Even the kid movie "Gus" about a field goal kicking mule took such unwarranted shots at him. He deserved better.

President Ford will have as his legacy that he replaced Richard Nixon and began a healing process in the wake of Watergate and Vietnam, a process which was completed by Ronald Reagan. For that, he deserves our respect and gratitude.

[rabidralph]

Maybe the caption for the last photos should read Medal of Freedom instead of Medal of Honor, bestowed by Congress.

[Ladysmith]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1758813/posts?page=85#85

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[redstates4ever]

[Ladysmith]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1758832/posts?page=14#14

[The Mayor]

Bump!

[sine_nomine]

That says a lot about the Left. That approach has taken over ever since it worked to get Nixon out of office (not that I liked him).

Ford earned a Yale law degree, but Yale barely admitted it during the Ford years. That alone is quite an accomplishment for a man serving as a full-time coach.

The Left should have loved Ford for abandoning Viet Nam, although credit goes to all of Congress at the time. But the Left is never grateful for having its agenda carried out.

Ford was great for the economy and really knew the budget.

[meg88]

President Ford playing in the Cotton Bowl.

[meg88]

check that. it was the east-west Shrine Bowl in Pasadena I think!

[DocRock]

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[meg88]

[defconw]

As they say "Thanks for the memories".

[meg88]

What an amazing life he lived!