Live Thread: Funeral of President Gerald Ford (Arrival at the Capitol)

www.freerepublic.com | December 30, 2006

[Howlin]

The President's plane is arriving at Andrews Air Force Base at this moment.

[Mo1]

Caller on c-span asking why the funeral hearse didn't have a license plate

C-span hung up on him

[La Enchiladita]

Thank you. Both sons of Nebraska, I might add: Cheney born in Lincoln, Ford in Omaha.

[Howlin]

Caller on CSPAN saying that Ford is the "last" Masonic president.

[OldFriend]

We are far more patriotic, far more informed about the consequences of demanding perfection than the so called expert pundits with personal agendas.

[Bahbah]

Good. Pelosi works behind the scenes alot, I think, but she'll have to surface now and then and she always makes an ass of herself. Must be on the job for those moments. :P

[Txsleuth]

Howlin...I have heard several lib TV types say those exact words about Cheney and Rummy.

They have been saying that one of Pres. Ford's worst legacies was having Cheney and Rummy around..and now Pres. Bush has brought them back...

[Howlin]

I am very pleased about those lines.

And I think I have lost my mind: ALL the callers on CSPAN are being nice.

[OldFriend]

I have been saying for weeks that there is no difference between the demands of our so called right wing and the demands of the leftists.

They both remind me of the Taliban.

[Howlin]

And many of the current newsboys and girls aren't old enough to know what we know.

Remember during Katrina? They were totally clueless -- unworldly is the way I thought of it.

It's years and years of not have required U.S. History and no science classes!

[Txsleuth]

I don't know anyone that has put it out yet.

I would imagine that C-span will have it on their site soon, though.

[NormsRevenge]

the gent that fainted.. served 36 years in the House

Former Michigan Rep. William Broomfield is wheeled out of the Capitol, Saturday, Dec.. 30, 2006, during the funeral service for former President Gerald R. Ford. The Rotunda ceremony was interrupted when Broomfield, 84, a former Michigan congressman who served with Ford in Congress, collapsed. He was laid out on the floor of the Rotunda, and attended to by Sen. Bill Frist, a physician, before being taken out on a wheelchair. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)

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Former Rep. William Broomfield, 84, shown file photo date unknown, collapsed during President Gerald R. Ford's Capitol funeral ceremony Saturday, Dec. 30, 2006. The Michigan Republican, who served in the House from 1957 to 1993, part of the time with Ford, was laid out on the floor of the Rotunda and Sen. Bill Frist, a physician, went to his aid. He later was taken out in a wheelchair. (AP Photo)

[OldFriend]

President Ford served the country one last time by passing before the demonrats were sworn into office next week.

I don't think I could have watched this ceremony if the dems were the speakers.

[Howlin]

Well, I disagree with that.

[Howlin]

Bump to that!

[pinz-n-needlez]

Yes, indeed.

Remember his snarling, smarmy presence on the Whitewater committee, too.

He knows where some explosive skeletons are buried. Bet he gets a huge retainer!

[NormsRevenge]

With the Capitol in the background, American flags fly at half-staff at the foot of the Washington Monument in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 30, 2006 as the nation's capital honored former President Gerald R. Ford.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

[OldFriend]

This morning I hear Larry King on a radio interview.

He is praising Ford and talking about how he brought strong people into his administration like Rumsfeld and Cheney.

I heard him say that I really really did!

[Alkhin]

Ok thanks - I just loved what Hastert and Cheney said!

[pinz-n-needlez]

Try knitting... gives your hands something to do, and the concentration keeps your mind off the craving, too.

We can knit and FReep!

[OldFriend]

Perhaps C SPIN got complaints because I heard some vicious callers earlier in the ceremonies.