Ford disagreed with Bush on invading Iraq (Hey Woody, Who Cares?)

MSNBC ^ | 12/27/2006 | Bob Woodward/WP

[pctech]

The opps comes to mind. :-)

You're right, thanks!

[pctech]

The word opps comes to mind. :-)

You're right, thanks!

[MHT]

Ford was a walking case study that timing is everything. And what a pathetic tool to give an interview that dissed Pres. Bush to be shown after Ford's own death. I'm sure that Ford was a lovely man but he was also an inverse indicator in doing the right thing at the wrong time. Thank God for Ronald Reagan.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

I heard the recorded quote on TV and I'm not convinced that Ford was actually criticizing Bush policy. It sounded more like he was criticizing Bush's POLITICAL strategy by focusing on WMDs (as opposed to Saddam's terrible human rights abuses and support of international terrorism, although the Ford quote didn't say that explicitly).

I think that Bob Woodward took the Ford interview, twisted the context, and changed the order that things were said. Notice that he waited until Pres. Ford is dead so that he couldn't rebut or clarify. I say Bob Woodward sucks.

[dfwgator]

He was the epitome of a moderate.

And like most middle-of-the-roaders, he inevitably got run over.

[eXe]

The strangest part of this tape, is the quality of the audio. When I heard it played on Fox, it almost sounded as if it was done with a very cheap tape player or something.. almost sounded fake.

I dont know.. but this audio quality of this tape makes me suspect.. did Ford even know he was being recorded?

[dfwgator]

Ford also didn't believe the Soviets dominated Poland. That alone, shoots down any credibility he has. Ford was a good man, but he was also dead wrong frequently on matters of foreign policy.

[eXe]

"I'm not convinced that Ford was actually criticizing Bush policy. It sounded more like he was criticizing Bush's POLITICAL strategy by focusing on WMDs (as opposed to Saddam's terrible human rights abuses and support of international terrorism, although the Ford quote didn't say that explicitly). "

That is what I thought as well.. it sounds like Ford was saying that if he would have gone in to Iraq he would have used different justification for doing so.

[Lancey Howard]

"Ford disagreed with Bush on invading Iraq"

Turns out this headline is a lie:

Last Lunch with a Legend (debunking Woodwards claims)

[MHT]

Someone described Ford as the last of the establishment Republicans and Reagan as the first modern Republican. I think that's fitting. Ford was an Ivy-educated country-club moderate, who would have appeased Russia rather than face them down. He was from the House and knew how to go-along-and-get-along, especially as one in the minority for decades. He came before people understood that supply-side economics was not "voodoo" and he had voted for the same tax codes that left some people in the 78%-tax brackets in the late 70's. WIN was a stupid idea that was based on the idea that economic cycles were a result of public relations campaigns.

God bless him, but thank heaven that for the most part, the Ford generation of Republicans is past.

[BJungNan]

"Rumsfeld and Cheney and the president made a big mistake in justifying going into the war in Iraq. They put the emphasis on weapons of mass destruction," Ford said. "And now, I've never publicly said I thought they made a mistake, but I felt very strongly it was an error in how they should justify what they were going to do."

How do you read that quote. I do not read it as disagreeing with going into Iraq. Do you?