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Live Thread: Funeral of President Gerald Ford (Arrival at the Capitol)
www.freerepublic.com | December 30, 2006

Posted on 12/30/2006 2:14:10 PM PST by Howlin

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


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: capitol; ford; funeral
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To: mariabush

True, too...


461 posted on 12/30/2006 4:42:48 PM PST by Arizona Carolyn
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To: Txsleuth

I'm not sure just how you get part of that elite guard, the sailor from our area is only 19 (!) - it seems he especially applied for that position...will have to look up the article again in our newspaper.


462 posted on 12/30/2006 4:42:51 PM PST by gab1279
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To: Arizona Carolyn

Every time they show Betty's face, my heart breaks.

It is nice to see Cheney standing next to her, now.


463 posted on 12/30/2006 4:44:02 PM PST by La Enchiladita (People get ready . . .)
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To: gab1279

Wasn't he also at the Reagan funeral??

He looks so familiar..


464 posted on 12/30/2006 4:44:15 PM PST by Txsleuth (Bolton/Cheney (that would be Lynne) 08)
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To: onyx

I'm so impressed with this evening ceremony. Has there been
another Presidential funeral in our lifetime at night? I know there have been viewings, but I don't recall an evening funeral.


465 posted on 12/30/2006 4:44:19 PM PST by STARWISE (They (Rats) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
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To: gab1279

You apply and then have to be chosen....a lot of requirements have to be met...


466 posted on 12/30/2006 4:44:20 PM PST by mystery-ak (My Son, My Soldier, My Hero........God Speed Jonathan......)
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To: La Enchiladita

what a strong woman..


467 posted on 12/30/2006 4:44:49 PM PST by GeorgiaDawg32 (I'm a Patriot Guard Rider..www.patriotguard.org for info..)
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To: La Enchiladita


Ditto -- my very same thought.


468 posted on 12/30/2006 4:45:00 PM PST by onyx (Phillip Rivers, LT and the San Diego Chargers! WOO-HOO!)
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To: Arizona Carolyn

Guess not. I heard that the Bush's were not going to cut their vacation short, and that the President was going to use the time to work on his speech for the service on Tuesday.


469 posted on 12/30/2006 4:45:17 PM PST by Coldwater Creek (The TERRORIST are the ones who won the midterm elections!)
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To: mariabush

Don't humor the disruptor please.


470 posted on 12/30/2006 4:45:22 PM PST by La Enchiladita (People get ready . . .)
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To: STARWISE


Not that I recall. Most are in the daytime. I much prefer the night.


471 posted on 12/30/2006 4:46:00 PM PST by onyx (Phillip Rivers, LT and the San Diego Chargers! WOO-HOO!)
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To: La Enchiladita

In this case Cheney is the right person in the right place. I really love that man... and my heart breaks for Betty, to reach this age and live so many years with the same man is something few will ever understand.


472 posted on 12/30/2006 4:46:04 PM PST by Arizona Carolyn
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To: Miss Marple; advance_copy

Me, too! Carter doesn't hold a candle to other Presidents of our lifetime .. he's a downright divisive, anti-American hick.


473 posted on 12/30/2006 4:46:13 PM PST by STARWISE (They (Rats) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
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To: STARWISE

For some reason I remember one of Eisenhower's processions taking place in the evening.


474 posted on 12/30/2006 4:46:22 PM PST by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: mariabush

Don't really understand your question re a military funeral...but the dress uniform or class A's is usually used.


475 posted on 12/30/2006 4:46:41 PM PST by mystery-ak (My Son, My Soldier, My Hero........God Speed Jonathan......)
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To: advance_copy

That prove lots of me to Jimmy Carter what SOB he is bitter old mannnn back in 1981

Come think of it I be bitter old person if I got my a*** kick by Warner Bros actor


476 posted on 12/30/2006 4:46:51 PM PST by SevenofNine ("Step aside Jefe"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
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To: Inspectorette

I was really depressed when Ford lost to Carter. That was one of the easiest choices for me to make, unlike a couple of other elections. That was one election where in hindsight the electorate did not elect the best man. I suspect there is wide agreement on that now, an agreement that crosses party lines and ideology. Ford may not have been one of the more articulate presidents, but he was one of the most "centered" and sane, and honest. I salute him. May he rest in peace.


477 posted on 12/30/2006 4:47:01 PM PST by Torie
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To: Mo1

What a lovely rendition of "God Bless America"....

making me weep..


478 posted on 12/30/2006 4:47:03 PM PST by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: gab1279

Okay..if he is only 19...he wouldn't have been at the Reagan funeral.

All of them represent our country so well...nothing makes me more proud than our military.

(not counting my family)


479 posted on 12/30/2006 4:47:10 PM PST by Txsleuth (Bolton/Cheney (that would be Lynne) 08)
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To: La Enchiladita

Hildy got a timeout.


480 posted on 12/30/2006 4:47:14 PM PST by COEXERJ145 (Bush Derangement Syndrome Has Reached Pandemic Levels on Free Republic.)
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