Our Long National Former Presidency Is Over
December 27, 2006 at 9:43 am
Remembering Gerald Ford:
And from the Washington Post’s obituary:
In 1980 he campaigned hard for his old foe, Reagan, who decisively defeated Carter. “I’m a political realist,” Ford told The Post in 2004 in looking back on that election. “You win some and you lose some, and you have to accept the responsibility to do what you think in the bigger perspective. I sure didn’t want Jimmy Carter to be president again in 1980 because I was very sour on his performance as president.”
Walter Cronkite said,
December 27, 2006 @ 10:51 am
First James, now Jerry: I’m next in the trifecta!
http://agelessmarketing.typepad.com/ageless_marketing/images/walter_cronkite_1.jpg
richarda said,
December 27, 2006 @ 11:15 am
A modest man, with a lot to be modest about; now, already forgotten.
And to think, while I toiled in the ‘76 Reagan campaign against Ford, the media extolled the likes of Cheney and Rumsfeld as “moderates”.
Walter Cronkite said,
December 27, 2006 @ 12:35 pm
Ever see Ford flying a fighter jet while in the Navy?
http://www.vidmax.com/index.php/videos/view/77
richarda said,
December 27, 2006 @ 2:52 pm
Ah, Walter, wrong as always. Rumsfeld flew Navy jets in the ’50s. Jerry served in WWII, before U. S. jets were operational.