Talk-show host Michael Reagan went so far as to compare Gerald Ford to Saddam Hussein today:

“Saddam Hussein is a lucky man — in no time at all he can expect to have his reputation vastly improved … If you doubt that scenario, consider what we are now witnessing with the death of former President Gerald R. Ford.”

Wow.

PS: I liked Ford before Ford was cool to like.

Saddam is Dead
Posted on Fri Dec 29, 2006 at 010:09:47 PM EST

Arab TV:
Saddam Hussein was executed ten minutes ago.

U.S. military deaths in Iraq hit 2,933 today.

Saddam's death won't bring one of them back.

Michael Reagan actually said that? What a jerk.

As far as I'm concerned, Gerald Ford was one of our better presidents. Considering that he never ran for the office prior to 1976, that initially he didn't even want to be president, and that he took office in the midst of an absolutely nightmarish political mess, I'd say he fared pretty well. Any president who isn't afraid to use that veto stamp deserves some credit in my book. He actually cared about the welfare of the country. That is what set him apart from the rest.

True, when he pardoned Nixon it cost him the election, at least in large part. But I think that on some level he knew that would happen. And yet he did it anyway. He did what he thought was best for America, and politics be damned. For that, he deserves undying respect. He sacrificed himself for the good of the nation. How can anyone not honor that?

Rest in peace, Mr. President. I, for one, will miss you.

DanS - I always liked Ford. I even got my girlfriend at the time, a liberal Dimocrat Kennedy worshipper, to vote for him in 1976. Alas, we broke up before the 1980 election and she voted for Jimmah Carter.

DanS: You're right. It won't bring them back. But not executing him wouldn't have brought them back either.

We may have been the ones to capture Saddam, but his execution really had nothing to do with the war. He brought it on himself.

This is off-topic. Sorry, Denny. You might need to do a post on Saddam's execution, because I imagine you'll be getting a lot of this.

DanS.-
If you come across a video of the hanging, please be so kind as to send it to me. The fireworks in my gunsafe might be going bad, and I would love a reason to fire them off!

"He sacrificed himself for the good of the nation. How can anyone not honor that?"

Precisely.

Remember that good & proud action. It falls on the PRO-active side of the ledger.

DanS - And Hitler's death did not bring any of the dead back. Eichmann's death didn't bring any of the 6 million Jews back.

"And Hitler's death did not bring any of the dead back. Eichmann's death ...*

Absolutely Correct.

I don't recall any of those victims declaring pre-emptive war. I'm staying with President Ford doing something PRO-active for the good of his Nation at great personal cost to himself.

Hitler, et al keep forgetting that aspect of things; Correct me if I'm wrong, but they were ego-driven for self rather than the good of the nation.

Ford exemplified the opposite.

Disgust.

Nothing less.

I am disgusted that this judicial assassination was carried out in the name of America. In my name. I had asked for solitary-confinement with the best-possible life-prolonging measures.

This is an eye for an eye that promises only more blind patriotic vengeance for years to come. Follow it through, and we will ALL end up blind.

Blind patriots are the largest group of disabled veterans in America. Ably represented by George W. Bush.

Don't DARE compare what a clear-eyed Gerald Ford sacrificed with what blind-BOZO-Bush espouses for us!

"BDS"? Perhaps .... -but it's not me who is deranged.

Dan,
I seriously doubt you would understand this, but who so ever shedeth mans blood, by MAN shall his blood be shed. It is right and just that the sadamizer was strung up for all that he did.
Oh, and sorry to tell you, but it is indeed you who is deranged. Seek help immediately, start with a case of Bud, than a bottle of Jack Daniels. Continue on with what ever suits your fancy, but do it immediately, as within the hour, start to finish.
Then cry in it.
Over on the left are numerous links to blogs. Fifth down, in the bunch titled the rest, is disgruntledtruckdriver. go there and scroll down to Reality Pt 3 and read it. after you are done, reread it and DIGEST IT. Saddam had WMD Saddam was out to attack the USA. Saddam was in part the reason for 9-11 in that we were in Saudi Arabia because of that SOB and our presence in SA was OBL's reason for attacking us, or so he claimed.
Nuff said.
P.S. Dan, GYHOYA as the Army lingo goes.

Jeremy, you are correct: 'Nuff said.

DanS,
Every time I begin to think you get it, you show your ignorance and/or stupidity.

Saddam's trial had nothing to do with us- No American ever set foot in the courtroom. The judges were picked by the Iraqi government, not us.

He killed at least 350,000 Iraqis, not to mention hundreds of thousands of Kuwaitis and Iranians. He was convicted by Iraqis, after a trial that was much fairer than any of his victims ever got, for crimes against Iraqis, and NOT in our (America's) name, you stupid douchebag.

(sigh)

Rob, I am not defending a damn thing Saddam or anyone else did or does.

You appear to have a problem with reading & comprehension. Further, you appear to have a REAL problem with what 'PRO-Active' entails.

Denny,

The one bad thing about Ford was his continuation of Nixon's detente policy with the USSR.

Detente was tried and did nothing to slow down Soviet goals of expansion, which was the USSR's goal, with proof being the Afghanistan war 27 years ago.

If Ford had been elected in '76, odds are he would have been re-elected in '80 unless he really fucked up.

That would have meant Reagan most likely would not have been elected President, since in '84 he would have been 73 yrs old, and with Ford continuing Nixon and Kissinger's detente policy with the USSR, the USSR might very well still exist today.

Rob & Jeremy:

Now you will reap the wind of the policy you have chosen.

And there won't be a damn thing you can do about it except attend funerals.

Thanks a lot for all of your well-reasoned hatred. It will go far in teaching those of a lesser-view than your own the wisdom of your insight.

This thread started with President Gerald Ford, who sacrificed for the better-good of his Country at great expense to himself.

Let this horrible week end with reminding ourselves of that.

BWAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

DanS.-
Since when do you care what thread was started?

That was fuckin' funny!

CD:

Since you got here! :)))

I really do have to go to bed as I really do have to attend a funeral-memorial at 11 Saturday morning. It's 65 miles each way from here.

It's not so much what I say here as what I read here that causes me to post as I do.

I'll get that hanging-footage to you as soon as I can.

DanS,

Yeah, it was started by Denny about Pres. Ford, then YOU took it in another direction (as usual)- by bringing up Saddam's well deserved execution. I swear you're delusional...

Rob:

I merely reported what you did not already know.

I started on topic & I ended on topic.

I call that Mission Accomplished.

One last thought, Rob:

Read Comment #1 before you accuse me.

Better yet, read the original post.

When I read the news that President Ford had died, my first thought was: They got the wrong guy, Gerry Ford was a harmless old man - it shoulda been Jimmah!
RIP Mr. President, my flag flies at half-mast in you HONOR, sir.

Ouch, my head hurts after reading this post due to the back and forth again nature of Ford-Sodamn-Bush discussion being all over the place. Let me put this in perspective for DanS the BDS afflicted individual contributing to this thread.

Ford- "sacrificed for the good of the nation". No one can argue that.
Bush- also has sacrificed for the good of the nation. He has put up with more bullshit than any president securing our national security should have to. He has been brandished more names, been talked down to by the Ex-leader of the corrupt joke of the United Nations and has had to defend his defense of our country not only to foreigners (who cares what they think?!Not I) but to the very moonbats that live somewhere that they can criticize him without being shot for it. I would say that's a lot of sacrifice. And I would thank and applaud the man and his administration for doing it. I sleep better at night knowing Bush, like Ford, has made personal sacrifices for the good of my nation.

The first worst president in our nation's history is Jimmy "the nut case" Carter. The second worst president was Gerald Ford.

He was another political hack who undermined this country. Just the fact that the MSM loves him and is carrying on with this 6 days of bullshit will show you what he was.

Truth is: Gerald Ford gave us FISA. The largest undemining of domestic surveillance
ever to cripple this nation's police forces. The FBI is still hog-tied because of this bullshit law.

It also created the first step towards 9/11.

He also can be acredited as the father of globalization (later picked up by daddy bush). So, he followed Nixon and helped China to become the biggest threat to our survival (at our expense)next to pisslam.

Gerald Ford: R.I.P. (and good riddance)

President Gerald Ford....

He reached a pinnacle of success in politics that only a few have reached.... The presidency of the United States. For that accomplishment alone we must reflect upon his passing & honor his memory.

As to his worth or merit as a president , history will be the final judge, I suspect he will be regarded as a minor president , one that will be a footnote in history, one who ascended to office in the cloud of disgrace from his predecessor Richard Nixon. Ford did the right thing with Nixon`s pardon ..... It did cause his defeat & the election of Carter.

As to my opinion , Ford was a decent man , one who never got a chance to establish what he could have been. He will be judged for what he actually accomplished & that was in reality very little. More is the pity , he could have been much more, for sure Carter would never have been president if Ford had been more decisive but that is monday morning quarterbacking.....Rest in peace Mr President, you deserve that honor as in your brief Presidency you accomplished far more than the peanut farmer could ever have even dreamed.

Actually DanS, you hijacked the thread with comment #1 and turned into Saddam and BDS. I give you a lot of latitude when you stray off topic because I like you. Please don't contnue to abuse that.

Rob - Nixon resigned on August 9, 1974. That means that Ford served more than two years of Nixon's final term. As such, he would not have been eligible for another term. Reagan would have probably got the nomination in 1980. With a still bad economy could he have won? Would Ford have botched the Iranian hostage crisis as badly as Jimmah? We'll never know.

Ford was one of the best ex-presidents we've ever had. Carter is hands down the worst ex-president along with being the worst president.

Willie: Exactly which provisions of FISA are you basing that on?

Also, I wouldn't mind some particulars on that vague globalization thing you threw out there, as well.

If you want to dump 9/11 in Gerald Ford's lap, you're going to have to be a little more specific.

Maintaining topic commentary.....

With regard to staying on topic DanS remind`s me of an old Dion tune "TheWanderer" but as Denny likes him & because he draws response, thats the way it is going to be.

I wonder if Prosper & the French Muslims are finished yet with their prayers to Allah for the soul of Saddam. Sheesh! I wander almost as much as DanS.

FJ,

Congressman Ford was a member of the House for 24 years, meaning he ran for office a dozen times.

Just what did you mean in your first post on this thread?