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« on: November 18, 2004, 04:36:16 PM »

 He is 91 and he did not go the library opening. Whats up?
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« Reply #1 on: November 18, 2004, 04:47:32 PM »

Yes, most people tend to die. Smiley
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« Reply #2 on: November 18, 2004, 06:11:29 PM »

Damn you Philip, you stole my joke!
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« Reply #3 on: November 18, 2004, 06:11:59 PM »


Past performance is no indicator of future trends.
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« Reply #4 on: November 18, 2004, 07:01:50 PM »


Past performance is no indicator of future trends.

Correct; I am not going to die.
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« Reply #5 on: November 18, 2004, 07:02:26 PM »


True, seeing as you are already dead.
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« Reply #6 on: November 18, 2004, 07:04:14 PM »

He is 91 and he did not go the library opening. Whats up?

Give Ford a break.  He is 91 years old.  I'm probably not going to be out and about at 91 years old either.
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« Reply #7 on: November 18, 2004, 07:16:47 PM »

I hope he doesn't die he was a good president from the Great state of Michigan.  I think the only president from Michigan.
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« Reply #8 on: November 18, 2004, 07:19:26 PM »


Yes, I was a hippie who died of a drug overdose while having sex... that's why I'm so anti-marijuana and intend to be abstinant! =-O

Don't do drugs, kids, it'll cost you Cheesy
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« Reply #9 on: November 18, 2004, 10:54:40 PM »

You know, I figure, mebbe 95 % of people do this dying thing... But, ya know, us five percent...  Wink
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« Reply #10 on: November 19, 2004, 12:03:46 AM »

September 4, 2008 is the day Gerald Ford will pass Herbert Hoover for living the longest after leaving the presidency, assuming, of coufse, that Ford is still living.  Hoover's retirement lasted 31 years.  He has already passed John Adams' 25 year retirement.  Carter is eleven years younger than Ford but only four years behind him. 
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« Reply #11 on: November 19, 2004, 01:30:14 AM »

I hope he doesn't die he was a good president from the Great state of Michigan.  I think the only president from Michigan.

At 91 years of age, I don't think it'll exactly be an untimely death if he does.
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« Reply #12 on: November 19, 2004, 07:46:37 AM »

Signs point to 'at some point in the future'.

But I intend to live forever. So far, so good.
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« Reply #13 on: November 19, 2004, 08:08:23 AM »

No, Gerald Ford is not going to die.  They'll simply come out with a new model.
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« Reply #14 on: November 19, 2004, 10:38:06 AM »

No, Gerald Ford is not going to die.  They'll simply come out with a new model.

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« Reply #15 on: November 19, 2004, 09:12:49 PM »

"There is no Soviet dominance of Eastern Europe and there never will be during a Ford administration." -- Gerald Rudolph Ford

Best presidential quote ever.
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« Reply #16 on: November 19, 2004, 09:24:42 PM »

"There is no Soviet dominance of Eastern Europe and there never will be during a Ford administration." -- Gerald Rudolph Ford

Best presidential quote ever.

That's a real doozy.  I was in HS at the time and assigned to watch the debate.  Even then I knew enough to be flabberghasted by the comment.

He couldn't have meant it the way he said it.  You have to remember that Gerald Ford was severely disadvantaged in the way he came to office without going through a poltical campaign, and when he did campaign, he just wasn't up to the level of exposure that he got in the national media.

I think Jerry Ford was a good president for the time.  He did what he needed to do, which was to get us back to normal after Vietnam and Watergate.
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« Reply #17 on: November 19, 2004, 09:38:10 PM »

"There is no Soviet dominance of Eastern Europe and there never will be during a Ford administration." -- Gerald Rudolph Ford

Best presidential quote ever.

That's a real doozy.  I was in HS at the time and assigned to watch the debate.  Even then I knew enough to be flabberghasted by the comment.

He couldn't have meant it the way he said it.  You have to remember that Gerald Ford was severely disadvantaged in the way he came to office without going through a poltical campaign, and when he did campaign, he just wasn't up to the level of exposure that he got in the national media.

I think Jerry Ford was a good president for the time.  He did what he needed to do, which was to get us back to normal after Vietnam and Watergate.

Yeah. But Carter didn't make a good impression in these debates either. Probably the worst ones so far, i.e. between two really incompetent-looking men. When the lights went off, for example, and they just stood there for 30 minutes or something, no one daring to move. Though one should perhaps remember that televised debates were something quite new at that time.
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« Reply #18 on: November 20, 2004, 09:38:35 AM »

I understand he couldn't attend because of ill-health. I suppose at 91, he's a bit of a creaking gate.

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« Reply #19 on: November 20, 2004, 03:37:00 PM »

"There is no Soviet dominance of Eastern Europe and there never will be during a Ford administration." -- Gerald Rudolph Ford

Best presidential quote ever.

That's a real doozy.  I was in HS at the time and assigned to watch the debate.  Even then I knew enough to be flabberghasted by the comment.

He couldn't have meant it the way he said it.  You have to remember that Gerald Ford was severely disadvantaged in the way he came to office without going through a poltical campaign, and when he did campaign, he just wasn't up to the level of exposure that he got in the national media.

I think Jerry Ford was a good president for the time.  He did what he needed to do, which was to get us back to normal after Vietnam and Watergate.

Yeah. But Carter didn't make a good impression in these debates either. Probably the worst ones so far, i.e. between two really incompetent-looking men. When the lights went off, for example, and they just stood there for 30 minutes or something, no one daring to move. Though one should perhaps remember that televised debates were something quite new at that time.

With the benefit of hindsight, we can now know who was in actuality more competent as president.  I think there's no doubt that Ford was a far better president than Carter.  It took Ford some time to grow into the job and get a first-class, rather than a minor league, team.  Carter, on the other hand, never grew into the job, and has proven through his most recent statements that he learned nothing from his many failures as president.
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« Reply #20 on: November 23, 2004, 01:40:35 AM »


Jerry was at home watching football.

Concerning football, he was the first President ever offered an NFL contract, bu tback in his day, playing pro ball did not pay well, so he went to law school instead.
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« Reply #21 on: November 23, 2004, 01:55:03 AM »
« Edited: November 23, 2004, 02:04:22 AM by supersoulty »

Unfortunatly, Ford doesn't have many miles left in him.

Sorry, bad pun.

But seriously, it is sad.  He is a good man.  I hope he can get the recongnition he deserves after he passes.
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