10-Ring
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Good man during a tough time in our history...may he rest in peace
RIP President Ford.
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RioShooter
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Gerald Ford was actually one the the best athletes ever to hold the office. He was a football player, swimmer, skier, and golfer. For some reason, the media decided to portray him as a klutz, but he certainly wasn't any more clumsy than an average person. The media simply broadcast every misstep he had.
Shanghai McCoy
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Yep,he was a good man...I was overseas in the Navy when he became president.A nice guy who,as usual,was somewhat oicked on by the press of that era.RIP Mr Ford.
stevelyn
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President Ford inherited a train wreck when he took office. He put the train back on the track and tried to get it moving again. Then the American people got a collective case of the the dumba$$ and we ended up with Carter.
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bg
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^^ That and Billy Beer..
Lone_Gunman
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It is interesting that most people responding to this thread are giving positive reviews of Ford, but the people responding to another thread in the L&P forum on how Ford disgreed with Bush on the Iraq War are speaking very negatively of him.
Michigander
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Section 2. The President shall be commander in chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the militia of the several states, when called into the actual service of the United States; he may require the opinion, in writing, of the principal officer in each of the executive departments, upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices, and he shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in cases of impeachment.
(emphasis added)
I believe President Ford was wrong to pardon Nixon. Some say it would have been too long a process and would have divided the country. If we survived the Civil War, Vietnam, and the impeachment of Clinton, we certainly would have survived a long drawn-out trial of Nixon.
Perhaps the Constitution should be amended to eliminate the reprieve and pardon power of the President.
(emphasis added)
I believe President Ford was wrong to pardon Nixon. Some say it would have been too long a process and would have divided the country. If we survived the Civil War, Vietnam, and the impeachment of Clinton, we certainly would have survived a long drawn-out trial of Nixon.
Perhaps the Constitution should be amended to eliminate the reprieve and pardon power of the President.
JohnBT
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"and he shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in cases of impeachment. (emphasis added)"
Of course, Nixon wasn't impeached, so this clause doesn't apply.
I believe it would be a terrible move to restrict or eliminate the President's power to pardon. President Ford did the right thing and put the good of the country ahead of his political future.
John
Of course, Nixon wasn't impeached, so this clause doesn't apply.
I believe it would be a terrible move to restrict or eliminate the President's power to pardon. President Ford did the right thing and put the good of the country ahead of his political future.
John
Clipper
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The reason the other thread was shut down...
...Was because some of us who didn't like him were impolitic enough to say so and why...Whichever mod that closed it didn't even make a comment (which would have shown who it was) as to why, like they always do. Maybe because there was no non-gun related excuse that could be used to shut that thread without having to also shut this one...
...Was because some of us who didn't like him were impolitic enough to say so and why...Whichever mod that closed it didn't even make a comment (which would have shown who it was) as to why, like they always do. Maybe because there was no non-gun related excuse that could be used to shut that thread without having to also shut this one...
Davo
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Hes the only president Ive had the honor of meeting. He always stated one of his greatest achievements was earning his Eagle Scout, I think its one of mine too.
JohnBT
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"...Was because some of us who didn't like him were impolitic enough to say so and why..."
Impolitic? My grandma always said not to speak ill of the dead. Somebody else always jumped in with - At least until they're in the ground. He was what, 93, so everybody has had a good long time to voice their displeasure with his career. Now isn't the time.
John
Impolitic? My grandma always said not to speak ill of the dead. Somebody else always jumped in with - At least until they're in the ground. He was what, 93, so everybody has had a good long time to voice their displeasure with his career. Now isn't the time.
John
telomerase
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They're remembering their lost youth. It's normal to feel nostalgia.
Until someone reminds you that Ford is the one who moved Rumsfeld and Cheney up to powerful jobs.
cbsbyte
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I will never forgive his Pardon of Nixon, but besides that he was an honerable man who cared about this country. Maybe the last of the great people Presidents, besides Carter.
kengrubb
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Have to agree that Ford's pardoning of Nixon was the best thing for the nation. Certainly did nothing to help Ford win the Presidency himself. A prolonged, protracted legal battle, that woulda lasted years, would have done little good for the nation.
Had there been real substance to Clinton's Impeachment, and had it gone badly for him, any President succeeding him would have been doing the right thing to pardon Clinton.
Better to preserve the Office of the President regardless of the person holding the office.
Had there been real substance to Clinton's Impeachment, and had it gone badly for him, any President succeeding him would have been doing the right thing to pardon Clinton.
Better to preserve the Office of the President regardless of the person holding the office.
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