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Originally Posted by OTW
Thrillhouse, I'm assuming that you and I are about the same age-ish, so we weren't even born when President Ford was even in office.
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I think Thrillhouse's "our" referred to him being from Grand Rapids.
Though Ford and I were never of the same political persuasion, I've always had the greatest respect for him. He was truly a class act, and I think he did very, very well with the almost impossible mess he inherited from Nixon (and I am old enough to remember all of it). I remember wanting him to be re-elected just because I thought he had handled the situation so well. I was never one of those who thought that the pardon was a bad idea.
Plus, he was an Eagle Scout -- the only president to be an Eagle Scout. I remember the PSAs he did for the Boy Scouts when I was a Boy Scout and he was President. As an Eagle Scout and an adult Scouter, I was pleased to see Scout uniforms in the National Cathedral for the funeral and to hear that Mrs. Ford invited hundreds of Eagle Scouts to stand at the entrance to the Library when the coffin arrived.
May he rest in peace.