Gerald Ford Dead At 93

Mr. Sparkle · **Posted:** Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:28 am

CNN Story
Well, the longest living US President has died.

StrongRad · **Posted:** Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:34 am

Mr. Sparkle wrote:

CNN Story
Well, the longest living US President has died.

I feel kinda bad. When I saw this, I could only think of the SNL skit..

"He was delicious".

Guess we'll get to see if politics can be put aside in DC during his funeral.

ramrod · **Posted:** Wed Dec 27, 2006 2:54 pm

StrongRad wrote:

Guess we'll get to see if politics can be put aside in DC during his funeral.

Well, usually they're good at that. Note that I said usually, not all the time. For a Presidential funeral though, I'm pretty sure that there won't be too much trouble.

Beyond the Grave · **Posted:** Wed Dec 27, 2006 3:55 pm

Well this leaves only four living presidents now. Ramrod's boy, Jimmy Carter, Bush 41, Bill Clinton and Bush 43.

I wonder how they will remember the man with the Fourth Shortest Presidential Term in US History.

ramrod · **Posted:** Wed Dec 27, 2006 5:01 pm

Beyond the Grave wrote:

I wonder how they will remember the man with the Fourth Shortest Presidential Term in US History.

Well, all I hear about when they talk about him is how he's the only President not to be elected. He was appointed to the VP spot, and then after Nixon resigned, he took over the presidency.

ed 'lim' smilde · **Posted:** Wed Dec 27, 2006 6:39 pm

Heh, I grew up on the same street as Ford (70 years later, of course), a couple miles down:
Google Maps

ChickenLeg · **Posted:** Thu Dec 28, 2006 12:41 am

Creepy. He lived only 45 days longer than Reagan. But I respect that man for keeping things from going crazy after the Nixon thing.

Droideka · **Posted:** Thu Dec 28, 2006 4:06 am

ChickenLeg wrote:

Creepy. He lived only 45 days longer than Reagan. But I respect that man for keeping things from going crazy after the Nixon thing.

And bringing back the economy, don't forget that. (To thosethat don't know that, it was about to crash when Nixon resigned, and Ford brought it back at the end of his three years SOURCES: CNBC Financial, Bloomberg, FOX News)

ed 'lim' smilde · **Posted:** Thu Dec 28, 2006 4:42 am

And it's pretty funny how that came from the one president who wasn't elected

BazookaJoe · **Posted:** Thu Jan 04, 2007 2:52 am

It's been quite a day for me. Gerald Ford was laid to rest today in Grand Rapids, me and Ed's part of the state. I went to Grand Rapids this morning and stood in line for an hour to pass by his casket. I also shook hands with Michael Ford. What an honor for people in West Michigan to be able to do this for our President.

Rest in peace, Jerry.

ed 'lim' smilde · **Posted:** Fri Jan 05, 2007 3:19 am

BazookaJoe wrote:

It's been quite a day for me. Gerald Ford was laid to rest today in Grand Rapids, me and Ed's part of the state. I went to Grand Rapids this morning and stood in line for an hour to pass by his casket.

Yay, I wasn't the only one. I stood in line for 2 hours (at 3 in the morning, if I had gone at a normal time I probably would've had to be there for more like 8). Then I went to watch the procession and the 21-plane "Missing Man" flyover thing. I got 2 hours of sleep, but it was interesting.

Homestar Runner Wiki Forum

Gerald Ford Dead At 93

Who is online