I bought my Heidi the first season of "Saturday Night Live." I fully expect to chuckle at the many golden skits over the next few weeks. I imagine that I'll find some of those Chase-Ford skits among the first season, if I'm not mistaken.
I think he almost won because he was able to work with both Republicans and Democrats. That got a lot of people to speak favorably about him that normally would not have, especially the Dems, had he not done the best he could with domestic diplomacy.
As for Carter, he did much more after his Presidency than he could have accomplished while in office.
Lance Armstrong admitted on an Xmas Eve radio show I listened to . . . to the effect, he stated that he believed that he could get a lot more done outside of political office than within it.
I mention Lance because like him, Gerald was considered a fine athlete in his day.
By the way . . . one of my most favorite Prez obits was Hunter Thompson's send-off of President Nixon.
This is a direct quote from Thompson's screed:
Richard Nixon is gone now and I am poorer for it. He was the real thing--a political monster straight out of Grendel and a very dangerous enemy. He could shake your hand and stab you in the back at the same time. He lied to his friends and betrayed the trust of his family. Not even Gerald Ford, the unhappy ex-president who pardoned Nixon and kept him out of prison, was immune to the evil fallout. Ford, who believes strongly in Heaven and Hell, has told more than one of his celebrity golf partners that I know I will go to hell, because I pardoned Richard Nixon."
I don't know of the level of truth to this statement, given Thompson's gonzo style, and the temptation to twist a clever joke that may have actually been uttered at some point by Ford into something that reads more serious than intended . . . but anyway, link to Thompson's obit of Nixon, just because the two will be forever
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That is one of my all time favorite Hunter Thompson pieces. I think Hunter's slide towards oblivion started after Nixon died. Kind of like when a spouse dies. Thompson and Nixon will always be psychicly linked at the hip.
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I bought my Heidi the first season of "Saturday Night Live." I fully expect to chuckle at the many golden skits over the next few weeks. I imagine that I'll find some of those Chase-Ford skits among the first season, if I'm not mistaken.
I think he almost won because he was able to work with both Republicans and Democrats. That got a lot of people to speak favorably about him that normally would not have, especially the Dems, had he not done the best he could with domestic diplomacy.
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As a poll of ranked Prez guys, it's intriguing to know that Ford and Carter are tied at 27th.
As for Carter, he did much more after his Presidency than he could have accomplished while in office.
Lance Armstrong admitted on an Xmas Eve radio show I listened to . . . to the effect, he stated that he believed that he could get a lot more done outside of political office than within it.
I mention Lance because like him, Gerald was considered a fine athlete in his day.
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I might have been a little hard on him, but the contrarian in me refuses to be quiet.
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I imagine the next Prez will be much like Ford.
I don't think you were hard on him at all.
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This is a direct quote from Thompson's screed:
Richard Nixon is gone now and I am poorer for it. He was the real thing--a political monster straight out of Grendel and a very dangerous enemy. He could shake your hand and stab you in the back at the same time. He lied to his friends and betrayed the trust of his family. Not even Gerald Ford, the unhappy ex-president who pardoned Nixon and kept him out of prison, was immune to the evil fallout. Ford, who believes strongly in Heaven and Hell, has told more than one of his celebrity golf partners that I know I will go to hell, because I pardoned Richard Nixon."
I don't know of the level of truth to this statement, given Thompson's gonzo style, and the temptation to twist a clever joke that may have actually been uttered at some point by Ford into something that reads more serious than intended . . . but anyway, link to Thompson's obit of Nixon, just because the two will be forever ( ... )
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