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In reply to the discussion: Remember What a dork people thought he was in 1979 ? [View all]RainDog
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He was elected because people thought he was honest and moral.
He was a governor, so he didn't reek from the stink of national political ratfucking.
His appeal was "the gentleman farmer," the decent man, who had to admit that, yes, he thought about women other than his wife, even tho he knew it was a sin... he admitted to "lust in his heart." (eta to clean up my language...in context)
Believe me, that's not a "good ol boy" statement.
I do agree, however, that Ford's pardon was a bad move...that he had to make because that's why he was appointed in the first place... that was "the deal."
And I agree that trickle down has been the greatest joke Republicans pulled on white Americans since, or until they decided to name their dupes "teabaggers."
fwiw: Ronald Wilson Reagan=666
just sayin'