Former President Ford being treated for pneumonia at a California hospital

[Roon]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/

[Jacobin]

1. Doctor friend of mine once called pneumonia the old man's friend

A kind end.

[NYC]

9. That's what a nurse told me.

Ford must be about 92 years old.

[UrbScotty]

2. All the best to him

At least he is halfway decent, unlike most Repubs of today.

[babylonsister]

3. This is twice in a couple of weeks, right? Not looking good. nt

[Greeby]

4. Ho boy, if the worst comes to the worst

Expect the RNC to feast on his corpse they way they did with St. Ronnie

[neverevergivein]

10. A little too convenient timing was

I'm just sayin'

[tritsofme]

20. How odd it is that a 92 year old man is sickly...

:eyes:

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

5. A Repub Who Shares A Common Trait With King George...

Neither of them were ever actually "Elected" to the office of President.

[Cooley Hurd]

6. Best wishes to President & Mrs Ford...

...although I hope he'll tell us what wasn't in the published Warren Commission Report before he passes...:(

[TedsGarage]

7. God Bless President Ford

Remember, he gave us John Paul Stevens, and he and Betty supported Roe v. Wade and the ERA. He was the last Republican president before the wingnuts took over the party. Michigan Republicans were Main Street Republicans. Just on a personal note, he's my favorite living president. I'm from Lansing, Michigan, 60 miles east of Grand Rapids, and listening to Ford made me think of the old men in my neighborhood.

[Renew Deal]

8. Pneumonia sucks!!!

Especially at that age. I hope he gets better quick.

[Botany]

11. Jerry Ford is a decent man.

A true Ford story: When he was President his golden retriever, Miss Liberty, took a crap
inside a house or office that Ford was in at the time. A secret service man or some aid
went to clean it up but Ford stopped him and did it himself. "I never expect another man
to do that for me." He is a far cry from bush. Although i did not like his politics I will never forget
his decency.

[Zomby Woof]

16. It's one thing to clean up dog shit

But his plan to fight inflation consisted of wearing cutesy pins which said "WIN" (Whip Inflation Now).

The Recession of 1975 was the worst between the Great Depression and the Reagan Recession of 1982.

More failed Republican economics means he was better at cleaning up dog's shit more than America's shit.

Swine Flu shots, anyone?

A failed mediocrity of a president. History has already swept him into the dustbin.

[Botany]

19. Read my post.

I disagreed w/ him on 80% + politically. But the man has class.

He was an all American center for the University of Michigan & was skiing
double black diamond slopes into his 80s .... and yet he was labeled a klutz
.... He never lashed out as many would have in his position.

Forget politics and labels and try to see that the world is not so black & white.

[tinrobot]

12. The last good Republican

He was a decent president. A lot of his positions in the 70's were further to the left of many Democrats these days.

Sad how far we've fallen into wingnuttery.

[Zomby Woof]

13. An HST quote comes to mind

"Gerald Ford told me once that 'I know I'm going to hell, because I pardoned Richard Nixon.'"

[tuvor]

14. Yahoo news story...

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. - Former President Ford was undergoing treatment for pneumonia Monday at the same facility where he was briefly hospitalized a month ago, his chief of staff said. He was said to be doing well.

Ford, 92, was admitted Saturday to Eisenhower Medical Center near his home in Rancho Mirage in Southern California, Penny Circle said.

"Based on his age it is prudent for his initial course of treatment — IV antibiotics — to be done at the hospital," Circle told The Associated Press.

Ford was expected to be released from the hospital Wednesday or Thursday, she said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060117/ap_on_go_pr_wh/ford_hospitalized

[Zomby Woof]

15. Trivia Question, kids!

Q: Who was Gerald Ford's Secretary of Defense?





























A: Donald Rumsfeld.

[Zomby Woof]

17. An LBJ quote on Ford

When Ford was House Minority Leader... "Jerry Ford played too much football without his helmet."

[montana_hazeleyes]

18. I hope the best for President Ford.

I've always liked him and he does seem to be a decent man.

[kaplan3602]

21. Any man who...

... employes Donald Rumsfeld and belongs to the Repug party can't be too good.

[Greeby]

22. Gotta question the sanity

of anyone who employs these two

[Voltaire99]

23. Something of a stolid bumbler as prez, but let us not forget...

...his more odious pedigree: attempting to impeach the liberal Supreme Court jurist William O. Douglas, attacks on the Great Society programs, calls for more slaughter abroad ("Why are we pulling punches in Vietnam?"), or his pardoning the Trickster.

He is unabashedly pro-choice, which is more than can be said about many Democrats.

On balance, Ford was only a minor blight on American politics. Thank heavens for small miracles.

[Greeby]

24. Well, I'd argue Ford is what Bush would be

If there was a Congress like the one back then, that would do it's job and restrain Presidential power.