Ford set to become oldest President

[NJ Democrats]

Gerald R. Ford is closing in on a record held by Ronald Reagan - living longer than any other U.S. president.

Ford, who turned 93 on July 14, will become the oldest president Sunday by living to 93 years and 121 days.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20061110/D8LA9A180.html

[THUNDER HANDS]

1. wow, good for him

I wonder who the oldest was before Reagan?

[Ferret Annica]

3. John Adams born - October 30, 1735 died - July 4, 1826

[Hand]

5. Interesting fact about that, BTW...

Adams and Thomas Jefferson died within hours of each other on July 4, 1826--the 50th anniversary of American independence. Just before he died, Jefferson said, "Adams still lives." He was right, but not for long.

[NJ Democrats]

10. I do believe it was the other way

Adams said "Jefferson still lives," though Jefferson had dies hours earlier. Also they had both been invited to a celebration in DC but both declined

[Hand]

19. I do believe you're right.

Should have checked in Adams' biography, but I was feeling lazy. It's an extraordinary story either way.

Thanx! :hi:

[Skittles]

30. much more impressive, lving that long back then

yes INDEED

[Benhurst]

9. And he still has his mind. Reagan was pretty well gone by

late 1995. I remember how Bob Dole pretended to be getting advice from him over the phone in 1996, after The Gipper's daughter had written months before that she thought her father no longer knew who she was.

[xxqqqzme]

14. st ronnie's mind was taking vacations

before he left office. I remember watching him speak @ some event and in mid sentence he stopped, then started talking about some old movie.

[RedSock]

18. Reagan was gone in 1981

Reagan was out there enough in 1981 that after a few doozies, he started having WAY fewer press conferences.

[Ferret Annica]

2. Great......

Too bad John Kennedy isn't the one living onto old age instead of one of the conspirators who helped off him and cover up the crime.

Congradulations, Mr. Un-elected former POTUS.

[NJ Democrats]

8. Ford would still be older than JFK

Ford was born in 1913, JFK in 1917

[Benhurst]

11. But if JFK had lived, it is highly unlikely Ford would ever have been president.

[NJ Democrats]

13. Not necessirly

JFK would have served to '68, and then Nixon could have been after. Granted Vietnam wouldn't have been the Vietnam we know it as, it oculd stil have happened.

[Ravenseye]

32. What if RFK hadn't been killed either?

JFK to 68. RFK till 76.

Then who knows...Carter...Reagan in 80.

[Ferret Annica]

15. I said, "Living into old age" rcognizing that fact...

...thanks for sharing anyway.

[MUSTANG_2004]

21. Gerald Ford was a conspirator?

What are you talking about?

[mitchum]

22. Ford was J Edgar Hoover's plant on the Warren Commission

Ford was a long time operative for Hoover

[Ignacio Upton]

24. He had his share of health problems

I'm not sure if he would outlive Ford or Reagan, but I could see him living to be in his 70's, and maybe 80's, since wasn't something invented a few years after his assassination that made Addison's Disease more bearable?

[Ravenseye]

33. What kind of world would we live in

If JFK hadn't been shot, and still was alive at 89 years old, an elder stateman of the Democratic Party. His younger brother RFK, also having been president for 8 years from 1968 through 1976, by his side at the opening of the Clinton library with Jimmy Carter next to them.

What kind of world would that be?

[Turbineguy]

4. Terrific

He can replace Chimpy until 2009.

[newscott]

6. Anytime anyone beats Reagan at anything it's good.

Unless your name is Bush.

[rocktivity]

7. That's the best news I've heard about a Repub all week!

:evilgrin:
rocknation

[gratuitous]

12. Look out for Grover Norquist, Jerry

Norquist heads up the Ronald Reagan Legacy Project, and you can bet that in his demented little brain, Ford's longevity is a direct affront to the Gipper. Hang in there until Sunday, Jerry, but keep alert.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

16. He'll beat Reagan? Me likey! -nt

[silverojo]

17. Way to go, Gerry!

He may have been a klutz, but he was one of the better Republican Presidents...IIRC, he even nominated a liberal to the Supreme Court. *Gasp!* :D

Breaking Reagan's record will be icing on the cake--YEAH!

[Roland99]

20. Hope he stays out of wolf-infested woods until then.

;)

[Raine]

23. Good

I want him to beat Raygun in at least one thing since it was Raygun that screwed Ford when he ran for Prez in 76.

[RedCloud]

25. Wait 'til he sees what Bush took out of his social security savings!

[daleo]

26. I hope Bill Clinton makes it to 100

That would really drive Republicans nuts.

He would probably still be smarter than a roomful of right-wingers too.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

27. Happy birthday, Gerry...

:toast:

[Jack Rabbit]

28. Congratulations to President Ford

Ford was the kind of president one could disagree with on everything he said or did, and yet one will feel no animosity toward the man.

[WestSeattle2]

34. Exactly....and he would have told guys like

Rove to shove it. I truly believe that anyone with the ethics and morals of the Rove's and Delay's of this world, would never have stepped foot in Mr. Ford's Oval Office. He is a class act, as is his wife.

Of course today the repugs have the ethics and morals of Kenny Boy, Abramoff, Delay, and Rove, so Gerry would truly be an outcast in his own party.

[Zomby Woof]

36. Rummy was Ford's Sec'y of Defense

Yep... Rummy has held the job twice. And Dick Cheney was Ford's White House Chief of Staff.

I think admiration of Ford is misplaced. He helped a lot of today's toxic neocons get their start.

[LeftishBrit]

29. Great!

Ford would've been too conservative for me; but he was much better than current Republicans!

[tinfoilinfor2005]

31. Years before he became pres, he was a speaker at an ethnic

convention I attended. He spoke and he spoke and he spoke until people started falling asleep, leaving their seats, turning out the lights, etc. And still he spoke. I remember thinking, he seems like a nice man, but he is sooooo boring. Of ocurse I was a teenager then, so all politicians were boring.

[Zomby Woof]

35. I guess if you're a brain-dead Republican...

You live longer as ex-president. Like LBJ said, "Jerry Ford played too much football without his helmet."