Were you sad Gerald Ford died?

[Tiggeroshii]

I personally was. He seems to me to be one of the last liberal presidents in the 20th century and did a good job at resonating that.

[fortyfeetunder]

1. Damn right I am sad!

The poor guy literally walked into a quagmire, and left honorably with his dignity intact. I didn't agree with all that President Ford had done while in the White House, but I admired him for his courage, respect for the POTUS office, and his dedication to his family, and to the country. He wasn't a pretentious type of guy and that was a quality I did admire in him.

And I thought highly of Betty Ford and her bringing visibility to breast cancer and to addiction treatment.

Yes, this is a sad day, and my condolences for Betty and the rest of the Ford family.

[lumpy]

49. Oh for Pete's sake, the country was not a "quagmire"

when Ford was shunted into the White House. The country started to go down hill when the Reagan administration helped along the demise of corporate regulation. Quagmire? How so?

[CarbonDate]

2. I was born under Carter.

Besides, he was 93. He lived a full, rich life. That's more than I can say about a lot of people in my profession these days.

[nosmokes]

3. yes, but only in the sense i'm sad when anyone or their lapdog dies.

i mean he was part of the equation anat. RIP gerry.

[silverweb]

4. He was 93.

He had a very long and good life. What's to mourn?

[donheld]

20. Indeed, What more could anyone want out of life?

He did well.

[timetoleave]

35. How about ..

94:7 :7 :7

[donheld]

47. You mean his IQ?

:evilgrin:

[Taverner]

32. Exactly n/t

[T Wolf]

5. Yes and no. In that, compared to ReaganBushBush, he looks good. nt

[saracat]

6. Absolutely. He was a decent man and vilified by the press.

He was a real athlete who stumbled once and was branded as an clumsy oaf. The chimp falls off a sofa, a bicycle, and a scooter and they give him a pass. Sickening. RIP Gerry.You deserved better. You bailed the country out! And rrstored dignity to the oval Office. And you had the good sense to marry a wonderful women. God bless Betty Ford.

[lumpy]

50. He bailed the country out? Of what?

He took over when Nixon resigned, and guaranteed a pardon for his Republican buddy. I fail to see what you think needed to be "bailed out". The country was not exactly falling apart for God's sake.

[Diane R]

7. No. He lived a long and happy life. I mourn for our young soldiers. n/t

[Erika]

9. Our young "troops" are shipped to Dover

and then put on whatever transportation modes.

Soldiers are only Army personnel. The troops have their own designations.

[951-Riverside]

8. ...I will pretend that I'm sad around others but I really don't give a shit n/t

[Skittles]

10. much sadder than when that bastard Reagan passed

yup

[dubeskin]

11. No, but then again, I may be too young to understand

It seems once you get to that age, there's not much more you can do. I mean, Clinton is still active, but he is just on 60. 93 you can hardly travel the world speaking about peace and everyone coming together. The most significant thing he did, that I know of, was pardon Nixon, and that in itself was, well, I don't really know. Sure I'm sad that someone died, but not really SAD. If grandma dies, yes, I'm SAD, but I can hardy say I'm SAD because I didn't even know him.

I know that made no sense, but it's late at night, well, early morning ;)

[Eurobabe]

12. No because he has been in poor health and suffering for a year

he lived a good long life, it was time to pass on. Just like my Grandmother.

[snowbear]

13. Here's what happens when questions like this are asked..

Because... as we all know, most true DU'ers are good-hearted kind people ~ ~ who of course would be sad that a former U.S. president had passed on.

But what happens is...

The question is placed on here.

A good majority of DU'ers click on YEAH, I'm sad he passed on....

Then the lice-infested, lardasses over at Free Republic who like to lurk in the background here will tamper with skew the results.

Within a day or so.. the post, and the results (the ones written by freeAKERS, not us) are posted on their pathetic site owned by PJ Comix who literally lives here at DU.

His problem is that he re-prints comments from lurking freepers for the most part. (The idiot thinks he's posting about us!)

The dude is completely asinine. ----------------------> http://dummiefunnies.blogspot.com/

He doesn't get a lot of responses to his threads. According to one of our lurking FR's, she told me why they don't care for the guy.. WOW. -- He is VERY STRANGE and in not a good way!

Anyway - betcha anything the dipshit will add this poll to his "DummieFunnies" site ...

[TomInTib]

14. Who gives a fuck

What a tool

Gov Council to Warren Commission.

Rubberstamped Hatch's single bullet.

Pardoned Nixon.

I only wish that it had been more painful.

Fuck him and the wife he rode in on.

[MonkeyFunk]

15. speaking of tools....

:eyes:

[Kiouni]

18. Disrespectful.

[donheld]

19. Looks like most of us "give a fuck"

Your response is over the top IMHO.

[KingFlorez]

46. That's terrible

Worst post of the day

[nealmhughes]

16. Not really sad. He was 93 years old. I will be sad should Jimmy Carter die or Sen. Byrd.

Not when the Bushes do. It will simply be "noted": he was old. I must say that it saddens me not in the least, actually. It was quite expected for some time now.

[snowbear]

17. Me too,,,, I'll be very sad to lose Carter or Byrd ~~x0x0x0xx0

I think with Carter's lifestyle, he plans to be around a good long time yet....

Byrd keeeps a pretty low-keyed lifestyle going... but if anything should happen to him ~ Governor Manchin {D} seems to have it all figured out.. We'll be ok ...

[AlCzervik]

21. i always liked Betty, i'm sad for her.

[elperromagico]

22. Ford had far more integrity and honesty in him

than any of the modern crop of GOP politicians.

What's more, he invited George Harrison to the White House. ;)

[Vinca]

23. Oh, yeah, and he was a springboard for Dick Cheney's career. nt

[elperromagico]

25. Thank you so awfully much for reminding me.

That's only the 100th goddamn time I've heard that.

[beaconess]

37. And Clinton was the springboard for Carville - what does that have to do with anything?

[terrya]

24. He was a decent guy.

Yeah, I was sad. I liked him.

My condolences to Betty Ford and his family.

[LeftishBrit]

26. Not exactly sad, as he was 93 and had had a good life

But I do respect him and his family, and have sympathy for them.

[citizen snips]

27. he is the guy who pardoned nixon.

Good riddance.

[enough already]

28. Nixon slithered away because of him

No tears shed here.

[FreeStateDemocrat]

29. No, he lead a fabulous life of power and privilege just like most puke politicians..

Bottom line is what did he every do to really make a positive diffence for the working class?

[lumpy]

51. He was not a liberal, in the true sense of the word,

but he was a true blue follow-the-leader Republican. Other than that, he appared to be a faithful husband and respected father. A man to be honored as a great humanitarian with a strong social sense and an inspiring leader,no.

[maxsolomon]

30. he was 90 fucking 3

that's about all anyone could ask for. i should be so lucky to live another 50 years. 2056 would be something to see.

and i feel about the same way i do when a senator or foreign leader dies - nonplussed. he wasn't elected, he wasn't president that long, he wasn't particularly good or bad.

a full, long life is nothing to be sad about.

[salin]

31. How about... ambivelant?

Best wishes for the family - always hard to lose a loved one, even when it is time. But other than that... just sorta don't care. He has stayed out of the limelight for years. Hasn't taken a high profile either politically, nor humanitarianly (not a word - but you know what I mean). He played a part of history - his role was so short - that it seems that historically speaking, he was a "bit" player. That "bit" was significant - but appears to have been (at the times) inevitable. RIP - condolences to the family.

[Major Hogwash]

33. He was 93 years old for crying out loud!

When George Bush dies, I won't feel as nauseous because by then there will be one less Republican warmonger on the planet.

[Javaman]

34. Hell no! let me rephrase that, HELL NO!

This bumbling moron pardoned a crook and set the course for the bullshit we now are living in because of that single action.

If a president who breaks the law can't be held accountable then what's the point of having a democracy????


Prior to that, he also looked the other way while serving on the warren commission.

Bottom line, this pig has always looked out for what was good for the repuke party and not the nation.

The concept of cause and effect were totally alien to this man. It was republican party first nation second.

[THUNDER HANDS]

36. i feel bad for his wife

my grandfather just went downhill and basically lost the will to live once my grandma died, i hope that doesn't happen to her.

[Steely_Dan]

38. Silly Question

...........

[Zodiak]

39. I have to say no

I really did not care much about his presidency when I lived through it because I was 4.

But I have studied history enough to know that letting Nixon get away with his crimes, coupled with letting Reagan get away with his crimes, has allowed this monstrosity we call the Bush administration to exist today (and because of precedent and "politics as usual", it looks like Bush will get away with his crimes, too).

I cannot sweep that under the rug because the man loved his wife.

So he died...that is sorta sad. But am *I* sad? Hell no....I didn't know him and I certainly didn't care about his presidency. If a Freeper wants to quote that, then let them. I don't care about their media-influenced cult of personality.

And we have to STOP this nasty precedent of letting our government get away with anything they wish "because it would be painful for the nation". Ford started that precedent in Presidential politics, and it has brought this nation to ruin. We always look the other way, now...don't we?

I disagree with Kennedy on this one.

[Blue_In_AK]

40. I feel a bit of sadness

but he lived a long and fulfilling life. I mourn his passing much more than I did Reagan's, but I doubt that Ford will get the interminable funeral that Reagan did.

[fuzzyball]

41. Yours is the best post on this thread....I concurr with your thoughts.

[Tiggeroshii]

44. Yeah

I agree, and that is really too bad...

[lumpy]

52. Looks like he is getting the full national funeral rights

of passage and many days of 'national mourning'. The Republican party needs this pity party. Ford will be the poster boy for what is good about the Repubs.

[Dervill Crow]

42. I'm sad that I am not more sad, if that makes sense.

I don't recall much about his presidency except the Nixon pardon, which pissed me off, although I was young enough that I didn't really even understand the whole Watergate thing. I was wrapped up in my own life and not interested in politics. He seemed like a good guy.

[high density]

43. No

First thing that came to mind was the SNL "Gerald Ford (senselessly) dead today" sketch...

[lumpy]

48. No. I feel sad for the many children that have died in Iraq

and Afghanistan. Why should I be sad that an old man who spent most of his days enjoying a long life of luxury just because fate created him president; an old man who directed that his half- assed stance against the Iraq war would not be revealed until after his demise.

[IndianaGreen]

45. I am sad that James Brown died

Ford was 93 years old and, unlike Jimmy Carter, he didn't do jackshit for humanity since he left the Oval Office.

My condolences to his family and his wonderful wife Betty, a woman I really liked a lot, but it is hard to feel sad for someone that lived such a long life.