Lead Washington Journal caller today: "We should all be Republicans today."

[Skidmore]

Ford was "a great man" to quote the woman.

Here we go. Prepare for the canonization of Ford and the hope that some of it wears of on the war criminal in the WH now.

[Flubadubya]

1. When pigs fly!

:puke:

[elperromagico]

2. No no no, she's absolutely right about that.

We should always associate the Republican Party with death.

[EFerrari]

3. Remember the Long Week of Ronnie and how furious Ron Jr was

at the marketer's attempts to grab some for Bush Jr?

A WEEK they lionized that terror exporting bastard.

Please join me in a lusty chorus of "Bullsh!t!"

[SAXMAR]

4. Somebody needs to console Homer Simpson!

I am sure Homer is pretty upset about President Ford's death. He didn't get along with George H.W. Bush but Homer and Gerry Ford had a lot in common.

[elperromagico]

5. Mr. Simpson, when reached for comment, could only manage a plaintive "D'oh!!"

[Kurovski]

6. No thanks. Not today or any other day. We're way past that now.

The Republican Party is on its own.

[SAXMAR]

7. Pardon Me? Did you say become a Republican!

Show respect to the man who pardoned Richard Nixon? I don't think so.

[ck4829]

8. How about the Republican Party become more like Ford today?

Because the party that Ford was in is not the same party that it is today.

[Skidmore]

9. It's the same party. Just as crooked and self serving and

more rabid.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

11. Not quite

at least the Ford era Republicans realized it was political suicide to allow Nixon to remain in the WH. I'm not sure today's repukes will ever try to oust the chimp.

[stansnark]

10. right. nixon was the one bad apple.

[rpannier]

12. If republikkans of today

were like Republicans of the 70's I might consider it.

But, since the only thing Gerald Ford and the Rockefeller wing of the Republican Party have in common with todays goose stepping, jack booted thugs is the name of the Party I'll pass.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

13. According to Andrea Mitchell this morning, Ford was disturbed about the direction of

the GOP.

[Swamp Rat]

14. Here's how become a republican!:

:D

http://www.thefrown.com/player.php?/frowners/becomerepublican

[Democrat 4 Ever]

20. Well, you gotta hand it to the repugs, they can take a so-so person

and canonize them in pomp and pageantry better than any one - even the Catholic Church - around. They can shovel shit faster and higher to portray someone "statesman" like and actually believe their own bullsh*t.

Upon his death Ronnie Reagan became St. Ron instead of the senile, dumb as a rock, deer-in-headlights, union busting, budget gutting, Iran Contra law breaking "moran" he was. They must recycle scoundrels because THAT IS ALL THEY HAVE. Gulliani, Gingrich, Foley, Delay, Cunningham (the list is endless) will all benefit from the Repug washing machine. (Gingrich and Gulliani are actually thinking about a presidential runs? Will the mistresses participate?) And McCain? Will the repug stain squad forget he was deemed crazy back in 2000 - by THEM?

They will re-write history for Gerald Ford even though Reagan nor Ford in the least resembles a repug today. They are so desperate for a hero they are willing to claim as their own people who do not, in the least, resemble a repug today at all.

These guys are masters at telling people to look at the shiny, pretty "legacy" while they are burying the bodies with the crimes.

[Swamp Rat]

22. Here ya go:

:)

[0rganism]

15. unelected, two years in office, pardoned Nixon

OTOH, he faced reality about ending the war in Vietnam, and did some solid humanitarian work with Carter after they were both out of office.

Not the best president in my lifetime.

Not the worst president in my lifetime, either.

However, raising Ford to sainthood now, at a time when W's approval ratings are in the toilet, is a stark reminder of how he came to power: discoveries of criminal activity by the administration, resignation of the crooked VP, an overseas war of imperial occupation spinning out of control, talk of impeachment in congress, drunken lamentations in the oval office, resignation of a president on promises of pardons to come... No, I think Ford's memory should be allowed its all-to-brief moment of reawakening. Ford's fame is entirely rooted in Nixon's crimes, which pale in comparison to W's crimes, so put his bust on a pedastal and his face on a postage stamp.

[Selatius]

16. Too bad that woman who thinks Ford was great hates America.

Hate destroys all.

[DemoTex]

17. Remember East Timor.

Ford and Kissinger.

[Mad_Dem_X]

18. ...and we should all be Democrats every other day!

:kick:

[TheCowsCameHome]

19. One day out of 365 is reasonable.

On second thought, why bother.

[Hubert Flottz]

21. It would have to be a lot colder day than this!

Absolute Zero in Hell, wouldn't be cold enough for me...

[RedStateShame]

23. Fine. But you have to buy me off at a high price just like one, then.

And, just like a Republican, you still can't trust me to do as I say.

[LeftishBrit]

24. Ford wasn't a great man, but he was probably a reasonable enough one to start turning in his grave

before he's even buried, at the very suggestion of turning his death into a partisan campaign.

Especially as the Republicans in power today are the sort who would sneer at people like Ford, and certainly at people like his wife and close family members, as being "RINOs" and not sufficiently on the religious-right; and would worship his rival Ronnie as a saint. Not to mention Ann Coulter suggesting that his appointee to the Supreme Court should be poisoned.

[TlalocW]

25. The attempted canonization of Reagan by the media didn't seem to hang around

Don't get me wrong - conservatives are always trying to canonize him, but all the pomp and circumstance of his passing have largely been forgotten by now except for the diehard fanatics.

TlalocW

[gollygee]

26. Oh right. And I'm sure when Clinton dies, they'll

all be Democrats for the day.

FFS.

[Jawja]

27. And I guess the same

caller would advocate that we "all be Democrats today" if the deceased were to be Jimmy Carter or Bill Clinton?