Watching keith

[nadinbrzezinski]

and he broghht back another act of the Ford Presidency that was just as controversial (if you are a right winger that is) as the Pardon

he actually started the process to bring them draft dodgers back into the national iife

When you look at the whole of this... both acts were meant for national healing.

Did they work?

Nope, we are still fighting the war.

But credit, where credit is due, he tried

Flame away... asbostos check

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. They just showed an old clip of Ford introducing a bunch of dignitaries

including Cheney and Rumsfeld -- and also pointing out "26-year-old, gum-chewing George W. Bush..." And sure enough, that punk was chewing gum at a formal state event.

[cspanlovr]

2. I saw it too. What a jerk.

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. Yeah that was funny

but the point is Ford was in a place in time that was unique...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Kind of like Forrest Gump?

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. Yeah showuing that even then junior was truly a puppet

and didn't want to be there

[peacetalksforall]

6. Forrest Gump had class. Compared to ....