Gerald Ford - War Hero!

[BOSSHOG]

Thought I'd toss this in to feed anyone checking out what's going on at DU today:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/28/opinion/28drury.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin

Conservatives didn't care too much for Ford, but unlike bush, Ford did honorably serve his country in the military and did a rather heroic deed while serving. That can't be taken away from him. And the fact that he and not bush was, at least on one day, a military hero, should make conservatives groan at the mention of his name even louder.

[Richardo]

1. Thanks BOSSHOG

:patriot:

[melissinha]

2. What a great story, President Ford was of great service to his country

He may have been a Republican and an unelected one at that, but that story shows just what a person he was.

[cwydro]

3. Thanks Boss

tired of all the hatred around here today.

[Avalux]

4. I don't care what anyone says, Ford was a good guy.

And I have always admired Betty Ford. I don't care if he was a Republican; sometimes we have to look past political labels and see the person. Woodward's interview with Ford solidifies my feelings for him.

[Buzz Clik]

6. kick!

[WI_DEM]

8. I agree. I don't think we need to always be so partisan and attack

any and all republicans. We don't need to act like Freepublic.

[madokie]

5. Thanks for that

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

7. He was a brave man

that's for sure. I also think, especially in contrast to Nixon, he was a decent man. I didn't agree with everything he did (mainly the pardon), but you can't take away his courage.

[depakid]

9. And also -an isolationist

While attending Yale Law School, where Ford had been working since September 1935 as an assistant football and boxing coach, he joined a group of students led by R. Douglas Stuart, Jr., and signed a petition to enforce the 1939 Neutrality Act. The petition was circulated nationally and was the inspiration for the America First Committee, a group determined to keep America out of World War II.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford

Interesting how people change....some people, at least.

[Melynn]

10. Ford wasn't that bad for a Republican

He wasn't a hater and a wingnut.

Not too many Republicans like Ford anymore.

[Xenotime]

11. I wouldn't call him a "hero"

maybe a vet.

[BOSSHOG]

12. If I were on the same ship with LT Ford

I'd consider him a hero after what he did during the typhoon. And there is no maybe about him being a Vet.