How will the death of a former

[malaise]

Republican President affect the elections. I don't think Gerald Ford will survive to the election. He is much weaker than they're disclosing although if Sharon is still alive, Ford could live until the next century.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=politicsNews&storyID=2006-10-13T215114Z_01_N13432107_RTRUKOC_0_US-FORD.xml&WTmodLoc=NewsArt-C2-NextArticle-1

[NYCGirl]

1. If it's Ford, not much. NT

[dkofos]

2. For most I think it will be, Gerald WHO??

[Mojambo]

3. A blip on the radar.

Much like his presidency.

[elehhhhna]

6. His golf buds might miss the lazy bastard. Otherwise, nil.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

14. Gerald Ford Was Pro ERA, Pro Choice, and Pro Affirmative Action

He even wrote an amicus brief in favor of the University Of Michigan's affirmative action program:

http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1056139919083

[elehhhhna]

17. Okay, that's all good. And? How's that ERA thing going?

Plus I LOVE his wife. But when he retired, he RETIRED. IMO he frittered away a lot of good will.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

20. The ERA Died In The State Legislatures Years After Ford Left Office...

When he retired he became best friends with Jimmy Carter...


And he wrote the amicus brief to hold up the University Of Michigan's affirmative action program in 1999...


http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1056139919083

[dflprincess]

19. He also pardoned Nixon and was a memeber of the Warren Commission

In fact, he was the Warren Commission member who interviewed Jack Ruby and refused Ruby's request to take him to DC to testify because Ruby didn't feel he was safe where he was. Shortly after that, Ruby became ill and died.

If Ford had any conscience he'd 'fess up and tell us the truth about JFK's murder before he meets Jesus.

[TheFarseer]

4. Reagan would have been huge

Ford is an unelected footnote.

[1620rock]

5. He is a comma in history's script.

[malaise]

7. OK then

I don't wish death on anyone but I was a bit worried.

[blm]

8. Reagan's death took an entire 3weeks of news cycle in summer of 2004

cancelled so many DEm fundraising events, and then the Dem convention where you couldn't really slam the Reagan-Bush years the way we wanted to - and then McGreevey got outed and resigned the 2nd week in August.

Now THAT was tough timing.

I doubt Ford's passing will make a difference as he's too associated with pardoning Nixon.

It sounds horrid to say so, but true nonetheless.

[mulsh]

10. Reagan redeux - don't put it past them.

n/t

[malaise]

11. I remembered that

which is why I asked.

[blm]

15. I thought about it, too.

Kinda creepy thing about myself that I really don't like - but this is part of who I've become in the past 6 years.

I won't put anything past these people. ANYTHING.

[DavidDvorkin]

9. Maybe they need to bump off Bush 41

Maybe that's Rove's October Surprise!

[Octafish]

12. Ford's the sole living member of the Warren Commission.

He helped deliver America to its destroyers.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

13. You Forget Arlen Specter...

eom

[Octafish]

22. Specter was a Counsel, investigator. Ford was a Member.

Ford fed Hoover all that was being discussed.



I never forget the Magic Bullet.

[WI_DEM]

16. Not much, but Rove will try anything so the Ford family should beware

that somebody doesn't try to pull the plug on Jerry--the last half-way decent man the GOP nominated for president.

[LTR]

18. Very little difference

Ford was practically a liberal compared to Bush. And a much better president too.

Keep in mind too that it could also bring up old memories of Nixon and Watergate, which Ford spent his term making government trustworthy again.

[undeterred]

21. Poppy dying would make king george lose it.