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 No Tears For Ford I'll be shedding no tears during the funeral of former president Gerald Ford. He was a calm and respectful man, commodities in short supply among Washington politicians these days. But he served on the Warren Commission that whitewashed the John Kennedy assassination. Then there was the pardon of Richard Nixon. It set a horrible precedent for presidential pardons of political crooks such as George H.W. Bush's pardon of former defense secretary Caspar Weinberg in the Iran Contra Affair. Should Scooter Libby be convicted in the Valerie Plame Affair in 2007, might not W. Bush follow the Ford precedent and pardon Libby? I'd bet the house on it. But the most disturbing Ford legacy to my mind is to be found in his appointees: (a) Dick Cheney--chief of staff, (b) Donald Rumsfeld--secretary of defense, and (c) George H.W. Bush--CIA director. We shall know ye by their fruit. The fruit springing from Ford was rotten and damaged the country greatly well after his departure from office. Good riddance Gerry Ford. 12/29/2006. Permalink
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