I can't think of any better way to honor the life of Gerald Ford than by impeaching George Bush.
How does this honor Gerald Ford?
Pardoning of Nixon aside, Ford was really an honest...ish...person. And he was genuinely befuddled by the political world. All I remember of him and of his wife, though, was how courageously they faced her addiction. They didn't stand for much, but they didn't try to -- in many ways, he was what George Bush pretends to be to make us think he's a fool -- he was sort of ordinary, but not intentionally evil. Sure, he gave young RICHARD CHENEY one of his first big jobs and RUMSFELD was in his cabinet, too. And, he tried to get rid of William O. Douglass from the Supreme Court. BUT HE APPOINTED JOHN PAUL STEVENS who keeps our current court sane. Basically, he meant well.
Some say that pardoning Nixon helped the nation move on. If that's true, well, then so will IMPEACHING BUSH.
In Bush, we have an actual evil, avaricious creep pretending to be sort of ordinary and harmless. Let's do the right thing. Impeach him and his drunken twins and his whole crew of hypocritical liars.
Not impeaching Bush is like pretending that he doesn't know what he's doing. He does.
For proof, look at the comic spoofs about him -- you don't see people merely falling down, but people deceiving, stealing and leading double lives. He's too much of an actual viper for slapstick to suffice.
The AP noted the following about Ford's presidency (boldface is mine):
The Vietnam War ended in defeat for the U.S. during his presidency with the fall of Saigon in April 1975. In a speech as the end neared, Ford said: "Today, America can regain the sense of pride that existed before Vietnam. But it cannot be achieved by refighting a war that is finished as far as America is concerned." Evoking Abraham Lincoln, he said it was time to "look forward to an agenda for the future, to unify, to bind up the nation's wounds."
Farewell, Mr. Ford. You were quietly wise. I wish you hadn't pardoned Nixon, but I'll always remember you as pleasant in your honest and clumsy way.
Now, let's run Mr. Bush out of town.
How does this honor Gerald Ford?
Pardoning of Nixon aside, Ford was really an honest...ish...person. And he was genuinely befuddled by the political world. All I remember of him and of his wife, though, was how courageously they faced her addiction. They didn't stand for much, but they didn't try to -- in many ways, he was what George Bush pretends to be to make us think he's a fool -- he was sort of ordinary, but not intentionally evil. Sure, he gave young RICHARD CHENEY one of his first big jobs and RUMSFELD was in his cabinet, too. And, he tried to get rid of William O. Douglass from the Supreme Court. BUT HE APPOINTED JOHN PAUL STEVENS who keeps our current court sane. Basically, he meant well.
Some say that pardoning Nixon helped the nation move on. If that's true, well, then so will IMPEACHING BUSH.
In Bush, we have an actual evil, avaricious creep pretending to be sort of ordinary and harmless. Let's do the right thing. Impeach him and his drunken twins and his whole crew of hypocritical liars.
Not impeaching Bush is like pretending that he doesn't know what he's doing. He does.
For proof, look at the comic spoofs about him -- you don't see people merely falling down, but people deceiving, stealing and leading double lives. He's too much of an actual viper for slapstick to suffice.
The AP noted the following about Ford's presidency (boldface is mine):
The Vietnam War ended in defeat for the U.S. during his presidency with the fall of Saigon in April 1975. In a speech as the end neared, Ford said: "Today, America can regain the sense of pride that existed before Vietnam. But it cannot be achieved by refighting a war that is finished as far as America is concerned." Evoking Abraham Lincoln, he said it was time to "look forward to an agenda for the future, to unify, to bind up the nation's wounds."
Farewell, Mr. Ford. You were quietly wise. I wish you hadn't pardoned Nixon, but I'll always remember you as pleasant in your honest and clumsy way.
Now, let's run Mr. Bush out of town.
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