Gerald Ford is dead.....

[c.j.jaxxon]

Uh huh! Interesting tidbit there!

[strictlybroadband]

He was one of the last presidents that wasn't a crook (that we know of). Then again, he pardoned Nixon. The last straight president was Carter. That means for the last 26 years solid, America's been run by crooks.

[strictlybroadband]

Gaslight wrote:

> Fuck me!! you mean all the others actually got voted in?!!

Except for Bush in 2000.

[strictlybroadband]

Don't forget that Reagan secret wars killed millions of people: Iran, Iraq, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatamala...

So in summary, Reagan was a very nice mass-murderer. Hmmmm

[planeterotica]

baggieb wrote:

> The only US president who was not voted in.

planeterotica wrote:

Now i stand to be corrected on this one but i think he was voted in as President, of the U.S. , as Vice President who was appointed by Nixon he took over the Presidentcy when Nixon was impeached, at the next election didnt he win the vote? therefore he was voted in he also pulled the U.S. out of Vietnam.

[planeterotica]

warren zevon rip wrote:

> planeterotica wrote:
>
> at the next election didnt he win the vote?
> > therefore he was voted in he also pulled the U.S. out of
> > Vietnam.
>
>
> Actually, Jimmy Carter won the next election in 1976. So Ford
> was never elected as President - and he was not elected as
> Vice President either, as Spiro Agnew was Nixon's running mate
> in 1972.
>
> Nixon was only forced to resign (never actualy impeached) when
> Agnew had already resigned (due to being found out for tax
> evasion) - as people were terrified Agnew woud get into power
> otherwise, and appparently he was much worse than Nixon.


planeterotica wrote:

Hello Warren,

You are better informed than the BBC as i heard my info on the Radio but wasnt Gerald Ford sworn in on Airforce one/two on the news of Nixons resignation !bow!!bow!!bow!

[Robches]

You are getting confused with Lyndon Johnson, who was sworn in as President on Air Force One at Love Field, Dallas, a couple of hours after the death of JFK, before being flown back to Washington. Jackie Kennedy was also present, and refused to change out of her clothes, despite them being covered in JFK's blood and brain matter, because in her words, "I wanted them to see what they had done to him."