President Ford

A brief, very brief diversion for a moment, please.

With the passing of President Ford there has been much talk about his decency, integrity, honesty, words rarely mentioned in the same sentence with a politician's name these days. I never knew the president of course but from what one can tell from the man's actions it seemed such qualities were probably not far off the mark.

So I suppose it comes as no surprise to see that many folks are eager to repeat the late president's opinions of his peers as well as his thoughts and observations about the state of the presidency today.

The Grand Rapids Press, his "hometown" newspaper, apparently had frequent access to president over the years and has now reprinted excerpts of his comments about the former presidents he knew. Mike Lloyd, editor of the Press reported in the article that Ford didn't know George II so he couldn't comment on him.

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Hmmmmm. Maybe he could comment after all. According to Bob Woodward of the Washington Post, in a recent interview held in Colorado, Ford was more than willing to comment on the policies of the present administration as well as some of the key players themselves. And it's a sobering picture indeed.

(Click here for the article.)