katysails wrote:
This is certainly off topic and somewhat political. That's a disclaimer
so you needn't go further if it distresses you.


The real problems with threads like this are not those who are
distressed, but those who intend to cause it. So I don't see your post
(more below) as needing any disclaimer or apology.

I grew up in West Michigan, specifically the 5th District. Gerald Ford
was a great part of my life, even as a child. My first remembrance of
him was when I was 12 and our class memorized "Barbara Fretchie" by J.G.
Whittier

Excellent poem

for a presentation of a flag to our school that had flown over
the Capitol building. Gerald Ford came to our school, we recited our
poem. Those of us who were Girl and Boy Scouts led an honor salute. We
sang "My Country Tis of Thee".

Sounds pretty cool- I bet if somebody had told him at the time that he
would become President, he'd have laughed in disbelief.

O just finished watching his funeral at the National Cathedral. Gerald
Ford was all those things mentioned in his eulogies. Most of you only
know him from the short time he served as VP and President and for the
times he blundered around on the golf course.

I figured he had to be a truly big man to not blow up at the constant
portrayal of him as a blundering klutz. Ford did a good job at a very
difficult time, and I believe he did what he thought best for the
country. We could use a man like him today.

-signed- Injun Ear (formerly known as Eagle Eye)