Bush Jr. Statement on the passing of Pres. Ford

Laura and I are greatly saddened by the passing of former President Gerald R. Ford.

President Ford was a great American who gave many years of dedicated service to our country. On August 9, 1974, after a long career in the House of Representatives and service as Vice President, he assumed the Presidency in an hour of national turmoil and division. With his quiet integrity, common sense, and kind instincts, President Ford helped heal our land and restore public confidence in the Presidency.

The American people will always admire Gerald Ford's devotion to duty, his personal character, and the honorable conduct of his administration. We mourn the loss of such a leader, and our 38th President will always have a special place in our Nation's memory. On behalf of all Americans, Laura and I offer our deepest sympathies to Betty Ford and all of President Ford's family. Our thoughts and prayers will be with them in the hours and days ahead.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/27/washington/27ford-bush-statement.html

Thanks for posting that so we can point out how full of shit he is.

I'll bet that many better comments will follow mine, and I'll be very interested in reading them.

Redstone

You know he didn't write this.

Redstone

Talk about a cadaver. No life, no feeling.
He was definitely on something....

And probably won't till tomorrow morning. And if some White House staffer DID wake him up to tell him (IIRC Junior likes to turn in around 9:30 or so), his response was probably along the lines of "Gerald Ford is dead? Well, whoever wakes me up again for anything less than a national emergency will be too. You're fired."

He and Laura aren't talking on my behalf. I'm ashamed of them.

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fu

He probably hasn't even been told yet because no one wants to interupt his beauty sleep

Gee, who will restore public confidence in the presidency after this asshole?

obvious facts and resume highlights?

What an asshat.

Gerald Ford? Wasn't he that old dude who looked like Chevy Chase? heh-heh-heh

anyway, he was a president or sumthin' & he played golf , I think....and now he croaked..

and they woke me up for this?

W is probably pissed that Ford takes his Saddam hanging off the headlines.

was he smirking as he read the words?

like going to a funeral where the minister got all of his information straight from the obituary.

A WH staffer wrote it and put it in a drawer to be retrieved when the occasion demanded it. * continued his peaceful beautyrest overnight slumber and had to be told about Ford one hour after he woke up this morning.