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Geek_Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-03-07 08:38 PM
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Ford Pardoning Nixon to heal the Country was a bunch of BS
In Bob Woodwards recent article in the Washington Post he describes a very close friendship between Ford and Nixon. Ford didn't think twice about pardoning Nixon. They were friends and colleagues.

But the tapes, documents and two lengthy recent interviews with Ford before his death this week, conducted for a future book and embargoed until after his death, show that the close political alliance between the two men seriously influenced Ford's eventual decision to pardon Nixon,



"I looked upon him as my personal friend. And I always treasured our relationship. And I had no hesitancy about granting the pardon, because I felt that we had this relationship and that I didn't want to see my real friend have the stigma," Ford said in the interview.




http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/28/AR2006122801247.html
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Cant_wait_for_2008 Donating Member (90 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-03-07 09:02 PM
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1. Ford was a real piece of work, may he rot inH@ll, the b@sr@rd.
a lying, two faced weasel just like most neo-CONS, that was Ford !
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-03-07 09:04 PM
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2. No kidding.
Pure, unadulterated republican bullshit.

It's like saying how "Bush's bravery healed the nation after 9-11."

What a load.
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Geek_Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-03-07 09:11 PM
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3. I sometimes wonder what would have happened if Nixon wasn't pardoned
What other information about illegal activities might have been made public?
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-03-07 09:15 PM
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5. Well, he would have gone to jail...
Justice would have been served...

and maybe, just maybe other presidents would have thought twice before breaking the law.
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-03-07 09:55 PM
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9. And how many more in his administration may have gone to jail too.
How many of the criminals in THIS administration got a pass back then?
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Generator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-03-07 09:12 PM
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4. Ha! Figures
One thing this week has reminded me of, there is no chance this country will ever change. It lives in lies. It makes it a little easier because I can blame everyone, not just the Republicans or Democrats. Without the truth, without justice, without reform, all you have is the same criminals being recycled. That's all we have today. We haven't healed or moved on a bit. We are living a different version of 1974-but it's not a better country. We have Cheney, we have Baker, we have a war until five minutes ago-managed by Rumsfeld, and we have the son of the other Bush and we have WORSHIP of progaganda. We have another pointless war. We have another-worse-more secretive executive branch.

"He healed the nation, by pardoning the criminal."

Not in the least. But lies are what make us safe in America. It's easier that way. Like believing that voting changes something.
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Geek_Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-03-07 09:22 PM
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6. Don't Give up Hope
More and more people are becoming aware of their criminal activities. Truth and knowledge are our best weapons against them.
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BuyingThyme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-03-07 09:47 PM
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7. Lord, if we had had the internet back then.
Everybody loved what Ford did, so they voted him out of office.

Healing. Heal. Healed. Healer. Consume.

:silly:
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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-03-07 09:50 PM
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8. Birds of a feather n/t
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EndElectoral Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-03-07 09:59 PM
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10. Ask yourself...would he have pardoned a democrat?...
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