Obama: Is he Carter or Reagan? Oct 27, 2009
Incumbent presidents who lost bidsJohn Adams (1800)John Quincy Adams (1828) Martin Van Buren (1840) Grover Cleveland (1888) Benjamin Harrison (1892) William Howard Taft (1912)Herbert Hoover (1932) Gerald Ford (1976*) Jimmy Carter (1980) George H.W. Bush (1992). Ford assumed office after Richard Nixon resigned. (CNN)
Attacking Fox News Oct 27, 2009
" (COMMERCIAL BREAK) SCOTT: Hundreds of people lined up in the streets in Rockville, Maryland, and other cities this week hoping to get the H1N1 vaccine. People waiting in line for hours, some lucky enough to score the vaccine, others not so lucky. But maybe it's not such a big deal for Americans. Our "FOX News" opinion Dynamics Poll finds only 44 percent of us say that we plan to get vaccinated against the H1N1 virus. And that's a drop from the 53 percent who said they would get it last month.... (Fox News)
Obama Suffers Historic Drop in Approval Rating Oct 23, 2009
Gerald Ford averaged 39 percent during his third quarter in office (1975). Obama's third quarter rating also places him below average for any president in any quarter, going back to 1945. (Newsmax)
A cowboy who brought home the bacon Oct 22, 2009
Federal Judge Clarence Brimmer said Hansen was his mentor and, as Wyoming's senior senator, submitted his name to President Gerald Ford for the Wyoming federal court seat. "He was a liberal Republican," Brimmer said, referring to Hansen's success in getting federal dollars for Wyoming. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Playing the White House: music on a higher scale Oct 20, 2009
Vice President Gerald Ford said he'd never laughed so hard. Nixon said: "I just want to say to our distinguished guests that this piano will never be the same again and neither will I.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Supreme Court justice keeps cards close to robe Oct 19, 2009
Appointed to the Supreme Court: By President Gerald Ford, 1975. Earlier judicial service: U.S. Appeals Court Judge, Seventh Circuit, 1970-75. (USA Today)
Horse Sense: A Teddy Roosevelt Republican takes on the Reagan Republicans Oct 18, 2009
The hard-core Montana GOP establishment's support for him goes back to 1968 or at least 1976 when Reagan unsuccessfully challenged Republican President Gerald Ford. Over the years moderate Montana Republicans have not always been welcomed in the GOP. Some Republican busybody purists go around branding moderates as RHINOs Republican in name only. (Montana Standard, MT)
Guests for the Sunday TV news shows Oct 17, 2009
In 1964, 1972, 1996 and 2004 incumbent presidents defeated senators -- Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush. President Bush would tell you that incumbency is no guarantee of re-election, and their successful opponents were governors. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Bush says Obama's Texas visit not about politics Oct 16, 2009
That pushed him into the top spot as the country's top globetrotting leader in his freshman year, passing the previous record holders: George H.W. Bush, who hit 15 countries in the year after he took office in 1989, and Gerald Ford, who also jetted off to 15 nations after taking office midway through 1974. Obama makes first trip to New Orleans as president. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Page: 'SNL' signals left's discontent with Obama Oct 10, 2009
"SNL" has a 30-plus-year history of redefining public perceptions of presidents and candidates, from Chevy Chase's bumbling klutz of a Gerald Ford and Al Franken's monotone-speaking Paul Simon (the late Illinois Democratic senator, not the singer) to Will Ferrell's "strategery"-planning George W. Bush and Amy Poehler's frighteningly ambitious Hillary Clinton. "SNL" 's message reveals, among other subtle insights, a repressed discontent on the left. (Athens Banner-Herald)
FLYING HIGH: South Shore has more than its share of Eagle Scouts Oct 9, 2009
Gerald Ford, 38th U.S. president. Neil Armstrong, first man on the moon. (Allston Brighton TAB, MA)
Obama comes out swinging Oct 8, 2009
Lyndon Johnson is at the opposite end of the spectrum on the talent stakes and is reported to have taken up to 400 swings to get round an 18-hole course while Gerald Ford, who served as honorary chairman for the inaugural Presidents Cup in 1994, had a reputation for accidentally hitting the ball at spectators. In terms of sheer number of matches though even Eisenhower could not match Woodrow Wilson who was said to have played almost every day, apart from on Sundays, and even had golf balls... (CNN -- International)
Rollins: Will 'SNL' skit sink hopes for Obama? Oct 8, 2009
President Gerald Ford, a gifted athlete, could never overcome the image of a bumbling, clumsy man who banged his head constantly after the hilarious portrayal of him by Chevy Chase. The senior Bush, George H.W., was brilliantly played by Dana Carvey, and more viewers remember our 41st president as the goofy, inarticulate caricature than as a serious man who served his country in many positions. (CNN -- US)
Democrat Feingold Slams Obama's 'Czar' System Oct 7, 2009
"'Czar' is not an official government title of anybody; it is a vernacular of executive branch public administration," said Bradley Patterson, a hearing witness who has served on the White House staff under Republican presidents Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. "It is a label now used loosely hereabouts, especially by the media," Patterson said. (Newsmax)
The New and Old Socialism Oct 2, 2009
President Gerald Ford put this matter in perspective when he noted that a government that can give you everything you want will be large enough to take everything you have. It s too bad President Obama doesn t read history. (Human Events Online)
Damascus on a familiar road Oct 1, 2009
" These congressmen were sending Obama a strong message - dont push too hard on Israel, otherwise he will face bipartisan pressure from a disgruntled congress. What Syria wants from the US is what has been on the table since the Madrid Peace Conference in 1991 - restoration of the Golan Heights, occupied by Israel in 1967, to Syria. They want Obama to give the Golan Heights high priority on his Middle East agenda and apply pressure on the hardline Benjamin Netanyahu government for this specific... (Asia Times Online)
America is neither secular or theocratic Sep 30, 2009
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Keeping the local in perspective Sep 26, 2009
I exchanged small talk once with President Gerald Ford and joshed President Jimmy Carter about his accent. Someday I'll tell you about my encounters with Nicolae Ceausescu, the butcherous ruler of communist Romania, but with the chatter about Obama as a fellow traveler, that might lead to talk of conspiracy, so let's set it aside for now. (Albany Times Union)
How many walks of life are there? Sep 26, 2009
Saluting is generally not prescribed when one s head is uncovered, as the non-saluting Dwight Eisenhower and John Kennedy and Gerald Ford knew from their own wartime experience in military service. Ever since Reagan, every chief executive has felt obliged to salute, and frankly they look silly doing it. (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
Dan Quayle: Evidence of a Double Standard Sep 25, 2009
Only five were elected in their own right and one -- Gerald Ford -- took over upon the resignation of the president. An attorney from Huntington, Indiana, James Danforth Quayle spent four years in the House of Representatives followed by eight years in the Senate before being chosen by George H. W. Bush as his vice presidential candidate. (Townhall.com)
There You Go Again, Jimmy Sep 21, 2009
Again the general election campaign he allowed such attacks against Gerald Ford. In 1980, with his political plight grave, Carter himself personally accused his opponent Ronald Reagan of being a closet racist who would divide black and white. (Human Events Online)
Will NATO missile defense idea have 'mutual benefit' for US, Russia? Sep 19, 2009
Former national security adviser Brent Scowcroft, who worked for Presidents George H.W. Bush and Gerald Ford, said the decision was wise. "I believe it advances US national security interests, supports our allies, and better meets the threats we face," he said in a prepared statement. (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
House Republican campaign chief: 'Speaker now likening genuine opposition to assassination'... Sep 18, 2009
People like Dwight Eisenhower, Nelson Rockefeller and Gerald Ford would turn over in their graves if they could see what today's republicans have dragged the party down to. In those days my whole family voted Republican at least partly because of what General Eisenhower had done for our country of origin. (The Drudge Report)
RedState Morning Briefing Sep 15, 2009
While the president consciously rallied fleeting progressive support and attempted to dispel myths surrounding the legislation, he wholly neglected to mention military personnel, becoming the first wartime Commander-in-Chief to do so since former President Gerald Ford in 1974. With public approval of the war effort in Afghanistan dipping, the case could be made and with little difficulty that the decision not to mention the troops serving in Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere was a conscious,... (Human Events Online)
The DakotaDome turns 30 Sep 15, 2009
"The DakotaDome has seen some great events, from down-to-the-wire football games against SDSU to a speech by former President Gerald Ford," Muenster said. "Every time I drive by it, I feel a certain sense of pride that I had something to do with building the DakotaDome.". (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Obama kicks up some dust on federal pay Sep 12, 2009
One reader noted that President Gerald Ford kept a lid on pay raises to whip inflation now, and feds took a financial hit, one way or another, under presidents Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. Add to that the politicians who say the government is the problem, Steve wrote. (FCW.com)
Swine flu, immunizations not new to Penn State campus Sep 11, 2009
Those 200 cases launched a nationwide immunization program in which President Gerald Ford urged everyone to get the vaccine and was himself publicly inoculated. Penn State, following the national push, implemented a massive inoculation program in 1976. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Confusion rules as poll numbers vacillate Sep 8, 2009
Only two modern presidents, Gallup says, had their approval ratings drop below 50 percent sooner -- Gerald Ford in three months and Bill Clinton in four. No matter which poll is more accurate, one thing's for sure: The honeymoon is over. (Albany Times Union)
The Politics of Personality Sep 6, 2009
Disrupt, ridicule, polarize, and make sure that the liar Lyndon, Tricky Dick, that buffoon Gerald Ford, that doddering old man Ronald Reagan, and two guys named Bush, never get taken seriously. They are not at all worthy heirs to the man who was shot in Dallas. (Townhall.com)
New look PSAs Sep 4, 2009
"We kind of laugh about the Gerald Ford 'Whip Inflation Now' with his big WIN buttons," she said. "The Advertising Council did that campaign, and for many reasons that were mostly cultural, it completely bombed.". (CNN -- US)
Speculation Grows Over Another Supreme Court Nomination Sep 4, 2009
Stevens, who was nominated to the court by Republican President Gerald Ford in 1975, is considered to be the leader of the court s liberal wing. As the court s oldest member, he has been the subject of retirement speculation for years. (Roll Call)
President, By Jeopardizing Trust, Proves Himself A Mere Politician Sep 4, 2009
What happened to bring his popularity down further than that of any new president in polling history save Gerald Ford (post-Nixon pardon). The conventional wisdom is that Obama made a tactical mistake by farming out his agenda to Congress and letting himself be pulled left by the doctrinaire liberals of the Democratic congressional leadership. (Investors Business Daily)
Useless Knowledge: Earn seal of approval on presidents Sep 4, 2009
The Montana Standard. The Montana Standard. (Montana Standard, MT)
Supply-Siders Can Ride To Rescue The Same Way They Did In 1970s Sep 3, 2009
The election of 1976 replaced the discredited Republican president (Gerald Ford) with a charismatic Democrat (Jimmy Carter) who said that the rich were not paying their fair share in taxes. Moreover, the Congress elected that year was the last one till today's with a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, and with Democrats enjoying a similar advantage in the House. (Investors Business Daily)
Doctor Obama? Sep 3, 2009
Critics accused President Gerald Ford of hyping the crisis to help his reelection chances. He lost, and. (MSNBC -- Politics)
A politically incorrect subject? Sep 3, 2009
Gerald Ford, a former University of Michigan football standout, became the 38th president. The trick is to be taken seriously. (Boston Globe)
PUNISHING PATRIOTS Sep 1, 2009
Gerald Ford sacrificed himself to that end, and even Jimmy Carter understood that presidencies are not for domestic revenge. And the lesson the left should draw from its own wretched global history is that those who stage the show trials this time may wind up in the dock themselves when the wheel turns. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Marietta man among pallbearers Aug 30, 2009
His mother, Sondra, said her son also participated in the funeral for former President Gerald Ford in 2006 and he was part of the ceremonies honoring the queen of England when she visited Washington two years ago. Chisum, assigned to Bolling Air Force Base in Washington, followed his two older brothers into the military, enlisting four years ago after studying a year at Fort Valley State University. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Obama's approval rating slips to 50% in poll Aug 28, 2009
Republican Gerald Ford slipped below 50 percent in his third month as president, Democrat Bill Clinton during his fourth month. It took Republican President Dwight Eisenhower five years to fall below 50 percent in the public's eye, Gallup notes. (AZCentral -- News)
Ted Kennedy, RIP Aug 27, 2009
Abraham Lincoln was the first president to receive this honor, and Gerald Ford the last. Nonpresidents who lie in state tend to be people who rose to high positions of authority, like J. Edgar Hoover and Gen. Douglas MacArthur. (Slate)
Bumpers recalls Kennedy's devotion to health care Aug 27, 2009
The Clinton Library opened condolence books after former Republican Presidents Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford died and has done so for friends of the Clintons. Before the library opened, it had temporary exhibit downtown, where a display went up devoted to Buddy, Bill Clinton's dog who was killed by a vehicle outside the Clintons' home in Westchester County, N.Y.. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Michael Ryan, 58; writer noted for his flair Aug 26, 2009
From New York, he jetted everywhere, interviewing President Gerald Ford and heading to assignments that brought him to all seven continents, three wars, and two revolutions, he wrote in the 25th anniversary report of his Harvard class. The South Pole is cold; the Gulf War was nasty. (Boston Globe)
Couple gets married and takes a new last name - right off their car Aug 25, 2009
2) President Gerald Ford, an adopted member of the Ford family, was from Grand Rapids, Chriss hometown. Chris holds Gerald Ford in high regard, as does the rest of his family. (USA Today -- Money)
SWINE FLU MAY NOT BE THE RIGHT VACCINE FOR OBAMACARE Aug 24, 2009
THE October 1976 national roll out of a swine flu vaccine is widely believed to have cost President Gerald Ford the super-close presidential election race the following month. This year, the political casualty of the swine flu may be ObamaCare, the centerpiece of President Obama's domestic agenda. (New York Post -- Business)
Don't Let Your Wants Hurt You Aug 23, 2009
President Gerald Ford identified the nature of the danger when that "a government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.". The American people must regain the ability to distinguish between wants and needs and must shed the ridiculous notion that government exists to provide either. (Townhall.com)
Fromme should be in prison Aug 19, 2009
She was a follower of Charles Manson in the late 1960s and more notably failed at an attempt to assassinate President Gerald Ford in September 1975. Fromme was released Friday on parole after spending 30 years in prison. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Robert Novak dead at 87 Aug 19, 2009
He enraged Alexander Haig by disclosing that Haig was on the outs with President Gerald Ford as Ford's chief of staff. Novak's scoops were nurtured over countless cocktails with insiders and, as he told it, a hard-knuckle tactic: He'd give a politician the choice of being a source or a target. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Grand Rapids: A relaxed urban getaway Aug 18, 2009
The Gerald Ford Museum, as the downtown maps abbreviate the name, is just across the Grand River, a block west of downtown. President Ford's grave is on the grounds. (Herald Online, SC -- Lifestyles)
Haunted by horror Aug 17, 2009
Fromme, 60, is due for parole this summer after serving 33 years for the attempted assassination of President Gerald Ford. In 1969, there were perhaps 30 of them, a ragtag band of runaways and dropouts living on a movie ranch in the San Fernando Valley, all loyal to a shaggy-haired con man who preached a gospel of violence. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Manson follower known as 'Squeaky' out of prison Aug 16, 2009
Frome, the Charles Manson follower convicted of trying to assassinate President Gerald Ford, was released Friday, Aug. 14, 2009 from a Texas prison hospital after more than three decades behind bars, a prison official said ... Three decades after basking in the national spotlight as "Squeaky" the infamous Charles Manson disciple who tried to assassinate President Gerald Ford, the now 60-year-old woman slipped quietly out of a federal prison Friday after being released on parole. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Would-be assassin 'Squeaky' Fromme is paroled Aug 16, 2009
Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, the Charles Manson follower who tried to shoot President Gerald Ford outside the state Capitol in Sacramento in 1975, was released Friday from a federal prison hospital in Texas, ending a 34-year stint behind bars ... Would-be assassin 'Squeaky' Fromme is paroled Articles Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, the Charles Manson follower who tried to shoot President Gerald Ford outside the state Capitol in Sacramento in 1975, was released Friday from a federal prison hospital in... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Balibo verdict: truth, drama and tragedy Aug 16, 2009
US president Gerald Ford and secretary of state Henry Kissinger sanctioned the full-scale invasion of East Timor in a meeting in Jakarta with Indonesia's president Soeharto in December 1975 ... As you will discover with more scrutiny than Cleary has applied, there is much in our approach that damns president Gerald Ford, Henry Kissinger and Gough Whitlam for their roles in this tragedy. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Swine flu shot link to killer nerve disease; Concern over 25 deaths... Aug 16, 2009
A mass vaccination was given the go-ahead by President Gerald Ford because scientists believed that the swine flu strain was similar to the one responsible for the 1918-19 pandemic, which killed half a million Americans and 00004000 20million people worldwide. The swine flu vaccine being offered to children has not been tested on infants. (The Drudge Report)
Click to read:Obama: No Health Care "Silver Bullet" Aug 16, 2009
Did Republican Presidents, Richard Nixon 7 Years, Gerald Ford, 1Yr. Or George H.W.Bush 4 Years Or his son, George W.Bush Jr. 8 Years, Get Rid of Medi-Care, Medi-Caid, Indian Health Services, VA:Hospitals, CHIP: Covering Poor American Children. (CBS News)
Man gets 90 years in prison for attack family Aug 15, 2009
The Charles Manson follower convicted of attempting to assassinate President Gerald Ford is set to be released from a federal prison in Texas later this month after serving more than 30 years behind bars ... The Charles Manson follower convicted of attempting to assassinate President Gerald Ford is set to be released from a federal prison in Texas later this month after serving more than 30 years behind bars. (Fresno Bee -- State)
Would-Be Assassin 'Squeaky' Fromme Released From PrisonCharles Manson disciple who tried to kill Pres. Ford released from prison. Aug 15, 2009
the would-be assasin who took aim at President Gerald Ford 34 years ago and the chief disciple of serial killer Charles Manson, was released from a federal prison in Texas this morning, said a prison spokeswoman. Former member of the Manson family tried to gun down President Ford in 1975. (ABC News)
Manson follower 'Squeaky' released Aug 15, 2009
FORT WORTH, Texas - Three decades after basking in the national spotlight as "Squeaky" the infamous Charles Manson disciple who tried to assassinate President Gerald Ford, the now 60-year-old woman slipped quietly out of a federal prison Friday after being released on parole. Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme eluded the media as she left Fort Worth's Federal Medical Center Carswell in one of the many cars streaming in and out of the front gate Friday morning. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Manson Disciple "Squeaky" Fromme Set Free Aug 15, 2009
Lynette Fromme Released More Than 30 Years After 1975 Assassination Attempt on Gerald Ford ... (AP) The Charles Manson follower convicted of trying to assassinate President Gerald Ford was released Friday from a Texas prison hospital after more than three decades behind bars ... What she did exactly was she showed up in Sacramento to "greet" Gerald Ford. (CBS News)
Obama in Yellowstone on Saturday (880) Aug 15, 2009
Long before he became president, Gerald Ford was a National Park Service ranger at Yellowstone during the summer of 1936. According to the White House, the Obamas' visit to the park won't be a public event. (Rexburg Standard Journal, ID)
Cheney: Bush Quit Taking My Advice Aug 15, 2009
The book will cover Cheney's long career from chief of staff under President Gerald Ford to vice president under Bush. "When the president made decisions that I didn't agree with, I still supported him and didn't go out and undercut him," Cheney said, according to Stephen Hayes, his authorized biographer. (Newsmax)
Click to read:As Marines Advance, Gunfire From "360" Aug 14, 2009
The Democrats did NOT end the Vietnam War** Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford ended it, both Republicans. The Democrats, Lyndon Johnson, were the FIRST to send in combat troops. (CBS News)
Trading-in Capitol statues Aug 14, 2009
Who's in: Gerald Ford, 38th U.S. president. Who's out: Zachariah Chandler, U.S. Senator, outspoken slavery opponent, U.S. Interior Secretary. (Anchorage Daily News)
States shelving US Capitol statues for new models Aug 14, 2009
Missouri is making a push for former President Harry Truman, and Michigan is looking at trading up to former President Gerald Ford. Arizona, now represented by John Campbell Greenway, a decorated veteran of the Spanish-American War and World War I, wants to honor former five-term U.S. Sen. (Anchorage Daily News)
Is Obama really that unpopular? Aug 12, 2009
Gerald Ford, though he almost closed the gap with Jimmy Carter in the final days of the election, failed to deliver a third consecutive Republican term in the White House after the worst political scandal in the nation's history. Bush Senior similarly failed to deliver a fourth consecutive term for his party because a) the nation's attention turned to the economy as , and b) emerged to run through the gaping hole left by who desperately wanted Bush out of office. (Salon)
Manson Family members haunted Aug 12, 2009
When Good, 65, was paroled, she moved near the maximum-security prison that holds Manson, reportedly so she could "feel his vibes." Fromme, 60, is due for parole this summer after serving 33 years for the attempted assassination of President Gerald Ford ... -- Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, 60, held at Carswell Federal Prison in Texas, sentenced to life in 1976 for the attempted assassination of President Gerald Ford. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
