Yes, hear, hear regarding Mrs. Ford. She was more admirable a first lady, imo, than Ford was a president. I remember his presidency quite well. The fact that, aside from the infamous Pardon, he really did nothing too egregiously aggravating ... that makes him, perhaps, the best president of my lifetime (
which stretches back to Eisenhower, btw). For all that, I don't hold the man in paricularly high regard. It's not enough to do no harm. I expect much more than that from the President of the United States.
That "do no harm" is the best we've ever gotten does not make Ford our finest chief executive. But at least my natural feelings of sadness at his passing are not conflicted with the loathing and glee I'm likely to feel at the death of any given U.S. president.
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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup
Ford is the second president to die the day after Christmas. Harry Truman did so as well back in 1972. The all time record for a date is three with Jefferson, Adams, and Monroe all dying on July 4. The only other date to have more than one is March 8 sharing Howard Taft and Millard Fillmore.
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Jefferson and Adams died on the
very same July 4 (in 1826) - probably a singular record. Thanks for all the pres-mortal trivia, Alex!
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