Geez, you guys been watching the news broadcasts about Gerald Ford's place in history? Man, it's damn-near painful to see these guys try to cobble together something note- and praiseworthy to say about his administration.
In fact, there is nothing praiseworthy to say about the Ford Administration, and about the only thing noteworthy to mention is the fact that he robbed America of its rightful demand for justice when he pardoned Richard "The Dick" Nixon.... Oh there were other noteworthy events, such as instituting wage and price controls in a feeble and ineffective attempt to control skyrocketing inflation.... and let's not forget the millions he squandered on the WIN (Whip Inflation Now) buttons.... as if that was any help whatsoever.
Listen, except for the most vile and sociopathic, we all want to be able to reach the end of our lives and have others look back to say that it was a life well-lived, that we contributed in some appreciable fashion to improving the world, and in truth, many of us will. But the standards are higher when we enter the public arena, holding ourselves out as leaders---particularly, as President of The United States of America, one of the two superpowers on the planet. And by that yardstick, Ford was Millard Filmore; not the worst (though he did pardon the worst, up to that point, anyway) but nowhere near the best.
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