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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs the Irony of Trump Commissioning the USS Gerald R. Ford Lost on Anyone?
Trump is speaking at the commissioning of the aircraft carrier named after the only President to Pardon a President.
The Irony is surely not lost on me.
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Is the Irony of Trump Commissioning the USS Gerald R. Ford Lost on Anyone? (Original Post)
louis c
Jul 2017
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Watchfoxheadexplodes
(3,496 posts)1. The assistant navy secretary actually brought that up
In a constitutional crisis President Ford was at the helm.
louis c
(8,652 posts)3. didn't mention the crook Nixon or the Pardon by Ford
leftstreet
(36,106 posts)2. LOL
I thought that when I saw the news headline
Too funny
3catwoman3
(23,973 posts)4. The universe has a weird sense...
...of humor.
fierywoman
(7,683 posts)5. There are no coincidences!
louis c
(8,652 posts)10. Except maybe a cosmic one
fierywoman
(7,683 posts)11. Exactly what I meant
(Knew I should have put it in parenthesis!!!)
louis c
(8,652 posts)14. You're doing just fine
I noticed on your profile that you really don't post much.
Don't be shy, it's great to hear your opinion
VigilantG
(374 posts)6. Susan Ford didn't look to pleased when Drumpf referred to her.
Nitram
(22,791 posts)7. I was thinking more of Jerry's (undeserved) reputation for clumsiness and lack of intellectual
robustness. Fits Donald to a T.
lpbk2713
(42,753 posts)8. The name was assigned during the term of Shit-for-Brains.
Darth Cheney signed the papers at the Pentagon.
That poor crew is doomed.
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Gerald_R._Ford
Solly Mack
(90,762 posts)9. I laughed when I read about that.
For that reason.
malaise
(268,938 posts)12. Pardon me?
Not lost on me
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)13. Don't like having a Five-time republican Draft Dodger strutting around
pretending he is some great military leader, when he is just a garden-variety republican chickenhawk.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)15. I know, it's disgusting, isn't it?
What a blowhard!