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3. I don't think either Carter or Ford were in over their heads

Reply to sandensea (Reply #2)

Tue Aug 8, 2017, 04:51 PM

Aug 2017

Ford was very much a D.C. player and if Reagan/HW Bush had not
worked a deal w/the Iran to hold the hoatages until after the election
I think Carter would have won re-election. Carter put solar panels up on
the White House but Reagan took them down. God only knows where we
be now if we had stayed the course for green energy since 1978.

My favorite Ford story was as President his dog took a dump in the White House
and a staffer or White House aid went to clean it up and ford stopped him/her and
said, "I don't ever expect another man to do that for me. It is my dog."

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Like him or not but Jerry Ford was a good man. Botany Aug 2017 #1

I agree. sandensea Aug 2017 #2

I don't think either Carter or Ford were in over their heads Botany Aug 2017 #3

I disagree with what he did.... cab67 Aug 2017 #4