Saturday, December 30, 2006

Gerald Ford - Hero?

Now that Gerald Ford has died, he is being touted as a hero.

  • He pardoned a guilty president to save the presidency.
  • He gave a green light to the Indonesian invasion of East Timor in 1976 that resulted in the massacre of 200,000 civilians.
  • He introduced the terrible twins, Chaney and Rumsfield to the world. Ford appointed Donald Rumsfield to be his Chief of Staff . When Rumsfield was promoted to Secretary of Defence, Ford appointed Dick Chaney to be his Chief of Staff.

Americans have funny heroes.

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