Comments on: The Accidental President http://murderofravens.org/2007/01/03/the-accidental-president/ taking up a glowing cinder with the tongs and lighting with it the long cherry-wood pipe which Sun, 11 Mar 2012 05:59:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Doug Mirabelli: An Appreciation « Murder of Ravens http://murderofravens.org/2007/01/03/the-accidental-president/#comment-3459 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:43:24 +0000 http://murderofravens.wordpress.com/2007/01/03/the-accidental-president/#comment-3459 [...] of his best years with Mirabelli as his personal batterymate. I once referred to Gerald Ford as the “Doug Mirabelli of American Presidents”, and I meant it as a compliment. Both were given difficult and thankless jobs to do. Both excelled [...]

]]> By: Lolly http://murderofravens.org/2007/01/03/the-accidental-president/#comment-395 Tue, 09 Jan 2007 23:29:30 +0000 http://murderofravens.wordpress.com/2007/01/03/the-accidental-president/#comment-395 Great post! And you sell tobacco for a living?

Glad you liked the post. And yes, I work for a very old tobacconist in New England. I blend tobacco, do estate pipe restoration, as well as manage their web site.

]]> By: spasmicallyperfect http://murderofravens.org/2007/01/03/the-accidental-president/#comment-390 Sun, 07 Jan 2007 00:48:24 +0000 http://murderofravens.wordpress.com/2007/01/03/the-accidental-president/#comment-390 Hey Smith, wrote this yesterday, but had problems uploading it. Sorry about the delay, but here it is:

I can’t help but thinking that the good guys hardly ever get noticed until they are dead. I am not saying he wasn’t noticed before, but from a non-American point of view, I have heard of a lot of US presidents but Gerald Ford wasn’t one of them (please forgive me for my obviously lacking history knowledge, had to learn the European stuff first :-\ ). Over the last couple of weeks I heard a lot about him and I couldn’t help thinking exactly same as your closing says, not just for the States but for many over countries too. One can lead a country by being a good and decent wo-/man.

Also it seems that the decision to pardon Nixon was the only way he could get rid of the poisonous subject and get back to important business. Wonder if the election outcome would have been different had the people been able to do the same thing.

Nice tribute to a real leader.

Thank you. It is my belief that he was probably the most under rated president of the 20th century.

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