Reply #81: Over? It isn't over yet! [View All]

And we who are old enough to have personal memories of the time, Ford's actions, the whole revolting mess, do not have the right, as a perk of growing a bit older, to sit back and glory in fireside fantasies of someone who "healed" the country.

I shudder to think of our being so fortunate again. I have not far to look. The tone that was set by the pardoning of a criminal for political purposes resonates in our institutions today.

No, we can't expect that Ford had the vision to see down the road and calculate the results of his actions. If he gave it much thought, however, it's hard to see how he couldn't have had any clue about the ramifications of his pardon. It was damage control, pure and simple.

"...more to life than that miserable, corruptive administration..." rings a bit hollow. It's a "move on" sentiment that I doubt would be very much appreciated by the families of the 58,000 or so young men who died in Vietnam. It's one that is in the winds now, as certain of our leaders counsel putting the past behind us, again, "for the good of the country."