Ford’s body arrives in nation’s capital

Roon

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Sat Dec-30-06 05:46 PM
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Ford’s body arrives in nation’s capital

WASHINGTON - Gerald R. Ford returned in death Saturday to the capital he served as president and congressman, his casket received with the muted pageantry he wanted for his farewell.

As night fell, an aircraft from the White House fleet brought the body of the 38th president to Andrews Air Force Base from services near his adopted California home, where mourners streamed past his casket in quiet remembrance of the even-keeled man summoned to the presidency in a time of national trauma 34 years ago.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16393733/

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Ian David

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Sun Dec-31-06 06:47 PM
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1. Wouldn't it be funny if they opened Gerald Ford's casket...

Edited on Sun Dec-31-06 06:48 PM by IanDB1

...and Saddam was inside?

And then, they open Saddam's casket, expecting to find Gerald Ford, but it's James Brown!

And inside James Brown's coffin...

Dick Cheney, taking a nap, with some dirt from his home in Transylvania.

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ckramer

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Sun Dec-31-06 07:45 PM
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2. Funny the news of Saddam's death has totally eclipsed that of Ford's death

At least in the internet.

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