The last word on former President Gerald Ford comes from a New York Times article.
[Mr. Nessen and others said they particularly enjoyed swapping memories of how Mr. Ford had treated people, regardless of their station in life, with dignity and respect, and how he had never taken on airs.
He described the day when Mr. Ford’s dog, Liberty, made a mess on the carpet in the Oval Office and a Navy steward had scrambled to clean it. The president stopped him.
“ ‘I’ll do that,’ ” Mr. Nessen recalled Mr. Ford saying. “ ‘No man should have to clean up after another man’s dog.’ ”
Mr. Ford’s energy secretary, Frank G. Zarb, remembered the time when Mr. Ford had been ready to make an announcement to the White House press corps but then realized he did not have any cufflinks handy.
“He got two paperclips,” Mr. Zarb recalled. “And he said, ‘Let’s go. We have more important things to do.’ ”]
Betty and the kids say goodbye...
He was a klutz and I used to love watching him slice a golf ball into a crowd of spectators.
ReplyDeleteGerald and Betty Ford were true public servants. We need more like them, but I fear we won't get them.
The picture of Betty praying at her husband's casket while surrounded by her four adult children is quite moving. You can't fake that kind of love. The body language doesn't lie.