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Difference between the Ford Era and the Reagan Era

Daniel — 12/28/2006 2:16:29 PM (archived)

I followed US politics closely from over here, from around '72 until the early 90s.

As usual, satire says it best:

Fry: [on screen] As vice chairman of Planet Express, I'd like to say a few words. There comes a time for every man who becomes rich and deserts his friends, when he goes back how it was. For me, that time is now.

[Cut to: Intergalactic Stock Exchange Business Centre. Fry turns to That Guy.]

Fry: So I ask you, as a friend, won't you stop this deal?

That Guy: Fry, I'm an 80's guy. Friendship to me means that for two bucks I'd beat you with a pool cue till you got detached retinas.

.. say it ain't so! (oh wait a moment, you probably will)

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• Former President Gerald Ford has died. - Mary Anne - 12/27/2006 5:35:06 AM
  • He didn't just replace Nixon... - Nattering-Nay Bob - 12/28/2006 2:16:22 PM
    • Everybody Luved TRICKY DICK!!!!!!! - carl - 12/28/2006 9:57:59 PM
  • Last remaining member of WARREN COMMISSION to go - carl - 12/27/2006 7:49:52 PM
    • Mort Sahl made them do it. (n/t) - alcaray - 12/27/2006 11:44:18 PM
  • PARDON Me????? - carl - 12/27/2006 4:15:42 PM
    • I'm torn on the pardon issue... - Scott Evil - 12/27/2006 5:33:03 PM
      • But was FORD COACHED? - carl - 12/27/2006 5:40:43 PM
  • Mixed emotions about the guy - azstrummer - 12/27/2006 3:55:03 PM
    • It will be interesting to hear how the talking heads atempt to define and re-define him... - Scott Evil - 12/27/2006 5:38:48 PM
      • In other words... - Robert - 12/27/2006 11:15:44 PM
      • To the media, a dead Republican can finally be a good Republican. (n/t) - TB - 12/27/2006 7:15:08 PM
        • That's sad. - Robert - 12/27/2006 11:50:06 PM
          • Robert, I was around when Ford was President. - TB - 12/28/2006 7:34:06 AM
            • So was I - Robert - 12/28/2006 6:04:20 PM
              • "Prove it." - TB - 12/28/2006 8:12:54 PM
                • So was I - Robert - 12/28/2006 10:22:33 PM
                  • Like others here, Tom needs his 'conspiracies' (n/t) - R.L. - 12/28/2006 11:24:15 PM
            • So was I. - Mary Anne - 12/28/2006 3:37:26 PM
            • Difference between the Ford Era and the Reagan Era - Daniel - 12/28/2006 2:16:29 PM
        • Yeh, nobody had a kind word for Ford til now. (n/t) - alcaray - 12/27/2006 10:19:05 PM
        • It's all a big plot, scheme and conspiracy to drive paranoids nuts. (n/t) - Bowser - 12/27/2006 9:24:45 PM
      • Honesty and POLITICS are like WATER and Vinegar....... - carl - 12/27/2006 5:44:45 PM
  • The golfing world grieves. - Scott Evil - 12/27/2006 2:33:54 PM
  • Two Gerald Ford quotes: - Mary Anne - 12/27/2006 5:59:10 AM
    • Thanks for those - Fox - 12/28/2006 5:23:43 AM
    • Nicely stated - Donald - 12/27/2006 3:07:57 PM
  • Read bio and autobio. Nice guy, bright, hard-worker, not really clumsy, either. (n/t) - Bowser - 12/27/2006 5:57:05 AM
    • Chevy Chase Outa Work? - carl - 12/27/2006 4:17:06 PM
      • They were great, and Chase had to be quite an athlete too. - Bowser - 12/27/2006 6:19:11 PM
        • Don't forget the 1976 Pink Panther spoof of Ford - LJK - 12/27/2006 6:28:15 PM