Betty Ford dies

[Speedy]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/08...k3%7C76824

Classy lady.

[Racer X]

I agree.

[deckeda]

She helped so many with her courage and honesty.

[kap]

No Republican First Lady has since come close to what Mrs. Ford stood for.

[Trouble]

kap wrote:
No Republican First Lady has since come close to what Mrs. Ford stood for.

A little over an hour. Took a little more time that I thought.

[Grateful11]

RIP Betty, I agree she was a classy lady.

[cbelt3]

Requiescat indeed. An elegant lady in an inelegant business, but she made a huge difference to many people outside of politics.

[deckeda]

Trouble wrote:
[quote=kap]
No Republican First Lady has since come close to what Mrs. Ford stood for.

A little over an hour. Took a little more time that I thought.
kap's post was almost my post.

But then I thought, "you know, someone out there probably either doesn't think what she did was necessarily all that special, or else they think the ones that came later also contributed just as much, or interpret compliments for one as implied condemnations for the unnamed."

Apparently I was right somewhere in there.

First Ladies are nonetheless political figures, and as such get judged in that light. Betty Ford was special; I don't understand why she shouldn't be singled out and applauded for her unique efforts.

[Dennis S]

kap wrote:
No Republican First Lady has since come close to what Mrs. Ford stood for.

Democrat either.

[deckeda]

Dennis S wrote:
[quote=kap]
No Republican First Lady has since come close to what Mrs. Ford stood for.

Democrat either.
Yep.