Gerald Ford Ford was the first politician I really ever had any (dim) awareness of - of course I was too ignorant as a child to realize what an evil man he must have been, but he did have the virtue of being a generally ineffective and do-nothing president, something I can always get behind in a politician. I didn't realize until this morning that there were two assasination attempts on his life.

Here's a weird thing: I think Ford was an attractive man physically. I'm just a sucker for the receding-hairline thing, I guess. He'll never come close to being my favorite president, though, an honor I reserve for the blowhard Wm Henry Harrison, who gave himself pneumonia with his long-winded innauguration speech and had the good sense to promptly die early in office. This is something I wish more presidents would strive for.  ¶ 10:21 AM