Former U.S. President Gerald Ford, who has died at his home in California at age 93, was remembered Wednesday by President Bush as a ‘calm and steady hand.’ Vice President Cheney, in a statement, called Ford a ‘dear friend and mentor’. Alexander Haig, Ford’s chief of staff, told CNN that Ford’s pardon of former President Richard Nixon “was one of the most courageous acts a president ever took.” Ford pardoned Nixon on September 8, 1974, an act that stunned the nation. More facts about ex-President Ford here.
In other tributes and commentaries, The Washington Post, the paper that broke the Watergate scandals that eventually brought down Nixon, posted archived stories and a video interview with Bob Woodward on the story.
The Detroit Free Press (Ford was from Michigan) reported a “steady stream” of visitors at a makeshift shrine outside the Gerald R. F
ord musuem (pictured right/REUTERS). In an editorial, the newspaper declared the former president had  ”earned a revered place in American history by making the ultimate political sacrifice.”
Comedian Chevy Chase, who protrayed Ford on ‘Saturday Night Live’Â , called him “a very, very sweet man… He took my wife and I on a whole lovely trip through Grand Rapids to show us where he had been as a child and what not.” See full Reuters interview here
A lively comment thread surfaced on the left-leaning blog Daily Kos, with some of the posts on topic. On the right, blogger Michelle Malkin links to a  tribute from columnist Martin Schram, who recalls ”a very comfortable professional relationship between a very important Washington politician and a very inexperienced young journalist.” Religious blog Mondaymorninginsight compiles quotes attributed to Ford over the years, including “I am a Ford, not a Lincoln.” From the markets, Peter Cohen concludes in bloggingstocks, that the U.S. stock market performed “surprisingly well” during Ford’s 895-day tenure.
Green Bay Packers fans behind Packerama detail two of Ford’s connections to the famed football franchise. That Ford dedicated the original building of the Packer Hall of Fame is but only one of them. More chat on Ford’s influence, at least from the college football “micro angle”, here at Collegefootballresource.  Hookedongolfblog posts an old photograph of Ford with a personal touch.
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