President Gerald Ford, Rest In Peace

President Ford has died at 93, beating Reagan and Adams as our longest lived former President.

I always thought highly of President Ford, and of Nixon’s selection of Ford.  He was exactly the right man for the job at the time.  While I rooted for Reagan in 1976, and we probably had to go through Carter to get to Reagan (and to give us Volcker and a start on key deregulation; even Carter got a couple things right), it still seems sad that Ford never had a term all his own and gave us what would have to be a significantly altered history.  That he even came close to beating Carter speaks highly of Ford, considering the timing and circumstances.

Via Wizbang

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