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In Memorium…

Posted by Little Miss Know it All

December 28, 2006 |

hohoho1.jpgAs a country we mourn the loss of former President Gerald Ford (1913-2006).  Little Miss Know it All would like to salute President Ford, for being a man of conviction, of faith, and of strength.  Gerald Ford did nothing spectacular that history will remember him for–yet in his two years in office he performed an immeasurable service to our country, speeding the healing process and allowing for a smooth transition of a free government.

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 Ford said:  “ Courage is standing up for what you know is right, regardless of the pressure from all sides, to do nothing or to do something differently.  Courage is a great character asset to people in public life because it means that we’re moving forward in the right way and not accepting the wrong things for the wrong reasons.”  He was a politician who wasn’t afraid of making tough decisions. 

Now, there’s a lot of his decisions I wouldn’t have agreed with, but still, he was willing to step up in tough times and make hard decisions.  He was a man of faith, not one who used it as a political tool, but a man of real faith, who led a life of quiet faith.  As a President, he made decisions for the country, not for his party’s election chances, or because some poll numbers said so.  He did what he knew to be right, and took the blows when people disagreed.  What a rare sight these days!

We need more men like him.  Men who are willing to ignore the political winds and step in a make hard choices, do what the country needs, instead of funding every popular pork project there is.  We need men who live lives of faith and courage, instead of waving them around as slogans and hiding behind the banners they’re printed on.  We are quickly becoming a society of all form and absolutely no substance.  But that’s another day’s argument….

God Bless You, President Ford, and may God’s mercies and peace surround your family in the coming months.


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