Former Unelected Replacement President Temp Gerald Ford died a week ago.
I have to wonder: Is it because people just need something to do?
From
USPS.com:
"NO REGULAR MAIL DELIVERY OR RETAIL SERVICE ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 2
"Federal agencies will honor the memory of former President Ford
"WASHINGTON, DC - There will be no regular mail delivery or retail services at Post Offices on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2007, as the Postal Service is closing to observe the national day of mourning for President Gerald R. Ford. The decision follows an Executive Order issued by President Bush that independent federal agencies close as a mark of respect for the former president
who died Dec. 26. Express Mail deliveries will be made on Jan. 2. Regular retail and delivery service will resume Wednesday, Jan. 3."
You know, he died a week ago. Sure, take a national "day of mourning," but let's not get out of hand here. A full week later? Hasn't this Ford mourning gotten a bit out of hand?
Ford was president for a blip in our nation's history (longer than William Henry Harrison, but not as long as, say,
JFK). In fact, the only people who served shorter presidential terms than Gerald Ford are men who died in office: William Henry Harrison (1 month), Zachary Taylor (1 year, 4 months), and Warren Harding (2 years, 4 months).
Ford is a guy no one elected, and when presented with a choice two years later, this nation
went with Jimmy Carter.
Ford forever will be known as the Man Who Pardoned Nixon, and frankly, that's not enough for a legacy, and it's certainly not enough to still be worrying about a week after his death. This day of mourning should've happened last week, if at all.
Ah, but here we are, still mourning. I just don't see the point.
