He put the Nation first.

What kind of bullshit is this. Gerald Ford dies and next thing you know he is an American hero who only ever had the nations well being at heart. This just goes to show how the media and the administration will attempt to glorify anyone or anything that will make America look better. However between the idea and the reality falls the shadow. Ford a lackey a paid stooge who's only real reason for being president was to pardon the criminal acts perpetrated by Nixon before the whole dirty mess was aired in a public court. I don't see how brushing the whole Watergate scandal under the carpet helped the nation. I feel that instead it helped to break the back of all those who had seen Nixon as a criminal thug who was abusing his power as president. In fact I would go so far as to say that because Nixon was never officially tried and prosecuted for his abuses of power it has been easier for latter presidents to get away with similar crimes. G Dub's domestic wiretaps would be a prime example of this. In any case the whole coverage of Ford's death is making me froth at the mouth with the blatant lies I hear repeated over and over. Lets Just remember him as the last stooge of the Nixon administration who pardoned a man who truly deserved to be punished. May he burn in hell for his complete lack of spine.