Ok, just ONE more
The post below was intended to be my last of the year, but I have to share the following with you. I was just reading the Post's coverage of people viewing Ford's body in the Capitol and stumbled across these golden nuggets:
Calvin Brown, 37, of Rutherglen, Va., cut his vacation in Virginia Beach short to come to the Capitol. He awoke at 3:30 a.m., dragged his 7-year-old daughter, Alexandra, out of bed, and drove to Washington while she slept in the car.
"Majestic is the best description for me," he said. "This is a man who stood for matters of courage, regardless of political causes."
Try parsing that quote. It certainly does read like it was uttered by someone who woke up in Virginia Beach at 3:30 in the morning. Sorry, Calvin, "majestic" is not the best description for you. "Incoherent" is. PS your daughter hates you.
The crowds appeared smaller, however, than those who came out to honor former president Ronald Reagan when he was lying in state at the Capitol in June, 2004. People stood in line at points during that time for more than eight hours.
"Everything has been running rather smoothly," said Capitol Police spokeswoman Sgt. Kimberly Schneider. She noted the moderate turnout, saying, "It might be the holidays or people being out of town."
Right. Or it could be that it's PRESIDENT FORD.
James Dozier, 25, who works for a non-profit organization in Denver didn't expect to stay in Washington for New Year's. But he extended his vacation after Ford's death. He had been here too when Reagan died and stood in line for more than eight hours to go through the Rotunda then. But Ford's memorial carried more significance, he said.
"Although I wasn't alive" during his presidency, "I've always admired and respected President Ford," he said. "When you look at politicians today there's so much cynicism. He wasn't elected. He did what he thought was right. I'd probably say he was my favorite president."
THESE PEOPLE ARE TALKING CRAZY TALK!! That quote is even funnier if you imagine exclamation points at the end of each sentence.
Ford was the commencement speaker at Barbara Stull's graduation ceremony at T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria. His son, Steve, was in her class, which graduated in 1974, when Ford was vice president. Stull, who was among the hundreds waiting to pay respects to Ford at the Capitol today, said she didn't quite remember what he said that graduation day. But she will never forget his voice and demeanor.
Calvin Brown, 37, of Rutherglen, Va., cut his vacation in Virginia Beach short to come to the Capitol. He awoke at 3:30 a.m., dragged his 7-year-old daughter, Alexandra, out of bed, and drove to Washington while she slept in the car.
"Majestic is the best description for me," he said. "This is a man who stood for matters of courage, regardless of political causes."
Try parsing that quote. It certainly does read like it was uttered by someone who woke up in Virginia Beach at 3:30 in the morning. Sorry, Calvin, "majestic" is not the best description for you. "Incoherent" is. PS your daughter hates you.
The crowds appeared smaller, however, than those who came out to honor former president Ronald Reagan when he was lying in state at the Capitol in June, 2004. People stood in line at points during that time for more than eight hours.
"Everything has been running rather smoothly," said Capitol Police spokeswoman Sgt. Kimberly Schneider. She noted the moderate turnout, saying, "It might be the holidays or people being out of town."
Right. Or it could be that it's PRESIDENT FORD.
James Dozier, 25, who works for a non-profit organization in Denver didn't expect to stay in Washington for New Year's. But he extended his vacation after Ford's death. He had been here too when Reagan died and stood in line for more than eight hours to go through the Rotunda then. But Ford's memorial carried more significance, he said.
"Although I wasn't alive" during his presidency, "I've always admired and respected President Ford," he said. "When you look at politicians today there's so much cynicism. He wasn't elected. He did what he thought was right. I'd probably say he was my favorite president."
THESE PEOPLE ARE TALKING CRAZY TALK!! That quote is even funnier if you imagine exclamation points at the end of each sentence.
Ford was the commencement speaker at Barbara Stull's graduation ceremony at T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria. His son, Steve, was in her class, which graduated in 1974, when Ford was vice president. Stull, who was among the hundreds waiting to pay respects to Ford at the Capitol today, said she didn't quite remember what he said that graduation day. But she will never forget his voice and demeanor.
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