The Week That Was
Ghost Walker 
Only a year ago, America’s New Years Celebrations were sandwiched around a very different send-off, America’s Gerald Ford
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California
Capitol Hill
National Cathedral
Michigan
If you slept through it all, were under a rock, or had better things to do, endless retrospectives are available via the internets. 
Or order CSPAN’s compilation tape for $24.95.
Lessons were offered and conclusions drawn.
Henry Kissinger offered a spectacularly rosie and utterly false portrait of Ford’s alignment with South Africa in the 70s. Dick Cheney watched too much television coverage and learned that Ford was a spirited amalgam of Truman, Roosevelt and Reagan on their good days.
And did you know, he was “our most athletic President“?
Ford memorializing rumbles along, albeit at a slower pace then the Reagan juggernaut. Michigan hopes to dump a long-time Capitol Hill statue to make room for Ford, and in real estate Gerry Ford brings the swank. The long time Alexandria Virginia resident and beloved deceased President will be honored by a “President Ford Lane” and a park in an exciting new “mega mansion” development. But there’s more. The park is to be marked by “appropriate signage, historical and informational plaque, and, hopefully, a three dimensional statue or bust of President Ford.”
