For Some It Never Ends 
Grand Rapids continues to salute former President Gerry Ford, despite the indifference of the Ford family.
No family members plan to attend the premier of a Ford musical tribute, “One of Us, Portrait of a Humble Healer.” This latest slap to local pride comes Friday when the Grand Rapids Symphony premiers the work, accompanied by David “The Tom DeFrank of Pictures” Kennerly’s photographs.
No one from the immediate family attended the 2007 dedication of Gerald R. Ford Middle School.
Longtime local Ford memorialist Marty Allen says the Ford’s desperately await the music’s CD release. Next Fall.
“I know the family wants it done, because they can’t be here,” Allen told the Grand Rapids Press. “And they’re anxious to hear it.”
Allen is Chairman Emeritus of the Library, and cementing his place in history as Ford family stand in. The Ford Library even holds a painting commemorating the historic day when he received the flag 
which had flown at half staff to mark Ford’s death.
“a man walks by the barn and sees this little boy in this room filled with manure? And he’s [the boy] standing there and he’s digging, and he’s digging, and he’s digging. And the man says, ‘Son, what are you doing up to your hips in manure with that little shovel?’ The boy says, ‘Well, with this much manure around, there’s got to be a pony—and I’m going to find it.†Hillary Clinton
Reagan biographer “Doctor” Paul Kengor is super impressed.
“Mrs. Clinton’s use of that anecdote is the first time I’ve heard it from a public figure since Ronald Reagan.”
Which is sadder – that Hilary Clinton is now channeling Ronald Reagan’s use of this beloved chestnut, or that hapless Reagan biographers haven’t seen these lines used since the Age of Teflon?
The pony metaphor most famously metastasised post-Reagan in a thoughtful appreciation for the good things that came from slavery.
If These Thistles Could Talk 
We feared we’d never see the wedding – the Washington Post was among the media hordes resorting to Bush ranch edges file photos while repeating how little we knew.
Then the White House released manna from heaven, and the nation embraced the lovely couple and her sweaty family.
The President is strangely the only normal looking one here. 
The Next Voice You Hear 
Miss Grandpa’s voice on the radio?
Fret no more, Ronald Reagan is coming back to AM! It’s the very best of radio at it’s most analog, lovingly resurrected to win another generation to the cause.
It’s the hits of the 70s, 80s, 90s and today, without the clutter of those last three.
As Reagan re-animation efforts continue to reach new heights, the musty scripts are being presented as timeless words from yesteryear, “over 1,000 radio addresses that clarified his vision for America.”
And of course, “Non-political in nature.”
FDR gave his fireside chats while he actually held power, facing epic troubles larger than the looming abandonment of the Panama Canal Zone. But the idea of replaying his tapes during the 60s wouldn’t have passed the laugh test.
Jenna’s Big Day* 
Crawford’s festive wedding atmosphere will be even more lively this weekend, now that famed director Oliver Stone has confirmed what a mess his upcoming biopic of President Bush will be.
The First Family can party responsibly, knowing that it’s gonna be another Stone classic.
With all the epic events of Bush’s life in draw on, Stone pledges to scratch the surface.
“…we don’t really know much about Mr. Bush beyond the controlled images we’ve been allowed to see on TV. This movie’s taking a bold stab at looking behind that curtain.”
*simulation
