Late word comes to Humble Elias of the death of former first lady, Betty Ford. She wasn't the first controversial first lady, that honor belongs to Edith Galt Wilson, but Betty was perhaps the first FUN first lady.
Yeah she battled breast cancer and addiction as first lady and did them both with a great deal of candor, but you could just tell, behind closed doors she was a real ripsnorter, no boring Thankgivings in the Ford Household not with a former Martha Graham dancer on the watch.
Besides she upheld a sterling US Political Tradition which can be summarized thusly "The husbands a pill, but the wife is a peach".
A lot a mediocrities stay in the game a long time on the strength of their wive's charisma, never forget that.
And she was pro E.R.A. and pro-choice, seems like she was the last woman in the GOP to stick by these positions like I said, a real ripsnorter...delicate ladylike and opinionated.
Like a lot of people, Betty Ford did her best word after she'd escaped the White House, founding the Betty Ford clinic (many many pro athletes and successful vocalists owe their very lives to her) and campaigning hard for addiction awareness, she was indefatigable.
They just don't make em' like Betty Ford anymore...It is like they passed a law against it or something.
Helluva Shame. G'bye Betty show em how it's done in the afterlife willya? Otherwise those stiff will never loosen up.
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