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Pretty crazy trivia re: Gerald Ford
Posted on 5/11/25 at 8:53 pm
Posted on 5/11/25 at 8:53 pm
Only person to serve as both Vice President and President who was never elected to either.
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Posted on 5/11/25 at 8:54 pm to DyeHardDylan
I didn’t know that there was any American alive who didn’t know this 
This is like the most basic bit of trivia ever
This is like the most basic bit of trivia ever
This post was edited on 5/11/25 at 8:56 pm
Posted on 5/11/25 at 9:00 pm to DyeHardDylan
Only president to meet George Harrison while in office
Posted on 5/11/25 at 9:16 pm to DyeHardDylan
Only All-American football player to ever be considered clumsy
Posted on 5/11/25 at 9:18 pm to DyeHardDylan
Joe Biden is the only US President to have been brain dead as VP and President. He also got tough with Corn Pop and Rice Krispies.
Posted on 5/11/25 at 9:20 pm to Gaggle
Was offered to play for both the Packers and the Lions.
Posted on 5/11/25 at 9:21 pm to DyeHardDylan
Coincidently, this popped up in the Trivial Pursuit Game my family played today
Posted on 5/11/25 at 9:27 pm to DyeHardDylan
Healso served on the Warren Commission and rubber stamped every single lie and deception.
Posted on 5/11/25 at 9:53 pm to Gaggle
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Only All-American football player to ever be considered clumsy
That was an angle seized upon by SNL writer’s because Ford had stumbled and fallen over an ottoman while in the Oval Office.
Ironically, Chevy Chase’s portrayal of President Ford as a bumbling klutz, lead to an actual hip and back injury to Chase that eventually lead to his addiction to pain killers. He was ironically treated for the pain killer addiction, as well as alcoholism at the Betty Ford Clinic in the early 80’s and saved his career.
I still remember meeting President Ford and his wife with his S.S. detail, with my sister and my parents at the opening of Raiders in 1981. I was 10, soon to be 11.
We were in Vail at the old, tiny movie theater and its max capacity was 100 - 150 max. Small world
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Gerald Ford had a long and significant connection with Vail, Colorado. He and his wife, Betty, first visited Vail in 1968, and the family purchased a condominium there in 1970. Ford's presence, particularly as President, helped raise Vail's profile and contributed to its growth as a year-round destination
President Ford was a founding member of the Vail Valley Foundation, and in the 80s, personally called friends to raise money for a new entertainment venue. The Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater was christened with a Willie Nelson concert in 1987. The following year saw the inaugural season of the Bravo
My parents still have that photo in their condo in Vail.
This post was edited on 5/11/25 at 10:02 pm
Posted on 5/11/25 at 11:59 pm to DyeHardDylan
How was he not elected as Vice-president?
Posted on 5/12/25 at 12:15 am to PrattvilleTiger
The VP who was on the ticket and elected w Nixon resigned and Ford took his place.
Posted on 5/12/25 at 12:16 am to DyeHardDylan
Another piece of trivia. Gerald Ford was not his birth name. He was born Leslie King, Jr.
Posted on 5/12/25 at 2:37 am to juanbravo
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Was offered to play for both the Packers and the Lions.
Well, shite. Somebody dig him up. The Packers could use him.
(As I cry in no QB Saintsese.)
Posted on 5/12/25 at 3:31 am to DyeHardDylan
Another crazy trivia - He lost the election to Jimmy Carter.
This post was edited on 5/12/25 at 3:32 am
Posted on 5/12/25 at 4:32 am to leeman101
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Another crazy trivia - He lost the election to Jimmy Carter.
and another - in spite of Watergate being in 1974, Carter was such an incredibly shitty president that the Democrats lost TWELVE senate seats in 1980
The dems could not cheat back them or they would not because they actually had a shred of integrity (except for Ted Kennedy).
Posted on 5/12/25 at 5:31 am to DyeHardDylan
Here's one of my favorites...
Who is the only major party candidate to lose a general election for federal office in all 50 states?
Who is the only major party candidate to lose a general election for federal office in all 50 states?
Posted on 5/12/25 at 6:42 am to DyeHardDylan
Ford is the only President to have been an Eagle Scout.
Posted on 5/12/25 at 6:45 am to Lynxrufus2012
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Joe Biden is the only US President to have been brain dead as VP and President. He also got tough with Corn Pop and Rice Krispies.
I didn’t know that there was any American alive who didn’t know this
This is like the most basic bit of trivia ever
Posted on 5/12/25 at 7:12 am to DyeHardDylan
Took a lot of criticism from the media for his trips, slips and spills.
I don't remember the media covering those anymore. It's been more than 4 years.
I don't remember the media covering those anymore. It's been more than 4 years.
This post was edited on 5/12/25 at 7:14 am
Posted on 5/12/25 at 7:17 am to DyeHardDylan
Ford was a stand-up guy who was handed a couple of positions who didn't even want them, only to be turned into a scapegoat when he was forced to make decisions in order to keep the country moving forward.
Nixon and LBJ both considered him an idiot, but the reality is he wasn't the damned tin-foil hat wearing conspiracy theorist and schemer that brought about the circumstances of Watergate to begin with.
RIP, Mr. Ford, and may history look kindly on your legacy.
Nixon and LBJ both considered him an idiot, but the reality is he wasn't the damned tin-foil hat wearing conspiracy theorist and schemer that brought about the circumstances of Watergate to begin with.
RIP, Mr. Ford, and may history look kindly on your legacy.
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