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To: SiouxPal who wrote (95431)	1/13/2007 5:44:28 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Respond to of 361517

Geez, Gerald Ford apparently could not stand Ronald Reagan...Ford was a great guy, and honest, too: cbsnews.com Ford said Reagan, who challenged him unsuccessfully for the GOP nomination in 1976, was "a great spokesman for attractive political objectives" such as a balanced budget and defeating communism, "but when it came to implementation, his record never matched his words." Reagan was "probably the least well informed on the details of running the government of any president I knew," Ford said. In a separate interview he said, "He was just a poor manager, and you can't be president and do a good job unless you manage." Ford contended his negotiation of the Helsinki Accord on human rights did more to win the Cold War than Reagan's Pentagon buildup. Other key factors were the Marshall Plan and establishment of NATO, Ford said. "When you put peace, prosperity and human rights against poverty, a massive unsuccessful military program and a lack of human rights, communism was bound to collapse," he said. "No president, no Democrat or Republican, can claim credit for those programs. I'll tell you who deserves the credit — the American people."