Never afraid to test the boundaries of blogging ethics, I would like to take this opportunity to publicly call out the 38th President of the United States.
Yes, you heard me correctly. Gerald Ford screwed the Pack.
He turned down an offer to play football for the Green Bay Packers.
Now, I personally can’t ever imagine a situation in where pursuing the United States Presidency would be more important than playing for the Packers. Ford may have had his reasons for choosing politics, but it’s still not a good enough excuse give him a pass on this one.
Why can’t I let him off the hook?
The guy would have been good.
Let’s check out some of Ford’s incredible attributes and accomplishments.
“Ford granted ‘a full, free and absolute pardon’ to former President Richard Nixon for all offenses against the United States’.”
We have been talking about “Packer People” recently and Gerald Ford would have been undoubtedly just that. He would have understood that players and management are far from perfect and most certainly would not have held a grudge without warrant.
“Ford refused to lend federal funds to financially strapped New York City until the city raised taxes and cut spending.”
Much like us Packer fans, Ford obviously knew that it was irresponsible for New York to be spending obscene amounts of money on worthless goods. He, obviously, was a man of great intelligence much like Ted Thompson.
“Ford escaped two assassination attempts within 17 days in September 1975, both by women.”
Okay, when I read this it says, “Got multiple chicks on multiple weeks and scrambled out of
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