The juxtaposition in today's news of the execution of Saddam Hussein and the funeral services of Gerald Ford is telling.Saddam Hussein was an absolute dictator who achieved and maintained executive power through mass killings, repression and fear. His decades of tyranny came to end via a spider hole and a hangman's noose.
Gerald Ford was a true democrat who had executive power thrust upon him by constitutional means. After less than three years of service, he lost an election and peacefully exited. He died surrounded by his family and is now honored by a grateful nation.
May God bless democracy. May it spread peacefully throughout the world and improve the quality of life for all people.
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