Humor Played Big Role in Ford's Persona

Deseret News (Salt Lake City) › December 27, 2006

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Gerald Ford claimed he became an authority on American humor after being skewered by those who used it for a living.

He conducted a seminar on "Humor and the Presidency" at the Gerald R. Ford Museum and Library in Michigan, and wrote a book with that title from his office in Thunderbird Country Club in Rancho Mirage, Calif., in the 1980s.

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Humor Played Big Role in Ford's Persona

But Ford wasn't just a victim of humor, he became a skilled practitioner of the art.

Ford, an all-star University of Michigan football player who was drafted by the Green Bay Packers, was probably the most athletic president in American h...

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