<![CDATA[Jezebel: Gerald Ford]]> http://cache.jezebel.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png <![CDATA[Jezebel: Gerald Ford]]> http://jezebel.com/tag/gerald ford http://jezebel.com/tag/gerald ford <![CDATA[Table For Ford]]>

[Washington, DC; January 27, 1976. Image via Getty]

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]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5458169&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Did Betty Ford's Feminist Frustration Contribute To Her Alcoholism?]]> PBS aired the documentary Betty Ford: The Real Deal last night. The first lady — who, in 1973 publicly identified as a feminist — said she turned to booze when losing her identity in housewifery caused depression. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5172159&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Tina Fey Is On Her Way "To Ruining Sarah Palin's Political Career"]]> Oh the New York Post, will your clever wordplay never cease? This morning the erudite paper of record wonders whether Sarah Palin has been "swift-butted" because for weeks now, she's been the butt of Tina Fey's jokes. "Tina Fey is well on her way to ruining Sarah Palin's political career," according to Lawrence University American Studies prof Jerald Podair. "In a political culture that takes its cues from popular culture, a good impersonator may be worth a million votes." But, as Conn College government professor Dorothy James points out, Tina Fey can only work with what Palin gives her. "Jokes and impersonations only leave lasting damage if they resonate with existing narratives the voter internalized," James says. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5062534&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[ The New England Historic Genealogical Society...]]> The New England Historic Genealogical Society decided to delve deep into the family trees of the current democratic primary candidates, and boy, did they find out some weird shit. In addition to Dick Cheney, Barack Obama is distantly related to Brad Pitt, George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush, Gerald Ford, Lyndon Johnson, Harry S. Truman, James Madison, Winston Churchill, and General Robert E. Lee. Hillary Clinton is distantly related to Angelina Jolie, Madonna, Celine Dion, Alanis Morissette, Jack Kerouac and Camilla Parker-Bowles. According to the Genealogical Society, "Pitt and Obama are ninth cousins, linked by Edwin Hickman, who died in Virginia in 1769 [and] Clinton and Jolie are ninth cousins, twice removed, both related to Jean Cusson who died in St. Sulpice, Quebec, in 1718." [AP] More »
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