During the 1970's Gerald Ford took a beating from satirists. There was that famous National Lampoon cover and the Saturday Night Live skits that unrelentingly portrayed him as a dolt.

But he was a classy guy, taking it all in stride and even letting his press sectary, Ron Nessen, host SNL and participate in one of those Chevy Chase as Ford routines. Hell, Ford even did the "Live from New York" introduction.

They don't make presidents like that anymore.