A Back with too Much to View, a First Lady with a Modern Legacy

Palm Dessert, Calif. Jan. 1

It has been a while since America drew its face close to Betty Ford. But what the nation saw on December 30^th in Southern California – an impossibly tiny face, lips pinched in grief, and eyes blinking in the harsh midday sun – served as a poignant reminder of a woman whose reign as the 1^st lady while brief and wholly unexpected, was amongst the most remarkable in modern history.

Two days later Mrs. Ford has reminded us that you’re never too old for a second go round in single-ville. Mrs. P, as she’s known on match.com, has been spotted in several of L.A.’s most exclusive hot spots partying it up with the now infamous “Axis of Reveal,” Lindsey Lohan, Brittney Spears, and Paris Hilton. In celebration of her inauguration TMZ.com released photos of the former first lady leaving the appropriately titled club “White House” crotch-less as a jay bird. When asked about how these explicit photographs would tarnish the image of her impeccable career as a stateswoman Mrs. Ford slurred, “Look honey, these young ladies may have perfected the Art of War, but make no mistake, my generation invented the Commando.”