The Nation Needs You, Betty Ford (yes, the First Lady Who Helped Establish World-Class Rehab Center

 It was the meme of the Ford Administration (1974 -1977) that First Lady Betty Ford was Gerald Ford's number-one asset. America's Everywoman she was just like us. Actually, she owned up to being a bit less put-together than some of the rest of us in when admitting a challenge with booze. Eventually, through her recovery the nation wound up with a world-class rehab center. 

How we need that kind of real-person ethos now, and not just in the White House but amid myriad corridors of power. 

The August issue of Vogue presents the antithesis of one-of us. The cover, documents the New York Post, features Jill Biden in a Ralph Lauren dress which retails for $4,499. The Post does a hatchet job not just on Dr. Biden (who has that title for what isn't a medical degree) but the entire Biden continuum. Here is one example:

"They are arrogantly operating in a bygone era, when glamour moved voters. Relying on showbiz and fashion to make their desired illusion reality."

So far away seem the days of Covid self-sacrifice when powerbroker Joe Andrew, former global chair of law firm Dentons, reminded us in The Hill to stop balking about being locked down. There were those who had to go out there to work, risking their health and maybe their lives. 

And at the start of the pandemic there were also thousands of lawyers, rounded up by chair of Paul, Weiss Brad Karp, who labored pro bono (w/o compensation) to create a free digital Covid-help resource for millions who were deer caught in the headlights. Andrew, those volunteers, Karp - they were one-of-us. Those were magic moments in America. 

Reflection: If we asked Betty Ford about how we could afford our groceries we might have received not only empathy but a grounded solution. 

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