Ford said that the nation's most under-addressed issue today is education reform, and defended his stance on school vouchers for under-performing students in low-income districts.
Students questioned him on his stance on vouchers after the speech, and some became impassioned and rather critical.
But Ford took the criticism in stride and dished out a dose of his own lighthearted digs at President George W. Bush.
"I admire President Bush for moving forward without the polls. I don't know how many people if polled would have asked for more poison in their water or more carbon dioxide in their air, but he doggedly marched ahead." Ford said.
Congress' baby-face was a bit gentler in his remarks about the Senate's oldest member, Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.).
"To be his age and to be able to function is something we should all envy," Ford said.
Ford's uninhibited candor is a real draw to many of his younger supporters.
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