Wait, my big mistake, it is in the FORUMS module it will not hold its setting, I used the check box below the editor box "show custom editor settings". It works in the Blog and the Repository and holds the setting. Can I just "turn off" the FCKer for the Forums module and leave it on for the default elsewhere?
And yes, the Blog module is very nice.
The trouble in the Forum mod using the FCKer is that all the controls cover up most of the area to input text.