Nixon Nominates Gerald R. Ford as VP

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  • Опубликовано: 4 ноя 2024

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  • @JohnRoland
    @JohnRoland 4 года назад +119

    It is awesome seeing the bipartisan love and respect leaders in Congress had for Gerald Ford. Immediately after President Nixon said “he has served in the Congress for 25 years” everyone erupted because they knew it was Ford. Really wish we had a Gerald Ford today!! #POTUS38

    • @ronaldzent4845
      @ronaldzent4845 2 года назад

      Gerald Ford was probably the right person for the time to become VP then, President. Maybe, at the time when he gave Nixon a full pardon, it seemed to make some angry, but Ford did mention of not wanting to essentially, drag the American people through another drawn out trial, just wanted to move on, Nixon, at least finally "accepted" his mustskes, unlike, #45, Orangey.

    • @ronaldzent4845
      @ronaldzent4845 2 года назад +3

      Mistakes

    • @greatwhitebuffalockobenben1019
      @greatwhitebuffalockobenben1019 Год назад +2

      His biggest mistake

    • @Youdidnthearme
      @Youdidnthearme Год назад

      ford screwed his political career by pardoning nixon!!! that's how we got carter

    • @jameshanold6545
      @jameshanold6545 Год назад +1

      Exactly.

  • @winstonhuang2552
    @winstonhuang2552 5 лет назад +147

    Imagine going from just another congressman out of 435 to president of the united states within 7 months and having not campaigned during any of those 7 months

    • @robertyates9500
      @robertyates9500 3 года назад +15

      You might want to check your math. It’s 10 months. October 1973 to August 1974

    • @shahrulamar5358
      @shahrulamar5358 3 года назад +2

      @@robertyates9500 After Agnew resigned there was another attempt by another politician with Greek blood to become president. But Dukakis lost 1988 election.

    • @MrThorfan64
      @MrThorfan64 2 года назад +13

      Well he was House Minority Leader so very high-up in Congress. But still, quite a stepup.

    • @theopportuneson699
      @theopportuneson699 2 года назад +12

      Gerald Ford was the House Republican leader. So not just “another congressman.”

    • @greatwhitebuffalockobenben1019
      @greatwhitebuffalockobenben1019 Год назад +3

      Ford wasn’t Nixon’s first choice, but only one who congress would confirm. Then 10 months later is president without one single vote after Nixon is forced to resign ..
      something just doesn’t feel right about whole situation..

  • @sambradley2975
    @sambradley2975 6 лет назад +46

    Nixon was right, America was in good hands with Jerry Ford.

  • @ZorLink21
    @ZorLink21 3 года назад +33

    Fun fact: When Nixon announced this Gerald Ford was considered vice president designate instead of vice president elect because he had not been elected to the vice presidency by the electoral college

  • @JohnRoland
    @JohnRoland 4 года назад +33

    Gerald Ford was an outstanding pick. He was a heroic president and a true center. #POTUS38

  • @BeaBlessed
    @BeaBlessed 5 лет назад +44

    Nixon was a very intelligent man.

    • @Youdidnthearme
      @Youdidnthearme Год назад +2

      very

    • @DzNutz-kf9ob
      @DzNutz-kf9ob 7 месяцев назад +2

      He was a very corrupt man.

    • @mrm64
      @mrm64 4 месяца назад

      ​@@DzNutz-kf9obdoesn't negate intelligence lol. All of Washington and the world governments are corrupt in many ways tbh.

    • @sebastianbonnet1492
      @sebastianbonnet1492 4 месяца назад

      @@DzNutz-kf9ob Indeed. But judging from this clip he would have made a great game show host.

  • @johnnytheyoungmaestro
    @johnnytheyoungmaestro 2 года назад +16

    President Nixon really knew how to speak with the kind of tone every president should have - calm, but firm. And as for picking Gerald Ford to be the Vice President...one of the greatest decisions, I think, that any president has ever made. Both were amazing men. Happy to see this archived video here. :)

  • @schnuurtchke
    @schnuurtchke 5 лет назад +60

    Ford is one of the most underrated presidents in US history. He almost pulled off the 1976 election even after Watergate. Had he been successful in '76, America would've been a much better place

    • @mrb4886
      @mrb4886 3 года назад +2

      Underrated. BS RUclips term.

    • @davidharrison3711
      @davidharrison3711 3 года назад +9

      AND the USA would still to this day own the Panama Canal.

    • @shahrulamar5358
      @shahrulamar5358 3 года назад +8

      @@rockmonroe1754 Carter still alive. Happy 97th birthday. 🎂🎂🎂

    • @adorabasilwinterpock6035
      @adorabasilwinterpock6035 2 года назад +2

      @@rockmonroe1754 Reagan destroyed the US

    • @brianmccauley339
      @brianmccauley339 2 года назад +4

      @@adorabasilwinterpock6035 and Obama loves Michael

  • @sambradley2975
    @sambradley2975 6 лет назад +29

    When I was a kid, Richard Nixon is who I thought of as what a President looked like, I still think that.

  • @rah62
    @rah62 5 лет назад +24

    Notice at 9:08 they're sneaking Betty in while everybody's applauding her husband. Magically later on, a chair appears and she's seated next to Mrs. Nixon.

  • @eventhat8103
    @eventhat8103 11 месяцев назад +3

    When bi-partisanship was not taboo in Washington. The audience is filled with Congressional Members from both political parties. Note that Democratic House Majority Leader Tip O'Neill shakes Ford's hand.

  • @ilmsff7
    @ilmsff7 2 года назад +9

    House majority leader (and future speaker) Tip O'Neil was sitting next to Ford and was the first to shake his hand.

  • @pluggy86
    @pluggy86 2 года назад +11

    Remember watching this with my dad. He followed politics closely but did not know in advance. However, as soon as he mentioned 25 years in the House, Dad immediately reacted and was very pleased.

  • @benmarleor
    @benmarleor Год назад +7

    The Congressional Leadership knew deep down that Nixon would be out of office within a year. Ford was one of them and Speaker Albert and Leaders Mansfield and Scott essentially forced Nixon’s hand in choosing Ford (he initially wanted Governor Connally of Texas). Gerald Ford, a congressman’s congressman, was Congress’ President.

  • @carlosmotero4326
    @carlosmotero4326 5 лет назад +39

    Nixon was one of the greatest, he knew what was coming. He picked wisely.

    • @andypandy4607
      @andypandy4607 4 года назад +2

      sboudreaux27 what about daddy bush?

    • @hanndonfield91
      @hanndonfield91 4 года назад +5

      do you think that the fact he was on the warren commission was the reason of his choice? there's always been a theory about that

    • @official_9101
      @official_9101 3 года назад +3

      nixon litterally is a horrible president. he litterally broke into the democratic headquarters

    • @official_9101
      @official_9101 3 года назад +1

      @@andrewduffin5455 yes but i mean come on

    • @mrb4886
      @mrb4886 3 года назад

      @@hanndonfield91 Nice research.

  • @thomaspaine3395
    @thomaspaine3395 6 лет назад +34

    Nixon was a good man deep down he really loved this country, just made stupid choices.

    • @rickwilbur9077
      @rickwilbur9077 5 лет назад +1

      I agree

    • @davidrule1335
      @davidrule1335 5 лет назад

      I agree. do you feel the same about Mr. Trump?

    • @dalesajdak422
      @dalesajdak422 3 года назад +2

      @@davidrule1335
      In my opinion Trump is a bad person, but he’s a decent president. I think he has some love for the US, but I think his love for himself is greater.

    • @davidharrison3711
      @davidharrison3711 3 года назад +5

      @@dalesajdak422 Trump was a traitor, plain and simple. He's not half the man Nixon was. And that's even taking Watergate into account!

    • @jimmycricket5366
      @jimmycricket5366 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@davidrule1335Trump makes for a great president and he loves his country. What a great leader, strong and not afraid to do what needs to be done.

  • @johnnylongfeather3086
    @johnnylongfeather3086 2 года назад +10

    6:42 Great timing and a great line from Nixon here…. And again at 9:16

  • @fintan3563
    @fintan3563 Год назад +2

    I have always liked President Nixon. “Peace throughout the world!”

  • @johnquinn8194
    @johnquinn8194 9 лет назад +13

    RMNs Greatest Gift to the world was
    His Extraordinary Wisdom in Selecting
    Minority Leader Ford as Agnews replacement
    John P Quinn

    • @kevins1216
      @kevins1216 5 лет назад +3

      Nixon will go down in history as one of our greatest presidents it was his paranoia that did him in

    • @shahrulamar5358
      @shahrulamar5358 3 года назад +1

      @sboudreaux27 Rockefeller died mysteriously in 1979. 😟😟😟

  • @brandonguillory2909
    @brandonguillory2909 3 года назад +8

    The invention of the internet is one of the greatest thing that has ever happened to humanity. My message to the inventors congratulations👍👍👏

  • @krynnlehoffburrfoot5971
    @krynnlehoffburrfoot5971 Год назад +3

    President Nixon knew how to make a great speech without any notes

  • @thebestisyettocome4114
    @thebestisyettocome4114 5 лет назад +12

    God bless President Nixon and Ford 🇺🇸

    • @label1877
      @label1877 4 года назад +2

      President Nixon accomplishments were numerous. Getting us out of Vietnam, establishment of the cabinet level EPA.

    • @elliottschertzer876
      @elliottschertzer876 4 года назад +1

      Give me gas

    • @davidharrison3711
      @davidharrison3711 3 года назад

      @@label1877 Took the USA off the gold standard, and opening relations with the People's Republic of China under Mao.

    • @jimmycricket5366
      @jimmycricket5366 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@davidharrison3711Was taking the US off the gold standard a good thing?

  • @TheMotz55
    @TheMotz55 3 дня назад +1

    Imagine...fast forward. Trump croaks shortly after taking office Jan. 25. JD Vance becomes President and nominates Marjorie Taylor Greene at VP with her "distinguished service" of 6 years as a member of the House. How much this country has regressed!

  • @pantingsquidward540
    @pantingsquidward540 5 лет назад +16

    6:12 is that bush in the background?

    • @APOCALYPSE_X-MEN
      @APOCALYPSE_X-MEN 5 лет назад +2

      Where in the background?

    • @angelad7981
      @angelad7981 4 года назад +4

      probably he was the United States ambassador to the United Nations around this time

    • @davidharrison3711
      @davidharrison3711 3 года назад +2

      @@angelad7981 I thought he was the CIA head or ambassador to China.

    • @johnnylongfeather3086
      @johnnylongfeather3086 2 года назад

      Where

  • @chloekona3632
    @chloekona3632 5 лет назад +9

    That was a very prompt and boisterous reaction from the crowd. I wonder if this was a surprise announcement. This is something you dont see today.

    • @APOCALYPSE_X-MEN
      @APOCALYPSE_X-MEN 5 лет назад +12

      It wasn't a surprise. It was rumored, and then reported that Ford would be the pick. They were so enthusiastic because Ford was very beloved and respected in the House of Representatives. He was the House Minority Leader before his selection as Vice President.

  • @Wikcan
    @Wikcan Год назад +3

    I love nixons smiles

  • @jackdowd6238
    @jackdowd6238 5 лет назад +7

    Later this nite a Nixon staffer said to Tip O'Neill "what an historic event, the first time the 25th amendment has been used"---Tip replied we would not see it used again for at least a year

    • @davidharrison3711
      @davidharrison3711 3 года назад +6

      Too bad we didn't use it again after the events of January 06th, 2021.

    • @jimmycricket5366
      @jimmycricket5366 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@davidharrison3711what happened on January the sixth 2021? Was it that tour of the capitol buildings? Very picturesque buildings, inside and out. Lovely.

  • @KingFahtah
    @KingFahtah Год назад +2

    Imagine if Spiro became president

  • @SpaceGhost67
    @SpaceGhost67 Год назад +1

    And that's when Agnew that I needed a new Veep....

  • @sambradley2975
    @sambradley2975 6 лет назад +13

    Now there was a President, Richard Nixon! Great man.

    • @cain8857
      @cain8857 3 года назад +2

      crook

    • @insertnamehere5146
      @insertnamehere5146 2 года назад

      I agree, Hanoi would not have invaded the south if Nixon had still been in office as he threatened to bomb them into the stone age and America would not have been so humiliated.

  • @sambradley2975
    @sambradley2975 6 лет назад +13

    Who knew that in 10 months, Gerald Ford would return to the podium in the East Room to succeed the man who nominated him?

    • @Momy69420
      @Momy69420 Год назад +1

      Literally a lot of people

    • @jimmycricket5366
      @jimmycricket5366 8 месяцев назад

      Everybody who was in on the plot to take out JFK.

  • @label1877
    @label1877 4 года назад +13

    President Ford lost by a whisker to Carter in ‘76. Chevy Chase on SNL admitted decades later that SNL did their best to promote Carter. Since Carter was such an incredible disaster for America...where is SNL and Chevy Chase apology to America?

    • @hanndonfield91
      @hanndonfield91 4 года назад +1

      this is the best comment here!

    • @kevincassidy7233
      @kevincassidy7233 4 года назад +3

      I think Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter were actually very similar in that they were both very decent men, though as Presidents mediocre at best.

    • @adorabasilwinterpock6035
      @adorabasilwinterpock6035 4 года назад +4

      Jimmy Carter was a good President

    • @label1877
      @label1877 4 года назад +6

      @@adorabasilwinterpock6035 Jimmy Carter is a great human being but unfortunately his policies were not successful for the economy. I remember 21% interest rates on new cars. I remember 9% annual inflation. I remember my father tearing up because he could not find a job.

    • @label1877
      @label1877 3 года назад +4

      @@adorabasilwinterpock6035 Based on what? Carter decimated the military. The Navy could not float 200 ships. Interest rates on new cars hit 21%. Inflation hit 13%. Remember Iran? Jeez, the list is endless.
      Jimmy Carter is a great human being and some say that is more important anyway.

  • @jameshanold6545
    @jameshanold6545 Год назад +1

    A truly historic event.

  • @pearljam1984
    @pearljam1984 4 года назад +5

    Was Ford like the most popular congressman's congressman ever?

  • @googoo-gjoob
    @googoo-gjoob Год назад +1

    the _only_ man to serve both as VP & POTUS yet never rcvd even 1 vote for either position.

  • @saulostrov7255
    @saulostrov7255 6 лет назад +3

    I remember this whole episode when I was 8 years old when I say episode the episode of our history I am 53 years old now but when I look back it seems like yesterday Richard Nixon in my opinion was a good president any other comments that I might have I'm not going to put out there

    • @davidharrison3711
      @davidharrison3711 3 года назад +2

      He got us out of Vietnam. He opened relations with the People's Republic of China. Were it not for that one little mistake......sad way to end a presidency.

  • @BBQFanNo1
    @BBQFanNo1 2 года назад +1

    Nixon picked the right man for the time to be Vice President in December 1973 and eventually President Of The United States in 1974.

    • @jimmycricket5366
      @jimmycricket5366 8 месяцев назад

      He didn't pick him. He was picked because he was a trusted stooge on the Warren commission.

  • @MattWatts-kv8rh
    @MattWatts-kv8rh 4 месяца назад

    Gerald Ford was a very impressive man. Having never been elected as Vice President or as President, yet having served as both, he left an indelible and positive mark upon the fabric of the collective American identity. Gerald Ford was a statesman. His legacy shall not be forgotten.

  • @ethancooke593
    @ethancooke593 5 лет назад +14

    6:00 best smile ever

    • @andrewduffin5455
      @andrewduffin5455 3 года назад +3

      it's nice to see nixon happy for once

    • @davidharrison3711
      @davidharrison3711 3 года назад +1

      @@andrewduffin5455 He was thinking about poor Checkers.

    • @avant-gardemarmalade7605
      @avant-gardemarmalade7605 2 года назад +1

      It was kinda scary to me

    • @Youdidnthearme
      @Youdidnthearme Год назад

      obama has a better smile

    • @jimmycricket5366
      @jimmycricket5366 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@YoudidnthearmeI've known some snakes to have pretty good smiles... The African black mamba is one of them. Seriously research it. Of course it's a truism that a good smile= good, solid policies. It's just logic (sarcasm).

  • @Momy69420
    @Momy69420 Год назад +1

    It was the best and worst day of my life

  • @mcgannahanskyjellyfetti1663
    @mcgannahanskyjellyfetti1663 5 лет назад +5

    Spiro got busted...

    • @davidharrison3711
      @davidharrison3711 3 года назад

      To bad Trump couldn't get busted for the same crime. Oh well!

    • @jimmycricket5366
      @jimmycricket5366 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@davidharrison3711He will make a great president from 2025 to 2033. 🇺🇲♥️

  • @WilliamFlickinger-y8f
    @WilliamFlickinger-y8f 5 месяцев назад

    Pick ford to fix it so nixson would not go to jail impeachment trail I won't resign I will go kicking and screaming cause love america you always hurt the one love

  • @Jerry-t5j
    @Jerry-t5j 2 месяца назад

    A very good man, I should go on to say a great man Gerald R Ford.

  • @ClassPresidentAlejandro1999
    @ClassPresidentAlejandro1999 4 года назад +3

    when was this aired?

    • @jpsned
      @jpsned 3 года назад +4

      October 12, 1973. 🙂

  • @zacharyhurd5914
    @zacharyhurd5914 3 года назад +5

    Lmao remember when he got pardoned by Gerald Ford

  • @jimmycarter3022
    @jimmycarter3022 2 года назад +1

    Nixons face is red

  • @memphismemphis462
    @memphismemphis462 3 года назад +4

    Interesting fact Nixon pick Ford,he was forced too name Gerald Ford because ee was the only person that was able too confirmed by both parties and didn't have any crookedness in the closest

    • @TexasMan77
      @TexasMan77 2 года назад

      Yes absolutely true. Nixon wanted John Connolly but he wouldn’t have been confirmed. Carl Albert told Nixon it was either Ford or nobody.

    • @jimmycricket5366
      @jimmycricket5366 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@TexasMan77Ford moved the bullet hole position on Jack when he was on the Warren commission.

  • @Kiok12345
    @Kiok12345 11 месяцев назад

    Conolius piong &Sister Judit telah mendera saya

  • @waynehampson9569
    @waynehampson9569 2 года назад +1

    And America voted for Jimmy Carter over Gerald Ford in 1976?

  • @gabrielhowell806
    @gabrielhowell806 6 лет назад +2

    Please forgive my ignorance but, was Mr. Ford allowed to vote for himself for Vice President when they voted on his nomination? If so, did he recuse himself?

    • @robertpolityka8464
      @robertpolityka8464 4 года назад

      He probably could vote for himself. However, I'm pretty sure he voted "present" when it came to the actual vote.

    • @davidharrison3711
      @davidharrison3711 3 года назад

      @@robertpolityka8464 It's possible, but at least he wasn't the "tie-breaker".

  • @CaryCarpenter
    @CaryCarpenter 5 лет назад +6

    Nixon is owed an engraved apology because of the lawlessness of the leaders who followed him.

    • @jimmycricket5366
      @jimmycricket5366 8 месяцев назад

      Indeed. He was no saint but wasn't so bad.

  • @johnhud0079
    @johnhud0079 6 лет назад +9

    This was the night Nixon knew that worst case scenario he would resign and be fully pardoned.

    • @jimmycricket5366
      @jimmycricket5366 8 месяцев назад

      Exactly. Somebody gets it! He also didn't get to choose Ford, it was a plan he had to accept.

  • @yusufsatria7873
    @yusufsatria7873 5 месяцев назад

    Presiden Nixon dikenang dan dirinfukan akan kepemimpinannya dan bagaimana dengan Presiden Trump , Wallahualam Bi Showab .

  • @culturethevibe2125
    @culturethevibe2125 3 года назад

    He knew he wasn’t gonna be President long!!
    Listen to his rhetoric. ‼️

  • @johnbaer1528
    @johnbaer1528 9 месяцев назад +1

    5:45 = sad......

  • @johnnylongfeather3086
    @johnnylongfeather3086 2 года назад

    8:35 Kissinger, then Nixon and Ford banter

    • @jimmycricket5366
      @jimmycricket5366 8 месяцев назад

      Kissinger. Hmmmm. When snakes have a gravely voice.

  • @jamescomer1404
    @jamescomer1404 2 года назад

    4:18 foreshadowing lol

  • @tonypanzarella9387
    @tonypanzarella9387 2 года назад +8

    Compared to Joe Biden, Nixon has the energy of an Olympic sprinter, the alertness of a sentry, and the communications skills of Ronald Reagan.

  • @khav11
    @khav11 5 лет назад

    big boss

  • @robertobrown7550
    @robertobrown7550 4 года назад

    Well he did yet he fail?as that new one?

  • @eflint1
    @eflint1 7 месяцев назад +1

    Nixon had to resign yet Biden slides.

  • @tomloft2000
    @tomloft2000 Год назад

    Alive but unconscious?

  • @plumerjr
    @plumerjr 5 лет назад +5

    Despite being a dirty trickster, a liar and a crook Nixon might have made a decent President. Unlike our current President he at least had(at least I'd like to think he did) some sense of service to the public despite going about it illegally. Not to mention he could form full sentences when speaking. President Ford had the thankless task of following this(Watergate drama) which was unfortunate despite him being so respected.

    • @dalesajdak422
      @dalesajdak422 3 года назад

      This about sums up my opinion on this same matter. I have a lot of respect for Ford, because he has been mostly forgotten merely 46 years later despite the work he did to heal the nation after Nixon’s sudden departure. Nixon had potential but he was too paranoid and wasn’t afraid to break the law to get his way. Trump is a total moron who has an okay foreign policy and decent economic policy.

    • @4114dancer
      @4114dancer 11 месяцев назад

      @@dalesajdak422 Moron? Look what you have now in office...that's worse than a moron!

    • @jimmycricket5366
      @jimmycricket5366 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@dalesajdak422Sounds like he isn't a TOTAL moron.

  • @alexandershipman2289
    @alexandershipman2289 2 года назад +1

    Gerald Ford more like Frank Underwood

  • @ElizabethHurtado-py8ur
    @ElizabethHurtado-py8ur 27 дней назад

    🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️📨

  • @sniezka7242
    @sniezka7242 3 года назад +7

    This was when America was united. Unlike today people like Nancy Pelosi have separated the country.

  • @dblissmn
    @dblissmn 5 лет назад +4

    One of the great con artists of history. Timing of this speech in reference to prosperity is interesting, as 1972 was the peak year for the middle class in the US. From 1973 on it has been stagnation and decline. And Nixon's gross mismanagement -- wage and price controls, the HMO rot in our health system, blaming oil-price-caused inflation on our own workers and so on -- was one of the significant ingredients of this turning point. And yet you have vestiges of the old ways still -- Nixon acknowledging the need to have a VP with credibility with both parties. A pity that the guy he chose, with Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld and George Bush senior's close cooperation, created the excessively powerful modern imperial presidency in just two and half years in office.....and almost every president since has taken liberties with those excessive powers in some way.

    • @label1877
      @label1877 4 года назад +3

      The 1970’s were the end of the World War 2 economic blip. After the war, the US was the only major industrial power not destroyed. The US enjoyed a prosperous but temporary economic boom. The boom was going to end whoever was president.

    • @davidharrison3711
      @davidharrison3711 3 года назад +2

      And the Yom Kippur War was getting started, which resulted in the Arab oil embargo, which spawned the "energy crisis"; the ONE thing I remember about that, (I was only 11 years old at the time) was when Daylight Saving Time started on January 6th the following year, and on February 23rd in 1975.

  • @leilanijaniceramey-davis8501
    @leilanijaniceramey-davis8501 3 года назад

    🌾🌼

  • @annguyendoan7189
    @annguyendoan7189 2 года назад

    gai puat / may bay không người lai dinh vi toa do

  • @haroldlawson8771
    @haroldlawson8771 4 года назад

    Should have put in Connelly

  • @ellis-dz4zm
    @ellis-dz4zm 7 лет назад

    400th sub