Gerald Ford Interview- Pardoning Nixon (Merv Griffin Show 1979)
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- Опубликовано: 26 апр 2012
- This is an intimate interview with former U.S. President Gerald Ford from September of 1979. He talks about the rumors of an under-the-table deal regarding Nixon's resignation over the Watergate scandal and Ford's subsequent pardon of Nixon. Merv Griffin had over 5000 guests appear on his show from 1963-1986. Footage from the Merv Griffin Show is available for licensing to all forms of media through Reelin' In The Years Productions. www.reelinintheyears.com.
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The constant text on the screen is annoying.
Thats the point
It didn't bother me until I saw your comment, and now I can't ignore it. 🤦♂️
I agree. If you don't remember Merv Griffin then you're too young to remember Watergate anyways in which case, you probably wouldn't be watching this video in the first place.
@@alcoholic2412shut up. I'll bet you never hears of this thing called The Civil War. Watergate and Nixon resigning and Ford pardoning him were very important points in the timeline of USA history
My parents were very close friends of the Fords. My dad served in Congress with Jerry Ford for many years.
Ford was a very honest, down to earth person. Intelligent (graduate of Yale Law School.) Always wanted what was best for the country.
Yes, he was a politician and had political opinions an ambition, but never to the point of sacrificing personal integrity.
I always liked him. God bless!😎
Yeah. So what? Ron DeSantis is a Yale and Harvard graduate, and he doesn't have the common sense to come out of the rain. This doesn't say much about either university or the folks that graduate from it.
Bull Shit! He played an important role on the Watergate Committee ... by subverting information and as a spy for the FBI. He was a puppet for the deep state.
@@paulkoza8652 do we really take up someone like that that they graduated? Im sure u can cheat ur way through. Look at what trump's sister did for trump
@ Paul Koza Desantis is very smart,your opioid him doesn’t affect his intellect.when will people in different parties stop acting like the other is stupid? It’s really disgusting,I bet my life Desantis is more intelligent than you are & he’s accomplished a hell of lot more than you ever will yet you try to maje yourself the superior intellect.i didn’t like carter as a president but I would never say he’s stupid or a bad person & I’ll say same for Obama.
Ford was a good, decent and honorable man of great integrity. Too bad he lost to Carter. He was bringing us back from Vietnam, watergate and inflation. RIP.
Correction he was trying to bring us back to Vietnam After decades billions of dollars America said the end , it's over. He went to congress and ask them for 723 million dollars to go back there for some reason. One of his close aids said it was the only time he heard Ford curse when congress so no he said " those son of a bitches"
@@williamsconneely6957 Ford had few original ideas of his own. He was still heavily influenced by Haig, Kissinger, and other Nixon "hold-overs" in his administration. Naturally they would talk him into going back to Vietnam.
Probably they also convinced him to run for president in 1976 even though he had said at first that he would not seek the nomination. If he won, they could continue to influence him and remain in power.
Fortunately they all underestimated the negative effect of the Nixon pardon.
Ford was a criminal that at the least obstructed justice while sitting on the Warren commission , when he changed the location of JFK's back wound to a neck wound, in order to lie to the American people and support the absurd 'magic bullet" theory. He was caught red handed by the AARB, with the documents in his own hand. RIP? let him burn in hell, for helping the murderers of JFK get away with it. He was an accessory after the fact to murder.
Amen
RIP president Gerald Ford🙏🏻
Thanks for uploading, never saw this interview before. And yes, Ford acted honourably throughout.
He did his duty as best he saw it.
But the light was poor, and his best was none too good.
I don't know why some comments are saying his coat's plaid...its houndstooth
Check out the big brain on Pudding Man! 👏👏
Bought at Sears so a searsucker coat!
@@A_M_P_ It dwarf's yours for sure.
LOL... Ford went from being President to a 1970s pimp.
Love the fashion from that era
The greatest Integrity a man could ever had President Gerald Ford
Gerald Ford was a great man. (I am a die in the wool democrat) Gerald ford was more interested in public service. He didnt care about doing the popular thing. He cared more about doing the right thing. If more politicians were more like him. The better off the world would be
+Based on a true story People just have to resort to name-calling when disagreeing with someone.
Bs he saved his party not America. Pos is criminal like Nixon
@@goparetraitors4156 I was so utterly disgusted with Gerald Ford and with the republican party for nominating him, that I left the republican party and eventually went libertarian. Perhaps I should be grateful to him for that....
@@williamwingo4740 What was so wrong about Gerald Ford?
Plaid is cool. Ford loved plaid.
+Tony Walton And the Man wearing is too cool! A humble attorney from the great State of Michigan, he was thrust on this World stage to try to heal this Nation amid such turbulent times. He served on the Warren Commission, among other notables. But if I'm correct, The only U.S. President to hold the rank of Eagle Scout.
@@motel29 Sorry. He came from Nebraska.
I wasn't around during the Ford administration l, but I noticed that he wore plaid and tweed a lot in pictures and videos. I always thought it was just because that was the style back then since my grandad also did it a lot, but to know now that it's simply because he liked plaid gives me a whole new appreciation of the man. I have always liked plaid as well and I thought it was weird or outdated in the 90s, so it's such a relief to know that I wasn't alone.
Wrestler X plaid looks horrible on TV though.
You meant "Houndstooth"
Jerry Ford was a man of integrity whose biggest goal in his political career was to be Speaker of the House. He was well-liked and respected by his House colleagues on both sides. After the mess that Nixon got into, Ford had to seem like a return to decency. Nixon was a smart guy, but he let the ruthless side of him take over under the pressures of the Presidency, and he paid the price. It's a shame because Nixon could have been a great president.
Mr. Ford made the correct decision. The country needed to move forward. He may have paid for it in the short-term, losing the 1976 presidential election, but the passing of time has allowed for thoughtful evaluation and analysis. It took guts to pardon Mr. Nixon, Ford did it, and should be remembered well for doing so.
I honestly don't know how any one could feel that way. On national TV, Nixon said that "no one is above the law, and no one is beneath it", all the while he was violating it. I don't know about other parts of the country, but in my home town, Ford's pardoning of Nixon is what cost him reelection.
@Rafael Pinefa My theory on why Ford pardoned Nixion is because he probably would have been implicated in Watergate if he hadn't.
In ‘79 when this apparently aired he should have been in the White House. We would have been better off without the Carter “misery index.” Regrettably I voted for Carter.
Carter invented the "Misery Index." It was the sum of the unemployment and inflation rates. He used it against Ford in 1976, but it rose throughout his term, and by the time of the 1980 campaign, it was at an all-time high and it came back to bite him.
History will remember and HONOR this President of the United States of America.
Good man, bad president...
josiah currier Perhaps,...But then you must consider what He was given as far as the State of the Union and more importantly, the World. I believe He conducted himself in a manner befitting a leader of the free world. No ,not all of the decisions were favorable, but then so few are.
and here also[bob hope sex ring]ford is in there.
he and Nixon opened the door to infanticidal - china. Who shook hands with the monster mao?
I'm looking forward to reading my copy of Ford's autobiography. He was an honorable man and an underrated president who was the best person we could have had at that point in history.
I was unhappy at the time when Ford lost to Carter. Ford rallied late in campaign to get within 1 big state of beating Carter(Carter had less than 300 electoral votes). Nevertheless, I think it was best for him personally that he lost because his wife's problems were getting worse and needed his full attention. Also I think the severe inflation that affected Carter's administration would have continued under Ford since it already been a problem for years. Chances are though, the Iranian hostage crisis might not have occurred. I imagine the Democrats would have pounced big time on the economy with Edward Kennedy as their nominee. Of course the Republicans would have run Ronald Reagan, their best vote getter in the last 100 years. Of course this is a lot of speculation over several "what ifs" that never occurred.
Ultimately Presidents Ford and Carter became close friends during their ex-presidencies. Carter eulogized Ford at his funeral.
@@stephenkammerling9479 Definitely curious how things would have turned out if Ford won his own term. Would he run after the four years were up making him the second longest serving president (after FDR)? I definitely am more of a Reagan fan myself so I suppose it's good that Ford did lose.
@@joshuagallo6089 He would have been ineligible to run for second full term if he won in 1976. He served over half of Nixon's second term. 25th amendment limits President to 10 years
@@joshuagallo6089 Ford served more than two years of Nixon's unexpired term, so under the 22nd amendment he was eligible to be elected only once on his own.
I was a Reagan fan then too, and when the republicans insisted on Ford, I felt just like the Bernie-or-Busters forty years later when the democrats insisted on Hillary.
While it may have seemed easy, it was not. Pardoning Nixon was historically correct so the nation could move on. The allegation of a deal, if true, would have been extremely damaging beyond Watergate itself. I take Ford at his word.
It's possible that Haig & Co. made the deal and then pushed Ford in that direction without him being directly involved or informed of it. That implies that he was pretty dumb, but I could believe that.
how many plaids died for that coat??
About 37,476 houndstooth.
@@trdonovan Forget the plaid, how many collars died for that shirt !!!
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Great man
Check out that crazy plaid sport coat!!! Styling.
Listen to Tom Brokaw's eulogy at Ford's funeral. He touches on this topic.
I'll bet President Ford could throw a mean punch back in the day
given recent events, many are reconsidering whether this was the right decision.. no one should be above the law
I like Pres Ford, but for some reason he gives off that scary Frankenstein resemblance lol from his physical appearance at times.
best threads on an ex-president! Ford was, dare I say...groovy!
Lol. I remember those days: cool was not a descriptor that ever came up for any Presidents until Clinton. So much so that all he had to do to give that impression is show up on Letterman and sorta play a sax. We see where that got us..
Wow that jacket, shirt and collar are wild.
President Ford was to me a very likeable guy but at the time I did not approve of the Nixon pardon, he did however give us the best first lady ever in Betty
I agree, but the more I put myself in his shoes, the more I come to see the justification behind the nixon pardon. I think he was a great president.
@@frisandlin8876 there was some things like the soviet domination thing in the debates and other stuff, he just didn't really think before he spoke
Long live the memory of Richard Nixon. And longer live the nausea RN causes in their stomachs.
Ford was the right person in the right place at the right time. The US didn't need any superstar in the wake of Nixon's resignation, it needed a steady hand to keep the ship of state going forward and he did that. In the end, he probably did the right thing.
Side note, that is the most 70s suit I have EVER seen.
Good man
Gerald was a badass
"Welcome a funny, funny man ... Donald J. Trump!" Merv Griffin. (Trump and Griffin were friends in real life.)
Are you kidding? Trump swindled Merve out of a lot of money ... just like he swindled Jeffrey Epstein out of some property. Neither man ever forgave Trump.
We always hear about Nixon Carter Reagan etc but Gerald Ford is one of the lesser known good (not great) presidents. I think he was a good man but couldn't play the game like certain presidents before and after him. Gerald Ford was a lovely person.
A pardon infers a confession to the criminal act by the person being pardoned (Burdick v. United States, 1915). No deal was ever cut. It was the right and necessary decision.
I really believe the Republican party could sure use more level headed and decent people like Gerald Ford. He may have not been everyone's cup of tea, but at least I think he tried under the circumstances of the times, he didn't seem to have that bitter partisan attitude so permeating the GOP now
Pardon me Ford !!
Former President Ford looks like he is dressed to go to the discotheque.
I think we have understood this was part of the Marv Groffin show, We do not need constant reminders spoiling the video.
Yeah, once at the beginning was all we needed. Not endlessly throughout the post.
You’re missing the point. Reeling in the years paid good money for the rights to the merf griffen episodes and they don’t want a hack job documentary producer to use excerpts of it without their permission.
Al Haig, I'm in charge here! Not so fast Al-Johnny Carson.
I thought he was Rodney dangerfeild at first
Come to think of it, you never saw the two of them together....
"Well, I figured since I moved JFK's back wound up five inches, how much worse was letting the prick off? Y'know!!?? Heheh, yeah, and he had me over a barrel anyway with all that "Bay of Pigs" stuff . . . Soooo, anyhooo, no go ahead ... Oops! . . ."
I was pissed at the time Nixon was pardoned, but over time I believe President Ford did the right thing even though it cost him re-election. I find Gerald Ford very likeable and I believe his wife Betty is the best first lady ever especially her contributions in the field of addiction.
America was so blessed to have a President such as President Ford. Let us hope we can have another blessing to replace our current corrupt president, and replace and heal our country now with a leader who has the integrity of Ford!
+gbcvn Ford was more liberal than Obama. He gave amnesty to Vietnam war dodgers, was for a regulated mixed-economy, and was pro-gay rights before Obama was, and supported the Equal Rights Amendment. Of course I think that made him a decent president but I have to wonder if you think the same?
@@philosopher24680 You’re very ignorant. Carter pardoned the draft dodgers three days after taking office.
@@TexasMan77 ...and before Carter Ford offered conditional amnesty lol
No, he did not make the right decision. Nixon had not, up to that point, been charged with any specific offense. Men went to prison for obeying his unlawful orders. Ford offered conditional amnesty to Vietnam-era draft resisters, but his pardon of Tricky Dick was unconditional. It set up bad precedent: G.W. Bush was never prosecuted for his war crimes; the elder Bush very likely committed impeachable offenses in his handling of the Iran-Contra affair. And now, in the person of Trump, we have something far worse than Nixon, Clinton or the Bushes.
Dude looks like he should be making tv ads for toyotathon
The pardon just proves that there are 2 sets of laws , just like a banana republic
Any trial against Nixon would've taken probably at least 5-8 years to conclude. He'd have fought it, as he did the release of the tapes, for many many years. Nixon was, after all, a very competent lawyer. Overall, as much as the pardon was an act of political suicide, it was a necessary one because, by and large, Nixon's crime (of which his involvement is still VERY debatable) wasn't a hugely serious one in the grand scheme of things and the pardon did essentially allow a line to be drawn under it allowing the media to finally move onto other things.
@@PigeonPlucker Wow. Lots of Nixon apologetics in that comment. Not hard to guess your demographic.
@@dreamingrightnow1174 What? Do you mean someones who's actually read about 20 books on the subject of Nixon and/or Watergate and might have better knowledge than you?
@@dreamingrightnow1174 not one sentence in that comment indicates that he’s a Nixon apologizer. He understands how law works, and if you don’t understand how these processes go, you should step aside.
@@PigeonPlucker Ford should have realized that with the pardon he had scuttled his own chances of being elected president. The press and the democrats would never forgive him and would go to any lengths to bring him down--if he didn't fall down first.
He was sixty-three years old in 1976. He should have stepped down and endorsed the nominee of an open republican convention; then either gone back to his house seat, or retired. I still wouldn't have agreed with the pardon, but I could have respected that.
Instead, he claimed the nomination--his privilege as the sitting president and head of the party--and ran on his own: "Look folks, I don't have a clue what I did. Vote for me, I'm already moved in and everything."
Like the Bernie-or-Busters forty years later, the Reaganites (myself then among them) refused to switch their allegiance to the "usurper," even if it meant losing the election. I never thought I'd find myself empathizing with a bunch of hard-core socialists, but I understood their feelings completely.
That's politics for you.
I don't know if I've ever agreed with a comment on RUclips as much as yours. Well said.
Reading this book at the moment. Ford did the right thing by pardoning Nixon. It meant Nixon admitted his crimes regarding Watergate. It also meant that Watergate became yesterday's subject and America could start to heal. If he hadnt the country would have been put through two or three years more of agony.
The media always love a good hit piece on politicians. They were probably disappointed they couldn't ride this story for a year.
Kind of hilarious that Watergate became as big as it did since outside of Nixon later trying to cover it up, there was never any implication of how tied into it he was to begin with. Compared to some of the crazy stuff that Presidents began doing 20 years later, it would probably be treated as nothing nowadays.
Ford looks a LOT like the wrestler Brock Lesnar
And old Biff, from Back to The Future
Wrestler X Not familiar with Lesnar. Ford was about 6'6", a former all American football player. At the time (in the thirties) he was one of the larger players.
Gave up a first round pick (possibly first pick overall) to go to Yale Law School.
@@corbinmcnabb Ok, do a Google search for Brock Lesnar. Are you sure Ford was that tall? Because everything I read says Lincoln was the tallest president, and he was 6'4. I had NO idea this man was 6'6.
Wrestler X I have read between 6'4" and 6'6". There may have been some shrinkage between his early 20s and early 60s, which may account for the variation.
But Ford was quite tall.
@@corbinmcnabb Not true. Ford was 6’0.
Handsome man wow. Mever noticed. Sont notice most dude's actually. He lools tall amd gold here though
I always thought Ford was among the worst-looking presidents. He just looks scary
@@xiphactinusaudax1045 u are racist against blonde white looking men . he isnt scary. u are scary because u have black hair
@@marcchevalier3750 that's not true and I don't even have black hair but cool
I think Jerry had no choice. It was either pardon Nixon or Nixon blows the lid on that whole “Bay Of Pigs thing”.
No kidding! And Jerry was rewarded for his part in the Watergate coverup. So, Jerry knew all along. George H W "Poppy" Bush had such a duping smile when he spoke at Jerry's funeral. A YT video well worth watching.
Not to mention his "cover-up work" on the Warren Commission.
Micheal McKean really let the years get to him.
Born - Leslie Lynch King Jr.
Isn't Nixon's team suggesting that Nixon resign and then Ford pardon him....a deal?
There may very well have been a deal; but Ford himself may not have peen party to it. He was easy to manipulate, so Haig and the other Nixon administration holdovers may have made the deal and then talked him into it.
He was already leaning in that direction anyway, from having to deal with the "Nixon problem" at every meeting and press conference.
Long live the memory of Richard Nixon. And longer live the nausea RN causes in their stomachs.
He looks hungover.
He was
Wish we our former presidents dressed this well
If Merv Griffin was alive today, he would have interviewed the man that he fought for control of Resorts with; President Donald Trump. After all, he and Eva Gabor were both Republicans.
Ford looked like such a Mad But Stern presy
All we need to know about Geral Ford is that Allen Dulles got him onto the Warren Commission and he did what he was told.
N I > < O N
Gerry was a good man and lousy President but he did what he had to to keep the Presidency functioning .... thank you Mr President.
He'll go down in history as the most accident prone President. Falling, tripping, banging his head, falling down stairs and an assassination attempt. That was only for his two year term. Imagine if he had 4 more years?
I don't think he was a lousy president. I think he was just very overwhelmed to just be thrown into the presidency, as anyone would be. But unlike just anyone else, he did a great job of handling it in my opinion.
Meaning no disrespect but I think the Presidency would have functioned just fine if Ford had, at the very least, allowed the criminal process to proceed to its conclusion before gifting his predecessor with a pardon. Seven other conspirators were sentenced to prison for carrying out his orders etc. As it was, the pardon-“approved” by less than half of Americans then extant-is universally conceded to be the decisive factor in his defeat at the hands of a pretty uninspiring fundamentalist two years later. It also led to Nixon, shortly thereafter, famously saying “When the president does it, it is not illegal” and, in due course, the 45th POTUS brazenly contending Article II of the Constitution allows him to do whatever he pleases. Proceed to January 6, 2021...
The media portrayed him as an in uncoordinated dunce, however he was perhaps the most athletic president we ever had. Look it up.
@@Mark-yy2py He sure made for some good skits on "Saturday Night Live." Chevy Chase suffered permanent injuries doing Ford pratfall imitations.
I'm not sure but I think the main objective was to get him out of office as his popularity fell and most were not concerned with the debt of his crimes. Maybe they figured that was sufficient punishment.
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Nixon knew too much about "that Bay Of the Pigs thing" But Jerry Ford's " legacy " is moving that low gunshot wound up so it fit the pre determined conclusion of the single bullet theory....
Are you suggesting that Ford was involved in covering up a JFK-assassination conspiracy? Even if there was a conspiracy, Ford wasn’t part of it.
@@dalesajdak422 - Why are people still questioning this report 60 years later? The Warren Commission was trying to wrap up their findings as quick as possible. Why?
@@dalesajdak422 he sat on the laughable Warren Commission
My goodness. At first I thought this video had Brian Dennehy in it.
At the time of the pardon, I thought it was wrong, and I was not alone with my opinion. However, there is not the slightest evidence that Ford at any time entered into an immoral deal. Since this interview, more tapes have been released and they show that Nixon after the pardon continued to lie in the Frost interviews and in at least one case even commited perjury.
I know that even Woodward and Berstein now support the pardon. I, however, never changed my mind. Let's agree to disagree.
I've always felt there didn't have to be a deal, Nixon was going one way or another. Ford was going to be president.
Why don't you cover up the interview with a few more advertising, licensing, and copyright banners? No one is interested in seeing the interview. We'd rather see all the overlays over the tops of their faces.
Fun fact Gerald Ford change his name
Yeah. My Grandpa used to call him "Mr. King", which I thought was supposed to be some dig at Ford's arrogance. But Mr. Ford was the LEAST arrogant President I've ever seen (besides Carter)! But I learned later, long after Grandpa died, that Ford was born "Leslie King".
GF is my 5th cousin twice removed.
Is it just me, or does he look like a bizzaro-world Jack Nicholson
Gerald Ford was a very nice man who got caught up in some unfavorable political situations by 1976.
First, Ronald Reagan challenged him for the GOP nomination…and that in itself created a divided party. Many staunch Reagan supporters basically sat out the November election.
Second, Jimmy Carter was able to tap into a growing angst that all traces of the Nixon administration needed to be removed ….and that Washington needed an outsider in the aftermath of Watergate.
Carter was able to win Texas, which was seen as a GOP stronghold.
Of course, Reagan returned four years later….and basically turned the Electoral College bright Red.
Nixon should have gone to jail . Great President but the law is a law.Nobody is above the law 🥰🥰😇😇😇
the look on his face most surprising when a man astounds the audience, antic.
Gerald Ford was such a brave man wearing that suit.
If he wanted to be elected to serve a term in his own right, he shouldn't have pardoned Nixon.
I think at the time he pardoned Nixon, he wasn't thinking about running for a full term himself. He had never been anything but a congressperson from Michigan and had never shown any presidential aspirations before having greatness thrust upon him.
Later, as he got used to being surrounded by suck-ups and being waited on hand and foot, he decided to go for it. He was still influenced by the Nixon leftovers and hangers-on in his administration, and they hoped he would win and still be as easy to manipulate.
But they all underestimated the impact of the pardon, just as Ted Kennedy underestimated the impact of Chappaquiddick.
@@williamwingo4740 He was another big crook.
@@rajrammbbs I think he was a little too--hmmm...let's just say "slow"--to be a crook on his own. But he was real easy to exploit and manipulate. Sort of like some more recent political figures....
@@williamwingo4740 he rested on his family name.
@@rajrammbbs He said it himself: "I am a Ford, not a Lincoln."
Blatant corruption with that ridiculous pardon.
Swanky suit, very 70s.
Pitty they don´t make republicans like this at the moment. Let us hope they bring the Ford model back to replace the clowns we see now.
I kn
Pardon me ! No you pardon me! No I insist you pardon me ! No absolutely not pardon me ! I know you have the right to pardon me even if it is the abuse of power . So we will pardon each other even if it is a breach of the Constitution in spirit .
Ford was an honest simpleton. No quid pro quo.
President Herb Tarlek
I liked the bit where Gerald Ford discusses his reasons for pardoning Nixon, Not. False advertising by this channel operator. Wont be watching any more of this channel.
I want alive when the s took place, Nixon, Watergate, ford or Vietnam war can some on leave a message please be fair
Gerald Ford is a very simple man. Perhaps the simplest President ever! He was part of the Warren Commission, and I think he actually did believe to his death in 2006 that Oswald was the lone gunman. LBJ was even quoted as saying "He's a nice guy, but he played too much football with his helmet off."
Nobody was that stupid. He had to know the water was contaminated. He swam in it.
Lauren Reid Still a hell of a lot smarter than you, bitch.
Pretty dim comment from LBJ, Gerald Fords IQ was 127, LBJs is estimated at 128; very little difference at all.
He didn't age well at all. Was relatively good looking when he was young.
Are you kidding? He's 66 years old during this interview, not a gray hair on his head, bronze complexion with minimal wrinkles. I'd say he aged very well.
He worked as a male model at one time.
Forget to ware a seat belt and see if you get pardoned. Need I say more!
sounds like he lying
"The State of the Union is NOT good". That's what I remember from Ford
Long live the memory of Richard Nixon. And longer live the nausea RN causes in their stomachs.
Obama did the same thing as Nixon and is still hailed as a hero
They love Obama because he stutters worse than they do.
I don't believe anything Gerald Ford says. Mike Pardue
He didn’t believe anything you said either. So F off.
Bs. Nixon should have been imprisoned. Two tiered system.
He testified he was not an informant for the FBI but documents came out says otherwise🤨
One thing is clear: the intellectual calibre of GOP Presidents really went in sharp decline after this administration. Compare any Nixon or Ford or Eisenhower interview to a Reagan, Bush (esp Bush 2) or Trump and it's astounding how much sharper off the cuff the formers were.
Bush 1 was highly intelligent, afaik, but you're right about the rest. For instance, his decision not to get sucked into the occupation of Iraq despite pushback from what would later become Bush 2's team means he knew his shit.
I disagree. Reagan was as sharp as ever, and Bush 2 wasn't adversed to self-deprecating humor. Pretty humbling, honestly, and made me like him more.
I even like Trump, although he's certainly a ruckus rouser. :P
I just think, on average, politicians - especially politicians in the infant decades of television, just HAD to show more reserve, poise, and class. Something social media and 24 hour news has completely stripped away...
Ford made the right decision to pardon Nixon, even though it made millions of Americans furious with Ford. But all the arguments that made him decide to pardon ASAP were accurate: the last thing the country needed was to continue to be torn apart by Nixon; selecting a jury would've been virtually impossible; a Nixon trial would've dominated the headlines for months; had Nixon been found guilty, whoever was President would have had to pardon him.
Bullshit I would have sent his ass to trial.
Read book Transformation of America by Cathy O'Brien. Then get back to me about Ford?
I would not pardon have pardon Nixon you do wrong you pay the price.
What a great man. And president.
Reminds me of Mickey rourke
Ford did the right thing in pardoning Nixon.
For sale: Gerald Ford
He seems like a decent guy, he's just a complete clown in terms of politics