Gerald Ford

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  2/20/2023
  

  Ford's Pardon of Nixon and Leads Americans to Doubt Accountability, Democracy

  by Garrett M. Graff

  Democracy won't be secure unless those who hold positions of power can be assured of being held to account if they break the law or abuse the public's trust. 

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• 7/4/2021
  

  The National Bicentennial Erased Antiwar Activism by Vietnam Veterans

  by Elise Lemire

  The United States Semiquincentennial Commission is preparing for July 4, 2026 as an opportunity for educating the public about the nation's history. It should avoid repeating the whitewash of recent history in the 1976 Bicentennial celebration.

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• SOURCE: The New York Times
  8/18/2020
  

  ‘Reaganland,’ by Rick Perlstein: An Excerpt

  'Reaganland: America's Right Turn, 1976-1980' is available now.

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• 8/9/2020
  

  The 1976 Election: Why We Can't Predict Vice Presidential Selections in Advance

  by Daniel K. Williams

  The 1976 campaign highlights a paradox: while the person a presidential nominee chooses as their running mate might be surprising, that individual is selected using criteria that are predictable. 

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• SOURCE: The New York Times
  4/5/2020
  

  Scapegoating New York Means Ignoring Its Desperate Need

  by Kim Phillips-Fein

  Blaming the city for coronavirus is a way of letting the federal government off the hook.

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• SOURCE: We're History
  9/12/19
  

  Gerald Ford, Impeachment, and The Difference Between Politics and Law Enforcement

  by Michael J. Socolow

  Though the pardon still haunts his memory, it’s time we viewed Ford’s act through the prism of distance and experience.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  9-8-18
  

  "No One Could Believe It": When Ford Pardoned Nixon Four Decades Ago

  On Sept. 8, 1974, President Gerald R. Ford pardoned former President Richard M. Nixon over his role in the Watergate scandal. Reporters were stunned.

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• 5/13/18
  

  Mike Pence Is No Jerry Ford

  by Ronald L. Feinman

  If Trump goes, we won’t be able to say our long national nightmare is over.

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• SOURCE: National Security Archive
  6-2-17
  

  The Pike Committee and White House clashed over CIA secrets in the 1970s

  It's history worth remembering as we head into a new clash between Congress and the presidency. 

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• SOURCE: Sage
  4-20-17
  

  New study finds that Nixon quit being president long before he resigned

  by Matthew N. Beckmann

  In fact, it turns out there was a defining moment when Nixon disengaged from his administration: on December 6, 1973, the day Gerald Ford was confirmed as Vice President.

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• 5-15-16
  

  The Movie that May Have Helped Change the Outcome of an Election: “All the Presidents Men”

  by Robert Brent Toplin

  In the close election of 1976, it helped remind voters of the White House horrors of Watergate.

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• SOURCE: National Security Archive
  2-29-16
  

  Gerald Ford White House Altered Rockefeller Commission Report in 1975; Removed Section on CIA Assassination Plots

  White House Aide Dick Cheney Spearheaded Editing of Report to Dampen Impact

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• 8-9-15
  

  Wanted: A Statesman for President

  by Robert Messman

  What this country needs is a president who will take the long view – like Gerald Ford.

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• SOURCE: Salon
  9-8-14
  

  Watergate’s most lasting sin: Gerald Ford, Richard Nixon, and the pardon that made us all cynics

  by Rick Perlstein

  Ford let Nixon off 40 years ago today. That launched Iran-Contra, "too big to fail" -- and proved power trumps law.

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• 8-9-14
  

  Why Nixon Matters

  by Stanley I. Kutler

  Forty years ago, on August 8, Richard M. Nixon made unprecedented constitutional history when he resigned the presidency amid the disgrace and scandal of Watergate.

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• Why Pardoning Nixon Wasn't Good for America

  by Elizabeth Holtzman

  If Watergate is a story of accountability, President Gerald Ford’s pardon of Nixon is a story of presidential immunity.

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• SOURCE: Japan Times
  10-30-13
  

  Ford’s visit to China in 1975 caused much worry in Tokyo

  The surprise trip to China in February 1972 by Ford’s predecessor, Richard M. Nixon, in pursuit of improved U.S.-Sino relations had shocked Tokyo.

• SOURCE: Michigan Live
  1-20-13
  

  David McCullough calls Gerald Ford one of history's great presidents for Nixon pardon

  GRAND RAPIDS, MI — The decision by Grand Rapids native and former President Gerald R. Ford to pardon his disgraced predecessor after the Watergate scandal has put him in the pantheon of great presidents.That's according to noted historian David McCullough, speaking to CBS News's Barry Petersen, who cited Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon as "one of the bravest decisions ever" as reason for his claim.McCullough was interviewed by CBS for a segment on the legacies of great presidents as President Barack Obama's second inauguration draws near....