Guest guest Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 > I just wanna say, I'm already SICK of hearing how Gerald Ford > was Such a nice guy. How he was right all along to pardon Nixon. That was a while ago, but I had mixed reactions to it. In one sense, he was right, in that it would have been a quagmire for the US to go through the criminal hearings. More recently we got a taste of that, lampooned by Schwartz's video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSVYkQoFADs (the second one is 's video.) Well back to Ford, he said that he granted the pardon for the stated reasons, and we have no way of knowing whether that was true. That leaves a disagreement as to whether the decision was wrong or right. What did happen is that Nixon was out of politics, couldn't move into NYC, and settled in Bergen County instead. Ford didn't just lose the election, he lost to Jimmy (who decided " WIN " wasn't stupid enough, and went on with his " Crisis in Confidence " speech, essentially blaming the economy on Americans who didn't pray enough.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 " Stan's Computer " wrote: > That was a while ago, but I had mixed reactions to it. In one > sense, he was right, in that it would have been a quagmire for > the US to go through the criminal hearings. More recently we > got a taste of that, lampooned by Schwartz's video > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSVYkQoFADs > > (the second one is 's video.) Those were really funny, brilliant even. Thanks! Clay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Yes, one guy recently summed up Ford's life by saying his biggest downfall was that he was such a nice guy, maybe too nice. > > " Stan's Computer " wrote: > > > That was a while ago, but I had mixed reactions to it. In one > > sense, he was right, in that it would have been a quagmire for > > the US to go through the criminal hearings. More recently we > > got a taste of that, lampooned by Schwartz's video > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSVYkQoFADs > > > > (the second one is 's video.) > > Those were really funny, brilliant even. Thanks! > > Clay > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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