dboat
12-27-2006, 05:56 AM
President Gerald Ford passed away.
A lot of you younger guys dont remember Watergate, mainly because you werent born. It was one of the most difficult periods in American history. He was the only president not elected to the office but rather had been appointed to the Vice Presidency due to the resignation of Spiro Agnew under a cloud of suspicion of tax evasion. There were two attempts on his life during his tenure as president. His pardon of President Nixon surely cost him an election campaign to Jimmy Carter. However, looking back, his act towards Nixon clearly allowed the nation to move forward rather than have it focused on the prosecution of Nixon that would have taken years.
Dana
He was a good and honorable man.
He had one other interesting role in history. He was part of the commission that reviewed the assination of President Kennedy.
A lot of you younger guys dont remember Watergate, mainly because you werent born. It was one of the most difficult periods in American history. He was the only president not elected to the office but rather had been appointed to the Vice Presidency due to the resignation of Spiro Agnew under a cloud of suspicion of tax evasion. There were two attempts on his life during his tenure as president. His pardon of President Nixon surely cost him an election campaign to Jimmy Carter. However, looking back, his act towards Nixon clearly allowed the nation to move forward rather than have it focused on the prosecution of Nixon that would have taken years.
Dana
He was a good and honorable man.
He had one other interesting role in history. He was part of the commission that reviewed the assination of President Kennedy.