[Dixie Yooper]

Ford pardoned Nixon, Frist pardoned Clinton. Let's call it even and let it go at that.

[edcoil]

"HIS NAME was dirt after he pardoned Richard Nixon in 1974, but President Gerald R. Ford did it anyway. His approval rating plummeted from 71 percent to 36 percent in less than a year"

Acknowledging that what the "majority" want at the time is generally wrong?

[queenkathy]

In 1974 I was so busy having babies and trying to put 2 cents together that I barely remember politics. My husband had returned from Nam in 1971 and he couldn't find steady employment until the summer of 76 when GM was hiring ONLY vets.

So I'm ashamed of the fact that I don't remember much of that time. My dad told me that President Nixon did nothing wrong except protect his friends. Dad said he was just a very loyal friend.

So was my dad totally wrong? History lesson needed.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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FORD =

Tells BOB WOODWARD that BUSH's going into Iraq was not justified



FORD =

While House Minority Leader refused to support the continuation of U.S. bombing of North Vietnam, which took the pressure off the Communists to stop invading the South =

The eventual Fall of Saigon and...


Pictures of a vietnamese Re-Education Camp (Communist SLAVE LABOR Camp)

http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1308949/posts

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[vox humana]

Ford had a quality sadly lacking in 98% of the modern day, poll-driven political hacks. CHARACTER. Ford was one of the last Presidents to do something because it was right, not because it was popular. The MSM will never understand how decisions can be made without focus groups.

[Common Tator]

Here is the tator take on why Ford Pardoned Nixon. It is not for the reason the media gave us.

The tator take on the Nixon pardon

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Good article. A trial would have made things worse. Ford could have imposed conditions, but whatever he did, he'd be accused of having let Nixon off. It was probably best to just let the matter go, rather than dragging it out for months and years to come.