Ford was specifically appointed for the Position as Vice President.. By the House Speaker who was the direct successor to the President and confirmed by the House for the Job..
That is a far cry from allowing the President to appoint a Member of his Cabinet. That is just too incestuous, the kind of thing Coups are made from..
But I am open to learn so thank you for making me think things out and look further even if in this case they support my current position.
W
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford
On October 10, 1973, Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned. According to The New York Times, “Nixon sought advice from senior Congressional leaders about a replacement. The advice was unanimous. ‘We gave Nixon no choice but Ford,’ House Speaker Carl Albert recalled later”.[31]
The Fords and the Nixons in the White House Blue Room, following President Nixon’s nomination of then-Representative Ford to be Vice President, October 1973
The Fords and the Nixons in the White House Blue Room, following President Nixon’s nomination of then-Representative Ford to be Vice President, October 1973
Ford was nominated to take Agnew’s position on October 12, the first time the vice-presidential vacancy provision of the 25th Amendment had been implemented. The United States Senate voted 92 to 3 to confirm Ford on November 27, and on December 6, the House confirmed him 387 to 35.
How about if we were to extend the Civilian Chain of Command down to the State Governors. The House could appoint and ratify a couple of them say a Republi-Con and Demon-Crat
based upon majority and minority position, President & Vice President in waiting? They would still be an elected official and the Military could refer to them if everyone in Washington took a long nap..You would not have to brief them overmuch on classified stuff just keep a place where they can be taken to bring them up to speed and things back under civilian control.. Here’s one aspect I like about it.. They could only come to Washington when their parts of the Chain of Command were elsewhere.. That should convince the biggest shots they do and don’t want the job... Interesting problem huh.
I don’t like the Governors but I think they would be a better choice than anyone in a Cabinet Position.
I just don’t like the cabinet appointment idea at all.
W
You are just talking about the method Nixon chose to ensure he’d get a VP. Of course he was “appointed”, that was the whole point, he was appointed, not elected, and he became President.
The procedure is if the VP is removed from office for any reason, the President appoints a new VP, subject to a confirmation vote by the Senate.