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Ford was a career hack/flack for the Republican party, and nothing more.
Ford helped whitewash the Warren Commission report on the Kennedy assassination (which was filled with inaccuracies and unfollowed leads), he took over as VP for Spiro Agnew who had to resign due to tax evasion and money laundering charges that he later pled "no contest" to.
In 1980, Agnew published a memoir in which he implied that Nixon, and Nixon Chief of Staff, Alexander Haig, had planned to assassinate him if he refused to resign the Vice-Presidency, and that Haig told him ?to go quietly ? or else.?
Haig used similar charm on Ford when he told him that Nixon would resign, and Ford would become President, only if Ford agreed to grant a full pardon to Nixon, whom otherwise would have faced a lengthy prison sentence for the corruption that permeated his Administration.
Ford was nothing more than a weak puppet. He didn't heal the nation (as the revisionists are trying to imply) - at the time Nixon's pardon was a shock to the nation, that this so corrupt politician could simply walk away from all of his lies, deception and corruption with no punishment.
Ford then brought on a new crew, which included CIA Director George Bush Sr, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, and Chief of Staff Dick Cheney.
Yes, we have Ford to thank for bringing to the forefront of power many of the misguided policy makers that have been so disasterous to this country over the past quarter century.
So how did Ford choose to spend his years after losing the Presidency 30 years ago? Mostly playing golf...
Sorry if I refuse to fly my flag at half-mast for such a political tool. Only Ronald Reagan ranks higher on that list.
At least Nixon and Agnew will have good company in hell...
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