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The Underappreciated President
Gerald R. Ford, 1913-2006.
by Fred Barnes
12/27/2006 2:00:00 PM

GERALD FORD WAS an underappreciated president. His greatest feat, leading America out of the traumas of Watergate and Vietnam, has routinely been viewed as an important but hardly towering achievement. But it was no small accomplishment. It was not something that any politician who stepped into the presidency, unelected, in August 1974 could have pulled off. It took a strong personality and guts.

Ford was a genial, likeable man, not entirely guileless but still an antidote to Richard Nixon, whom he replaced as president. Ford saw the best in people and assumed that even his political adversaries--he insisted he had no enemies--usually had good intentions. Nixon saw his opponents as sinister. Nixon was paranoid. Ford wasn't.

His appealing personality--his openness, his unperturbed reaction to critics, his cheerfulness and warmth--was a necessary factor in suturing the wounds left by the bitter political battles over Watergate and Vietnam. But imposing his personality on the nation wasn't sufficient for the task. That's where Ford's guts came in.

The fallout from the pardon, which Ford issued a month into his presidency, was predictable. His approval rating was instantly cut in half--from the 70s to the 30s. His election to a full term in 1976 became problematic at best, impossible at worst. And, as expected, he lost to Jimmy Carter narrowly in the 1976 race.

The Underappreciated President
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What do know about "appreciation?"
 
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Easy Billo, no need to turn this thread into a flame
 
What's wrong with asking a question? It is not the same thing as making a statement.
 
Originally posted by CurrentAffairs:
I'm guessing it is your history of flaming that got you the warning.
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What are you talking about? I am the nicest, kindest, most caring person at DP. I'm Father Theresa, dammit! I wouldn't say a bad word about anyone. Especially, TOT. I'm sure TOT would agree.

Wouldn't you TOT?

TOT?

TOT?

Well, I'm sure he would...
 
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