I'm sorry to hear of the passing of Gerald Ford, who was the non-politican President of sorts. It was perfectly fitting that he was the only President to serve and not be elected. He came up from our ranks and played a pivotal role in not only restoring faith in the Presidency, but bringing some normalcy back to American life. How?
The end, THE end of Vietnam.
No more Watergate pre-empting soap operas every day. That's NOT a smart-aleck statement. Watergate HAD to be "ended", "put behind" the American psyche. I was seven at the time of Nixon's resignation, and didn't understand a whole lot, but I liked Ford then and I better appreciate him in light of the prism of history.
I sure wouldn't have wanted the job. Think of "America-thought" in 1974.
We failed in Vietnam.
We were at the end of one cultural revolution.
Our governmental foundation had been rocked.
There were not a lot of people "waving the flag". The best two things to happen to America in the mid 1970's were Gerald Ford and the Bicentennial.
Well, the third was the premiere of Saturday Night Live, back when it was funny. :)
Thank you, President Ford, for a lesson in humility and leadership.
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