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Originally Posted by reckless
Are you old enough to remember this DSB? I do; I lived in NYC then. I personally believe that hurt Ford's chances in 1978 almost as much as his pardon of Nixon did. Many NYers also felt that way at the time.
You need to scroll down the link to see the NY Daily News front page. It's great.
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/...icle-1.2405985 |
I remember that. But IMO, what cost Ford the election in 1976 was his pardon of Nixon before Nixon was even charged with anything. I was actually a Gerald Ford fan, but I became one of the millions of Americans who allowed Jimmy Carter to be elected because we could not forgive that pardon.
I heard Ford's explanation about not wanting to put the country through the circus of a trial of a former President. He defended that for years after he did it.
But to me, the issue was, and always will be -- nobody is above the law. It applied to Hanoi Jane Fonda who was allowed to skate despite her acts of treason, and now it appears to apply to Hillary.
