2006-12-30 22:42:54 · 7 answers · asked by IRunWithScissors 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
President Ford was unable to accomplish much, because he was constantly contending with a balky Congress. In one of his speeches, televised to the nation, he used a flip chart to tell us what he was trying to do and how the Congress had done nothing. He tore the pages off one at a time as he did this. This angered the Congress even more, but the American people loved it.
In the end, it can be truely said that even though he couldn't get much done on his own, his leadership held together a nation that was ready to fall apart. We could have gone the way the Soviet Union did a few years later.
2006-12-31 03:13:31 · answer #1 · answered by John H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
America was tearing itself apart with race riots, anti-war riots, conspiracy theories, deep political divisions, and severe anti-government sentiments.
Gerald Ford helped to heal the country.
(His nomination of Stevens to the Supreme Court is seen by conservatives as his greatest blunder.)
2006-12-30 23:45:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'll head with LBJ. Ike's place in related to the U. S. militarily grow to be minimum. nonetheless he did intervene with the Vietnamese's self decision. JFK grow to be a wimp who could no longer face as much as the Republicans. If he had enable Vietnam go Communist the Republicans might have shouted that JFK grow to be susceptible on secure practices and foreign places kinfolk. this might have made reelection perplexing if no longer impossible. Nixon's thought of "peace with honor" grow to be to bomb the daylights out of rural villages. whilst he replaced the concentration of the conflict for the time of his first term, he did no longer something that could desire to help draw it nearer to a Korea variety end. interior the top Nixon cut back out, leaving a pair of a protracted time of instability and horribleness in Vietnam. As a side observe, Vietnam has accomplished lots to rebuild its united states and is a somewhat effective place to visit. Ford in simple terms finished what Nixon began. LBJ inherited an unpopular and unwindable conflict. I say unwinnable simply by fact whether US forces had defeated the Vietcong and North Vietnamese forces, it could have been almost impossible to result the social and political reforms needed to make South Vietnam and conceivable united states. LBJ could no longer withdraw for the comparable reason the JFK could no longer - the Republicans might have crucified him. the different subject LBJ confronted in Kennedy's legacy. Kennedy's assassination wiped away his mess ups and made him seem to be the suited president ever, while truly JFK grow to be mediocre at suited. LBJ made no longer uncomplicated alternatives and did an efficient activity of working the country in spite of the racial and social themes and a considerable conflict at homestead. LBJ did lots to enhance social reforms at homestead and used the federal government effectively to effect state and native policies. Militarily, the U. S. grow to be protecting it truly is very own till Cronkite declared the conflict unwinnable after the Tet Offensive. This assertion by utilising 'the main depended on guy in usa" lost LBJ the help of the 'silent majority'.
2016-10-28 19:30:52 · answer #3 · answered by bason 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He help heal a wounded country. He led us out of some of our darkest days as a country.
2006-12-30 22:47:53 · answer #4 · answered by meathead 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he finished the end of signing the end of the Vietmam war started to end by Nixon.
2006-12-30 22:54:52 · answer #5 · answered by gasmanfart 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well....he was one hell of an athelete.
2006-12-30 22:50:10 · answer #6 · answered by temujin556 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not alot
2015-03-09 12:48:34 · answer #7 · answered by ? 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋