No Doubt, President Gerald Ford was a Decent Person!!!?

Question

But What did he do about the Middle Class,the poor people, the Civil Rights Movement??? The only thing that he did was to pardon President nixon???

Answer 1

yes he was, however, he never
intended to be president for long and serve for about 3 years.

Answer 2

President Ford (Gerald, NOT Henry, Taco-- Henry made cars!) was certainly a decent man, who came into the presidency essentially by accident. Nixon's VP, Spiro Agnew, was convicted of corruption (and should have been convicted for his misuse of the English language, but apparently that wasn't illegal), so Ford was automatically appointed under the 25th Amendment to the Constitution (he was Republican Minority Leader of the House of Representatives). When Nixon was forced to resign following his impeachment, Ford again automatically was 'promoted'-- the only US President elected solely by the voters of Michigan's 5th Congressional District! (An argument could be made that George W Bush was elected president by even fewer people-- five Supreme Court justices-- but that would be tacky. Cute, but tacky.)

Ford is sadly remembered for just two things-- pardoning Richard Nixon, and his "WIN!" (Whip Inflation Now!) campaign. The pardoning of Nixon has been debated by historians since it happened-- the general concensus now is that it was a good choice, although it was very divisive at the time. Ford's WIN! campaign failed-- he had inherited a truly lousy economy, and had neither the time nor the political power to do much about it.

He will not be remembered as one of our great presidents, nor as a bad one-- he was a decent man confronted with an impossible task. In a sense, what he did was serve as an interim, holding us together as a nation and a people after the trauma of Watergate, and giving us time to heal before moving on with our poitical processes.

May God have mercy upon his soul; may light everlasting shine upon him. May his soul, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, Rest In Peace.

Answer 3

He made an effort to stabilize our country during trying times, that in turn effected the lower, middle and upper class. As far as the civil rights movement goes, that was already in motion. I don't think he expected to be re-elected, but being the current incumbent, I believe he was expected to run. Pardoning President Nixon, he explained that it was intended to help our country move on, which I believe it did.

Answer 4

His present day legacy is quite different from his public persona while he was in office.

Listening to the news and political statements of today, Gerald Ford is recognized as a good leader who healed the wounds of a corrupted political environment.

While he was in office, he was largely viewed as a political insider who pardoned Nixon as part of his political cronyism. The pardon and subsequent public outrage cost him any opportunity to earn the presidency in the subsequent election. As far as I know, he had no significant contributions to America or its people.

It sure is strange how time and death can produce a different public image of our leaders.

Answer 5

I think he was decent but people would have voted for anyone running against the seated president. I remember those days well and folks were fed up with everything and were set on changing as much as possible. We ended up with Carter and he was a decent man too but he was in way over his head.

Answer 6

Henry Ford was OK

Answer 7

What do you expect from someone who was in office for 2 years.

It is not the government's job to do things for people. It is the people's job to do things for themselves.