Should Gerald Ford have been impeached for pardoning Nixon?

Question

Ford got the job as vice-president in exchange for agreeing to pardon nixon. That is neocon corruption at it's sleaziest!

Answer 1

Perhaps we should impeach Clinton AGAIN for granting a
pardon to the 147 sleaze bags he pardoned, and why was
nothing done about Hugh Rodam (brother of the hildabeast)
while he was allegedly accepting money to influence Bill's
decisions on granting pardons, and giving a pardon to his own brother.

Here is a list of who slick Willy Pardoned, this is liberalism
at it's NORM, there are also 38 persons that had their
sentence commuted.
1. Verla Jean Allen (1990 false statements to an agency of the United States)
2. Nicholas M. Altiere (1983 importation of cocaine)
3. Bernice Ruth Altschul (1992 money laundering conspiracy)
4. Joe Anderson Jr. (1988 income tax evasion)
5. William Sterling Anderson (1987 defraudment of a financial institution, false statements to a financial institution, wire fraud)
6. Mansour Azizkhani (1984 false statements in bank loan applications)
7. Cleveland Victor Babin Jr. (1987 using the U.S. mail service to defraud)
8. Chris Harmon Bagley (1989 conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine)
9. Scott Lynn Bane (Unlawful distribution of marijuana)
10. Thomas Cleveland Barber (Issuing worthless checks)
11. Peggy Ann Bargon (Violation of the Lacey Act, violation of the Bald Eagle Protection Act)
12. David Roscoe Blampied (possess with intent to distribute cocaine)
13. William Arthur Borders Jr. (Conspiracy to corruptly solicit and accept money in return for influencing the official acts of a federal district court judge (Alcee L. Hastings), and to defraud the United States in connection with the performance of lawful government functions; corruptly influencing, obstructing, impeding and endeavoring to influence, obstruct and impede the due administration of justice, and aiding and abetting therein; traveling interstate with intent to commit bribery)
14. Arthur David Borel (Odometer Rollback)
15. Douglas Chrles Borel (Odometer Rollback)
16. George Thomas Brabham (Making a false statement or report to a federally insured bank)
17. Almon Glenn Braswell (1983 mail fraud and perjury)
18. Leonard Browder (Illegal dispensing of controlled substance and Medicaid fraud)
19. David Steven Brown (Securities fraud and mail fraud)
20. Delores Caroylene Burleson, aka Delores Cox Burleson (Possession of Marijuana)
21. John H. Bustamante (wire fraud)
22. Mary Louise Campbell
23. Eloida Candelaria
24. Dennis Sobrevinas Capili
25. Donna Denise Chambers
26. Douglas Eugene Chapman
27. Ronald Keith Chapman
28. Francisco Larois Chavez
29. Henry Cisneros (former HUD Secretary)
30. Roger Clinton, Jr. (half-brother of President Bill Clinton)
31. Stuart Harris Cohn
32. David Marc Cooper
33. Ernest Harley Cox Jr.
34. John F. Cross Jr.
35. Reickey Lee Cunningham
36. Richard Anthony De Labio
37. John Deutch (former Director of Central Intelligence Agency)
38. Richard Douglas
39. Edward Reynolds Downe
40. Marvin Dean Dudley
41. Larry Lee Duncan
42. Robert Clinton Fain
43. Marcos Arcenio Fernandez
44. Alvarez Ferrouillet
45. William Dennis Fugazy
46. Lloyd Reid George
47. Louis Goldstein
48. Rubye Lee Gordon
49. Pincus Green
50. Robert Ivey Hamner
51. Samuel Price Handley
52. Woodie Randolph Handley
53. Jay Houston Harmon
54. Rick Hendrick
55. John Hummingson
56. David S. Herdlinger
57. Debi Rae Huckleberry
58. Warren C. Hultgren Jr.
59. Donald Ray James
60. Stanley Pruet Jobe
61. Ruben H. Johnson
62. Linda Jones
63. James Howard Lake
64. June Louise Lewis
65. Salim Bonnor Lewis
66. John Leighton Lodwick
67. Hildebrando Lopez
68. Jose Julio Luaces
69. James Timothy Maness
70. James Lowell Manning, (1982, aiding and assisting in the preparation of a false corporate income tax return)
71. John Robert Martin
72. Frank Ayala Martinez
73. Silvia Leticia Beltran Martinez
74. John Francis McCormick
75. Susan H. McDougal
76. Howard Mechanic
77. Brook K. Mitchell Sr.
78. Samuel Loring Morison
79. Charles Wilfred Morgan III
80. Richard Anthony Nazzaro
81. Charlene Ann Nosenko
82. Vernon Raymond Obermeier
83. Miguelina Ogalde
84. David C. Owen
85. Robert W. Palmer
86. Kelli Anne Perhosky
87. Richard H. Pezzopane
88. Orville Rex Phillips
89. Vinson Stewart Poling Jr.
90. Norman Lyle Prouse
91. Willie H.H. Pruitt Jr.[1]
92. Danny Martin Pursley Sr.
93. Charles D. Ravenel
94. William Clyde Ray
95. Alfredo Luna Regalado
96. Ildefonso Reynes Ricafort
97. Marc Rich - tax evasion fugitive
98. Howard Winfield Riddle
99. Richard Wilson Riley Jr.
100. Samuel Lee Robbins
101. Joel Gonzales Rodriguez
102. Michael James Rogers
103. Anna Louise Ross
104. Dan Rostenkowski - Former Democratic Congressman convicted in the Congressional Post Office Scandal
105. Gerald Glen Rust
106. Jerri Ann Rust
107. Bettye June Rutherford
108. Gregory Lee Sands
109. Adolph Schwimmer
110. Albert A. Seretti Jr.
111. Patricia Campbell Hearst Shaw
112. Dennis Joseph Smith
113. Gerald Owen Smith
114. Stephen A. Smith
115. Jimmie Lee Speake
116. Charles Bernard Stewart
117. Marlena Francisca Stewart-Rollins
118. Fife Symington III - former Arizona governor
119. Richard Lee Tannehill
120. Nicholas C. Tenaglia
121. Gary Allen Thomas
122. Larry Weldon Todd
123. Olga C. Trevino
124. Ignatious Vamvouklis
125. Patricia A. Van De Weerd
126. Christopher V. Wade
127. Bill Wayne Warmath
128. Jack Kenneth Watson
129. Donna Lynn Webb
130. Donald William Wells
131. Robert H. Wendt
132. Jack L. Williams
133. Kavin Arthur Williams
134. Robert Michael Williams
135. Jimmie Lee Wilson
136. Thelma Louise Wingate
137. Mitchell Couey Wood
138. Warren Stannard Wood
139. Dewey Worthey
140. Rick Allen Yale
141. Joseph A. Yasak
142. William Stanley Yingling
143. Phillip David Young
144. Keith Sanders
145. Darren Muci
146. John Scott (not a full pardon)
147. Anthony M Pilla

Answer 2

You really need to know what you are talking about before putting forth something like this. Ford got his job because Spiro Agnew had to resign as Vice President. He is the only Vice President and President appointed to the office.

Far as the pardon of Nixon. That was needed to put the Watergate Scandal behind the American public and move the country forward. This way President Ford could address the many other important issues surrounding the country at that time.

Some lines from the site below:
There were the challenges of mastering inflation, reviving a depressed economy, solving chronic energy shortages, and trying to ensure world peace.
The President acted to curb the trend toward Government intervention and spending as a means of solving the problems of American society and the economy. In the long run, he believed, this shift would bring a better life for all Americans.
As President, Ford tried to calm earlier controversies by granting former President Nixon a full pardon.

He may have not been the 'greatest' President but was the right man at the right time in America's history to handle the job. He healed the country.

Answer 3

Well take into consideration the era, the Country needed to heal and was not going too with the possible impeachment over our heads. It would have been catastrophic for our country if we had a impeachment for the first time in history, especially for something like that. We were at the closing of a war, economic crisis and this would have simply compounded the issue. I think he did the right thing. Why was Clinton let off so easily? the cigar issue was just the tip of the iceburg for him, what about the fact he Knew where Bin Lauden was and how much of a threat he was and still did nothing. I could go on and on, but I won't. Being a President is not a easy job, you get a lot of crap from the media these days that are just not true or misconstrued on purpose. You and I will never really know what happened, but know this; you will know what the media wants you to know and think whether it be tru or not.

Answer 4

No. Ford became Vice President before the pardon was even on the table. You need to review your history. I was a Reagan supporter in '76 because I did not think Ford could win. But every day you keep more of your money because Ford vetoed over 50 tax and spend bills proposed by the Dems. He still is saving US citizens a bunch of money, and I appreciate that. Ford was a good legislator, but not a strong leader. And what we need now is leadership.

Answer 5

You don't know nothing. The term "neo-con" did not exist in the 1970's.
A president can pardon anyone for anything. It is his right as president.
A president can only be impeached for what the Constitution allows: high crimes and misdemeanors.
There was no basis for impeaching Mr. Ford.
Study the Constitution. It's all in there.

Answer 6

While I generally agree with you, I think that Nixon should have been thoroughly investigated DESPITE the pardon. If evidence then supported your contention, then certainly Ford should have also been investigated and possibly impeached. Let's focus on impeaching Bush and Cheney before they do any more damage.

Answer 7

No, we need episodes like that to rally the democrats out of their apathy and go vote. There are many more registered democrats than republicans yet republicans have held the Presidency way longer than democrats. Democrats generally only win presidential elections after we have had such a terrible republican president we can't stand another right away. The dems will win the next presidential election and probably lose it in 2012 when Jeb runs. It seems our country can't stand real leadership and constantly vote in a bunch of losers.

Answer 8

No, little boy, he became president, because he was the vice-president. That is the way the chain of command works.

The President can pardon anyone he wants, unless they have committed treason.

Answer 9

Unfortunately you can't impeach someone after he's out of office, much less after he's dead. What we should do is make sure Bush, Cheney, and Administration never get pardoned. That will reverse the Ford precedent.

Answer 10

Wrong. Nixon was only guilty for attempting to cover up something that he didn't ask for. As a President and if he were alive today, I'd vote for him again. :)

I'm ready for my numerous thumbs down, now.