RIP, Gerry Ford
It’s hard not to remember the first president you voted for.
Gerald Ford’s all-too-brief presidency was one of those “right place, right time” things. We were indeed fortunate to have such a fundamentally decent man in charge at that point in time. It’s difficult, with 30 years of hindsight, not to think the world would be a better place now if he had won that very close 1976 election (a look at the electoral map shows just how much things can change in 30 years).
Links:
- Presidential Library and Museum web site
- His Bio at the Library site
- His Remarks on Taking the Oath of Office as President (Aug. 9, 1974)
- The Nixon Pardon Remarks (Sept. 8, 1974)
- A very nice lookback (HT Michelle Malkin) written by a reporter who covered Washington in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
RIP, Gerry Ford.
