Tag Archives: Gerald Ford

Mark Russell PBS: Video: Mark Russell Takes a Look Back at Election 1976: We Got a President As Good As The American People

. This post was originally posted at FRS Daily Times on Blogger You might not be aware of this, but Richard Nixon is Jimmy Carter’s hero and best friend. President Carter sends President Nixon, literally one President to another a … Continue reading

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Great on Yak: Video: CBS’s All in the Family: Archie Bunker on Democrats & the 1970s

This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger Oh the 1970s, a decade about sacrifice and millions of Americans learning about their government and their politicians and that they didn’t like a lot of them. But of … Continue reading

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Gerald R. Ford Library: Video: Nelson Rockefeller Swearing in Ceremony as Vice President of the United States, From December 19, 1974

This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger I’m not sure we’ve ever had a more qualified nominee for Vice President of the United States. And you might be thinking, “that is not saying much”, (and perhaps … Continue reading

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Max Power: Video: President Gerald Ford Pardons Richard Nixon, September 8, 1974

  This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger As unpopular as the pardoning of Richard Nixon was for President Gerald Ford in 1974 and contributed to President Ford losing the election in 1976, it was the … Continue reading

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Richard Nixon Foundation: Video: Nixon Tapes: A Nutcase Congressmen With House Minority Leader Gerald Ford

This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger President Richard Nixon and House Minority Leader Gerald Ford talking about House Majority Leader Hale Boggs in 1971 or 72. Leader Boggs was a bit out there and Boobs … Continue reading

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Kansas Politics: Video: CBS News: 1980 GOP Convention Ford Bush VP Drama

This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger CBS News trying to figure out who Ronald Reagan had nominated for Vice President at the 1980 Republican National Convention. Reagan had narrowed it down to former President of … Continue reading

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Crash Course: Video: Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter: The Economic Malaise of the 1970s

. This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger The Great Deflation of the 1970s as it is more commonly known. Really lasted that entire decade with the economy taking a big hit in 1973 thanks to … Continue reading

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James Miller Center: President Gerald Ford, Address on Energy Policy 1975

This piece was originally posted at FreeState Plus WordPress Blog President Ford, showing a lot of leadership in 1975, taking on energy policy and even energy independence. Figuring out that the energy shortages of the early and mid 1970s were … Continue reading

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Brandon Hansen: Video: Take a Trip Back to The 1970s

. This post was originally posted at FRS Real Life Journal on WordPress A very divisive decade politically the 1970s, but a decade with a lot of great movies, sports, music and the designer jeans revolution of the late 1970s. … Continue reading

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Helmer Reenberg: House Minority Leader Gerald Ford & NO District Attorney Jim Garrison in 1967 –

. This post was originally posted at FreeStatePlus on WordPress Gerald Ford was already the House Minority Leader by the time these interviews were done. And was put on the Warren Commission by President Lyndon Johnson because he was trusted … Continue reading

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