You know I never had heard Gerald Ford’s voice until watching this

@JohnnyHarrelson

8 ай бұрын

Dan Castenella did a good job of voicing him on the Simpsons. I had to look it up to make sure it wasn't really Ford

@hrodriguez561

7 ай бұрын

No did i

@giyuutomioka8133

7 ай бұрын

I assumed he’d sound gruff but it’s not what I expected

@Prauwlet213

7 ай бұрын

same

@mykoniichistorychannel

5 ай бұрын

Same.

And, now we look at Nixon’s “crime” and see it was like chewing gum in class compared to what is going on today.

@ajohndaeal-asad6731

9 күн бұрын

fact but that shows you that we held high standards for people in power

@justinpickens1216

Күн бұрын

Say you don't know anything about the many crimes uncovered by the Watergate crisis without saying you don't know anything about them.

I actually believe him. You can see the frustration when he said it was taking up so much of his time.

@katelord6106

6 ай бұрын

Don't. Ford was a total coward. Giving Nixon a complete pardon was a total sellout. Shame on him. Nixon was a horrible person.

@Boxy071

5 ай бұрын

I actually do too!!

@flyingchimp12

4 ай бұрын

Yea no. Obviously was a bit of back room politics - and that’s ok.

@nickjklol

3 ай бұрын

The whole line "[...] spend 25% of my time dealing with Mr. Nixon's problems [...] so I could spend 100% of my time on 230 million Americans", is what politician speech/press coaches call the "drive-by shot." A roomful of professionals sat in a room for probably 36 hours straight concocting an entire compendium of retorts and statements to spin Ford's pardon to the media and American people. This was one of the lines they whipped up. The exact bullshit they were hoping you'd fall for and, to their credit, did fall for.

@thomastarwater2989

3 ай бұрын

Yeah, well boo hoo hoo.

Bro pardoned him to get rid of him 💀💀💀💀

@dtxgmoney

6 ай бұрын

Can we do that now with Trump? Can he get pardoned and just fuck off?

@dallassucks130

4 ай бұрын

To get rid of his problems lmao

@AnteaterOne

2 ай бұрын

That certainly didn’t work.

@vern0018

Ай бұрын

Exactly....they didn't pardon him. I believe the president was setup.

@arcanondrum6543

27 күн бұрын

The Pardon hid a lot of crimes. Americans would have benefited from knowing more.

Right decision at Right time

Nixon cost Ford a second term.

@ashupashu5559

10 ай бұрын

"There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe, and there never will be under a Ford administration"

@lucask4377

10 ай бұрын

Unfortunately yes

@russellpayne070

10 ай бұрын

Ford sacrificed his political career for the benefit of his country. He was a great American.

@za4310

9 ай бұрын

That might be partly true. But it was also the act of pardoning that contributed to it. Ford had a lot of other problems besides that. Up against the well spoken and likeable Carter in a debate he made the entire country collectively scratch it's head when he claimed the soviet union didn't have any influence in eastern Europe. Ford lost a lot of swing votes and many republican votes. Also worth considering is that he was the vice president of a disgraced president, so there was a sense that he doubly didn't deserve the office.

@russellpayne070

9 ай бұрын

@@za4310 The statement about Eastern Europe not being under communist control definitely hurt him.

I think pardoning him did cost Ford a second term. The 1976 US Presidential election remains one of the closest elections in US history so I think the Nixon pardon was a key tipping point for the American public. Ford was such a decent honest man

@thebestgamer4106

2 ай бұрын

I genuinely don't think Ford wanted a second term, he didn't ever necessarily want the presidency he wanted to be speaker of the house, he took the vice presidency as a way to retire, he thought it was a nice way to retire he'd leave office with nixon in '77

@w5527

Ай бұрын

@@thebestgamer4106There’s a good Biographics video on him that goes over Ford’s political journey quite well

@williamwest9204

Ай бұрын

Because at that time the U.S population still thought they could trust the government agencies. Modern times have shown that Nixon was fucked by the CIA

@machiavelli061

Ай бұрын

By letting Nixon walk, he empowered the unitary executive which created Trump. He also proved to america that there is only punishment for the poor.

@HadrielGaming177

Ай бұрын

I think the closest election was the election 1876 - Rutherford B. Hayes vs Samuel Tilden, where Hayes won by just one electoral vote (185-184), but also lost the popular vote by 250,000, and still became president. Not 1976.

What was really going on was that he was advised to actually prosecute Nixon could take up from another 3-6 years and he realized he couldn't put the country through that. Also, like he said, he couldn't govern because it was taking too much of his time. So, he pardoned him to allow the country to move forward. Good or bad, it was the right decision in the end for the overall good of the country.

I believe him honestly.

@haronka

2 ай бұрын

I believe that he did it to get rid of Nixon. I am not sure that he would have spent all of that time to the American's problems, but I believe the first part too

Real integrity and courage from President Ford.

I remember this very well. I agreed with him as we were sick and tired of watergate.

Like him or not you have to admit he was very Presidential.

Back in the day when someone made a decision that he knew would cost him but did it anyway, because deep down he felt it to be the best decision. I cannot imagine how it was for him in dealing with that mess.

Ford and Carter are so much more likable than Nixon and LBJ.

@Sanyu-Tumusiime

9 ай бұрын

Nixon was a good guy. They made up watergate because he was gonna clean out the corruption in Washington DC

@maestroclassico5801

9 ай бұрын

Everyone was more likeable than Nixon and LBJ even Trump and Biden

@Sanyu-Tumusiime

9 ай бұрын

@@maestroclassico5801 Nixon was very likeable. He was a great guy. Why do you hate him so much? He was the most popular president in all of history.

@Sanyu-Tumusiime

9 ай бұрын

Nixon won every state except Massachusetts. @@maestroclassico5801

@sjsyhm646

9 ай бұрын

@@maestroclassico5801 hippie opinion detected, opinion rejected

In my mind, you pardon someone who deserves to be pardoned. That's it. You don't pardon someone because they were your friend, because it's too much of a hassle, because you're tired of hearing about it. Why let it even take 25% of your time ? It's over, move on, none of your business, let the law take care of the rest. But, maybe I'm misinformed. But I keep seeing people in the comments saying '' It was the right thing to do '' but without any justification, at all. It just was, believe me, right thing to do, let's not talk about it. WHY ? To let the country move on ? It didn't. Wasn't worth it ? Yes, it was. It was the president. It was criminal. It was big. There was a tremendous opportunity to hold the president accountable, never happened to that degree before. A president pardoning another president. WTF Is this.

@jq8974

4 ай бұрын

I agree. As a mom, I’m ready to show mercy, but if I pardon one of my kids when they need me to stand up to them, I hurt them and I hurt my relationship to my other kids, as well as THEIR relationship to their brothers and sisters. Period.

@Zakkatoos

2 ай бұрын

Gerald ford is a good guy and I think he would be a great addition to the team if he were to be a part of the team in the future and he would be a good addition to the squad for the next season and I think he would be a good fit for the team that we have in the league and we would be very happy to have him as a part of the team as well as the team that we are looking to build on in the future and we would like to see him as a part of the team that we can build on the team that we will be building on the next season and the next season as we are very much in our future as well and the future will continue on to our next year we are looking forward to seeing the team that we are very excited about the team

@Rebound703

26 күн бұрын

A president know to much.

Ford was on the Warren Commission and helped cover up the JFK assassination. What Nixon did was take the heat for shenanigans that were going on.

honorable men have a navy ship (aircraft carrier) named after them. mr. ford was, and is: and honorable man and person.

Professional courtesy given to fellow "Crooks"

Honestly, who would actually wanted to deal with Nixon.

@JeffSkilling69

6 ай бұрын

Me, he wasn't a bad president.

@elhombredeoro955

6 ай бұрын

​@@JeffSkilling69but was he a crook?

@JeffSkilling69

6 ай бұрын

@@elhombredeoro955 No, sir

@reesaallen5474

5 ай бұрын

⁠@@JeffSkilling69so tax payers dollars weren’t funding his paranoia??

@JeffSkilling69

5 ай бұрын

@@reesaallen5474 nope

President Ford made the right decision.

@DzNutz-kf9ob

11 ай бұрын

Nope

@RyanHarris77

11 ай бұрын

Explain how not holding someone accountable for crimes is the right decision? It makes no sense.

@alberthoffman5297

10 ай бұрын

@@RyanHarris77because it let americans nit to continuously remember distrust in the gov from nixon and let us move on for the better

@RyanHarris77

10 ай бұрын

@@alberthoffman5297 there’s one set of laws for all people. Pardoning Nixon helps no one except Nixon. The best way for the nation to get past it would be to allow it to go to trial and show everyone how the justice system works the same for everyone. All this pardon did was erode trust in our justice system. Claiming that _not_ prosecuting would help the nation move on makes no sense.

@Raspberries9372

10 ай бұрын

@@RyanHarris77. Disagree the justice system can’t really be impartial when it comes to politics. There will always be some sort of bias towards the left wing or right wing. Republican or democrat. Especially when it comes to politicians. This might have been persecuted attack to go against political rivals. Every politician I think is probably guilty of some crime. Unless if it’s widely known to be guilty of legitimate crime by both parties. Then that person might be held accountable. Otherwise things will by nature be politicized. No matter how people refuse to acknowledge that politically motivated or biased nature of politics. Atleast in America.

He should not have done it. All he had to do was say "I'm not pardoning Nixon end of the story" and be clear that any questions relating to it are time wasted from more important things. Politicians need to be held accountable for democracy to function. Otherwise, we're no different than putins Russia or China.

He did the right thing.

@Hurrishane03

10 ай бұрын

Nope🚫

@bobblueford

9 ай бұрын

Pardoning a criminal? Probably the reason why we now stand a very real chance of a convicted criminal retaking the White House next year. So, no, it was not the right thing to do.

@Discipleofthelordandjesus

8 ай бұрын

Conservatives hate accountability.

@Hurrishane03

8 ай бұрын

@@Discipleofthelordandjesus That they do. So he broke the law, but the rest of the country needs to heal🤦gimme a f’n break

@guywebster8018

8 ай бұрын

​@@DiscipleofthelordandjesusYou are mixing the times and frankly showing your ignorance. Both nixon and ford were considered quite progressive.. Read a book.. Please.. 😂

He would have been criticized either way. Goldwater was against it. Country had to move on

I'm glad they gave him the Profile in Courage Award for this. I think though it would have been better if he waited until after the 1974 election.

This dude is one of the luckiest person in the world, becoming POTUS without campaigning.

It was the “right thing to do.” Yeah in the sense that he gave Nixon his word he’d pardon him if he was appointed VP. Lets be real here

@duvaye1

Ай бұрын

Exactly, that’s what definitely happened but people don’t want to believe the obvious 😂😂😂hell when he pardon Nixon their were protest to impeach ford cause they knew a deal was done under the table

A criminal pardoning a criminal. Nothing to see here.

In the long run, Ford did the right thing

@Hurrishane03

10 ай бұрын

Wrong🚫

@iDeathMaximuMII

9 ай бұрын

@@Hurrishane03 You're entitled to your opinion bud

@Hurrishane03

9 ай бұрын

@@iDeathMaximuMII Not a matter of opinion when you break the law

@makaveliliveson

9 ай бұрын

@@iDeathMaximuMIIit’s called an opinion dummy

@onomatopoeia162003

9 ай бұрын

short term, yes. Long term no. Even the Historian H.W Brands talked about that recently.

Cathy O’Brien Trance Formation

Nixon was actually a great President if you remove Watergate. Nixon ended the Vietnam Draft when no other President would.

@terron7840

4 ай бұрын

Even without Watergate, he was a terrible president. Consistently lying to the public, dragging out the Vietnam war when he promised to end it. His foreign policy decisions were often rash and poorly thought out, which is why he got humiliated when pakistan lost against India.

@HAL-bo5lr

3 ай бұрын

Yeah, it only took him 5 years and hundreds of thousands of more dead Americans, Vietnamese, Cambodians, and Laotians to do so.

@Caleb_Mandrake872

3 ай бұрын

@@HAL-bo5lr So you acknowledge that Nixon ended the Draft & no other president did.

@HAL-bo5lr

3 ай бұрын

@@Caleb_Mandrake872 That's not the point. That doesn't make him a great president just because he ended the draft. Especially when it took so much more fuss from the disobedient and rebellious youth just to enact something that should've been done right when he took office.

@Caleb_Mandrake872

3 ай бұрын

@@HAL-bo5lr It took Nixon to end the draft. No other President would do it. - Nixon opened up diplomatic relations with China when no other president would. - Nixon created EPA - Nixon created OSHA

Shouldn't have done that. Letting corruption slide was a horrible precedent.

25% of your time to see justice through in order to save the integrity of the US.

Oh come on Gerald the pardon was a quid pro quo. The only reason this clown car was appointed President was because he agreed to Pardon Nixon. He made the deal so he had to do the pardon.

And it was the right thing to do for a battered nation. For the office.

@terron7840

4 ай бұрын

This nation is even more battered than it already is, inside and outside. His decision was misguided at best, unwise at worst.

His staff was right! That could very well have cleared the way for the godawful situation we're in as a nation today. He didn't get re-elected, by the way.

@JohnSmith-4U

Жыл бұрын

and?

@alexanderboulton2123

11 ай бұрын

Quick question: how do you feel about government corruption? Just in general.

Nixon was a hero who went too far with his plans to restructure the system. They came back at him. It was a foolish move on his part.

@rstefanie2622

10 күн бұрын

Let's not forget the ran Spiro Agnew out of DC in order to get their Deep State Establishment in the VP role, then whisk Nixon away to install Gerald Ford as new POTUS. A true COUP.

@Cba409

9 күн бұрын

On the contrary. It was brilliant. He sacrificied his political career and exposed The Machine in the process.

Great guy and President.

Even tho what Nixon did was wrong and this cost Ford the election, it was right think to do. The most important goal was to get Nixon out of office. Perhaps, the pardon could have been contingent of confession in perfect world. But, maybe that is not realistic or possible. Nixon was wise person but deeply flawed. For whatever reason, he gave into some if his worst impulses as president. Being fair he did some great things such as opening to China. I wish it were possible to return to peaceful co-existence with China. Im not blaming anyone, but that would be ideal if possible.

Not a Nixon fan. I got it when I first heard Ford did it. Proud of my reaction and his action.

he did a fantastic job fir a President that no body voted for. 😁😁😁😁😁🤣🤣🤣🤣

Nixons were good persons, both of them: one of them was a saint, and one sincerely begged the pardon; they come in pairs 😊

@Sidfields789

3 ай бұрын

This post makes zero sense.

@bishopp14

Ай бұрын

​@@Sidfields789 I'm with you on this.

Bro acting like it wasn’t a deal. Pardon Nixon in exchange for presidency on mr ford 😂

Underrated president

He told this lie so many times it looks like he even believes it himself

I think he did the right thing…it was about the country moving on and he did what he thought was best. He made a decision and he owned it.

Nixon was a damn good president, very intelligent and could speak -- way, way better than the clown that's in office now. Nixon is best remembered for Watergate, outweighing the good he did for the country.

@terron7840

4 ай бұрын

Brilliant? He would have been if he hadn't tripped on his own deficiencies like no other president had. He backed a war against India over a petty grudge only to loose and be humiliated.

Birds of a feather

Hey guys I’m back

That's something that most people not old enough don't know: the Nixon mess didn't end with him resigning. It was still looming until the pardon.

One of the points he brought up in this interview was about asking his legal advisors how long the case against Nixon would last. Five years, minimum. Most thought much longer. He asked himself if it was worth keeping the country divided over this for a prolonged period. The answer was no. Also, the acceptance of a pardon would be considered a tacit admission of guilt. Nixon accepted it on those terms.

During his presidency, Pr. Richard Nixon did a lot of good to his country and the world. He didn’t deserve to be tarnished by media in the first place.

@stephensmith3928

12 күн бұрын

Then he shouldn't have people break into the DNC to gain an edge in his campaign.

Biggest mistake of his presidency

@JeffSkilling69

6 ай бұрын

*best moment

@RyanHarris77

6 ай бұрын

@@JeffSkilling69 you got me

Good man bad decision. Had we dealt with Nixon we wouldn’t have had the orange menace

Gerry should've used minoxidil.

It was time to move on and do the best for the American people. Sure probably wasn’t fair or justice being served but there were bigger fish to fry than dealing with one person for 25% of the time and the other 75% of the time for 200+ million

Read where he said he did it so the country could move forward.

It was a good decision at the time but President Ford paid a political price for pardoning Nixon

Kids, THIS is what a Republican used to sound and act like!

Bullshit. One corrupt politician gave a free pass to another corrupt politician.

That was Ford's greatest mistake.

You can pardon Richard Nixon .

I remember this... Look 👀 at the Nation/America today regarding the judicial system and the inability to deal with the issues surrounding Trump...

Considering what we’re living through with Trump, I think President Ford was wrong, but I could understand why he made that decision. It also assured that he wouldn’t win the 1976 election.

@America1st.

Ай бұрын

You better do your research he stated long before that that he would never run for president again so yeah he didn't get reelected he never ran for president you're stupid

And America thought he was feeble and unqualified!

This man was the last great president

I know our political state is fucked but I never thought I would hear people say "Nixon should have been pardoned" in full seriousness, and people agree with it.

@guillemedina7908

10 ай бұрын

The argument is that pardoning him was the only way the country could move past Watergate and its trauma. I don't fully agree with the decision, but it is true that it was good to move on.

@Christian-hw3be

10 ай бұрын

Moving on would be to abolish the republican party for what they did

@Christian-hw3be

10 ай бұрын

Dems are such pushovers

@alexanderboulton2123

10 ай бұрын

@@Christian-hw3be At least arrest its inciting members for treason or sedition. But if that happened, there would be riots in the streets. Again.

@user-bz9sj8mh5d

10 ай бұрын

@@Christian-hw3be So in other words, nothing but a Democratic dictatorship would work for you? Your party has done far worse than anything that happened with Watergate.

Thats awesome what an honest guy now about the jfk assassination and moving the back injury 2 inches up ?

When you read “parodying”, this video becomes very disappointing. I’m an idiot.

Coward - he wouldn’t have had his time taken by a Nixon trial. He wouldn’t have had to do anything extra.

We all know WHY he pardoned Dick. Dick knew everything about Dallas.

@Rebound703

26 күн бұрын

Finally someone who understands. And remember Ford was on the Warren Commission and helped to cover up the truth.

Yea right. Im not believing s word of this. You coward. You should NEVER have pardoned this criminal. You could have appointed someone else to deal with Nixon. History isn't going to believe you either. There were other "options" other than a total pardon. Im old enough to remember this crap.

Very good then but needs to be readdressed for today>

Imagine being (an imminent retiree) Minority Leader, forced into being VP, and then becoming LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD within only 10 months. Forget his clumsiness and foreign policy gaffs. If I were in his shoes, I’m 80% sure I’d have a nervous breakdown and live in Spiro Agnew’s walls to haunt him for getting the succession ball rolling.

@christiancrocetti9940

5 ай бұрын

He wasn’t forced, he could’ve said no

@Mr.Marketing

5 ай бұрын

@@christiancrocetti9940 You’re right he could’ve said no. Just as Johnson, Roosevelt, Arthur and LBJ, could’ve. However, there’s this huge aspect of duty and responsibility that comes up among US leaders in the line of succession. Compared to an uneventful retirement from Congress.

@christiancrocetti9940

5 ай бұрын

@@Mr.Marketing LBJ said yes because he wanted the presidency and VP is a step closer. Don’t give politicians too much credit about responsibility. As for Ford, he likely did do it out of duty to country. But sometimes duty to country doesn’t mean jumping one heartbeat away from the presidency. He could’ve decided whether or not he wanted to serve in the nixon administration. He could’ve thought about whether he was in a better position to serve the country as the Republican leader in congress or as Vice President (VP isn’t always the necessary correct option here). I’m not saying he didn’t out of duty, I’m sure he did. And I’m not anti ford by the way. But I am sticking by what I said that he had a choice. He wasn’t forced. He could’ve said no and suggested someone else who could’ve served in that role if he wanted.

Oh, it was taking up 25% of his time to make sure that a criminal was brought to justice. Let's not do that. Let's clear our inbox of it and say that it was hampering our ability to do our job. Give me a break. That's exactly the kind of thing a person would say when letting a criminal go, some BS excuse that's made to sound somewhat believable.

It’s always been one rule for us another for them and it continues to this day where politicians can break the law without consequence

I agree with pardoning Nixon. That reasoning sounds fake tho…

Bad precedent there, Jerry. As we can see in how Trump expects to get away with even worse crimes.

If we would’ve prosecuted Nixon, America would not have the problem with Trump today. I don’t care how Ford tries to explain it away.

Corruption corruption corruption

Because he pardoned Nixon he opened the door to trump

@BoostGlitch357

8 ай бұрын

​@@systicgmd5513I agree but, chill out man jesus christ, you have no reason to get that mad lol.

@christiancrocetti9940

5 ай бұрын

Explain this one to me

😊

Cia plant

Of course, the $100,000 dollar check to Nixon wasn't brought up here. Funny that?

He had the change to make things right, but ruined whatever credibility he had as a transparent president with his misguided move.

Dude never heard of delegating tasks. He could have simply appointed someone for everything Nixon related. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Hey Gerry. We know who controls you

Criminals withe the power of government.

The very definition of mediocrity of character.

This is actually a legitimate reason But he played for Michigan so f him anyways

@roderickstockdale1678

6 ай бұрын

New York asked him for bailout money, he told them drop dead.

Shortsighted lack of accountability helped to set us up for today's debacle.

@APOCALYPSE_X-MEN

Жыл бұрын

So, you wanted a crippled government at a critical time in our history? Resignation was enough punishment for Nixon.

@xenophonanthony2791

Жыл бұрын

Can you say the same for Wilson, LBJ, and Obama?

@Gwen2010ish

Жыл бұрын

@@xenophonanthony2791 Why?

@xenophonanthony2791

Жыл бұрын

@@Gwen2010ish I’m saying that Nixon isn’t the only corrupt politician who entered the White House. LBJ did way worse yet he was never charged. I’m OK with Nixon getting tried but for that I want corruption to be tried too.

@Gwen2010ish

Жыл бұрын

@@xenophonanthony2791 Proof?

The CIA should have been disbanded unde his watch also

They didn’t want the backstory to the frame job coming out

1976 swine flu Affair 💉👿

That was the worst mistake… thanks to the immunity he gave Nixon, we have today an ex president that really believes he is above the law. Nixon should’ve faced accountability for his corruption. President Ford painted it pretty nicely, but I don’t think it was nit fair he didn’t face the consequences of his actions the way others co-conspirators did.

Ended Fords presidency though

# 800 6:12 am Mon Sept 18 2023

Nixon did nothing wrong

@Christian-hw3be

10 ай бұрын

Really?

@lucask4377

10 ай бұрын

I wouldn't go that far

@chroylikesfish

10 ай бұрын

He failed America with the Millions of tax dollars he invested in the War on Drugs. Nixon's legacy is dead and next generation probably wont even know who he was

@sjsyhm646

9 ай бұрын

he did plenty of things wrong but he did more things right and things he did wrong he did it with good intentions

@chris-cy5ed

9 ай бұрын

​@@Christian-hw3beYeaaa probably!! Ya Neverrr Everrr Knooooww !! Who really knows !?? Maybe it was him tryna clean stuff up like other presidents before/ after him! To bad they all were impeached/Resigning/arrested/Shot twice/ shot an ki!!3ad /TDR. shot but lived T.D.R.Roosevelt's shot in chest point blank range !/Lincoln assassination also/ Etc...Shall I keep going !?? / J.F.K./....Btw R.F.K. would of been president probably too !! Look at Trump, Etc...I pray it is all peaceful for the world this is a crazy world we live in ! Wow !

A big mistake

@JeffSkilling69

4 ай бұрын

Lol ok

Absolutely one of the worst decisions in American history.

@JeffSkilling69

4 ай бұрын

Says the gen x democrat

@KwanHopkins

4 ай бұрын

@@JeffSkilling69 Another Republican that excuses corruption? Nothing new.

Is he a judge?