Wednesday, April 01, 2009

 

A little history.

Marshall Wright spent over 20 years working for the US Foreign Service.  He was Assistant Secretary of State under Presidents Nixon and Ford. 

Mr. Wright had a meeting scheduled with then Minority Leader of the House Gerald Ford.  The day before Representative  Ford had been appointed Vice President by President Nixon after the resignation of Spiro Agnew.  It was assumed, by State, that Ford would not attended the meeting on the day he was to be sworn in as Vice President but when asked Gerald Ford said "I don't have anything else to do before noon."

We all know that Gerald Ford when on to be President of the United States.  He was branded by the Democrats and the media as a do nothing President.  A lot of us believe that four more years of do nothing Gerald Ford would have beat the hell out of Jimmy Carter.  

In my book Gerald Ford and Marshall Wright are gentlemen cut from the same cloth.

 

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Really, it was the Democrats that branded Ford? Maybe that pardon he granted Nixon made him a little unpopular at the time with the ENTIRE COUNTRY...
 
The point wasn't that he was a do nothing President. The issue was is this a good or bad thing? Of course this is a bit obtuse for the average voter and your right: Nixon was the big issue.
 
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