The U.S After Nixon
- Created by: wanjikar
- Created on: 29-05-22 18:13
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- Ford and Carter as Presidents
- Gerald Ford
- took the oath in Aug 1974
- risen thru the Republican ranks in Congress
- cultivated a 'man of the people' image
- Chevy Chase impersonated Ford every week for his clumsiness
- LBJ: "Jerry Ford is so dumb he can't fart and chew at the same time"
- Sept' 74: Ford pardoned Nixon as he had suffered enough
- an option discussed with Nixon's Chief of Staff, Haig
- Most Americans wanted Nixon punished
- Carter as president
- Carter positioned himself as a Southern Protestant and a Washington outsider
- Visited 37 states, gave 200 speeches before candidates announced their presidency
- His first policies were aimed at healing divides
- pardoned Vietnam- era draft resisters
- ended funding for the B- 1 bomber airplan
- pushed comprehensive consumer- protection bill
- Congress was unwilling to cooperate with Carter because he refused to make promises of federal spending
- mutual contempt and distrust was established
- still passed 29 new pieces of legislation
- Initial popularity w/ the media faded
- Aug '79: chased by a rabbit
- Oct '79: collapsed from heat exhaustion
- his nephew Willie: "He smiles outwardly but at heart he's a cold ************"
- Gerald Ford
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