Gerald Ford

Watergate For the next year, the Nixon Administration had kept their illegal tactics to themselves as they continued to taunt Ellsberg and everyone one the enemy list. (until they got caught...) On June 17th, 1972, five members of Nixon 's Administration were arrested as they were found to have broke in the Democratic National Convention headquarters at The Watergate Hotel. They had broke in numerous times. The first to set up wiretapping materials in the Democratic office and eventually in…

invasion, President Ford was reported to have visited Indonesia, which has been assumed to have symbolized his permission for Indonesia to invade the East Timor country. This invasion has killed an estimated…

pulls out of Vietnam. In 1974, the Terracotta Army is discovered in China and Mikhail Baryshnikov Defects. In 1975, the Cambodian Genocide begins, and Microsoft is founded. Also in that same year, there are two assassination attempts on President Gerald Ford’s life. In 1976, the first Ebola virus is found in Sudan and Zaire. In 1977, Elvis is found dead and Star…

He is faced with the huge decision of deciding to pardon the former president or not. In President Gerald Ford's mind, he saw the best course of action to take was to pardon Nixon for his involvement in the Watergate Scandal in order to easy tensions about it and put it behind us. "Ford justified this decision by claiming that a long, drawn-out trial would only have further polarized the public."(A&E Television Group) While this seemed like…

The Watergate Scandal, who provoke the only resignation of a president in the history of the United State, occurred in the period between 1972 to 1975. This was the biggest political scandal in the American nation to this day. In like manner, involved not just the president of the country Richard Nixon, but also a some members of the Republican Administration during the election campaign of 1972. According to the book, America A Narrative History, Vol. 2 (Emory, D. & Brown, G. 2016), “ By the…

“True leadership is modeled by those who live by proper application of Godliness and principles found in the Word of God, and being consistent with those principles that they teach” (M.Moore, et. Al, 2003). Readings state that Nixon knew about the Watergate Espionage operation before it happened but he tried to cover it up, raising “hush money” for burglars, and in a persistent effort to stop the FBI from investigating the crime. Was it biblical to pardon him? Was it ethical? “All have…

The corruption that grew within the Nixon Administration blinded the Oval Office of its legal and ethical obligations in upholding the Constitution of America. As a result, due to the overwhelming amount of evidence incriminating President Nixon of his involvement in the Watergate burglary, President Richard Nixon was forced, and became the first and only president in the history of the Unites States of America, to resign his post. Even after his decision to resign, President Nixon delayed…

Jamie Arnone Prof. Sharib History of Vietnam April 29th, 2015 The Watergate Scandal The Watergate scandal was arguably one of the worst scandals that occurred within the American Government that ultimately brought down the Nixon presidency. The scandal involved the break-in of the Democratic Party Headquarters, the cover-up of the break-in, and other scandals that the investigation ultimately revealed. It was the worst scandal in American history due to the fact that it was an attempt to…

He also disagreed with the move by President Ford to pardon those who escaped the drafts during the Vietnam War. Reign publically blamed Ford for the deficits in the budget and called him a poor leader. Reagan criticized politicians and the federal government for being too powerful, too large and also too involved in the society. He did not…

presidents were impersonated on Saturday Night Live. Comedian Chevy Chase’s impersonation of President Gerald Ford became part of political parody lore because of how blunt and physical of an impersonation he did. Though Chase did very little too look like President Ford he rather just continued the joke of falling down a lot, after seeing news footage depicting falling down on several occasions. President Ford acknowledge the actor for impersonation but remarks offer the self-deprecating humor…