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Truth is the glue that holds government together. Our constitution works. Our great republic is a government of laws, not of men. I had a lot of experience with people smarter than I am. Things are more like they are now than they have ever been. The American wage earner and the American housewife are a lot better economists than most economists care to admit. They know that a government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have. All of us who served in one war or another know very well that all wars are the glory and the agony of the young. I know I am getting better at golf because I am hitting fewer spectators. Gerry Ford is a nice guy, but he played too much football with his helmet off. I have had a lot of adversaries in my political life, but no enemies that I can remember. I would hope that understanding and reconciliation are not limited to the 19th hole alone.

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Gerald R. Ford BIOGRAPHICAL FACTS:

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Gerald Ford was birthed on July 14, 1913, in Omaha, Nebraska. Chosen to the House of Representatives in 1948, Ford represented Michigan's 5th District for nearly 25 years prior to instantly locating himself at the crossroads of history. Ford was beat by Jimmy Carter in the 1976 election.

Early Life

Gerald R. Ford Jr. was born Leslie Lynch King Jr. on July 14, 1913, in Omaha, Nebraska, but kept neither his name neither his home town for long. In just weeks, he was whisked away by his mommy, Dorothy Ayer Gardner, to her father and mothers' home in Grand Rapids, Michigan. An adventurous lady that would not endure abuse, she separated his father, Leslie Lynch King Sr., within the year, and less than 3 years later, was wed to Gerald Rudolff Ford, a neighborhood paint company salesperson, from whence "Jerry" Jr. obtained his name-- although it was not made legal till he was 22 years of ages.

Early Political Career

Ford got his first taste of political life in 1940 as a volunteer for Wendell Wilkie's presidential campaign, attending the Republican Convention that year in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A year later, he graduated from Yale Law School in the leading third of his class, then returned the home of Grand Rapids to work in a law firm, putting his toe in the water of regional national politics.

UNITED STATE Presidency

Over the ensuing months, examinations right into Nixon's involvement in the Watergate rumor accelerated, finishing with Nixon's retirement on August 8, 1974. One day later on, on August 9, 1974, Ford was sworn in as the 38th head of state of the United States.

The following month, President Gerald Ford absolved Richard Nixon-- a move that put up like a shadow over Ford's historical track record for honesty. That same month, Betty Ford was diagnosed with breast cancer cells, as well as subsequently went through an extreme mastectomy.

Death and Legacy

Gerald Ford passed away on December 26, 2006, at home in Rancho Mirage, California, at the age of 93-- the oldest any kind of president has lived to date. Called in his honor are a presidential collection in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and a gallery in Grand Rapids, yet both are overshadowed in renown by the Betty Ford Rehabilitation Clinic in California.

Gerald Ford was born on July 14, 1913, in Omaha, Nebraska. Chosen to the House of Representatives in 1948, Ford stood for Michigan's 5th District for almost 25 years prior to instantly finding himself at the crossroads of past history. Gerald R. Ford Jr. was birthed Leslie Lynch King Jr. on July 14, 1913, in Omaha, Nebraska, however maintained neither his name neither his home town for long. An adventurous lady that would not tolerate misuse, she divorced his father, Leslie Lynch King Sr., within the year, and less than 3 years later, was wed to Gerald Rudolff Ford, a local paint company salesperson, from whence "Jerry" Jr. got his name-- although it was not made legal till he was 22 years aged.

Gerald R. Ford SENATE CAREER:

The assassination of President John F. Kennedy in November 1963 placed Lyndon Johnson in the White House and—for the sixteenth time in American history—left the vice-presidency unoccupied. Just months later, former Vice President Richard M. Nixon, his political career seemingly terminated by his loss to Kennedy in the presidential election of 1960 and his subsequent defeat for governor of California in 1962, appeared before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments to discuss means of filling vice-presidential vacancies. The existing order of succession that placed the Speaker of the House and president pro tempore of the Senate next in line to the presidency troubled Nixon. He pointed out that there were no guarantees that either of these legislative officials would be ideologically compatible with the president or even of the same party. He similarly disliked proposals for the president to nominate a vice president subject to confirmation by Congress, since a Congress controlled by the opposition party might unduly influence the president's choice. Nixon proposed that the Electoral College elect the new vice president. Not only would this method guarantee that the same electors who chose the president would choose the vice president, but having been elected by the people the electors would give additional legitimacy to the new vice president.

Chairman Birch Bayh, an Indiana Democrat, and other subcommittee members listened respectfully to Nixon's arguments but were unpersuaded. They considered the Electoral College "too much of a historical curiosity," too cumbersome, and too far removed from public awareness to make such an important decision. Instead, the subcommittee reported an amendment that provided:

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