Imagine going from just another congressman out of 435 to president of the united states within 7 months and having not campaigned during any of those 7 months
@@robertyates9500 After Agnew resigned there was another attempt by another politician with Greek blood to become president. But Dukakis lost 1988 election.
Ford wasn’t Nixon’s first choice, but only one who congress would confirm. Then 10 months later is president without one single vote after Nixon is forced to resign .. something just doesn’t feel right about whole situation..
It is awesome seeing the bipartisan love and respect leaders in Congress had for Gerald Ford. Immediately after President Nixon said “he has served in the Congress for 25 years” everyone erupted because they knew it was Ford. Really wish we had a Gerald Ford today!! #POTUS38
Gerald Ford was probably the right person for the time to become VP then, President. Maybe, at the time when he gave Nixon a full pardon, it seemed to make some angry, but Ford did mention of not wanting to essentially, drag the American people through another drawn out trial, just wanted to move on, Nixon, at least finally "accepted" his mustskes, unlike, #45, Orangey.
Fun fact: When Nixon announced this Gerald Ford was considered vice president designate instead of vice president elect because he had not been elected to the vice presidency by the electoral college
President Nixon really knew how to speak with the kind of tone every president should have - calm, but firm. And as for picking Gerald Ford to be the Vice President...one of the greatest decisions, I think, that any president has ever made. Both were amazing men. Happy to see this archived video here. :)
The hand writing was already becoming clear at this point (late 1973) and I suspect just about everyone in that room figured Ford was a better than even bet to become president. Ford was one of the few qualified people who could have been confirmed at that point in time.
Ive read that had Spiro Agnew, Nixon's first VP) had not been forced to resign, the whole impeachment process against Nixon might not have gotten off the ground. They didnt want to replace Nixon with Agnew whose statements while VP scared the hell out of a lot of people. Plus Agnew becoming President after Nixon left office would have made him a very strong contender in Election 76.
Ford is one of the most underrated presidents in US history. He almost pulled off the 1976 election even after Watergate. Had he been successful in '76, America would've been a much better place
Notice at 9:08 they're sneaking Betty in while everybody's applauding her husband. Magically later on, a chair appears and she's seated next to Mrs. Nixon.
Remember watching this with my dad. He followed politics closely but did not know in advance. However, as soon as he mentioned 25 years in the House, Dad immediately reacted and was very pleased.
The Congressional Leadership knew deep down that Nixon would be out of office within a year. Ford was one of them and Speaker Albert and Leaders Mansfield and Scott essentially forced Nixon’s hand in choosing Ford (he initially wanted Governor Connally of Texas). Gerald Ford, a congressman’s congressman, was Congress’ President.
@@davidrule1335 In my opinion Trump is a bad person, but he’s a decent president. I think he has some love for the US, but I think his love for himself is greater.
It wasn't a surprise. It was rumored, and then reported that Ford would be the pick. They were so enthusiastic because Ford was very beloved and respected in the House of Representatives. He was the House Minority Leader before his selection as Vice President.
When bi-partisanship was not taboo in Washington. The audience is filled with Congressional Members from both political parties. Note that Democratic House Majority Leader Tip O'Neill shakes Ford's hand.
Later this nite a Nixon staffer said to Tip O'Neill "what an historic event, the first time the 25th amendment has been used"---Tip replied we would not see it used again for at least a year
@@davidharrison3711what happened on January the sixth 2021? Was it that tour of the capitol buildings? Very picturesque buildings, inside and out. Lovely.
Gerald Ford was a very impressive man. Having never been elected as Vice President or as President, yet having served as both, he left an indelible and positive mark upon the fabric of the collective American identity. Gerald Ford was a statesman. His legacy shall not be forgotten.
I agree, Hanoi would not have invaded the south if Nixon had still been in office as he threatened to bomb them into the stone age and America would not have been so humiliated.
President Ford lost by a whisker to Carter in ‘76. Chevy Chase on SNL admitted decades later that SNL did their best to promote Carter. Since Carter was such an incredible disaster for America...where is SNL and Chevy Chase apology to America?
@@adorabasilwinterpock6035 Jimmy Carter is a great human being but unfortunately his policies were not successful for the economy. I remember 21% interest rates on new cars. I remember 9% annual inflation. I remember my father tearing up because he could not find a job.
@@adorabasilwinterpock6035 Based on what? Carter decimated the military. The Navy could not float 200 ships. Interest rates on new cars hit 21%. Inflation hit 13%. Remember Iran? Jeez, the list is endless. Jimmy Carter is a great human being and some say that is more important anyway.
@@YoudidnthearmeI've known some snakes to have pretty good smiles... The African black mamba is one of them. Seriously research it. Of course it's a truism that a good smile= good, solid policies. It's just logic (sarcasm).
I remember this whole episode when I was 8 years old when I say episode the episode of our history I am 53 years old now but when I look back it seems like yesterday Richard Nixon in my opinion was a good president any other comments that I might have I'm not going to put out there
He got us out of Vietnam. He opened relations with the People's Republic of China. Were it not for that one little mistake......sad way to end a presidency.
Pick ford to fix it so nixson would not go to jail impeachment trail I won't resign I will go kicking and screaming cause love america you always hurt the one love
Please forgive my ignorance but, was Mr. Ford allowed to vote for himself for Vice President when they voted on his nomination? If so, did he recuse himself?
Interesting fact Nixon pick Ford,he was forced too name Gerald Ford because ee was the only person that was able too confirmed by both parties and didn't have any crookedness in the closest
Despite being a dirty trickster, a liar and a crook Nixon might have made a decent President. Unlike our current President he at least had(at least I'd like to think he did) some sense of service to the public despite going about it illegally. Not to mention he could form full sentences when speaking. President Ford had the thankless task of following this(Watergate drama) which was unfortunate despite him being so respected.
This about sums up my opinion on this same matter. I have a lot of respect for Ford, because he has been mostly forgotten merely 46 years later despite the work he did to heal the nation after Nixon’s sudden departure. Nixon had potential but he was too paranoid and wasn’t afraid to break the law to get his way. Trump is a total moron who has an okay foreign policy and decent economic policy.
One of the great con artists of history. Timing of this speech in reference to prosperity is interesting, as 1972 was the peak year for the middle class in the US. From 1973 on it has been stagnation and decline. And Nixon's gross mismanagement -- wage and price controls, the HMO rot in our health system, blaming oil-price-caused inflation on our own workers and so on -- was one of the significant ingredients of this turning point. And yet you have vestiges of the old ways still -- Nixon acknowledging the need to have a VP with credibility with both parties. A pity that the guy he chose, with Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld and George Bush senior's close cooperation, created the excessively powerful modern imperial presidency in just two and half years in office.....and almost every president since has taken liberties with those excessive powers in some way.
The 1970’s were the end of the World War 2 economic blip. After the war, the US was the only major industrial power not destroyed. The US enjoyed a prosperous but temporary economic boom. The boom was going to end whoever was president.
And the Yom Kippur War was getting started, which resulted in the Arab oil embargo, which spawned the "energy crisis"; the ONE thing I remember about that, (I was only 11 years old at the time) was when Daylight Saving Time started on January 6th the following year, and on February 23rd in 1975.
Imagine going from just another congressman out of 435 to president of the united states within 7 months and having not campaigned during any of those 7 months
You might want to check your math. It’s 10 months. October 1973 to August 1974
@@robertyates9500 After Agnew resigned there was another attempt by another politician with Greek blood to become president. But Dukakis lost 1988 election.
Well he was House Minority Leader so very high-up in Congress. But still, quite a stepup.
Gerald Ford was the House Republican leader. So not just “another congressman.”
Ford wasn’t Nixon’s first choice, but only one who congress would confirm. Then 10 months later is president without one single vote after Nixon is forced to resign ..
something just doesn’t feel right about whole situation..
It is awesome seeing the bipartisan love and respect leaders in Congress had for Gerald Ford. Immediately after President Nixon said “he has served in the Congress for 25 years” everyone erupted because they knew it was Ford. Really wish we had a Gerald Ford today!! #POTUS38
Gerald Ford was probably the right person for the time to become VP then, President. Maybe, at the time when he gave Nixon a full pardon, it seemed to make some angry, but Ford did mention of not wanting to essentially, drag the American people through another drawn out trial, just wanted to move on, Nixon, at least finally "accepted" his mustskes, unlike, #45, Orangey.
Mistakes
His biggest mistake
ford screwed his political career by pardoning nixon!!! that's how we got carter
Exactly.
Nixon was right, America was in good hands with Jerry Ford.
Fun fact: When Nixon announced this Gerald Ford was considered vice president designate instead of vice president elect because he had not been elected to the vice presidency by the electoral college
Nixon was a very intelligent man.
very
He was a very corrupt man.
@@DzNutz-kf9obdoesn't negate intelligence lol. All of Washington and the world governments are corrupt in many ways tbh.
@@DzNutz-kf9ob Indeed. But judging from this clip he would have made a great game show host.
President Nixon really knew how to speak with the kind of tone every president should have - calm, but firm. And as for picking Gerald Ford to be the Vice President...one of the greatest decisions, I think, that any president has ever made. Both were amazing men. Happy to see this archived video here. :)
Agreed.
Gerald Ford was an outstanding pick. He was a heroic president and a true center. #POTUS38
The hand writing was already becoming clear at this point (late 1973) and I suspect just about everyone in that room figured Ford was a better than even bet to become president. Ford was one of the few qualified people who could have been confirmed at that point in time.
Ive read that had Spiro Agnew, Nixon's first VP) had not been forced to resign, the whole impeachment process against Nixon might not have gotten off the ground. They didnt want to replace Nixon with Agnew whose statements while VP scared the hell out of a lot of people. Plus Agnew becoming President after Nixon left office would have made him a very strong contender in Election 76.
@@airdriver After Agnew resigned another politician with Greek blood competed in presidential election. But Dukakis lost to George H.W Bush in 1988.
Ford is one of the most underrated presidents in US history. He almost pulled off the 1976 election even after Watergate. Had he been successful in '76, America would've been a much better place
Underrated. BS CZcams term.
AND the USA would still to this day own the Panama Canal.
@@rockmonroe1754 Carter still alive. Happy 97th birthday. 🎂🎂🎂
@@rockmonroe1754 Reagan destroyed the US
@@adorabasilwinterpock6035 and Obama loves Michael
Notice at 9:08 they're sneaking Betty in while everybody's applauding her husband. Magically later on, a chair appears and she's seated next to Mrs. Nixon.
Remember watching this with my dad. He followed politics closely but did not know in advance. However, as soon as he mentioned 25 years in the House, Dad immediately reacted and was very pleased.
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Nixon will go down in history as one of our greatest presidents it was his paranoia that did him in
@sboudreaux27 Rockefeller died mysteriously in 1979. 😟😟😟
Nixon was one of the greatest, he knew what was coming. He picked wisely.
sboudreaux27 what about daddy bush?
do you think that the fact he was on the warren commission was the reason of his choice? there's always been a theory about that
nixon litterally is a horrible president. he litterally broke into the democratic headquarters
@@andrewduffin5455 yes but i mean come on
@@hanndonfield91 Nice research.
6:42 Great timing and a great line from Nixon here…. And again at 9:16
House majority leader (and future speaker) Tip O'Neil was sitting next to Ford and was the first to shake his hand.
When I was a kid, Richard Nixon is who I thought of as what a President looked like, I still think that.
President Nixon knew how to make a great speech without any notes
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The Congressional Leadership knew deep down that Nixon would be out of office within a year. Ford was one of them and Speaker Albert and Leaders Mansfield and Scott essentially forced Nixon’s hand in choosing Ford (he initially wanted Governor Connally of Texas). Gerald Ford, a congressman’s congressman, was Congress’ President.
Nixon was a good man deep down he really loved this country, just made stupid choices.
I agree
I agree. do you feel the same about Mr. Trump?
@@davidrule1335
In my opinion Trump is a bad person, but he’s a decent president. I think he has some love for the US, but I think his love for himself is greater.
@@dalesajdak422 Trump was a traitor, plain and simple. He's not half the man Nixon was. And that's even taking Watergate into account!
@@davidrule1335Trump makes for a great president and he loves his country. What a great leader, strong and not afraid to do what needs to be done.
I have always liked President Nixon. “Peace throughout the world!”
That was a very prompt and boisterous reaction from the crowd. I wonder if this was a surprise announcement. This is something you dont see today.
It wasn't a surprise. It was rumored, and then reported that Ford would be the pick. They were so enthusiastic because Ford was very beloved and respected in the House of Representatives. He was the House Minority Leader before his selection as Vice President.
And that's when Agnew that I needed a new Veep....
When bi-partisanship was not taboo in Washington. The audience is filled with Congressional Members from both political parties. Note that Democratic House Majority Leader Tip O'Neill shakes Ford's hand.
God bless President Nixon and Ford 🇺🇸
President Nixon accomplishments were numerous. Getting us out of Vietnam, establishment of the cabinet level EPA.
Give me gas
@@label1877 Took the USA off the gold standard, and opening relations with the People's Republic of China under Mao.
@@davidharrison3711Was taking the US off the gold standard a good thing?
Later this nite a Nixon staffer said to Tip O'Neill "what an historic event, the first time the 25th amendment has been used"---Tip replied we would not see it used again for at least a year
Too bad we didn't use it again after the events of January 06th, 2021.
@@davidharrison3711what happened on January the sixth 2021? Was it that tour of the capitol buildings? Very picturesque buildings, inside and out. Lovely.
6:12 is that bush in the background?
Where in the background?
probably he was the United States ambassador to the United Nations around this time
@@angelad7981 I thought he was the CIA head or ambassador to China.
Where
Gerald Ford was a very impressive man. Having never been elected as Vice President or as President, yet having served as both, he left an indelible and positive mark upon the fabric of the collective American identity. Gerald Ford was a statesman. His legacy shall not be forgotten.
I love nixons smiles
A truly historic event.
Who knew that in 10 months, Gerald Ford would return to the podium in the East Room to succeed the man who nominated him?
Literally a lot of people
Everybody who was in on the plot to take out JFK.
the _only_ man to serve both as VP & POTUS yet never rcvd even 1 vote for either position.
Imagine if Spiro became president
Nixon picked the right man for the time to be Vice President in December 1973 and eventually President Of The United States in 1974.
He didn't pick him. He was picked because he was a trusted stooge on the Warren commission.
Now there was a President, Richard Nixon! Great man.
crook
I agree, Hanoi would not have invaded the south if Nixon had still been in office as he threatened to bomb them into the stone age and America would not have been so humiliated.
President Ford lost by a whisker to Carter in ‘76. Chevy Chase on SNL admitted decades later that SNL did their best to promote Carter. Since Carter was such an incredible disaster for America...where is SNL and Chevy Chase apology to America?
this is the best comment here!
I think Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter were actually very similar in that they were both very decent men, though as Presidents mediocre at best.
Jimmy Carter was a good President
@@adorabasilwinterpock6035 Jimmy Carter is a great human being but unfortunately his policies were not successful for the economy. I remember 21% interest rates on new cars. I remember 9% annual inflation. I remember my father tearing up because he could not find a job.
@@adorabasilwinterpock6035 Based on what? Carter decimated the military. The Navy could not float 200 ships. Interest rates on new cars hit 21%. Inflation hit 13%. Remember Iran? Jeez, the list is endless.
Jimmy Carter is a great human being and some say that is more important anyway.
Nixon is owed an engraved apology because of the lawlessness of the leaders who followed him.
Indeed. He was no saint but wasn't so bad.
6:00 best smile ever
it's nice to see nixon happy for once
@@andrewduffin5455 He was thinking about poor Checkers.
It was kinda scary to me
obama has a better smile
@@YoudidnthearmeI've known some snakes to have pretty good smiles... The African black mamba is one of them. Seriously research it. Of course it's a truism that a good smile= good, solid policies. It's just logic (sarcasm).
Spiro got busted...
To bad Trump couldn't get busted for the same crime. Oh well!
@@davidharrison3711He will make a great president from 2025 to 2033. 🇺🇲♥️
I remember this whole episode when I was 8 years old when I say episode the episode of our history I am 53 years old now but when I look back it seems like yesterday Richard Nixon in my opinion was a good president any other comments that I might have I'm not going to put out there
He got us out of Vietnam. He opened relations with the People's Republic of China. Were it not for that one little mistake......sad way to end a presidency.
Was Ford like the most popular congressman's congressman ever?
when was this aired?
October 12, 1973. 🙂
Pick ford to fix it so nixson would not go to jail impeachment trail I won't resign I will go kicking and screaming cause love america you always hurt the one love
This was the night Nixon knew that worst case scenario he would resign and be fully pardoned.
Exactly. Somebody gets it! He also didn't get to choose Ford, it was a plan he had to accept.
Nixons face is red
Lmao remember when he got pardoned by Gerald Ford
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Nixon had to resign yet Biden slides.
Presiden Nixon dikenang dan dirinfukan akan kepemimpinannya dan bagaimana dengan Presiden Trump , Wallahualam Bi Showab .
Please forgive my ignorance but, was Mr. Ford allowed to vote for himself for Vice President when they voted on his nomination? If so, did he recuse himself?
He probably could vote for himself. However, I'm pretty sure he voted "present" when it came to the actual vote.
@@robertpolityka8464 It's possible, but at least he wasn't the "tie-breaker".
Interesting fact Nixon pick Ford,he was forced too name Gerald Ford because ee was the only person that was able too confirmed by both parties and didn't have any crookedness in the closest
Yes absolutely true. Nixon wanted John Connolly but he wouldn’t have been confirmed. Carl Albert told Nixon it was either Ford or nobody.
@@TexasMan77Ford moved the bullet hole position on Jack when he was on the Warren commission.
It was the best and worst day of my life
He knew he wasn’t gonna be President long!!
Listen to his rhetoric. ‼️
4:18 foreshadowing lol
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8:35 Kissinger, then Nixon and Ford banter
Kissinger. Hmmmm. When snakes have a gravely voice.
And America voted for Jimmy Carter over Gerald Ford in 1976?
Well he did yet he fail?as that new one?
Compared to Joe Biden, Nixon has the energy of an Olympic sprinter, the alertness of a sentry, and the communications skills of Ronald Reagan.
Alive but unconscious?
Despite being a dirty trickster, a liar and a crook Nixon might have made a decent President. Unlike our current President he at least had(at least I'd like to think he did) some sense of service to the public despite going about it illegally. Not to mention he could form full sentences when speaking. President Ford had the thankless task of following this(Watergate drama) which was unfortunate despite him being so respected.
This about sums up my opinion on this same matter. I have a lot of respect for Ford, because he has been mostly forgotten merely 46 years later despite the work he did to heal the nation after Nixon’s sudden departure. Nixon had potential but he was too paranoid and wasn’t afraid to break the law to get his way. Trump is a total moron who has an okay foreign policy and decent economic policy.
@@dalesajdak422 Moron? Look what you have now in office...that's worse than a moron!
@@dalesajdak422Sounds like he isn't a TOTAL moron.
Gerald Ford more like Frank Underwood
One of the great con artists of history. Timing of this speech in reference to prosperity is interesting, as 1972 was the peak year for the middle class in the US. From 1973 on it has been stagnation and decline. And Nixon's gross mismanagement -- wage and price controls, the HMO rot in our health system, blaming oil-price-caused inflation on our own workers and so on -- was one of the significant ingredients of this turning point. And yet you have vestiges of the old ways still -- Nixon acknowledging the need to have a VP with credibility with both parties. A pity that the guy he chose, with Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld and George Bush senior's close cooperation, created the excessively powerful modern imperial presidency in just two and half years in office.....and almost every president since has taken liberties with those excessive powers in some way.
The 1970’s were the end of the World War 2 economic blip. After the war, the US was the only major industrial power not destroyed. The US enjoyed a prosperous but temporary economic boom. The boom was going to end whoever was president.
And the Yom Kippur War was getting started, which resulted in the Arab oil embargo, which spawned the "energy crisis"; the ONE thing I remember about that, (I was only 11 years old at the time) was when Daylight Saving Time started on January 6th the following year, and on February 23rd in 1975.
5:45 = sad......
This was when America was united. Unlike today people like Nancy Pelosi have separated the country.
True.
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Should have put in Connelly