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	Biography of Gerald R. Ford
		Ford's reputation for integrity and openness had made him popular during his 25 years in Congress.
		Ford established his policies during his first year in office, despite opposition from a heavily Democratic Congress.
		Ford continued as he had in his Congressional days to view himself as "a moderate in domestic affairs, a conservative in fiscal affairs, and a dyed-in-the-wool internationalist in foreign affairs." A major goal was to help business operate more freely by reducing taxes upon it and easing the controls exercised by regulatory agencies.
	www.whitehouse.gov /history/presidents/gf38.html (634 words)

	Gerald Ford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ford's closest call with death was during a vicious typhoon in the Philippine Sea in December 1944.
		Ford is a close friend of his successor Jimmy Carter, despite the fact that Carter defeated him in the 1976 presidential election.
		Gerald Ford is the sole surviving member of the Warren Commission.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gerald_Ford (5070 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Gerald Ford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Ford spent the remainder of the war ashore and was discharged as a lieutenant commander in February 1946.
		Ford was a member of the House of Representatives for 24 years from 1949 to 1973, and became Minority Leader of the Republican Party in the House.
		Ford explained that he felt the pardon was in the best interests of the country; many historians believe it cost him the election in 1976.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Gerald_Ford (3728 words)

	Former US President Gerald Ford dies Pardoned Nixon for Watergate crimes
		Gerald Ford, the 38th president of the United States, died December 26 at the age of 93 at his home in Rancho Mirage, California.
		Ford claimed that only when he was presented with incontrovertible evidence by White House Chief of Staff Alexander Haig on August 1, in the form of damning taped conversations between Nixon and his aides pertaining to Watergate, was he convinced of the president’s guilt.
		Ford claimed, and the claim finds its echo in all of the media accolades following his death, that he was merely attempting to heal the national divisions produced by the “poisonous wounds” of Watergate.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2006/dec2006/ford-d28.shtml (1983 words)

	Gerald Ford Encyclopedia Articles @ AlienArtifacts.com (Alien Artifacts) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Grand Rapids supporters urged him to take on Bartel J. Ford had changed his worldview as a result of his military service; "I came back a converted internationalist", Ford stated, "and of course our congressman at that time was an avowed, dedicated isolationist.
		In 1975, Ford appointed John Paul Stevens as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to replace retiring Justice William O. Stevens had been a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, appointed by President Nixon.
		Ford Museum">Gerald R. Ford Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and the Gerald R. Ford Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
	www.alienartifacts.com /encyclopedia/Gerald_Ford (3929 words)

	Character Above All: Gerald Ford Essay
		Gerald R. Ford became President not because he was popular with the American public, not because he campaigned for the job, but because of his character.
		Ford was confirmed by a House and Senate that expected him to replace a President who was also facing indictment for crimes......
		By trade, Ford was a paint salesman; in the community he was respected as honest and hardworking, kind and considerate, a man of integrity and character--everything Dorothy's first husband was not.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/character/essays/ford.html (1223 words)

	President Gerald Ford - Gerald Ford obituary - Boston Globe - Boston.com
		Gerald R. Ford Jr., the 38th president of the United States, whose earnest manner and manifest personal decency helped restore the confidence of a nation traumatized by the Watergate scandal, died Dec. 26.
		Ford was a man of modest vision and plain habits, a natural conciliator whose talents were burnished by 25 years in Congress.
		The pardon of the president was a fire bell in the night, awakening the nation from its September slumber, prompting disbelief and outrage.
	www.boston.com /news/specials/gerald_ford (447 words)

	Poynter Online - Gerald Ford Resources
		On the morning of September 5, 1975, she went to Sacramento's Capitol Park (purportedly to plead with President Gerald Ford about the plight of the California redwoods) armed with a.45 Colt, which she pointed at Ford.
		Ford's handling of his wife's breast cancer and later drug addiction both popularized him and led to his wife's becoming one of the country's most admired women.
		Betty Ford had become addicted to painkillers that she took to alleviate arthritis and a pinched nerve in her neck.
	www.poynter.org /content/content_view.asp?id=115778 (1205 words)

	President Gerald Ford Speech - Pardoning Richard Nixon
		Ford's decision to pardon Nixon ended the possible spectacle of private citizen Nixon going on trial and also likely ended Ford's chances for re-election to the presidency in 1976.
		The pardon was announced by Ford on a Sunday morning, taking advantage of an off-beat time for Washington newsmakers in an attempt to minimize the initial political fallout.
		By contrast, former President Gerald Ford was destined to political obscurity after losing the 1976 election to Jimmy Carter.
	www.historyplace.com /speeches/ford.htm (1391 words)

	Gerald Ford Returns Home For The Last Time, Burial Ceremonies Wednesday On Grounds Of Ford Museum In Grand Rapids, ...
		Armed forces body bearers move the remains of former President Gerald Ford to the hearse at the Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Jan. 2, 2007.
		Ford's wishes to keep his funeral simple, there was no horse-drawn caisson, no riderless horse, no procession but a motorcade, reports CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric.
		Ford had played center for the Wolverines in their undefeated, national championship seasons in 1932 and 1933 and turned down several pro football offers to go to law school at Yale instead.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2007/01/02/politics/main2320308.shtml (848 words)

	Democracy Now! \| President Gerald Ford Dies at 93; Supported Indonesian Invasion of East Timor that Killed 1/3 of ...
		Ford is the only person to become president that was never elected president or vice president.
		Gerald Ford served as president until he lost to Jimmy Carter in the 1976 election.
		And immediately afterwards Gerald Ford flew to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, or to Guam—excuse me, where he gave a speech saying that never again should the United States allow another nation to strike in the middle of the night, to attack another defenseless nation.
	www.democracynow.org /article.pl?sid=06/12/27/1638254 (2220 words)

	Gerald Ford, Only Unelected President, Passes Away at 93 -- 12/27/2006
		Ford was the longest living president, followed by Ronald Reagan, who also died at 93.
		Born Leslie King on July 14, 1913, in Omaha, Neb., Ford was less than a year old when his parents became divorced, and his mother returned to her parents in Grand Rapids, Mich., where she later married Gerald R. Ford Sr.
		That act may have cost Ford election to a term of his own in 1976, but it won praise in later years as a courageous act that allowed the nation to move on.
	www.cnsnews.com /ViewNation.asp?Page=/Nation/archive/200612/NAT20061227b.html (944 words)

	Democracy Now! \| Did Gerald Ford Agree to Nixon Pardon Before Taking Office? The Nation's Victor Navasky on Ford's ...
		In the late 1970s, the Nation magazine published excerpts of Gerald Ford’s memoirs in which he revealed the idea of pardoning Richard Nixon was raised with him before Ford replaced Nixon in the White House.
		Ford based his case on Douglass' association with a foundation built partly on gambling money and the appearance of some of the eccentric justices’ writings in an issue of Evergreen Review magazine in which nude photographs also appeared.
		So, Ford then writes, that he then went and called General Haig and read him a statement, which he reprints in his book, and the statement said, nothing I did or didn't say yesterday should be taken to mean that I did or didn't agree to pardon or not to pardon Richard Nixon.
	www.democracynow.org /article.pl?sid=06/12/27/1647206 (1973 words)

	FOXNews.com - Former President Gerald Ford Hospitalized With Shortness of Breath - Politics \| Republican Party \| ...
		VAIL, Colo. — Former President Ford was admitted to a hospital for shortness of breath but was expected to be released later Wednesday, his spokeswoman said.
		Ford was House minority leader when President Nixon chose him to replace the resigned Spiro Agnew as vice president in 1973.
		Ford's ties to Vail date to 1968, when the family visited the resort while he was a congressman from Michigan.
	www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,205721,00.html (636 words)

	Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy \| University of Michigan
		Zaki Laïdi, senior research fellow, Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Internationales (CERI); professor, Sciences Po and the College of Europe (Bruges); and special advisor to former EU Trade Commissioner for Trade.
		The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy will host an afternoon of activities celebrating the life and legacy of the University of Michigan's most famous alumnus.
		We invite you to attend one of two upcoming information sessions about the Ford School B.A. Professor John Chamberlin, faculty director of the undergraduate program, will describe the degree program and will be available to answer questions.
	www.fordschool.umich.edu (477 words)

	Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum
		Located at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, The Ford Library collects, preserves, and makes accessible a rich variety of archival materials on U.S. domestic issues, foreign relations, and political affairs during the Cold War era.
		Located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, The Ford Museum's permanent exhibits allow visitors to actually participate in history while reviewing the lives of President and Mrs.
		The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum is part of the Presidential Libraries System administered by
	www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov (274 words)

	Alexander Cockburn: Farewell to Our Greatest President, Gerald Ford
		As a visit to the Ford presidential library discloses, the largest military adventure available for display was the foolish U.S. response to the capture of the U.S. container ship Mayaguez by the Khmer Rouge on May 12, 1975.
		Ford was surrounded by bellicose advisors such as his secretary of state, Henry Kissinger; his vice president, Nelson Rockefeller; his chief of staff, and later secretary of defense, Donald Rumsfeld and his presidential assistant, Dick Cheney.
		During Ford's all-too-brief tenure a mood of geniality was the rule.
	www.counterpunch.org /cockburn12272006.html (2428 words)

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