Opinion of Gerald Ford?

[LBJ Revivalist]

What's your opinions on our 38th President?

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

FF. Very underrated. Better than both Nixon and Carter.

[LBJ Revivalist]

FF. Very underrated. Better than both Nixon and Carter.

I'd say, at least morally, he was a better President than Reagan.
Yeah, Reagan had the style, the glitz, the witty one-liners and winning smile, but the man didn't really give a damn about anything outside of his Moral Majority. Ford, IMO, was the last Republican with any real heart, even if he wasn't the best administrator. I think he should've been elected. The economy, IMO once again, wasn't his fault.

[Mr. Taft Republican]

Leans FF, but it's really hard to say. History has really REALLY overlooked him except to condemn pardoning Nixon.

[tpfkaw]

FF

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

FF

I figured you would think he was a HP.

[fezzyfestoon]

One of the best.

[tpfkaw]

FF

I figured you would think he was a HP.

I assign my FF/HP ratings in a relative sense.  When you have a president who didn't do anything nutty on foreign policy, didn't do anything especially nutty in domestic policy, and in 2.5 years vetoed more bills than any other president(!), I'd say he's overall an FF.  Plus I think he was a good guy.  (The 1976 election is the last between two individuals I consider to be FFs).

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

FF

I figured you would think he was a HP.

I assign my FF/HP ratings in a relative sense.  When you have a president who didn't do anything nutty on foreign policy, didn't do anything especially nutty in domestic policy, and in 2.5 years vetoed more bills than any other president(!), I'd say he's overall an FF.  Plus I think he was a good guy.  (The 1976 election is the last between two individuals I consider to be FFs).

I thought FDR or Cleveland held the veto record.

And don't you like Reagan? Or did you change your mind about him?

[Mechaman]

One of a few president who gave a damn about doing their jobs over being re-elected.

[J. J.]

FF. Very underrated. Better than both Nixon and Carter.

That is like a choice between which tastes better, cold excrement, warm excrement, and Spam.

Ford was a nice guy, probably a good Representative, but a total buffoon of a President.   As President, HP.

[President Mitt]

Even overlooking pardoning Nixon, he is still a HP. Does anybody remember Indonesia?

 

[Dave from Michigan]

FF

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

FF

[Joe Biden 2020]

FF, I think he was better than Nixon and Carter, and was a calm ending to the turbulent Nixon era.  He and Carter were really just place holders between the Nixon era and the Reagan era.  Just like Bush 41 was really just a place holder between the Reagan era and the Clinton era.  Still, though, he was a very good president in his own right, but I agree with Giovanni, Indonesia, along with the economy, is probably what did him in.  Same way that Iran-Contra pretty much derailed Carter's hopes of re-election in 1980.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

FF, I think he was better than Nixon and Carter, and was a calm ending to the turbulent Nixon era.  He and Carter were really just place holders between the Nixon era and the Reagan era.  Just like Bush 41 was really just a place holder between the Reagan era and the Clinton era.  Still, though, he was a very good president in his own right, but I agree with Giovanni, Indonesia, along with the economy, is probably what did him in.  Same way that Iran-Contra pretty much derailed Carter's hopes of re-election in 1980.

Iran-Contra was Reagan. You're thinking of the Irainian Hostage Crisis.

[Joe Biden 2020]

FF, I think he was better than Nixon and Carter, and was a calm ending to the turbulent Nixon era.  He and Carter were really just place holders between the Nixon era and the Reagan era.  Just like Bush 41 was really just a place holder between the Reagan era and the Clinton era.  Still, though, he was a very good president in his own right, but I agree with Giovanni, Indonesia, along with the economy, is probably what did him in.  Same way that Iran-Contra pretty much derailed Carter's hopes of re-election in 1980.

Iran-Contra was Reagan. You're thinking of the Irainian Hostage Crisis.

Oh, yeah, thanks.  I always get those Iran incidents mixed up.

[memphis]

FF. Very underrated. Better than both Nixon and Carter.

I'd say, at least morally, he was a better President than Reagan.
Yeah, Reagan had the style, the glitz, the witty one-liners and winning smile, but the man didn't really give a damn about anything outside of his Moral Majority. Ford, IMO, was the last Republican with any real heart, even if he wasn't the best administrator. I think he should've been elected. The economy, IMO once again, wasn't his fault.

Reagan didn't give a crap about those nutters, except to get their votes. He did nothing for the issues they cared about (ending abortion, reinstating oscenity laws, restoring prayer in schools). Reagan was all about redistributing wealth to the top 1%. In any case, Ford was a major HP for pardoning Nixon and his WIN campaign was a total joke.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

A decent, decicate man, very underrated, FF.

Oh, today people like him are getting teabagged.

[RIP Robert H Bork]

How can you not like Mr. Nice Guy?

[Phony Moderate]

FF.