What should Ford have done in order to win in 1976?

[Sewer]

Ford was one of the greatest people ever. Honest, diligent, hardworking...

We really need more people like him.

Dude, he pardoned Nixon...

[President Mitt]

Ford was one of the greatest people ever. Honest, diligent, hardworking...

We really need more people like him.

Dude, he pardoned Nixon...

The Nixon pardon was one of the best presidential decisions in history. Even Ford's political opponents like Jimmy Carter admitted the same thing in private.

Uh, no. Was it a good political decision? Yes. But ethically, Nixon should have gone to jail.

[President Mitt]

Ford was one of the greatest people ever. Honest, diligent, hardworking...

We really need more people like him.

Dude, he pardoned Nixon...

The Nixon pardon was one of the best presidential decisions in history. Even Ford's political opponents like Jimmy Carter admitted the same thing in private.

Uh, no. Was it a good political decision? Yes. But ethically, Nixon should have gone to jail.

It was not a good political decision. If you are saying that Ford did it to win the election, you are so wrong. In the end, it may have cost him the nation in 1976. That and his debate gaffe were the two reasons why he lost.

But, the pardon put the nation to peace in the long term as it probably ended watergate. The nation would have been in a living hell if he had not because watergate would have continued to dominate government and the Ford presidency.

The pardon was not a good political decision.

If he hadn't done that, he would have been faced the possibility of a former incumbent president going to jail during an election year, so yeah, it was a good political decision.

[Bo]

Ford was one of the greatest people ever. Honest, diligent, hardworking...

We really need more people like him.

Dude, he pardoned Nixon...

The Nixon pardon was one of the best presidential decisions in history. Even Ford's political opponents like Jimmy Carter admitted the same thing in private.

Uh, no. Was it a good political decision? Yes. But ethically, Nixon should have gone to jail.

It was not a good political decision. If you are saying that Ford did it to win the election, you are so wrong. In the end, it may have cost him the nation in 1976. That and his debate gaffe were the two reasons why he lost.

But, the pardon put the nation to peace in the long term as it probably ended watergate. The nation would have been in a living hell if he had not because watergate would have continued to dominate government and the Ford presidency.

The pardon was not a good political decision.

If he hadn't done that, he would have been faced the possibility of a former incumbent president going to jail during an election year, so yeah, it was a good political decision.

Exactly. I also wanted to add that the poor economy weighed very strongly against Ford getting reelected, as I don't think many people wanted to reelect a President under whom unemployment remained at 8% or higher for 2 years.