- Similar to my previous post, combining these next two POTUS Dots also.
38th POTUS, Gerald Ford (1974 – 1977)
Served as Vice-President with Nixon and was then elected as President. He pardoned Nixon and some of US were not too happy about that. The overall sentiment went something like:
- Dirty rotten crooked scoundrel politicians!! Q)Y*X}{@#!R{(TB# … Good old boys network! … (&_R #c ybB6T-!!& &% … etc.
Nothing else memorable to report about this administration. Either it was a quiet time or he was a quiet man. Not in the spotlight very often. (O.o)
- SUGGESTED READING: The strongest single biography to read about Gerald Ford is An Ordinary Man: The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford by Richard Norton Smith. It’s the most recent, deeply researched, and comprehensive modern biography, drawing on hundreds of interviews and thousands of documents to reassess Ford’s life and presidency.
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39th POTUS, Jimmy Carter (1977 – 1981)
What with Watergate Scandal, Spiro WHO?, and Ford WHO?, and then a Presidential pardon after all of the uproar … the American people started asking a different type of “WHO” question:
- “WHO out there is an honest politician?”
- “Well there is this peanut farmer who goes to church every Sunday.”
After all, he can't be any worse than a dishonest politician. Right?
The mild-mannered Mr. Carter encouraged energy conservation; and he was (and still is) a principled man of peace who succeeded in getting two political leaders of countries – not known for being BFFs – Israel and Egypt - to actually shake hands and publicly agree on a peace accord. Regardless of what actually happened after that, he meant it for good.
- SUGGESTED READING: If you want one definitive, readable, and authoritative biography, choose Jonathan Alter’s His Very Best. If you want Carter in his own words, read Keeping Faith. If you want to understand his greatest diplomatic achievement, read Thirteen Days in September. (REF: Books, Five. “Best Jimmy Carter Books - Five Books Expert Recommendations.” Five Books, 15 Mar. 2023, https://fivebooks.com/best-books/the-best-jimmy-carter-books-robert-lieberman/.)
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Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford https://t.co/rNtdd7Wx8G via @amazon #Americanhistory #Americanpresidents
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My original content first published via Persona Paper, Jan 18, 2016, "POTUS Dots on My Timeline: Ford and Carter".
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