President Gerald R. Ford on Watergate Nixon JFK + more - Later 6/12+13/91

In the 500th episode of LATER WITH BOB COSTAS, President Gerald R. Ford is interviewed by Bob Costas over two shows that aired June 12th and 13th, 1991. Ford recounts the crisis that America was in when he took office from Richard Nixon had had succumbed to the Watergate scandal and resigned the Presidency. Ford's devotion to the office and country are strongly revealed. The Warren Commission that studied the JFK assassination as well as the attempts upon Ford's life are discussed. #geraldford #warrencommission #jfk #bobcostas #president #richardnixon #watergate
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[@jimhanold9026]

Gerald Rudolph Ford was a man of character, honesty, and integrity.

[@colonelreb1014]

You mean Leslie Lynch King Jr? Yeah so honest changing where the bullet struck Kennedy in the back when on the Warren Commission. Couldn't walk and chew gum at the same time.

[@bradyfry8031]

To think he was alive pretty much from the first world War all the way through the founding of Facebook, a good long life lived his way

[@ertorolrahmadow95]

If reagen would only have survived one more year

[@bradyfry8031]

​@ertorolrahmadow95 Yep, I was in the 1st grade when Reagan passed away and 4th grade when Ford passed away.

[@waldcast]

To miss a discussion of Reagan's challenge to President Ford in the 1976 Republican Primary and Convention is regrettable.

[@jackquinn5385]

To quote Leo from West Wing --- "They say a good man can't be president -- I don't believe that" President Ford was a good man. Someone we should all look up to, and I'm a liberal.

[@KingZorLink21]

R.I.P Gerald Ford

[@christophermartin2180]

Great interview but we don't need to hear five minutes of your partisan introduction!

[@jamesbonnen]

A polarizing figure and Former President Ford

[@zacfootball]

my great grandson is awake

[@williamwatson4625]

Ford did the right thing in pardoning his predecessor. Millions of Americans didn't see it that way at the time, which largely contributed to his defeat when he ran for the Presidency in his own right. Ford had a country to run. The country was facing an economic crisis, high inflation and unemployment, the Vietnam War was still going on,.............. Ford couldn't give his full attention to those problems when he's spending half of his working time on Nixon's problems. The purpose of him being president at that moment was to heal the country, and the pardon was the best way to do it.

[@12345682900]

Correct on all fronts; most scholars & historians did in fact make these arguments. The hindsight of history, however, strongly suggests that this was the wrong course of action and created some-what of a precedent that "The Office" is above the law. Currently, of course, Trump is trying to make the most of this. Ultimately, he will lose, but Nixon's pardon gives him hope.

[@bradyfry8031]

Ford seemed like the kind of guy who even though he was a republican, could see things through a bipartisan kind of light instead of just going about things the republican way

[@shaunhoyme3786]

what an honorable man

[@marbury2403]

Pure establishment protection from Ford.

[@gabriellew6467]

As a non-American one can only have a detached point of view, especially since this is history, albeit of relevance. Gerald Ford seems upright, forthright and honest, probably the very qualities most politicians patently lack. Politics was murky waters then, and things have not changed - worldwide, obviously. Then and now: the slipping on the banana skin (hypothetically speaking) of a well known person has the public howling with derision. Pitiful those, who take pleasure in the discomfort of others. Anyway - Bob Costas supreme as per usual

[@FlopFlap1]

Nice fuckin watch, Mr President.

[@Mark-yy2py]

Rolex day date president.