bastard.logic (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
by matttbastard Journalist Tim Weiner discusses future President George H.W. Bush’s appointment to Director of Central Intelligence under Gerald Ford. Recommend this post at Progressive Bloggers
D-Day (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
I think I have to reiterate how important this John McCain Iraq timeline incident is. As Steve Benen noted, this is the kind of thing that killed Gerald Ford in 1976. During a debate with Jimmy Carter, he claimed that "there is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe," which was an obvious fiction, and the resultant outcry cemented his inevitable defeat. Now McCain says something just as obviously wrong,...
News & Information (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Looking back over the last 40 years, the presidential campaign that most closely resembles this year’s is the contest between Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter in 1976. The Republicans were the incumbent presidential……Read more
Bloodthirsty Liberal (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
I’m sure Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo are free to play Barack and Michelle in the movie. Updating his impersonation of Gerald Ford, Chevy would be perfect at capturing Obama’s faux gravitas while stumbling and tripping over his Iraq policy. Sen. Barack Obama made his first visit to Afghanistan on Saturday before he embarks on [...]
BrothersJudd Blog (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
Ghosts of 1976 in Today's Campaign (Michael Barone, 7/17/08, Real Clear Politics) Looking back over the last 40 years, the presidential campaign that most closely resembles this year's is the contest between Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter in 1976. The Republicans were the incumbent presidential party that year, as they are now, but the Democrats had a big advantage in party identification -- on the...
RealClearPolitics (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
Looking back over the last 40 years, the presidential campaign that most closely resembles this year's is the contest between Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter in 1976. The Republicans were the incumbent presidential party that year, as they are now, but the Democrats had a big advantage in party identification -- on the order of 49 percent to 26 percent then, far more than today. The Republican president...
Air America Radio - (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
The LA Times reports on a Barack Obama fundraiser in the heart of Nixonland. On the Balboa Bay Club's wall of its most famous guests, there are photos of Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Gerald Ford and, of course, the Duke. There are no Democratic politicians. Securely tucked behind the Orange Curtain, Newport Beach is Republican-held territory. But Barack Obama may be hoping to change...
D-Day (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
The LA Times reports on a Barack Obama fundraiser in the heart of Nixonland. On the Balboa Bay Club's wall of its most famous guests, there are photos of Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Gerald Ford and, of course, the Duke. There are no Democratic politicians. Securely tucked behind the Orange Curtain, Newport Beach is Republican-held territory. But Barack Obama may be hoping to change...
Reflections of a BizDrivenLife (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
The article furher noted that there has been four left handed presidents since 1974… Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, George HW Bush, and Bill Clinton. The following vice Presidents or presidential candidates were also left handers: al Gore, Bob Dole, John Edwards and Ross Perot. It does seem that left handers are climbing the political ladders [...]
Wizbang (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
For a guy noted for being so charismatic and smooth, has there ever been somebody so bumbling and awkward? Honestly, we're getting into Gerald Ford territory here. The evidence I...
The Emirates Economist (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
From a post entitled, " Defense of Oil Speculators " Mankiw points us, Here and here and here and here . By the way, there's No Futures in The Onion . Thanks to Gerald Ford. Since 1958.
LowDown Central (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
In every presidential election I can recall, the Democrats have always been at pains to proclaim that their candidate is "the smart one" and the Republican is the "dumb one." Gerald Ford was portrayed as a bumb
Alterdestiny (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
I always appreciate how d at Lawyers, Guns, and Money reports on so many historical documents because it does my work for me. I am considering putting together a U.S. foreign foreign policy class for the spring, and posts like this one , quoting Gerald Ford's lauding of the disgusting Indonesian dictator Suharto, give me endless good material. I recognize, as all of us do here from the United States,...
Treehugger (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
Robert Seamans is best known for his role in the Apollo Program, but he was also appointed by President Gerald Ford in 1974 to be the first administrator of the Energy Research and Development Administration, which was a precursor of the Department of Energy, to deal with the effects of the Arab oil embargo. According to the New York Times, on his first day in the job he said “There is no way we can...
Townhall.com (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
Jesse Helms' support of Ronald Reagan in 1976 helped him win North Carolina, turn his campaign around, and nearly wrest the nomination away from sitting President Gerald Ford. Because of Helms' support, Reagan left the...
