George Will's newest column is a review of a new biography of Gerald Ford. I don't know what Will thought of Nixon and Ford in the 1970s, but today he likes Ford and likes his pardon of Nixon.
Comments on the column don't. IIRC when it happened, I understood the logic and was pleased that Ford's approval rating crashed--I wanted the Democrats to resume their rightful place in the presidency, not realizing Carter's one term would be followed by 3 Republican dinosaurs.
I still don't know what to think now. Would seeing Nixon on trial have been helpful to the nation? Or would it have further entrenched partisanship? I don't know.
I do know that while Ford seemed a good person, by 1974 I still harbored resentment over his role in getting Justice Fortas to resign.
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