"There is no Soviet domination of E. Europe & there never will be under a Ford administration," #GeraldFord declared in a debate with Jimmy Carter #OnThisDay in 1976; the gaffe seriously hurt #JerryFord — esp. with Polish Americans
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Nixon & Ford

Gerald Ford succeeded #RichardNixon #OnThisDay in 1974. #JerryFord was the most likable of all the presidents in my lifetime if a mediocrity; his pardon of Nixon was unpardonable & may have cost him re-election but #BettyFord was one of our greatest First Ladies...
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