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Was there ever a president who entered office with a weaker hand than Gerald Ford?(Brief article)

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* Was there ever a president who entered office with a weaker hand than Gerald Ford? Elevated by two scandalous resignations, he faced a sea of troubles--a weak economy, a prowling Evil Empire, and an angry conservative movement (including this magazine). Oh, yes, we wanted to end Gerald Ford's career even sooner than Jimmy Carter ended it in November 1976, by winning the Republican nomination for Ronald Reagan the summer before. Our distress had less to do with specific bad choices that Ford made (although there were a number of these: tapping liberal ...

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