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NEWS ABOUT: Gerald Ford

Gerald Ford stories: 13 news summaries
ANALYSIS

Stevens' Exit Would Break Court Tradition

Tradition sees justices sticking with party that appointed them

Sep 3, 09 2:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Supreme Court justices have traditionally waited to retire until a member of the same party that nominated them held the presidency, writes Kate Klonick for True/Slant. The custom has prevailed even when the justice’s ideology drifted away from that party. But if the rumors about John Paul Stevens’ imminent... More »

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retirement • George HW Bush • Gerald Ford • John Paul Stevens • US Supreme Court • judicial nominations • David Souter • Sonia Sotomayor • judicial activism

(Newser) - President Obama's job-approval rating slipped to 50% in Gallup poll results out today, a new low for the 10-month-old administration, the Los Angeles Times reports. The drawn-out health care reform debate apparently is dragging down the number, which hit 69% after the inauguration. The disapproval number is 43%. "It's... More »

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Bush administration • Bill Clinton • Richard Nixon • Clinton administration • George HW Bush • Gerald Ford • approval ratings • George W. Bush • Gallup poll • Gallup • Obama administration • President Obama

OPINION

 Enough Already: 
 Kennedy Was No Hero 


Aug 27, 09 11:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - You wouldn’t know it from the tearful plaudits in the "echo chamber of the mainstream media," but Ted Kennedy was no hero, Howie Carr writes for the Boston Herald. Kennedy was actually a ruthless partisan—he accused Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork of wanting "segregated lunch... More »

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Ted Kennedy • Robert Bork • Richard Nixon • partisanship • Senate confirmation hearings • hypocrisy • Gerald Ford • Chappaquiddick • US Supreme Court • senator

 MoMa Shines Light on 
 NYC's Punk Revolution 

Materials by Patti Smith, Ramones showcase cultural shift

Aug 19, 09 3:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - New York’s Museum of Modern Art is showcasing the gritty glamour of the city’s 1970s and early ’80s music scene, where punk, New Wave, DIY, and noise rock ruled, Rolling Stone reports. New Yorkers were feeling alienated—the city was bankrupt in 1975; President Ford told it... More »

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entertainment • music • New York City • rock and roll • Museum of Modern Art • Talking Heads • Patti Smith • Gerald Ford • punk music • Ramones • Sonic Youth • exhibition • Jay-ZTV

(Newser) - Attempted presidential assassin and Manson Family member Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme is free after more than 30 years in prison, ABC News reports. Fromme. 60, had completed her term for the attempted assassination of Gerald Ford—she didn’t get off a shot—but was held longer because of a... More »

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president • federal prison • Gerald Ford • assassination attempt • Charles Manson • Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme • freedom

(Newser) - Squeaky Fromme is going free. The Manson follower who attempted to assassinate President Ford in 1975 is scheduled to be released from prison on Aug. 16, ABC News reports. Fromme, real name Lynette, pointed a pistol at Ford from about 2 feet away before an agent wrestled it away. Now... More »

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Gerald Ford • assassination attempt • Charles Manson • Manson Family • Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme

Freed Would-Be Ford Assassin: 'It Was Wrong'

She thought it would spark revolution

May 28, 09 11:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - The woman who attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford in 1975 says she was “misled” and “mistaken” to do so. “I really thought that it would trigger a new revolution,” Sara Jane Moore told NBC today after serving 32 years in prison. “I think I... More »

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prison • crime • Gerald Ford • assassination attempt • Sara Jane Moore

Squeamish Feds Learn From 1976 Swine Flu Debacle

Panic and Gerald Ford caused hundreds to receive unnecessary shot

May 8, 09 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Federal health officials are hoping to avoid a catastrophic case of déjà vu as they develop plans to inoculate Americans against swine flu, the Washington Post reports. A vaccine released during the 1976 flu outbreak left dozens dead and hundreds reporting serious side effects like blindness and paralysis. Now,... More »

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • Inoculation • vaccine • Gerald Ford • Obama administration • swine flu

 Rumsfeld to Pen Memoirs 

Proceeds will go to foundation

Apr 15, 08 6:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, one of the architects of the war in Iraq who resigned from the Bush administration when the US became mired in the insurgency, is writing his memoirs, Reuters reports. The 75-year-old former congressman won't take an advance and will donate the book's proceeds to a... More »

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Congress • Pentagon • Donald Rumsfeld • Richard Nixon • Ronald Reagan • World War II • Gerald Ford • al-Qaeda • Iraq war • Great Depression

Candidates' Family Trees Have Far-Flung Limbs

Jolie-Pitt family could be split by ties to Clinton, Obama, genealogist finds

Mar 25, 08 5:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Angelina Jolie-Brad Pitt household might have trouble choosing a Democratic candidate: It turns out Barack Obama is a distant cousin of Pitt’s and Hillary Clinton is a relative of Jolie’s. The author of a new genealogical survey cautions voters not to be too swayed—but it seems... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • Lyndon Johnson • Laura Bush • George HW Bush • Gerald Ford • genealogy • George W. Bush

Would-Be Ford
Assassin
Goes Free

Moore, 77, makes parole after serving 30+ years of life sentence

Dec 31, 07 3:37 PM CST
(Newser) - One of the two women who attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford in 1975 was released today from a federal prison outside San Francisco, CNN reports. Sara Jane Moore was sentenced to life in prison after firing one shot at Ford outside the St. Francis Hotel on September 22, 1975.... More »

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California • Gerald Ford • assassination attempt • Sara Jane Moore

Ford: Clinton Was a Sex Addict, Cheney a Liability

New book offers a look at ex-president's unvarnished opinions

Oct 29, 07 11:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gerald Ford respected Bill Clinton’s prodigious political skills but thought he needed therapy for sex addiction, according to a new book of interviews the ex-president gave for posthumous publication. Ford also said Dick Cheney was a GOP liability in 2004 and recommended replacing him with Rudy Giuliani, though he... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Rudy Giuliani • Dick Cheney • Bill Clinton • Gerald Ford

Gospel Lives in the Oval Office

New biography reflects on Billy Graham's counsel to 8 of
last 9 presidents

Aug 29, 07 12:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Billy Graham has seen US leaders laid bare, from skinny-dipping with LBJ to long walks on the beach with GWB. A new book details the ailing 88-year-old preacher’s rendezvous with presidents past, including counseling Ford to pardon Nixon and advising Hillary Clinton to look past Monica Lewinsky. Graham’s... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Jimmy Carter • Lyndon Johnson • John F. Kennedy • religion • Billy Graham • evangelism • Richard Nixon • George HW Bush • Monica Lewinsky • Gerald Ford • George W. Bush

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