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Hey, sorry, I meant, he tried to do something for the draft dodgers, which

for a republican president, was very controversial

 

Carter took it a step further later.

 

Peace (is the point)

 

Bottom line, although he appeared goofy and dumb, Ford was at least honest

and good

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Yes, Carter gets the credit for full pardon, but would

he have been able to take that step as early as he did

without Ford's first attempt?

 

President Ford offered amnesty but many exiles

boycotted the amnesty program because it required a

"legal process" (like reaffirming allegiance). Instead

of seeing this as a process that might make it easier

for them to reintegrate into a rigid, judgmental

society, they chose to see it as worse treatment than

Nixon received, therefore many exiles rejected it.

Nixon's daily life was protected by wealth and family,

but most deserters would have a tougher re-integration

process. So President Ford, who had the courage to do

all this pardoning in the midst of heated opposition,

is damned if he did and damned if he didn't.

 

However one views his efforts, 21,800 Americans were

able to come home a few years earlier. And President

Carter HAD to find it easier to expand President

Ford's program than introduce it entirely on his own.

 

The truth is that when the stakes were his re-election

chances (and how often do presidents risk that?) Ford

put his hand in the proverbial fire for the health of

a torn nation that punished him for doing so.