How Did Ford Last Long In Office

Ford and His Presidential Flop Ford did not last long in office, having only been there for around two years after Nixon had resigned. He was known as one of the most useless presidents in the White House and had gotten to office without ever campaigning for either of the two top executive offices. The man wasn’t given much time to implement any solid bills in that short period of time, but he did do a few semi-notable actions that put him in history as more than the president who did nothing. The first action he took that gained the attention of much of the nation was pardoning Nixon for the Watergate incident. His own reasons for that were as simple as him wanting to heal the nation by forgiving and not holding a grudge against a man who held power only for four years, and yet most Americans never saw his true reasoning. The public saw it as a deal: office for a pardon. Ford would get the nation for Nixon to be pardoned of all transgressions. The effect this had on Ford’s chances at passing any laws was restricting as most of Congress didn’t want to work with him. His chances for the 1976 election were essentially kaput.
It was the economy that needed the most fixing after the Vietnam War broke most of the domestic front, and from the oil crisis in the Middle East, and yet all that he did for it was try to promote a half-hearted program. WIN (Whip Inflation Now) never caught on as American clearly expressed their lack of desire for buttons being a solution to the inflation problem. Since Ford himself claimed that it was only a gimmick, the idea of volunteerism quickly flew out the window. Congress actually did more than him in trying to cut taxes’ unfortunately, that only caused the federal deficit to reach over $60 billion and put even greater pressure on the