John Larkin said:
The influence a President has on the economy, during his term, is
virtually nil. By the time he's elected (or maybe even by the time
he's born) bigger forces are in motion.
Ford because president as the result of being appointed as VP by Nixon. ^^^^^^
became
He was stuck with the results of the Nixon economics. The wage and price
controls had done their damage but Ford could have, perhaps, helped things
a bit. It was obvious at that time that the cost of energy was going to
be the issue for quite a while but he basically did nothting useful on
that front.
[...]
But he was an excellent skiier, and they only showed him falling on
the news.
He played football and had a bad knee as a result. The knee would trip
him up from time to time. I think it tended to lock up.
[...]
Right, ironic that liberalism is so tangled up with anger and hate,
and conservatives seem to laugh a lot.
Yes, I really like watching conservatives like Jon Steward. His show is a
laugh riot. He really socks it to those Liberals