welcome to this third installment on the fox news series the right all along the rise, fall and future of conservativism. i am prit hume. for conservatives 64 through 74 were a roller-coaster. after the disastrous goldwater election they refused to give up and had an ally in the white house. they didn t embrace richard nixon the one time anti communist fire brand that ran as a no nonsense law and order candidate. he was a disappointment led a huge expansion in the federal government served soviet union and ruined competence with the watergate scandal. his resignation started a battle for the soul of the republican party. oo i gerald r. ford do sol n
party. oo i gerald r. ford do sol n solemnly swear to faithfully execute the office of the president of the united states. it wasn t a liberal in the ford administration the country s reservoir in trust in government was drained it was empty. gerald ford s task was to try to fill the reservoir of trust. our fellow americans the long national nightmare is over. he was a midwesterner. he had conservative values. he was a legislat legislator wa tactical than strategic. for a reasonably sized government and a solid cold warrior in a sense. still conservatives sense the investment in the gop had been zeroed out. one schemed to get it back by getting to pick the republican the right like least. i sent him a memo. you know who i recommended he
party. oo i gerald r. ford do sol n solemnly swear to faithfully execute the office of the president of the united states. it wasn t a liberal in the ford administration the country s reservoir in trust in government was drained it was empty. gerald ford s task was to try to fill the reservoir of trust. our fellow americans the long national nightmare is over. he was a midwesterner. he had conservative values. he was a legislat legislator wa tactical than strategic. for a reasonably sized government and a solid cold warrior in a sense. still conservatives sense the investment in the gop had been zeroed out. one schemed to get it back by getting to pick the republican the right like least. i sent him a memo. you know who i recommended he
party. oo i gerald r. ford do sol n solemnly swear to faithfully execute the office of the president of the united states. it wasn t a liberal in the ford administration the country s reservoir in trust in government was drained it was empty. gerald ford s task was to try to fill the reservoir of trust. our fellow americans the long national nightmare is over. he was a midwesterner. he had conservative values. he was a legislat legislator wa tactical than strategic. for a reasonably sized government and a solid cold warrior in a sense. still conservatives sense the investment in the gop had been zeroed out. one schemed to get it back by getting to pick the republican the right like least. i sent him a memo. you know who i recommended he