But what people may not remember is what a surprise it was at the time that it happened. A month earlier, nixon had famously resigned the president under the threat of impeachment, and he left the white house aboard marine one, handing the presidency off to his Vice President , gerald ford. As donald rumsfeld, george w. Bushs defense secretary, who served in the ford administration, later recalled, those of us close enough to observe it ourselves could see how tormented ford was by the decision. And when he finally made it, it caught many of us by surprise. It was a surprise because fords pardon came on a sunday morning, september 8th, 1974. As the times reported, quote, government buildings were almost empty, and no one was expecting any dramatic president ial action. Mr. Ford attended Early Morning communion at st. Johns episcopal church, then returned to the white house to make the announcement. And i have sought such guidance and searched my own conscience with special diligence to
As donald rumsfeld, george w. Bushs defense secretary who served in the ford administration, later recalled those of us close enough to observe it ourselves could see how tormented ford was by the decision. And when he finally made it, it caught many of us by surprise. It was a surprise because fords pardon came on a sunday morning, september 8th, 1974. As the times reported government buildings were almost empty and no one was expecting any dramatic president ial action. Mr. Ford attended earlymorning communion at st. Johns episcopal church, then returned to the white house to make the announcement. And i have sought such guidance and searched my own conscience with special diligence to determine the right thing for me to do with respect to my predecessor in this place, Richard Nixon, and his loyal wife and family. Theirs is an american tragedy in which we all have played a part. It could go on and on and on, or someone must right the end to it. I have concluded that only i can do tha
So hell probably be telling joe biden the same thing about his experience. Well, i look forward with a little normalcy, lawrence, that you and i will be able to talk about health care and get in to some of those policy discussions that we both enjoy having. I look forward to tonights show. You have a good evening and a great thanksgiving. You too, ali. Thank you very much. Bye. Thank you. There are only 56 more pardon days until america gets its Big Christmas present, a new president of the united states. Donald trump has now pardoned turkeys two days in a row. Yesterday he pardoned corn and cob, and today he pardoned Michael Flynn. By 12 00 noon on Inauguration Day, everyone named trump will surely be pardoned along with who knows who else who might be able to give incriminating evidence against donald trump and therefore get a pardon out of him. We have embarked on the most corrupt pardon spree in american history, which will end one way or another in a pardon for donald trump himsel
History, by which all others are measured. But people may not remember what a surprise it was at the time it happened. A month earlier nixon had famously resigned the presidency under threat of impeachment, left the white house on marine 1, handing the presidency off to his Vice President , gerald ford. As rumsfeld recalled. Those close enough to observe it ourselves could see how tormented ford was by the decision. When he finally made it, caught many of us by surprise. Sunday morning, september 8th, 1974. As times reported, government buildings almost empty, no one expecting any dramatic president ial action. Attended Early Morning communion at st. Johns epiescopal church before the announcement. To determine the right thing for me to do with respect to my predecessor in this place, richard nixon. And his loyal wife and family. Theirs is an american tragedy in which we all have played a part. It could go on and on and on, or someone must write the end to it. I have concluded that onl
Lesson. And were going have a lesson tonight, ali, that youll be very interested in that you already know this. Is from Richard Schiff, my dear friend who we worked together on the nbc series the west wing. Richard is recovering from covid19. He just spent five days in vancouver general hospital, and he has a lot of good things to say about the Canadian Health care system. He is going to join us later in this hour. Hes good friends with joe biden. So hell probably be telling joe biden the same thing about his experience. Well, i look forward with a little normalcy, lawrence, that you and i will be able to talk about health care and get in some of those policy discussions that we both enjoy having. I look forward to tonights show. You have a good evening and a great thanksgiving. You too, ali. Thank you very much. Bye. Thank you. There are only 56 more pardon days until america gets its Big Christmas present, a new president of the united states. Donald trump has now pardoned turkeys tw