Healing the Country, but not the Party: President Gerald Ford and the future of the GOP*

• In Event: Religious and Conservative Politics in the U.S.

Brief Overview

Gerald Ford considered his presidency a “Time to Heal”–moving the nation past Vietnam and Watergate by replacing deceptive presidential authority with openness and decency. His moderate politics, however, increasingly distanced Ford from the GOP.

Author

• David Veenstra, University of St Francis