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Gerald Ford: Ronald Reagan
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Out of office, Gerald Ford remained an active, if marginal, political voice. In 1980, he came within an ace of being nominated as Ronald Reagan's vice-presidential running mate, before his demand for wider powers and responsibilities ruled him out.
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Ford and his wife, Betty, after his nomination at the 1976 Republican ConventionFord reluctantly agreed to run for office in 1976 but first had to counter a challenge for the Republican party nomination. Former Governor of California Ronald Reagan and the party's conservative wing faulted Ford for failing to do more in South Vietnam, for signing the Helsinki Accords and for negotiating to cede the Panama Canal (negotiations for the canal continued under President Carter, who signed the treaty for the canal giveaway). Reagan launched his campaign in the autumn of 1975 and won several primaries before withdrawing from the race at the Republican Convention in Kansas City, Missouri. The conservative insurgency convinced Ford to drop the more liberal Vice President Nelson Rockefeller in favor of Kansas Senator Bob Dole.[65]
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Cinematically, Ford only appeared in one fictional narrative -- an uncredited bit part as a politician in New World's inferior 1978 horror picture The Bees, directed by Alfredo Zacharias. More enduringly, Ford participated in several illuminating small-screen documentaries in which he reflects on the nature and role of the chief of state. These include Constitution: That Delicate Balance -- Executive Privilege and Delegation of Powers (1984), Constitution: That Delicate Balance -- War Powers and Covert Action (1984), The Presidency: A Personal Perspective (1996), and Powers of the President: Bureaucracy, Court, and Media (1996). The Modern Presidency (1989) is one of the only documentaries to feature Nixon, Ford, Carter, and Reagan discussing the complexities of running the U.S. government. The majority of these programs were designed as educational videos for use in secondary schools and collegiate institutions.
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On November 12, 2006, Ford officially became the longest-lived President, surpassing Ronald Reagan. He had the second-longest post-presidency after Herbert Hoover. John Adams, Ford, Reagan and Hoover were the only Presidents to live past 90 years of age. Gerald and Betty Ford held the record as the longest-lived First Couple, at ages 93 and 88 respectively. Ford was the longest living member of the Warren Commission.
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As Barone notes, Ford performed well in those places that had a GOP presence dating back to the Civil War while Reagan came out on top in states where the party was still much younger. Where “Regular Republicans” reigned or still held considerable sway, in other words, the more moderate Ford did better. But in states with little in the way of a Republican tradition, Reagan won the day. The Weekly Standard’s Fred Barnes, in his foreword to Shirley’s book, recalls one of Reagan’s biggest victories in exactly such a state.
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In 1997 Ford participated in "The Presidents' Summit on America's Future," along with former presidents Bush and Carter, and President Clinton, as well as General Colin Powell, and former first ladies Nancy Reagan and Lady Bird Johnson. The purpose of the gathering was to discuss volunteerism and community service, and marked the first occasion when living former presidents convened on a domestic policy.
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