A Presidential Legacy and The Warren Commission

by Gerald R. Ford (Foreword)

In this powerful book, the late President Gerald R. Ford gives direct rebuttal to the forty-years of conspiracy theories and explains the many connections between key figures of his administration and key figures within American politics and even the George W. Bush administration. These key political figures include President George Herbert Walker Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and Alan Greenspan. President Ford remained a political force in worldwide affairs, annually hosting his own World Forum where former and current political leaders from around the globe met to discuss world policy and shape world politics.

608 pages, Paperback

First published April 3, 2007

About the author

Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King, Jr.) was the thirty-eighth President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the fortieth Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974. He was the first person appointed to the vice presidency under the terms of the 25th Amendment, and became President upon Richard Nixon's resignation on August 9, 1974. Ford was the fifth U.S. President never to have been elected to that position, and the only one never to have won a national election at all.

Before ascending to the vice-presidency, Ford served nearly 25 years as Representative from Michigan's 5th congressional district, eight of them as the Republican Minority Leader.

As president, Ford signed the Helsinki Accords, marking a move toward détente in the Cold War, even as South Vietnam, a former ally, was invaded and conquered by North Vietnam. Ford did not intervene in Vietnamese affairs, but did help extract friends of the U.S. Domestically, the economy suffered from inflation and a recession under President Ford. One of his more controversial decisions was granting a presidential pardon to President Richard Nixon for his role in the Watergate scandal. In 1976, Ford narrowly defeated Ronald Reagan for the Republican nomination, but ultimately lost the presidential election to Democrat Jimmy Carter by a small margin.

Following his years as president, Ford remained active in the Republican party. After experiencing health problems and being admitted to the hospital four times in 2006, Ford died at his home, aged 93, on December 26, 2006.

Reviews

[Gary Schantz · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this version of the warren report particularly because President Ford wrote the forward. I was interested in whether or not his outlook might have changed after 40 years. Unfortunately, it has not because he (like the others on the commission) were sure they got it as right as it could possbily be. But to read the report, a lot of questions pop up....and every one of those questions is connected to some coincidence. Coincidences have a great way of making a fact look transparent. A coincidence is able to make you see something else in the fact and this is what causes the on-going arguments. I was never a conspiracy buff in the manner that most people are because I understand the legal definition of "conspiracy means the combination or confederacy between two or more persons formed for the purpose of committing by their joint efforts some unlawful or criminal act". I think most people think that this assassination had too many people involved that they have always overlooked (what is obvious to me) that there was conspiracy but only between two people (Oswald and Ruby). Throught the course of every major attack on either America, Oklahoma, Pearl Harbor, they were all conspiracies. Lincoln's assassination was a conspiracy. My point being that all the other tidbits thrown into the report (with help from Oliver Stone) is just drama to paint a bigger picture. Oswald was hired to work in the book store 30 days prior to Kennedy's arrival. The very building Kennedy was going to drive right by during his visit. So the hiring was pretty coincidental. Then Ruby (who owned a strip club whose customers werent exactly church-going types) just happened to decide today is the day I become a hero then walks right into the police station without anyone as much as stopping him so he can shoot Oswald at exactly the moment Oswald is being moved. According to the book, Ruby arrived about 3 minutes before Oswald was due to be moved. Another coincidence. I have never believed the story that Ruby was distraught and this was why he killed Oswald. And what exactly is the connection between Oswald and Ruby...those answers are in the grave.

[Mike Manos · Rating 3 out of 5]

We will never know the truth.