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[–] [email protected] 50 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

With just a handful of exceptions, republicans are worthless traitor filth.

Edit: Nixon should have died in jail. Maybe that could have prevented this second travesty. Ford was abominable.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Ford made one of the worst decisions of any president ever.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Shocking the only president that wasn't elected* made this decision.

*Besides Bush (Handed presidency by supreme Court) and kinda Trump (lost popular vote)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

We've had 3 assassinated presidents so at least 3 vice presidents became president but weren't voted into the office.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

So technically you're incorrect and totally missed my point. Nixon's VP when he was elected was Spiro Agnew, who was voted into office with Nixon. He got in trouble for corruption in Baltimore and stepped down. Ford was his replacement... Nobody even had a choice with Ford...For example I did not vote for McCain because Pailn was a terrible alternative... When you vote for president you're voting for both knowing what you get.