Letters to the Editor
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@ Rocky57
Rocky57 says -Many people, including Ford, believe that that bitter campaign and candidacy weakened Ford's general election effort and suppressed the GOP vote enough for Carter to win in a squeaker.
Let's also not forget a little thing called Watergate that also had a little to do with supressing GOP vote. I think the discrage and subsequent pardon of Nixon was too much blood on the hands of the GOP. It's hard to believe that the nation would have voted Republican again. I'm not trying to totally discredit your argument. I see it's merits, but again my point is that the media has a vested interest in seeing the two candidates trash each other. It's just good TV ya know. However, I ultimately think when the voters have the chance to vote one or the other, they won't sit it out. There's to much at stake.