The tumult of the Sixties seemed long gone. Ronald Reagan had settled into his Presidency. After Nixon’s resignation, Gerald Ford was sworn in as the 38th President. Viewed through the lens of a parliamentary democracy – as I learned from my years in England – Gerald Ford as leader of the House Majority would have naturally filled the role of party leadership. I liked this arrangement. I’d had enough of Imperial Presidents and men who appeared willing to go to any lengths to get into that office. I had a residual concern about Jimmy Carter for that very reason. But Carter barely beat Ford and then tried to bring to Washington a vision of limits. It was an essential message, that should have been followed, but Carter led a nation where limits – to a large segment of the population – were cultural anathema, and he was plagued by inflation and the failed rescue of the American hostages in Iran. AN AMERICAN STORY
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