g to see that if Bush tries to challenge Gore on this point in the future how the Vice President will react. Will he be defensive, will he place the blame entirely on Clinton, the outcome we'll have to wait and see!“Ford, like other Presidents, believed what he wanted to believe. The presidency gives the holder a unique power to project an explanation.” Although Ford had his best intentions in mind, the pardon of Nixon was hastily done. The public was not prepared; he didn’t have the media warned that this was to happen. Ford felt pressured to shrug this scandal off his back so his Presidency wouldn’t be tarnished too. Does the scandals of the Clinton-Gore Administration need some rectifying by the new President. Will Gore need to address the question of campaign finance reform, the ability of the next man in office will dictate a lot of future leaders after what has happened in the past eight years. The need of closer has long past on the Lewinsky matter but questions still arouse as to how far a standing President can be questioned.“As a result of his (Nixon) actions, presidents not only would be subject to doubt and second guessing, they would be suspected of outright criminality.” The wake of Nixon has still not subsided; the office has never been the same. Although Ford tried to fight it, Nixon did not leave him, the public did not forget. The office was tarnished and as Ford ran for election in 1976 the Watergate Scandal followed him. Special Prosecutor Charles F.C. Ruff subpoenaed records to see if Ford had accepted improper cash settlements. As the aqusations were false it still was carried out for months and dropped right before the election, which in turn Ford lost. It will be interesting to see if this will be the same demise for Gore in 2000. If the public sees him as having dirty hands from the Clinton Administration, it could be detrimental to his campaign machine. It se...
