All other things being equal, I think that Gerald Ford was a fitting choice for CVN-78.
The most obvious is his serving as a naval officer during World War II, on an aircraft carrier.
A post from some years back showed that he had "the right stuff".
Later when his country called again, he stepped up to the plate not once but twice and became Vice-President and then President without running for the office in the first place, both times to sit in the chair of a disgraced man.
In pardoning Nixon, he spared the country further agony over the Watergate debacle...a country already in deep pain over Vietnam and the massive social changes of the 60's and early 70's.
I'd say that Jerry Ford did it right. And while I'd rather have seen the lead ship in the class be named Enterprise, I think that Gerald Ford is just fine.
The most obvious is his serving as a naval officer during World War II, on an aircraft carrier.
A post from some years back showed that he had "the right stuff".
Later when his country called again, he stepped up to the plate not once but twice and became Vice-President and then President without running for the office in the first place, both times to sit in the chair of a disgraced man.
In pardoning Nixon, he spared the country further agony over the Watergate debacle...a country already in deep pain over Vietnam and the massive social changes of the 60's and early 70's.
I'd say that Jerry Ford did it right. And while I'd rather have seen the lead ship in the class be named Enterprise, I think that Gerald Ford is just fine.
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