It is no mystery why Gerald Ford's acceptance speech was the best of his presidency and perhaps of his career. He and his staff had never worked harder on a speech or devoted more time to it. It was in a way a Fourth of July inspiration. Buoyed by the Bicentennial celebration, newly confident about his chances of winning a presidential term on his own, Ford on July 5 called for work to start on a fighting speech that would boldly confront the issues of his "accidental" presidency.
Robert Hartmann, White House Counsellor and chief...
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