Gerald Ford Assassination Attempts

[wxyzdan]

Ford was a good President, true, but he was not Speaker of the House. He was House Minority Leader. Under the 25th Amendment he was named by Nixon and confirmed by congress as VP. He had only aspired to be speaker.

[AndrogyneJuggles]

*sigh* Manson was not a mass murderer. Charles Manson himself has never taken a human life. It was mostly Sadie, Charlie, and Tex.

[healingduck]

Attack of the housewives? WTF?

[stephenabm]

President Ford was a good man, but a target of the Ultra Leftist Wing of the US. I am glad he pardoned President Nixon, as it was the right thing to do at the time. He put an end to that and saved the nation from the turmoil that would of followed.

[thefightmaster3000]

@stephenabm I know right? In my view, Ford wasn't that bad of a president.

[stephenabm]

@thefightmaster3000 Ford was a good president, but not elected to be president or vice president. Nixon's vice president resigned and Ford was the speaker of the house of representatives, so was made VP and then President when Nixon resigned. He was a good person.

[rigatoniman2]

"Which Sylvia once joined after being kidnapped by them"

Really? Are you stupid?

[NiallJoe71]

Ford was one of the most inconsequential figures in recent history?

[RPenta]

@NiallJoe71

Ironic that Ford was the target of two assassination attempts and while on the Warren Commission he was dedicated to covering up any evidence of conspiracy to murder JFK and hang the crime on the "lone nut, Lee Harvey Oswald". Hmmm.....two lone nuts here.

[kobraf150]

I am glad that he didn't get killed but he was by far the WORST 'president' in the history of the World!!!! Ya know why???? cuz he went to michigan GO BUCKEYES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!

[healingduck]

Damn....assassination attempts that close together? I would be scared to leave the white house after that lol....

[Pellegrino80]

Does this reminds anyone of the Tea Baggers?

"The Fringe group"

"He's not our President"

[chgosatrap]

@Pellegrino80

The patron saints of the bagger gaggers.

[MrsSarb]

@Pellegrino80 They were completely opposite of the Tea Party types. These people were communists trying to overthrow the government.

[Pellegrino80]

@MrsSarb They were not communists, Communist party supports government... These people were anti-government just like Tea Baggers and the 9/11 truth movement...

[MrsSarb]

@Pellegrino80 Have you ever heard of the Symbionese Liberation Army and the Manson Family? These people were involved with 60's radical groups. Sarah Moore was involved with the SLA out of San Francisco and Squeaky Fromme was a Manson Family disciple. These people are nothing like today's Tea Party types.

[Pellegrino80]

@MrsSarb Yes I've heard of the SLA. Manson family were never linked to the Symbionese Liberation Army, the Manson Family were just loony hippies drug addicts. The Symbionese Liberation Army are not based on Communist ideology, it's completely opposite of what true communism is about. The SLA ideology are very similar to the Tea Bagger's ideology, militants to disrupt everything and have everything their own ways! Go learn some history!

[MrsSarb]

@Pellegrino80 It wasn't the Manson family that was associated with SLA. It was the second woman who tried to assassinate Ford who was associated with SLA. The SLA was all about communist revolution. The Tea Party is the opposite of that. They are fiscal conservatives. The Manson family were druggies and tree huggers and murderers and the first woman who tried to kill Ford was with them.

[Pellegrino80]

@MrsSarb Majority of the Tea Baggers are pot smoking hippies who wants to legalize all kinds of drugs! Rand & Ron Paul is a the biggest supporter of the Tea Baggers and Hippies!

Look up "Ron Paul wants to legalize crystal meth WTF?!"

/watch?v=w_IcPqgAlEw

[MrsSarb]

@Pellegrino80 Ron Paul believes in legalizing marijuana, but it has nothing to do with being a so called hippie. Many libertarians believe in it because they think that the war on drugs is useless. There are so many people being killed because of this war on drugs. Personally I think it should be legalized too but I never use it myself. I just think it's ridiculous to have long mandatory sentences for non-violent offenders (or hippies) when there are violent people NOT going to prison.

[Pellegrino80]

@MrsSarb Who the fuck wants mentally schizophrenic drug addicts running around publicly and teaching our kids in school? I don't but the Tea Baggers and Ron Paul sure love drugs!

[MrsSarb]

@Pellegrino80 Don't you think it would be better to send them to treatment? Anyways, the legalization of pot is a really minor issue to libertarians. They are far more concerned about the federal debt than they are with legalizing marijuana.

[MrsSarb]

@MrsSarb People have been getting help for these things for years from the states. Even if there is no help from the government, there are programs like AA or Narcanon that are free. Why do people think that the state has to fix everything all the time?

[LedWilde]

That same girl, Squeaky Fromme, was after anyone famous. A few months earlier she tried to meet up with Jimmy Page from Led Zeppelin but Led Zeppelin's staff told her,"Fuck off!" She said stuff to them like,"I feel like something really bad is going to happen to Jimmy Page... I have to see him!" She gave the staff a note but they threw it away without reading it. She was twarted away from the band but they did not know how crazy she was until they found out about the Ford assassination attempt.

[shanedawsonrules484]

wut bitches

[clintbeastwood22]

you can go to jail for saying that you are gonna kill the president

[TiminPhoenix]

Both of these women should have been hanged. Any person that attempts to kill the president deserves to be executed.

[ReneeNme]

" Had I p...put the bullet in there ". The silly woman had probably been GIVEN the unloaded handgun and didn't even know it wasn't loaded.

[Roggiedodgie]

"He looked like cardboard"???  Two whackos, lock em up throw away the key.

[hshopson]

This is the first time I have seen any of these videos and can't explain how I am feeling. A few years ago I went to San Fransisco with my Boyfriend and my dad called every few hours (I was 35) worried about me. He finally confessed to being one of the agents on Ford's detail during both assassination attempts. Growing up his job was never discussed. I am very, very proud of him.

[Roggiedodgie]

That is very interesting! I imagine seeing this really stirs some memories...

[jebsquishy]

Women assassination attempt FAIL.!

[kylieluvzla]

What a surprise a multiple-wed liberal wh*re shoots at the President in of all places San Fran!

[mekonnend]

She's about to be released

[inkey2]

@SecretService80 oh yeah, president "Hansen".....he was almost as good a president "noodlemeyer"

[SecretService80]

@inkey2 The fuck? I have no idea why I even wrote that...or even IF I did...

[LordIncompetent]

Ahh, Ford.

That one president nobody ever knew existed.

[donjuan1demarco]

jfk was are last good president anyhow

[jimmyapple]

Your opinion can hardly be taken seriously. Learn how to spell.

[donjuan1demarco]

lol honest mistake, lol i would bet my IQ is far greater than yours. and yes it is my opinion, but i am not alone only ppl that most likely see diff dont know history and are brain washed. example the bankers most of the pres where for them hence why we are in the pot hole now

[jimmyapple]

If you really mean to impress me with your superior IQ, please do so in a coherent sentence. Until then whatever it is you're trying to say, in all reality, is just an out-of-context rant since the subject matter was an attempt on then-President Ford's life, not weather or not he was better/worse than JFK.

[trezpazz]

Crazy fat bitch....doucebag

[sweetypie000]

scumbag

"In an interview in 2004, former President Ford described Moore as "off her mind" and said that he continued making public appearances, even after two attempts on his life within such a short time, because "a president has to be aggressive, has to meet the people"

lol, try meeting people with nobodyguards then u cock

[youknowyouloveMoo2]

Psycho They shouldve let them ROT in jail!!!

[edwinmylar]

why always women?

[broganfaidanton]

And of course the don't even mention the man (Bill Sipple) who grabbed Moore's hand causing her to miss the first shot and then wrestled her to the ground keeping her from shooting again. Ford never even acknowledged him because it came out that Sipple was gay... Finally Sipple got a note after the gay community became outraged.

[JasonMyers4657]

Not true. He thanked him personally in a letter. He even attended this man's funeral when he died many years later.

[ftomcat14]

the man's name was oliver sipple

[jameswolney]

Is she FLDS?

[poodtang1]

If it had been Tex Watson istead of Squeaky Ford would have been shot and probably dead.

[firelawems]

Psycho Bitch!!

[MisterQuebec]

Ford obviously did not get much success with women. Assassination is a man's business! Two women, two failed assassinations.

[GodSaveThePres]

Listen to this guy.. OK then "Altair" lol

[dragoon1528]

cool i didnt kno dat

[gillettejr]

Its supposed to be in vogue for young people write phrases and type thoughts using English as if they were stupid. It does nothing but make them not be taken seriously.

[johnknoefler]

So why did Frome think she needed to bring a gun? And what was Moore's reason? What a nut. Two nut's. Listen to Moore... "he was a particularly good target" No remorse at all. Animals. Both of them.

[crg64]

I remember hearing about this.Manson sure knew how to brainwash people.

[GraceGuitars]

Unbelievable how she talks about it as if she did nothing wrong - Zero guilt/remorse is a sure sign of someone given over to wickedness

[lancetop]

Sara Jane was released from prison today! Sick twisted criminal Squeaky Fromme is still in prison.  Squeaky is a highly dangerous individual and I hope she is never let out of jail.

[logalogalog]

Yeah, there's something wrong with our justice system.

[oblivion2001]

correction liberalsarebraindead,

radical liberals, and radical conservatives are very dangerous, let us not forget the presidents we have lost due to such lunatics.

[adfg]

squeaky fromme I believe had some elaborate plan to try and break Charles Manson out of jail. obviously if she was following manson she was whacked out of her mind.

[Snotra]

Well the baby boomers are slowly dieng out, we have hope in the new generation.

[sheary2007]

Those Whacky 60's liberals

[uzijohn]

Is Squeeky Fromme still in jail? she came off

as a Silly Girl more than a THREAT to national

security, as far as Gerald Ford goes he was a

member of the "Warren white wash Commission"

and thats no badge of honor...to say the least

[weirsoccer6]

yes, she is still currently in jail. she did escape the jail that martha stewart (west virginia) was being kept. she escaped for 2 days. was still on the outskirts of the jail. she wanted to go see charles manson.

[jimmyapple]

She's not in Jail for being a threat to national security, she's in Jail for pointing a gun at the President of the United States. Silly people go to jail for that too.

[uzijohn]

jimmyapple,

Yes she deserves jail, not the dungeon for life

I see two sets of rules and punishment,

One for the Serfs, another for the Nobility

Government employees have become

"Super Citizens" protected by extreme punishments, automatic death penalties and were life in prison means LIFE

Today threats are ignored by the police,

Threaten any government worker will get your door kicked down at 3AM

Citizens threatened by law enforcement or improper shootings, Sorry thats too bad!

[jimmyapple]

She is eligible for parole on August 9th of this year, however, she has continually refused to cooperate with her own defense, and has been less than a model prisoner as well, at one time attacking a fellow inmate with the claw end of a hammer. I empathize with what you are saying in regards to classes of citizens, but in the case of attempting to assassinate the President, the rule is plain and simple- LIFE. This ensures that good people aren't deterred from running for office.

[phrankster]

women don't make good assassins

such pussies

[canyagrabmiaz]

Hopefully you're kidding when you say "lynette should have done it." To put it into simple mathematics: Ford was a loving father and dedicated leader....Fromme was a psycho hose beast estranged from the mainstream and obsessed with resurrecting the Manson Family.

[jimmyapple]

Great comment. Ford NEVER sought the office. He ascended to it amid turmoil and basically was a damage control president. We never saw what he would do with a mandate since he wasn't re-elected. But wishing for his demise puts you in a category that falls just short of treason. We have more than one process for acquiring a new President, and you have a vote and a voice to use or push them.

[TheJetfighter666]

@canyagrabmiaz He was a fucking lier and a puppet .He was bought and sold like every president since Kennedy. Get your head out of your ass! He pardoned Nixon so they could not prosciute him to find the truth behind J.f.K.'s death.He help continue the " Lone nut" theory 'til his  death. May he rot in hell.THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE> READ!!!!!!!!

[witchlemure]

lynette should have done it.

[russellziske]

You should start sleeping with one eye open.

[canyagrabmiaz]

Well the JFK case is a tricky one, with the billion conspiracy theories out there. That said, this was probably an exception to my aforementioned rule.

[Obelisk2290]

you could say the same thing about kennedy too murder is not acceptable

[canyagrabmiaz]

Most assassinations and assination attempts have little to do with the target himself......Fromme and Moore were byproducts of radical 1960s forces.

[eastakron]

Maybe it's a stupid question, but why would anyone want to kill Gerald Ford? What did he ever do to possibly deserve such a fate?

[Pipeman61]

"Maybe it's a stupid question, but why would anyone want to kill Gerald Ford? What did he ever do to possibly deserve such a fate?" It is a stupid question. Did you watch the vid? Narrator: "Historians believe she was trying to demonstrate her loyalty to such elements of the radical community as the SLA". Sarah Jane Moore: "He was a particularly good target if you were aiming at the OFFICE."

[brutusbuck5]

Good Documentary