Reply #10: because he was not respected and his opinions were not wanted

[pitohui]

ford was not actually a liked or respected man once he did the pardon, his advice would have been worse than useless, hell, it might even have encouraged reagan or bush or another to do the opposite just so it was clear they weren't w. stupid

i'm amazed that people have forgotten the anger in those days, there were two assassination attempts on ford, probably the most hated man in america next to nixon, that we know of, during his very short presidency

he pardoned nixon and basically abandoned our allies in vietnam to either catch a boat, catch a helicopter, or presumably be killed, oh and don't forget the stupid-ass WIN buttons because the economy was in the toilet

actually even before the pardon, altho ford was thought to be a good person to work with, he was always considered stupid -- hence lbj's comment that he had played too much football sans helmet

who wants advice from someone considered a dumb-ass?