Richard Nixon’s entire presidential campaign was riddled with controversies and problems from the day it started. On October 10, 1973, his Vice President, Spiro Agnew, resigned in disgrace because of allegations of tax evasion and political corruption. He was immediately replaced by Gerald R Ford. Not even a year later, August 9, 1974, Richard Nixon resigned just eight months into his second term because of his infamous Watergate Scandal. Gerald R Ford, the inexperienced Vice President, was sworn into the position of the President of the United States which was going through the toughest times the US was experiencing since the Great Depression. As a move to help the US move on and focus on repairing, Gerald R Ford gave a speech fully pardoning …show more content…
Logos is a term used to describe phrases that appeal to someone or other's logic. Many Presidents and notable speakers have used this in their speeches to appeal to the people and to change their opinion. Ford, in this case, used the logos to persuade the people of the US that Nixon deserved the pardon, saying, "to do what is right as God gives me the right" and "But it is common knowledge." These= show that Ford was trying to bring them to think that Nixon was innocent and needed the pardon. He also mentioned how the US needed this to heal, mainly because of the Vietnam War that had just ended. Bonnie Sierlecki said that Ford had done it to bring the United States together. She said, “In the long run, however, Ford’s decision to pardon Nixon may have helped repair public trust in the executive office. Although his motives were questioned at the wake of the Nixon pardon, Ford was later remembered as a man of strong character and as one of the most likeable Presidents.” This shows that the United States really did come together during the time, making the US better than it was before. This shows that Ford’s use of logos helped convince the people he was innocent and brought the US closer together, making it the right thing to