“According to a map, it’s a long way between Grand ... “Honesty and truth were synonomous with the name Jimmy Carter,” read Ford. As he concluded his remarks, Steven Ford fought emotions ...

Gerald Ford and Carter became friends on a flight over the ... Steve. "According to a map, it's a long way between Grand Rapids, Michigan and Plains, Georgia. But distances have a way of vanishing ...

He continued, reading his father’s words, “According to a map, it’s a long way ... in his remembrance that Carter could “get under [his] skin,” Ford added of the showdown that saw ...

In their first debate, the sound system failed and they stood frozen at their lecterns for 27 minutes, not saying a single word to each other. And so, of course, rhetoric was hurled often and ...

Carter defeated Ford in the 1976 presidential election ... my remembrances of Jimmy to my son Steve. According to a map, it’s a long way between Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Plains, Georgia.

It was 1976, during Carter’s first debate with President Gerald Ford, and Kennerly was not a fan of the Georgia governor who had seemingly come out of nowhere to win the Democratic nomination.

Jimmy Carter and Gerald R. Ford faced off in 1976 in a bitter campaign but later bonded as few presidents have — and made a pact to speak at each other’s funerals. By Peter Baker Peter Baker ...

"According to a map, it's a long way between Grand Rapids ... But with Ford's passing 18 years before Carter's in late 2024, Ford entrusted his written eulogy for his friend and presidential ...