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Friday, 2 October 2009

Regarding that pardon

On September 8th, 1974, newly appointed President of the United States, Gerald Ford, issued Richard Nixon a full pardon, thereby precluding future prosecution for crimes he committed during the Watergate scandal. The move was an extremely controversial one. Just days later, schoolboy Anthony Ferreira sent the following letter to the White House.



Transcript

H.B. Milnes School
Fair Lawn N.J. 07410
Sept. 11, 1974

Dear President Ford,

I think you are half Right and half wrong.

yours truly,

Anthony Ferreira

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

That just made me grin from ear to ear.

Adriana said...

From the mouths of babes.

ehcanadian said...

I wonder what Anthony Ferreira thinks now? In all likelihood he's out there somewhere.

Tamara said...

Nothing like taking a stand, Anthony!

elysaparks said...

This is wonderful. =)

Emily said...

It's so applicable to most facets of politics don't you think? One side or the other is always half right and half wrong...

Alex Dawson said...

There's now a Detective Anthony Ferreira in the Fair Lawn NJ Police Department - http://www.fairlawnpd.com/history/history.htm - could be the same guy :)

Anonymous said...

he is.. hes my uncle

deemack said...

Isn't that the truth.

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