GERALD FORD
How a Plate of Tamales May Have Crushed Gerald Ford's 1976 Presidential Campaign
Gerald Ford was running for a second term in 1976 against Jimmy Carter. At a campaign stop in San Antonio, Texas to visit the Alamo, Ford was offered a plate of tamales. This is where things took a dark turn.
Clinton and Trump's intelligence briefings aren't anything to worry about
The candidates are about to get classified briefings from the US spy agencies. But neither one is going to learn any major state secrets from them.
Throwback Thursday: Spiro Agnew Shanks Golf Balls, the Vice Presidency
In 1971, Vice President Spiro Agnew hit three spectators with errant golf shots during a tournament. It was a symbolic moment for his influential and doomed political career, but not in the way you might think.
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