In these turbulent times of electoral tension, I offer Gerald Ford.
Today's campaign collectibles from a calmer time takes a look back at 1976, when the nation's first unelected incumbent ran against Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter.
Ford was the right person for the right time because he put what was best for the country ahead of what was best for himself.
His re-election was probably doomed a month into his tenure when he pardoned President Nixon.
It took years, but even the president's harshest critics came around to see that was the right decision.
We're blessed to have the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum here in Grand Rapids, and for a time the gift shop sold original campaign pins.
My favorite is the lenticular pin that shows the president's portrait and the his name when you turn it slightly.
I think we're going to need a calm, assuring and confident leader like Jerry Ford again.
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