do you think pardoning Nixon was the right thing to do for Ford?

Absolutely! By today's standards what Richard Nixon did wasn't that bad! We have such corruption in our campaigning and all areas of Government now that it's appalling! There is no honor among elected officials anymore.
 
It was more of a "political" thing as Ford was a Republican party member & needed the support of the party to remain as presidential candidate for the next election. If Nixon was brought to trial, the Republican party's already damaged reputation thanks to the Watergate scandal would have been completely destroyed.
 
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