1976, Ford vs. Carter: Unimpeachable

American Elections: Wicked Game

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🗓️ 25 August 2020

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When Nixon gets caught up in the biggest presidential scandal in American History, he enlists the help of a man with unimpeachable character: Gerald R. Ford Jr. In the wake of Watergate, Ford becomes the only man to ever be appointed to the presidency. In his reelection bid for an office he was never elected to, Ford must prove himself worthy of his party’s nomination and fight off a Washington outsider: Georgia Democrat Jimmy Carter.

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0:00.0	It's Thanksgiving Day 1930 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
0:18.4	The South High School Trojans face off against their rival, the Union High School Red
0:22.6	Hawks.
0:23.6	A blizzard and the near sub-zero temperature have not stopped 12,000 spectators from filling
0:28.3	South Field to the brim.
0:30.3	Snow Drifts are piled high on the sidelines and the field has become a pit of mud and
0:34.6	ice.
0:35.6	It's late in the game and the two undefeated teams are in a stalemate.
0:39.5	Tied 0-0 as they battle for the coveted state championship.
0:43.8	The South High Trojans have the ball.
0:45.6	It's been a tough grind through the swamp to midfield.
0:49.0	The Trojan Center, a boy named June, motions the team in.
0:52.4	Come on boys, hustle the hell, let's go, let's go!
0:55.8	The Trojans are exhausted.
0:57.6	Their hands are frozen through bodies ache, but June sees that one player is still missing
1:01.9	from the huddle, Alan Elliott, through quarterback.
1:04.7	Where's Elliott?
1:05.7	And just then June notices, Elliott is still down on the field.
1:09.6	In the last play he got hit.
1:12.3	Hard.
1:13.3	The 130-pound quarterback's forward motion sent him headfirst into a massive Red Hawk
1:17.9	defender.
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