aftereeft the white house betty and and i would go to washington. shean would get republicans thai d get democrats and we made some progress. >> host: your hbands were known as becoming best friends, i very good friends. did you and betty ford at the same relationship? >> guest: yes. we develop a really good relationship. it started, jimmy and gerald ford we went to anwar sadat funeral at as we left the whe house. that's when jimmy and gerald ford begin talking a lot of times and saw how much each one, well, they thought similarly. and then betty and i started working with betty and we develop a really wonderful relationship. >> host: mrs. carter, there are several first ladies still living. is there a a sorority of first ladies in a sense? >> guest: i had a good relationship with betty ford and with lady bird. as long as she was alive. that's about it. i don't think, there's never been a real, we see each other at an event and library dedications, but there's never been that closeness that they hd with betty for an lady bird. >> host: when you were

betty ford worked on that together. that's ght. and afteweeft the white housebid, and i would go to washington, she would get to republicans and democrats and we we made some progress. your husbare known as become best friends are very good friends. did you and betty forde the same relationship? yes, we a really good relationship. it started the jimmy and gerald ford were on the we went to sadat's funeral in september after we left the white house and that's when jimmy and gerald ford began talking. had a lot of time and and so how much each one. well, they they thought similarly and and then betty i started working with betty and we developed a really wonderful relationship. mrs. carter, there are several first ladies still living. are is there a sorority of first ladies in a sense. well, i had a good relationship with betty ford and with lady bird. as long as she was alive. but that's about it. i don't think there's never been a real we see each other at the event and at the library dedication. so in the new what new first ladies. but there's never been that,

he said he would need time to talk with betty, also typical and with white house lawyer jim sinclair who ford assumed incorrectly based on what haig said that he was white house lawyer in question. on that note they agreed to stay in touch. after pledging bob hartman to secrecy ford described haig's visit not excluding the various options laid out by the chief of staff. the mere mention of the word pardon caused it to flow, he explained what did you tell him. i didn't tell him anything, i told him i neededtime to think it over . as stressful as ever hartman guest this was the response as far as he's was concerned. one did not have to share his suspicions to imagine the long arm of richard nixon minute letting the emotions of his vice president. hartman told ford he should have taken haig by thescruff of the neck and thrown him out of the office . ford still processing the reality he had steadfastly denied to himself four months that he would almost certainly be president within a matter of days and hartman was overreacting but in any event he couldn't discuss the matter now. he was o

he said he would need time to talk with betty, also typical. and with white housesinclair whom ford assumed incorrectly based on what haguei had said that she was the white house lawyer in question. on that note the two men shook hands they agreed to keep in touch. after pledging to absolute secrecy ford described hague's visit not excluding the various options laid up for his consideration by the chief ofaf staff. the mere mention of a word pardon caused him to explode what did you tell him? i did not tell him anything i told him i needed time to think it over. you what? the stressful as ever eat discuss this was exactly the desired response as far as hague was concerned. one did not have to share his suspicions to imagine the long arm of richard nixon manipulated the emotions of v his loyal to a fault vice president. hartman told ford he quote should have taken hague by the scruff of the neck and the seats of the pants and thrown him out of your office. ford, still processing the reality that he has steadfastly denied to himself for months. he would almost certai

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betty. also typical and with white house lawyer jim sinclair, whom ford assumed incorrectly based on what haig had said that he was the white house lawyer in question. on that note, the two men shook hands. they agreed to stay in touch after pledging bob hartman to absolute secrecy. ford described haig's visit not excluding the various options laid out for his by the chief of staff. the mere mention of the word pardon caused hartman to explode. jesus is claimed. what did you tell him? i didn't tell him anything. i told him i needed time to think it over. you what? distrustful as ever happened. guess this was exactly the desired response. as far as haig was concerned. one did not have to share his suspicions to imagine the long arm of richard nixon manipulating the emotions of his royal tour to vice president. hartmann told ford that he, quote, should have taken haig by the scruff of the neck and the seat of the pants and thrown him the hell out of your office. ford still processing the reality that he had steadfastly denied to himself for months that he would almost certainly be president with

betty ford of the same relationship? >> we developed a very good relationship. we went to a funeral in september after we were not the white houseand that's when jenny and gerald fordd began talking a lot. they thought similarly and i started working with betty and we developed a really wonderful relationship. >> mrs. carter there are several first ladies still living. is there a sorority of first ladies in a sense? >> i had a good relationship with betty ford and lady bird as long as she was alive, but that's about it there's never been a -- we see each other at events and library dedications, with new first ladies but there's never been [inaudible] >> when you were first lady you had a weekly luncheon with your husband and would attend cabinet meetings. what was the purpose of that? >> i had a luncheon -- there were all these things i wanted to ask him. someat of it was about the famiy and finances and things going on back home, but we often talked about issues. i would say it was more family and personal things o going on. but it gave us time to do that. we were there until about august. jimmy stated that the oval office a go

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