INTRODUCTION PART ONE Gerald Ford: 1974-77 PART TWO Jimmy Carter: 1977-81 PART THREE Ronald Reagan: 1981-89 PART FOUR George Bush: 1989-93 PART FIVE Bill Clinton: 1993 - EPILOGUE NOTES ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INDEX PHOTO CREDITS

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From Chapter 40

Gerald Ford had been traveling from California to Colorado when impeachment was voted but saw the gathering on the White House South Lawn on television. He was offended. It looked like a pep rally. It was another Clinton stunt. Ford liked Clinton personally but was wary of him. In the summer of 1993, Clinton and Ford had spent several days together in Colorado on vacation. They played golf one day with Jack Nicklaus. Clinton claimed he shot something like an 80.

Ford was shocked. Golf was a matter of honor, even for old duffers, and Clinton had repeatedly taken second shots called mulligans.

Nicklaus leaned over to Ford and whispered in disgust, "Eighty with fifty floating mulligans."

Both Ford and Jimmy Carter had agreed to speak jointly on impeachment because the issue had so many ... read full excerpt from Shadow: Five Presidents and the Legacy of Watergate ebook