 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1952, Ford akavimba nekiti yaRobert TaftDouglas MacArthur yeRepublican yeutungamiriri wenyika. Apo Dwight Eisenhower akakunda kusarudzwa, Ford akanyorera Taft achiti kufanana nemamiriyoni evamwe vanhu vokuAmerica, ndinoshamiswa uye ndinorwadziwa nemigumisiro yeRepublican Convention muChicago. 