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On September 5, 1975, Lynette Fromme attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford. She failed to do so; but what if she had actually shot Ford, but only wounded him? What effect would this have had on the remainder of Ford's presidency? Would an emergency surgery and a hospital stay (like Reagan) have resulted in any kind of a sympathy vote in the 1976 primaries? In the presidential election?
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