"Never feel sorry for a President"

In the mid 1970s I was studying Journalism/English Literature at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon.  I volunteered at be a driver for the ABC White House Press Corp..  I was cleared by the FBI.  Later in the afternoon I picked up the Press Corp at Portland International Airport.  I dropped several off at KATU Channel 2.  I drove the Producer to President Ford's speech at Lewis and Clark College.  I sat in the front row of the Press Section next to Helen Thomas of UPI.  I mentioned to her how tired President Ford looked.   She said to never feel sorry for a President; they are exactly where they want to be.