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this was hubert humphrey's humiliation. - as i stood and watched hubert humphrey tonight, stand whereeap, my first thought was: "some heap." the divisions in this party run very deep, indeed. and hubert humphrey, uh-- who wants to be a healer for the party and for the country, has very little time to heal the divisions in this party in terms of the november election. uh, it's--it's my judgment that hubert humphrey starts out an underdog. - nixon could be gleeful about trumping his enemies, and it gave him great joy to go to chicago to begin his campaign, in the very place where the democratic party had been humiliated by a riot. - ♪ stand up ♪ ♪ and let's take the band up ♪ - here comes richard nixon, the uniter, coming through the city of chicago, you know, like a roman emperor, and being cheered by tens of thousands and harassed by no one. so it looks like this would be the fellow that can unite the country. - ♪ nixon's the one ♪ ♪ ♪ [sirens wailing] - humphrey's in an impossible situation. he's associated with the chaos of the anti-war movement, because of what happened at the conv
this was hubert humphrey's humiliation. - as i stood and watched hubert humphrey tonight, stand whereeap, my first thought was: "some heap." the divisions in this party run very deep, indeed. and hubert humphrey, uh-- who wants to be a healer for the party and for the country, has very little time to heal the divisions in this party in terms of the november election. uh, it's--it's my judgment that hubert humphrey starts out an underdog. - nixon could be gleeful about trumping his...
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[crowd cheering] - hubert humphrey gained 15 points, and we gained nothing in that october.ht. they passed right by us and went to hubert humphrey. - i happen to be of the opinion that we need a debate in this country. i think that you and mr. humphrey should get at vietnam and some other questions. - i think mr. humphrey is having a great time debating himself. [laughter and applause] - the conceit behind the new nixon was that that old, whiny, sad, combative loser is gone. - and now, despite numerous requests, nbc presents "rowan and martin's laugh-in." - i don't think we could get mr. nixon to stand still for a "sock it to me." [laughter] sock it to me? [laughter] - the difference in the campaign was that whenever possible, the candidate is never in an environment that he can't control. - that's it! [applause] - the counsel to richard nixon was "don't leave script." - nixon makes the same speech everywhere he goes. all candidates do that, but nixon is speaking on the issues of the day in only the most general way. he's saying there are lots of things wrong with the countr
[crowd cheering] - hubert humphrey gained 15 points, and we gained nothing in that october.ht. they passed right by us and went to hubert humphrey. - i happen to be of the opinion that we need a debate in this country. i think that you and mr. humphrey should get at vietnam and some other questions. - i think mr. humphrey is having a great time debating himself. [laughter and applause] - the conceit behind the new nixon was that that old, whiny, sad, combative loser is gone. - and now, despite...
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hubert humphrey. so with that, let me let me say congratulations, sam. and i will ask you the basic question, which is how did you come to write this story? i'd be happy to that question. but first, i want to, in two pleasures and one kind of sacred obligation pleasure. number one is to be at a store like this. i've been at books and books think for three of my i've been in politics prose for three of my other books over the years and one thing i know is that independent stores like this are lifeblood for writers like me. and i truly. so even if you don't buy my book tonight by julius or by somebody else's, because all writers like us need these to flourish. the second pleasure is to be here with. julia sweig. i was given a wish list by politics and prose by brad and his team here, whom i like to have a conversation partner and without a doubt i wanted it to be julia. i only knew her at that point from. her amazing work about lady bird johnson, respectfully titled in plain sight and hiding in plain si
hubert humphrey. so with that, let me let me say congratulations, sam. and i will ask you the basic question, which is how did you come to write this story? i'd be happy to that question. but first, i want to, in two pleasures and one kind of sacred obligation pleasure. number one is to be at a store like this. i've been at books and books think for three of my i've been in politics prose for three of my other books over the years and one thing i know is that independent stores like this are...
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he knew hubert humphrey. he knew all the major figures. george, i think i estimated an average 20 years at that point in late sixties because graham was reaching the peak his career just as they were around the same time in politics and. so the messages go back and forth and they're and there's this back and activity really peaks around labor day, which is kind of the kickoff. usually the kickoff, the high part of the campaign, at least back then. now campaigns never end, but then they kind of start in the fall after labor day. and graham carries a message from from nixon to johnson. and the message says that as it's a bold thing to say, if you think about it, this is september of 68, three months before people go to the polls, two months to three months as. president nixon would never embarrass. johnson he would always consult with them. he would never criticize them by name when vietnam is. he would give him credit because. he deserved it for ending the war. and that would do everything in his power to give a great place, place in histor
he knew hubert humphrey. he knew all the major figures. george, i think i estimated an average 20 years at that point in late sixties because graham was reaching the peak his career just as they were around the same time in politics and. so the messages go back and forth and they're and there's this back and activity really peaks around labor day, which is kind of the kickoff. usually the kickoff, the high part of the campaign, at least back then. now campaigns never end, but then they kind of...
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judy: he threw his support behind his vice president, hubert humphrey, but it was up to the delegatesew nominee at the convention. then in june, less than three months before the convention was set to begin, one of humphrey's challengers, robert f. kennedy, was gunned down. >> the menace of violence was everywhere. it was inside the convention hall. it was outside of the convention hall. judy: chicago-based author and journalist rick perlstein has written extensively about that summer, including in his book, "nixonland: the rise of a president and the fracturing of america." we met at the chicago history museum lasweek. >> it all came to a head on the central day, thursday, august 28th, when the protesters tried to march to the convention hall from this hotel downtown, were kind of waylaid by the police. so they decided to sit down right in the middle of the street, do a sit down strike right in front of the cameras, and the chicago police waded into the crowd with billy clubs, and just randomly started beating people as hard as they could, throwing them into police wagons. when the p
judy: he threw his support behind his vice president, hubert humphrey, but it was up to the delegatesew nominee at the convention. then in june, less than three months before the convention was set to begin, one of humphrey's challengers, robert f. kennedy, was gunned down. >> the menace of violence was everywhere. it was inside the convention hall. it was outside of the convention hall. judy: chicago-based author and journalist rick perlstein has written extensively about that summer,...
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the first contested primary race that pitted him against the minnesota senator hubert humphrey, who was so beloved in these parts that many wisconsinites called him you probably know this wisconsin's third senator. so the stakes were high. kennedy's father, joe kennedy senior, called the wisconsin primary the crisis of, the campaign, and kennedy concurred. he himself said, if i am beaten in wisconsin and i'm out, so much depended on the badger state. and in one of the few times in his life, jfk appeared to be momentarily at a disadvantage. here was this silver spooned east coast catholic who hadn't even been to prior to the mid 1950s, facing off against the folksy farmer loving hubert humphrey, who dedicated much of political life to this very region. spoiler alert thanks to the doggedness and creativity of a handful of wisconsin urbanites, kennedy squeaked out a victory, winning 56.5% of the popular vote in six of ten districts on primary day april 5th, 1960. it wasn't quite enough to knock humphrey out of the running, but it did allow those men to have a face off a final showdown, if
the first contested primary race that pitted him against the minnesota senator hubert humphrey, who was so beloved in these parts that many wisconsinites called him you probably know this wisconsin's third senator. so the stakes were high. kennedy's father, joe kennedy senior, called the wisconsin primary the crisis of, the campaign, and kennedy concurred. he himself said, if i am beaten in wisconsin and i'm out, so much depended on the badger state. and in one of the few times in his life, jfk...
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. - the next president of the united states, hubert humphrey. - richard nixon. - i've come from oregon. we had rather a successful primary there. - this campaign train is on a life-or-death mission. - at columbia university, students barricade university buildings. - the students push forward, and the police push back. [crowd clamoring] - washington, chicago, detroit, new york. racial confrontation, violent destruction, state of emergency. - mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the lord. ♪ ♪ [the beatle's "revolution" plays] ♪ ♪ - [screaming] - ♪ you say you want a revolution ♪ ♪ well, you know ♪ all chanting: peace now! - ♪ we all want to change the world ♪ - we're tired of full-time jobs for part-time income. - ♪ you tell me that it's evolution ♪ ♪ well, you know ♪ - i know nonviolence will work. - ♪ we all want to change the world ♪ - is this what you want to do? destroy the country? - i'll destroy a whole bunch of y'all. - ♪ but when you talk about destruction ♪ - the american embassy is under siege. - ♪ don't you know that you can count me out ♪ - the country's going to
. - the next president of the united states, hubert humphrey. - richard nixon. - i've come from oregon. we had rather a successful primary there. - this campaign train is on a life-or-death mission. - at columbia university, students barricade university buildings. - the students push forward, and the police push back. [crowd clamoring] - washington, chicago, detroit, new york. racial confrontation, violent destruction, state of emergency. - mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the...
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in 1968 when johnson withdrew on march 31, hubert humphrey, i don't think they used the word coronatedn 1968, but by default, the nomination went to him. humphrey too did not enter primaries, did not campaign. i suppose the same charge could be leveled against him in terms of not winning the votes of electors. in 1968, the democrats used a different process. when i talk about the passions of people who lived through that time period, never having heard from so many readers who say senator kennedy had he not been killed in early june was going to win the nomination in chicago in 1968. that is "what if" history. we do not know what would have happened. there is no doubt his campaign was surging before he was kled after the primary. this was 1968. in 1968, the process the democrats used was designed to coronate lyndon johnson for another term. it was not until the mcgovern commission recommended changes to the nominating process which took effect in 1972, in 1968 it was much simpler. you could be a party boss, a state or county chairman, and you could wield votes on the convention floor.
in 1968 when johnson withdrew on march 31, hubert humphrey, i don't think they used the word coronatedn 1968, but by default, the nomination went to him. humphrey too did not enter primaries, did not campaign. i suppose the same charge could be leveled against him in terms of not winning the votes of electors. in 1968, the democrats used a different process. when i talk about the passions of people who lived through that time period, never having heard from so many readers who say senator...
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lyndon johnson, 1968, past the torch to hubert humphrey and was so annoyed that humphrey would not be 3000% for his awful vietnam war that he actually was secretly in many ways for richard nixon, and data most everything until the last weeks to undercut hubert humphrey. to have someone as large as joe biden was tonight praising kamala harris, giving her full credit for all of her contributions to his administration, and like to be able to tell you that that is something we've seen in american history, but that's better than what we have seen in some pretty big examples. >> that is very true. let me come back to the table. this moment was about joe biden but there were other people who really were shining in this moment, tonight as well. i mention that i think people are googling jasmine crockett. we know who she is and we have talked to her. she is remarkable and she gave a powerful speech. that moment where she talked about her interaction with vice president kamala harris was one i will remember from the night. it was very personal. what did you think? >> i like to call that i quint
lyndon johnson, 1968, past the torch to hubert humphrey and was so annoyed that humphrey would not be 3000% for his awful vietnam war that he actually was secretly in many ways for richard nixon, and data most everything until the last weeks to undercut hubert humphrey. to have someone as large as joe biden was tonight praising kamala harris, giving her full credit for all of her contributions to his administration, and like to be able to tell you that that is something we've seen in american...
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i would also channel hubert humphrey in 1964, with a recitation of -- and after he did it the third time, the audience would be repeating it. i think it would fire up the crowd. this is from someone who has been studying american politics a very long time. host: gus in texas. three text from our viewers. i hope we can consistently hear from each speaker that we don't care how you voted last election. it's the november election that counts. you're welcome to join the joyful celebration of democracy. that is rita from florida with her thoughts today. this is t.d. from jacksonville, i want to see attack dogs like they have on the republican side. we are fighting for democracy, the clubs have to come off -- the gloves have to come off. the future of president kamala harris would mean that america is continually perfecting its union as one country, one community, one people. let's go back to the calls. john in california, independent. caller: hello. i think this pertains to the convention. the people that protest outside, the palestinians or whoever they are, i hope that they realize that if
i would also channel hubert humphrey in 1964, with a recitation of -- and after he did it the third time, the audience would be repeating it. i think it would fire up the crowd. this is from someone who has been studying american politics a very long time. host: gus in texas. three text from our viewers. i hope we can consistently hear from each speaker that we don't care how you voted last election. it's the november election that counts. you're welcome to join the joyful celebration of...
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his vice president hubert humphrey was in mexico signing a treaty the next day and he was called just before and told you had better turn on the radio. johnson is out and we haven't had that since. lot of people today are asking could president biden do something similar? thatat happened 60 with johnson and 52 of harry truman so there are lot of similarities. in 68 when a president withdraws it's a wide-open election. it's pandemonium. first things first incumbent president is considered a lame-duck. all the spotlight shifts to everybody else. you have very little hope in your remaining 10 months of office. all thee excitement shifts to te challenges and when i documented book is something different. for 50 years people said johnson was a lame-duck. the grand and other records in the book show otherwise that johnson has simply shifted his energies fromft the ballot which he was drawn from to influencing the choice of his successor. the most controversial argument in the book is documenting a pattern of activities were johnson came to prefer nixon a republican. so it's a very different
his vice president hubert humphrey was in mexico signing a treaty the next day and he was called just before and told you had better turn on the radio. johnson is out and we haven't had that since. lot of people today are asking could president biden do something similar? thatat happened 60 with johnson and 52 of harry truman so there are lot of similarities. in 68 when a president withdraws it's a wide-open election. it's pandemonium. first things first incumbent president is considered a...
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humphrey as nominee for the president of the united states. vice president humphrey has 1000 and 761 and three fourths votes. mccarthy. 601 votes. senator jim mcgovern. 146 and a half votes. reverend phillips. 67 and a half votes. senator kennedy. 12 and half votes. and governor down. 17 and a half votes. and the chair declares that vice president hubert outbreak is the democratic president candidate of the united states. my fellow americans. my fellow democrat. i proudly accept the nomination of our party. we have heard hard and sometimes bitter debate, but i submit that this is the debate and this is the work of a free people. the work of an open convention. and the work of a political party. responsive to the needs of this nation. democracy affords debate, discussion and dissent. but my fellow americans, it also requires decision. and we have decided here not by edict, but by vote, not by force, but by ballot.
humphrey as nominee for the president of the united states. vice president humphrey has 1000 and 761 and three fourths votes. mccarthy. 601 votes. senator jim mcgovern. 146 and a half votes. reverend phillips. 67 and a half votes. senator kennedy. 12 and half votes. and governor down. 17 and a half votes. and the chair declares that vice president hubert outbreak is the democratic president candidate of the united states. my fellow americans. my fellow democrat. i proudly accept the nomination...
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in 1968 when johnson withdrew on march 31, hubert humphrey, i don't think they used the word coronated in 1968, but by default, the nomination went to him. humphrey too did not enter primaries, did not campaign. i suppose the same charge could be leveled against him in terms of not winning the votes of electors. in 1968, the democrats used a different process. when i talk about the passions of people who lived through that time period, never having heard from so many readers who say senator kennedy had he not been killed in early june was going to win the nomination in chicago in 1968. that is "what if" history. we do not know what would have happened. there is no doubt his campaign was surging before he was killed after the p. this was 1968. in 1968, the process the democrats used was designed to coronate lyndon johnson for another term. it was not until the mcgovern commission recommended changes to the nominating process which took effect in 1972, in 1968 it was much simpler. you could be a party boss, a state or county chairman, and you could wield votes on the convention floor. in
in 1968 when johnson withdrew on march 31, hubert humphrey, i don't think they used the word coronated in 1968, but by default, the nomination went to him. humphrey too did not enter primaries, did not campaign. i suppose the same charge could be leveled against him in terms of not winning the votes of electors. in 1968, the democrats used a different process. when i talk about the passions of people who lived through that time period, never having heard from so many readers who say senator...
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hubert humphrey, extremely likable, and guess where he's from? minnesota.han the popular vote, so nixon wins and then wins re-election in 19722. he was the running mate of dwight d. eisenhower. he lost to jfk who was assassinated in is the 63 -- is the 1963, but he lost in 1960, so he came back with the rematch, and time nixon would get in. ainsley: because of the current state of where the country was in 19688, nixon won because he focused on law and order after seeing what happened in chicago. he wins. he won 43.4% compared to humphrey's 4 2.7%. brian: right. there's a lot of similarities, and i'll add something else to that. people think to themselves, wow, america's many such tough shape, man, we've never been so divided. you want to know perilous? if medgar evers is killed, jfk, martin luther king jr. is killed, rfk is killed. assassination after assassination. civil rights unrest when civil rights were being pushed for. a segregated south. the 60s was tough. this era is a challenge but not nearly as bad as a it was. ainsley: home -- hopefully, we don'
hubert humphrey, extremely likable, and guess where he's from? minnesota.han the popular vote, so nixon wins and then wins re-election in 19722. he was the running mate of dwight d. eisenhower. he lost to jfk who was assassinated in is the 63 -- is the 1963, but he lost in 1960, so he came back with the rematch, and time nixon would get in. ainsley: because of the current state of where the country was in 19688, nixon won because he focused on law and order after seeing what happened in...
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after we lost the 1968 election when i was working for hubert humphrey against nixon, i went back to my hometown, clerked for a federal judge, and then i was going to work for the prohibitive favorite, carl sanders, who had been the former governor and was the odds on favorite. my high school roommate. henry bowers, said, you have to see former state senator jimmy carter. he's the underdog. but i think you'll like him. and i went to see him and carl sanders was in a very upholstered office of his law firm, jimmy carter. i met on a folding table with two irons folding chairs. and i said, what am i getting myself into? he had work boots on. it took me one hour to realize this was the real thing. he was from south georgia, but he understood urban issues. mass transit, education reform, and from me. he was someone who was supporting civil rights, even from south georgia. and it took me a second interview to convince myself i shouldn't work for carl sanders, who i had first gone to see. and the rest is history. i became his policy director as governor when he ran for president. and then i
after we lost the 1968 election when i was working for hubert humphrey against nixon, i went back to my hometown, clerked for a federal judge, and then i was going to work for the prohibitive favorite, carl sanders, who had been the former governor and was the odds on favorite. my high school roommate. henry bowers, said, you have to see former state senator jimmy carter. he's the underdog. but i think you'll like him. and i went to see him and carl sanders was in a very upholstered office of...
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and it was vice president hubert humphrey who would be the beneficiary. - nevertheless, if mccarthy/kennedyating to party leaders across the country that he's the one democratic candidate who can win big. - indiana can decide who is going to be the nominee for the democratic party, and therefore, very likely, who's going to be the next president of the united states. - mccarthy couldn't get any black vote, bobby kennedy managed to get black vote, and also get a lot of the established democrats. so his support looked very broad. - well, senator robbery kennedy has won the first primary test, in his attempt to secure the democratic nomination for the presidency. - my father really focused on the people in this country. his appeal was to really the most disenfranchised classes. people who lived in appalachia, blacks who lived in the delta, people from harlem, watts, oakland, and, of course, farm workers. very similar to martin luther king, focusing on the poor and working people. - in the aftermath of dr. king's assassination, it's coretta scott king who has the legacy of her husband to draw u
and it was vice president hubert humphrey who would be the beneficiary. - nevertheless, if mccarthy/kennedyating to party leaders across the country that he's the one democratic candidate who can win big. - indiana can decide who is going to be the nominee for the democratic party, and therefore, very likely, who's going to be the next president of the united states. - mccarthy couldn't get any black vote, bobby kennedy managed to get black vote, and also get a lot of the established democrats....
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that's right, so it was democratic vice president hubert humphrey who became the major party nominee in 1968, although he did not file as a presidential candidate in any of the primaries that cycle. that was the first time that happened until today, now with vice president kamala harris at the top of the ticket with 78 days to go until election day. [ cheers ] cheers last night as vice president kamala harris arrived in chicago for the democratic national convention which kicks off later today. >> the energy is here. you're going to see it this week. >> reporter: earlier harris and running mate tim walz rolled through battleground pennsylvania on a bus tour sunday. >> i consider us the underdog. i feel we need to earn everyone's vote. >> reporter: a new cbs news poll shows harris making gains with a slight lead over former president donald trump. trump is back on the campaign trail in pennsylvania today after rallying in the keystone states over the weekend. >> are you better off with kamala and biden than you were under president donald j. trump? i don't think so. >> reporter: in ch
that's right, so it was democratic vice president hubert humphrey who became the major party nominee in 1968, although he did not file as a presidential candidate in any of the primaries that cycle. that was the first time that happened until today, now with vice president kamala harris at the top of the ticket with 78 days to go until election day. [ cheers ] cheers last night as vice president kamala harris arrived in chicago for the democratic national convention which kicks off later today....
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there was some hope that they could be hubert humphrey. that is one big difference.ar in vietnam. there were hundreds of thousands of soldiers who had been deployed in thousands that were dying every day. it was still an issue in 1968. there are similarities where the similarities are not only that when you get a lot of people together, you can never know what is going to happen. there were a lot of peaceful protesters there and people trying to make mayhem. it was considered eventually as a police riot on them. that split seen dosing hubert humphrey accept the nomination and then at the same time, seeing the buddy confrontation we are seeing right now spell doom for the democratic party. what is the same as that you had a president like president biden who withdrew from the race before this convention who at the beginning of the year, lyndon johnson thought he would be the nominee. on march 31st, he withdrew. but then, i knew what would happen at that convention. i was there. i was a white house fellow for lbj at that time. i was not there in any official capacity.
there was some hope that they could be hubert humphrey. that is one big difference.ar in vietnam. there were hundreds of thousands of soldiers who had been deployed in thousands that were dying every day. it was still an issue in 1968. there are similarities where the similarities are not only that when you get a lot of people together, you can never know what is going to happen. there were a lot of peaceful protesters there and people trying to make mayhem. it was considered eventually as a...
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humphrey as the nominee even though he had not participated in a single primary. that was the democratic delegates, and the party elite deciding who would be the nominee and ignoring what happened in the primaries and caucuses. and in chicago in 1968 there were sizable protests going on outside the convention hall both over the process but over the vietnam war and the democratic party policy on the vietnam war. at that national convention because they saw the fissure erupting and was concerned they created what was known as the mcgovern-fraser commission. it did several things to reform the primary process. the main thing it did was that it tightened the link between the votes of the primaries and caucuses and the delegates. so the delegates were now pledged to represent what happened in the primaries and caucuses. and so delegates could not just go to the convention and vote for who they wanted. they were sent to reflect to the voters in their state wanted and that was the democratic party saying that we want to hear from the people. we want timely and meaningful
humphrey as the nominee even though he had not participated in a single primary. that was the democratic delegates, and the party elite deciding who would be the nominee and ignoring what happened in the primaries and caucuses. and in chicago in 1968 there were sizable protests going on outside the convention hall both over the process but over the vietnam war and the democratic party policy on the vietnam war. at that national convention because they saw the fissure erupting and was concerned...
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in august, the democrats nominated an unpopular pro war vice president, hubert humphrey, as there are not many, amid rioting in the streets of the conventions, post the city of chicago. it's 56 years later. and here we go again. i'm john kerry onto welcome to the whistle blowers.
in august, the democrats nominated an unpopular pro war vice president, hubert humphrey, as there are not many, amid rioting in the streets of the conventions, post the city of chicago. it's 56 years later. and here we go again. i'm john kerry onto welcome to the whistle blowers.
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he had known hubert humphrey, vice president for a long time , started in minneapolis and really the stars were ma aligned for graham. he knew eisenhower who was in retirement still. he dies in march 1969 so he's weak and 68 and letting most of the year at walter reed nh hospital but his endorsement is so extremely powerful because eisenhower is popular so graham knows all the key people involved. i would say almost each one here. he's a unique figure in the country who can be a liaison between them and pass messages and see what they're thinking. he even knew george wallace, the third-party candidate and he in his diary called wallace one of the greatest orators in the 20th century, his ability to attract followers. we will talk more about wallace, an antiestablishment candidate which both parties have minute but especially on the republican side of the aisle with donald trump is making a similar anti-elite, antiestablishment and blue-collar lower middle-class outreach into those voters so aham is a fascinating figure. i'll show you a couple of pages in his diary, don't feel the tem
he had known hubert humphrey, vice president for a long time , started in minneapolis and really the stars were ma aligned for graham. he knew eisenhower who was in retirement still. he dies in march 1969 so he's weak and 68 and letting most of the year at walter reed nh hospital but his endorsement is so extremely powerful because eisenhower is popular so graham knows all the key people involved. i would say almost each one here. he's a unique figure in the country who can be a liaison between...
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humphrey in 1968, where hubert humphrey becomes the vice presidential nominee. and essentially is anointed without the input of the democratic party. and it goes on to be a lot of problematics. but i actually don't think that this is that moment. this is a moment where it appears that kamala harris, despite the short amount of time that she has remaining to the actual election, has seemed to build an enormous amount of potential and momentum that is turning in and has the positive ability of becoming a very real political movement. there is energy, there's excitement, and there is movement around it. and i would point to vote.org, which has seen overthink 200,000 newly registered voters who are all saying that they were inspired by the recent announcement around kamala harris so there's an enormous amount of unity on the left and within the democratic party, but also amongst key constituents, including young people and young voters around the candidacy of kamala harris you mentioned the historic nature of the 2016 election and hillary clinton being the nominee f
humphrey in 1968, where hubert humphrey becomes the vice presidential nominee. and essentially is anointed without the input of the democratic party. and it goes on to be a lot of problematics. but i actually don't think that this is that moment. this is a moment where it appears that kamala harris, despite the short amount of time that she has remaining to the actual election, has seemed to build an enormous amount of potential and momentum that is turning in and has the positive ability of...
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lyndon johnson had announced that he was not going to run on march 31, and hubert humphrey became the and there was a challenge from bobby kennedy, who was then assassinated. and four days after lyndon johnson decided not to run, martin luther king was assassinated. there was terrible violence. the politics were very different. right now, you have an arranged convention, a coronation of a candidate who, until it was announced and moved -- host: paul, back to 1968, were you involved in any of those protests? caller: yes, i was in grant park. i was wearing a suit, because i wanted to give a good impression. everybody else was wearing other things. the hippies were there. consequently, i saw myself at the intersection, right near the hilton hotel, and the bar at the corner was called the haymarket, strangely, echoes of the haymarket riots of the 19th century. and there i was, and the peace corps had a contingent, and the police charged the sidestreets. host: paul, you talk about there being a very different political setting then versus now. caller: there is one other thing, if i can say
lyndon johnson had announced that he was not going to run on march 31, and hubert humphrey became the and there was a challenge from bobby kennedy, who was then assassinated. and four days after lyndon johnson decided not to run, martin luther king was assassinated. there was terrible violence. the politics were very different. right now, you have an arranged convention, a coronation of a candidate who, until it was announced and moved -- host: paul, back to 1968, were you involved in any of...
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lyndon johnson had announced that he was not going to run on march 31, and hubert humphrey became thend there was a challenge from bobby kennedy, who was then assassinated. and four days after lyndon johnson decided not to run, martin luther king was assassinated. there was terrible violence. the politics were very different. right now, you have an arranged convention, a coronation of a candidate who, until it was announced and moved -- host: paul, back to 1968, were you involved in any of those protests? caller: yes, i was in grant park. i was wearing a suit, because i wanted to give a good impression. everybody else was wearing other things. the hippies were there. consequently, i saw myself at the intersection, right near the hilton hotel, and the bar at the corner was called the haymarket, strangely, echoes of the haymarket riots of the 19th century. and there i was, and the peace corps had a contingent, and the police charged the sidestreets. host: paul, you talk about there being a very different political setting then versus now. caller: there is one other thing, if i can say,
lyndon johnson had announced that he was not going to run on march 31, and hubert humphrey became thend there was a challenge from bobby kennedy, who was then assassinated. and four days after lyndon johnson decided not to run, martin luther king was assassinated. there was terrible violence. the politics were very different. right now, you have an arranged convention, a coronation of a candidate who, until it was announced and moved -- host: paul, back to 1968, were you involved in any of...
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he had known hubert humphrey, vice president for a long time because graham's ministry actually started minneapolis when humphrey was mayor. i mean, really, the stars were aligning for graham to be important. he knew who was in retirement. still, he dies in march of 69. so he is his week in 68 and living most of the year at walter reed hospital in washington. but his endorsement is still extremely powerful because eisenhower was a really popular and beloved figure. so graham in 68 knows all of the key people involved. i would say almost an average of 20 years, 68. he's a unique figure in the country who can be a liaison between them and messages and see what they're thinking. he even knew george wallace, the third party candidate in 68, and thought he called in his diary, called wallace. one of the greatest orders of the 20th century. his ability to sort of attract followers. we'll talk more about wallace and kind of his anti-elite, anti-state push, my candidate, which i think both parties have mimicked since then, but especially on the republican side of the aisle, because of donald tr
he had known hubert humphrey, vice president for a long time because graham's ministry actually started minneapolis when humphrey was mayor. i mean, really, the stars were aligning for graham to be important. he knew who was in retirement. still, he dies in march of 69. so he is his week in 68 and living most of the year at walter reed hospital in washington. but his endorsement is still extremely powerful because eisenhower was a really popular and beloved figure. so graham in 68 knows all of...
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in august, the democrats nominated an unpopular pro war vice president, hubert humphrey, as there are not many, amid rioting in the streets of the conventions, post the city of chicago. it's 56 years later. and here we go again. i'm john kerry onto welcome to the whistle blowers the . 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 a joe biden and donald trump are arguably the 2 most unpopular people ever to run for president. at the same time. trump is widely viewed as narcissistic. his niece, who happens to be a psychologist, even says that he's mentally unbalanced. he's angry. he's mean, he doesn't appear to have any core values or believes, and he's more concerned about himself and his legacy than he appears to be about the country or about individual americans. joe biden is widely viewed as a demented and doddering old man at any given time or at any given event. he doesn't know where he is. he doesn't know who he's speaking to, and he has no idea how to run the country. inflation has been at its highest level in 44 years during the biden administration, and he simply was not able to articulate why americans shou
in august, the democrats nominated an unpopular pro war vice president, hubert humphrey, as there are not many, amid rioting in the streets of the conventions, post the city of chicago. it's 56 years later. and here we go again. i'm john kerry onto welcome to the whistle blowers the . 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 a joe biden and donald trump are arguably the 2 most unpopular people ever to run for president. at the same time. trump is widely viewed as narcissistic. his niece, who happens to be a psychologist,...
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in august, the democrats nominated an unpopular pro war vice president, hubert humphrey, as there are not many, amid rioting in the streets of the conventions, post the city of chicago. it's 56 years later. and here we go again. i'm john kerry . ok. welcome to.
in august, the democrats nominated an unpopular pro war vice president, hubert humphrey, as there are not many, amid rioting in the streets of the conventions, post the city of chicago. it's 56 years later. and here we go again. i'm john kerry . ok. welcome to.