mr. hubert humphrey to debate. >> if you ever looked at the membership on that committee?to be when people said, why don't i get the republicans to do something of a debate. let's remember that the senate is 2-1 democratic. the house is 3-2 democratic. anytime that hubert humphrey with his influence on his side wants a debate, i would think he would be able to get the democrats to pass it. i think that my power in terms of what i can get the republican members in the house to do is greatly overestimated. that is the problem as you know it. they are not opposing the debate. they are sitting with wallace getting 21% of the poll -- i am sorry. i should not have mentioned his name. with wallace getting 21% of the poll, they are insisting that they cannot go back to their constituents and laws that provide him an equal chance. >> if you got your friends and mr. humphrey got his friends, you would have enough friends to almost out of anger at the counterculture movement and the anti-war movement. daley the streets. they are whipping heads. it is a really horrible scene. humphry

mr. hubert who's always watching. [ applause ] >>> to my own wife, my family, and to all of my fellow republicans here in america across the history of nation. from this moment, united and determined, we'll go forward together, dedicated and undeniab undeniable greatness of the whole man. together. together, we'll win. [ cheers ] [ applause ] i accept your nomination with a deep sense of humility. [ applause ] i accept, too, the responsibility that goes with it. i seek for your continued help and guidance. my fellow republicans are too great for any man to feel worthy of it. our tasks would be too great for any man. did he not have with him the hearts and the hands of this great republican party. i promise you tonight that every fiber of my being is concentrated to our cause that nothing shall be lacking from the struggle that can be brought to it by enthusiasm, by devotion and plain, hard work. [ applause ] in this world, no person, no party can guarantee anything. but, what we can do -- and what we shall do is to deserve victory and victory will be ours. the good lord raise this mighty republic

1960 jfk talking about his relationship with hubert humphrey and his influence on his presidential campaign. >> this week i had the opportunity to debate with mr. nixon. i feel that i should refeel that i had a great advantage in that debate, and i am not referring to anybody's makeup man. i was debating with hubert humphrey, and that gave me an edge. >> greg, you are on, and welcome to the conversation. hello, greg? >> caller: hello. >> almost lost your chance. go ahead, please. >> caller: yeah, i was just -- was humphrey and -- this relates to what you were talking about earlier, but humphrey and lbj's relationship, what happened? why would he have to tap his phone over vietnam? >> thanks very much. as i understand it, why would he attack his own over vietnam, the lbj and humphrey relationship? >> because lbj wanted to win that war, and he didn't want to tell anybody getting off the farm about it, and he wanted people to do what he told him to do, and humphrey had reservations about the war and he knew it. humphrey had been a free spirit, his whole career. it was a situation where he had to be controlled. johnson knew he could cause him dama

hubert humphrey. >> i'm of the opinion we need a debate in this country. i think that you and mr.rey should get at vietnam and some other questions. >> i think mr. humphrey is having a great time debating himself. >> you're prejudiced, mr. nixon. if you don't want to debate with the third party candidate, whose name shall not be mentioned, why don't you get your friends in the house of representatives to pass a special law permitting you and mr. humphrey to debate? >> have you ever looked at the membership on that committee? you know, it's always amusing to me. people say well now, why don't i get the republicans to do something on a debate? let's remember that the senate is 2-1 democratic. let us also remember that the house is 3-2 democratic. and any time that hubert humphrey, with his great influence on his side wants a debate, i would think that he would be able to get the democrats to pass it. i'm -- i think that -- i think that my power in terms of what i could get the republican members of the house to do is greatly overestimated. if you want to understand, democrats as wel

[ applause ] >> hubert, old friend, we ask you here so we can tell you, we love you. [ applause ] >> mr. speaker, knowing full well the dangers of what i'm about to do, i yield as much time as he wishes to consume to the senior senator from minnesota. [ applause ] >> and i know where i'm standing. i'm standing where the president of the united states gives his state of the union address. my goodness. how i long for that opportunity. [ applause ] >>> we have more about the life of hubert humphrey coming up shortly. up next, his 1968 democratic presidential nomination acceptance speech. in about 40 minutes, road to the white house rewind features footage of the 1968 presidential campaign. >>> american history tv airs on cspan3 every weekend telling the american story through events, interviews and visits to historic locations. this month, american history tv is in prime time to introduce you to programs you could see every weekend on cspan3. our features include lectures in history, visits to college classrooms across the country to hear lectures by top history professors. american artifa

mr. nixon had just debated with khruschchev and i had debated with hubert humphrey.hat gave me an edge. >> debating with hubert humphrey gave him an edge. greg, you're on. hello, greg. there you are. almost lost your chance. go ahead, please. >> caller: yeah. was humphrey and lbj -- this kind of relates to what you guys were talking about earlier, but humphrey and lbj's relationship, what exactly happened? why would he have to tap his phone over with south vietnam? >> okay, thanks very much. >> i didn't -- >> as i understood it, why would he attack his own over vietnam, lbj/hubert humphrey relationship. >> why would lbj attack hubert humphrey over vietnam? >> yes. >> because lbj wanted to win that war and he didn't want anybody telling him -- getting off the farm about it. he wanted people to do what he told them to do, and humphrey had reservations about the war and he knew it. humphrey was -- had been a free spirit his whole career and all of a sudden he was in this situation where he had to be controlled. and johnson knew he could cause him damage. >> i think basi

mr. speaker, what does it cost a great nation to nation does it profit a conquer the world and lose its soul. abandonment of morality. i agree with hubertphrey, my colleague. what we're doing here today is wrong. i say to you, you have the capacity. you have the power to stop this. >> the gentleman's time is expired. >> raise is your voice for the children. do what you think in your heart to be right. >> the gentleman will suspend. the gentleman from florida. >> mr. speaker, i come over here to do something i have never done before, and that is to trespass on the democrats side. i hope that you will give me your understanding in my doing so. i don't do this out of smartness or arrogance. i do it out of coming together. we have heard a lot of name-calling. a lot of soundbites that we have heard all through this debate. we have come down a long road together. it was inevitable that the present welfare system was going to be put behind us. today we need to put behind us an era of a failed welfare system. i know the democrats agree with the republicans. this is not a republican bill that we are shoving down your throats. we are going to get

mr. speaker, what does it cost a great nation to cover the world, only to lose its soul? this is an abandonment of morality. it is wrong. it was hubert humphrey who said -- now children, those in the sickght of life, and those and feeble, what we are doing here today is wrong. i say to all of you my colleagues, you have the ability, you have the capacity, you have the power. -- >> theustments gentleman's time is expired. >> raise your voice for the poor and the disabled. vote no. >> the gentleman will suspend. >> mr. speaker i come over here to do something i have never done before, and that is to trespass on the democrats side. meope that you will give your understanding in my doing so because i don't do out of smugness or arrogance, i do out of coming together. we have heard a lot of names calling. a lot of soundbites we have heard. we have come down a long road together. that theevitable present welfare system was going to be put behind us. need to bring to closure an era of a failed welfare system. i know that the democrats agree with the republicans. this is not a republican bill we are shutting down your throats. we are going t