Hubert Humphrey/Robert Kennedy in 1968
What world is this where RFK accepts the lower spot on the ticket?
I just don't see it happening. Flip the ticket maybe, but even that is probably borderline ASB territory.
Hubert Humphrey/Robert Kennedy in 1968
Goldwater/Reagan...my dream ticket. *swoons*
After the ticket is overwhelmingly defeated in 1964, wealthy conservative California Republican businessmen decide to back someone other than Reagan for Governor in 1966...
Mayor of San Francisco George Christopher?
Hoover/FDR which was seen as a genuine possibility in 1920.
Really? I though a.) Nixon had a big man crush on Connally and b.) Congressional Democrats basically told Nixon the only man they would approve was Ford. Am I incorrect in those assessments?
I think you're right about Nixon's admiration for Connolly but Nixon the politician would have been wary of someone that charismatic who would almost certainly overshadow him. Look at his love-hate relationship with Kissinger. Look at his cabinet. Ford was acceptable to everyone because of his record in the house and his integrity but from Nixon's perspective he was a good choice because he was no threat; maybe he thought that the senate would think twice about impeaching him if his replacement was a man who couldn't walk and ... well, you know the rest!
It was said that he had four towns in Massachusetts named after him: Endicott, Peabody, Marblehead, and Atholl.
I get Marblehead, but why Atholl?
I'll just say that this joke was not composed by an admirer. And that both of the last two are anatomical.