Hell On Earth
The 1968 election was the election that saw the New Deal Coalition stay in power it was also the election that saw Lyndon Johnson a very controversial.
Had humble beginnings as a Texas school teacher rose up through the ranks as U.s. senator to Senate majority leader.other senators would rather kiss the devil's daughter then get the Johnson treatment.finaly became vice president won election to a full term but...
barely won his reelection bid.
Lyndon Johnson defeated Republican candidate Ronald Reagan Governor of California. Independent candidate George Wallace.
Vietnam continued to be a issue in united states politics protest and race riots across America were going out of control with the National Guard and Police coming out in full riot gear to squash riots across America.
At first President Lyndon Johnson was not going to run for a second term. Robert Kennedy was killed
after winning a California primary. Senator Eugene McCarthy attempted a anti war campaign but it was not close to securing enough delegates.
Lyndon Johnson did not have enough faith in his v.p. Humphrey that he could win in 1968.
Reagan on the other hand secured the Republican nomination against Richard Nixon. four years
previously,Johnson had defeated Goldwater now he would go up against His disciple.
Johnson and Reagan had a fiery debate both candidates exchanging ideas.
.Johnson was once speaker of the house as a senator and as Kennedy v.p. he thought his political career over til that fate ful day in Dallas.
Johnson did not speak as well as Governor Reagan did he have the Hollywood background but he had experience. and with his experience despite anti war sentiment and race riots he somehow won reelection.
many Democrats stayed home Johnson was no Kennedy or McCarthy whom the public adore. Reagan on the other hand only had two years experience as a Hollywood actor and many just saw him as a cowboy movie star anyway.
Wallace won many southern states
that once went Democratic.He was too on the fringe to win the election but took votes away from both Nixon and Johnson.
Reagan did very well in western states, President Johnson lost his home state Texas to Reagan.
April 4,1971 Lyndon Johnson collapsed on the white house lawn shortly after the u.s. withdrew from Vietnam.
Humphrey was now President of the United States .Domestically the economy was fine but abroad trouble was spewing.The Soviet Union And China went to war.Thankfully it did not go nuclear.
but millions of Chinese and Soviets died within the year long war.
Although many historians consider Hubert Humphrey a great president he did not make many personal appearances due to death threats.
1972 Hubert Humphrey coasted to victory on the coattails of a good economy,Humphreys only full term he sent supplies to China and Soviet Union.Both sides now disarmed nuclear misses but the world was becoming hell on earth.India and Pakistan had a major military confrontion. the war lasted three years and left many dead on both sides.
President Humphreys health was failing so he resigned and now Leroy Collins was president for one year.
by now the U..S. was now in a major recession.there was gas shortages food riots. Many Vietnam war vets could not find jobs and were angry Democrats have held the white house for 16 years and the American people were fed up.
1976.Charles Percy became the first Republican to occupy the white house since Ike.
Percy got the economy going but the Iran hostage crisis scared the American public into thinking another war would start.
Jimmy Carter won the presidency while the hostages were freed but the economy slumped under president Carter.
Finally under Howard Baker 1985-1993 the economy improved with lowering taxes and not sending factory jobs overseas finally Hell on Earth stopped
