Not cool Emperor Norton I, not cool at all.Johnson saw his blood pressure spike over the next few months, and had greatly increased flatulence.
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Not cool Emperor Norton I, not cool at all.Johnson saw his blood pressure spike over the next few months, and had greatly increased flatulence.
Not cool Emperor Norton I, not cool at all.![]()
However, is that an Airplane! reference in the quote?
If so, I love that movie, but it WAS made in the 80s...so
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Concerning formatting, I don't have that issue with my computer. (Link to my computer). Does anyone else have that issue?
Yes. My display is 1024x768 and the title bar image is 1030 pixels wide.
A lot of posts with wide images have this problem. It forces the text to be that wide too. Normally, text flows to fit the screen.
Hubert Humphrey was the strongest candidate outside of Johnson or Kennedy in 1960, he's really the name going into 1964 other than Robert Kennedy, and he is an easy sell to the Liberals, and has great potential in 1964. He can also be manipulated by Johnson if he so pleases. Hence, LBJ picked him for vice president. Hence why here, LBJ picks him to be his successor who will bear the burden of the presidency, but whom Johnson could act as adviser to since Humphrey would -in Johnson's mind- feel in debt to him for the presidency. That's why Johnson doesn't just wait for Humphrey to enter the primaries, which Humphrey could have done. There's also debate on the issue of the vice presidency. I tend to agree with Robert Dallek on this; Johnson appears to have always really preferred Humphrey, but had a list of other possible vice presidents and acted like he was comparing Humphrey to the other candidates to intimidate Humphrey and do all the other Johnson treatment mind/power games.Also - as regards Humphrey. Tom Roeser had something to say about LBJ's VP selection. (Roeser was a legendary political observer/liaison for Quaker Oats. He started out as a reporter covering Humphrey's first Senate campaign, attended every national convention for decades. Though a Republican, he knew everybody and was very attuned to everything going on in the back rooms.) Johnson had no preference for Humphrey in particular in 1964. He decided he needed a northern liberal to balance his ticket, and that Humphrey and McCarthy were the two best alternatives. He then let them compete for his choice, in what was basically a grovelling contest - Humphrey won.
So I don't see Johnson spontaneously deciding to back Humphrey or reaching out to him first.
I'm pretty sure Ringo is not capable of being elected President. He's a freaking Brit born and raised.
I see Humphrey winning the Democratic nomination. I am giddy about a Humphrey presidency. ( 1965 -1973) A Great Society or whatever his pr people would have called it as well progress in civil rights. Liberal justices replace Clark, Warren, Douglas, Black and Harlan on the Supreme Court and no war in Vietnam. Of course Romney would give HHH some competition. I can see one good thing about a Romney nomination. My high school government teacher said if George Romney had gotten the nomination, there would have been a law suit challenging the Mexican born Romney's eligibility to be president. I think he is right. While politics were more polite in those days, there would have been a zealot. The Supreme Court would have ruled 9-0 that Romney, the child of US citizens was a natural born citizen. If the presidency of Barack Obama is not butterflied away, there would have been an automatic response to the birthers. Notice I suggested the presidency of Barack Obama could have been butterflied away.
I think it's too late to butterfly Vietnam.