02-16-2012, 08:37 PM
$tevie wrote:
Actually, assassination gave us Hubert Humphrey. Who I don't think was all that bad compared to a lot of the politicians out there today.
Definitely not all bad, much to admire actually, but the wrong person to run in 1968. LBJ hand-picked him to be the nominee, as a reward for his loyalty to LBJ's policies. Including the ones that made no sense and were anathema to Humphrey, like support of the Vietnam war. Up to that point I would say I greatly admired the man.
With a better choice from Democrats, Nixon might never have become President.