Maybe because all of LBJ’s awful policies that were in place would be blamed on Nixon and then the Democrats could regain the presidency?
I dunno about 2024 but it could explain 2016.
The second election Nixon won 49 states. Dems had to create an impeachment out of whole cloth to get rid of him.
It worked so well, that’s been their model many times since then.
Interesting.
It might be something as simple as LBJ being angry because his party deserted him for McCarthy, so he wanted them to suffer the way they made him suffer. However, I would need more evidence than Graham’s diary, as unlikely as Graham was to lie, in order to believe it.
It required America be defeated and Communists win in Vietnam.
There had to be a Republican President prosecuting the War when the US was defeated to make the Democrats appear competent and patriotic and ensure their recapture of the Presidency and popularity.
The Establishment GOP wanted Biden to win in 20, and Hillary in 20.. they worked actively and covertly to achieve those goals.
They are doing it again in 2024.
This is nothing new...
The establishment is the establishment.
This is not new. An article about how LBJ helped Nixon win came out decades ago when Nixon was still alive.
I seem to remember that the first stop Nixon made after his 1968 nomination was to the LBJ Ranch.