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Could Trump Drop a Withdrawal Bombshell a la LBJ in '68?
RealClearPolitics ^
| May 1, 2019
| Myra Adams
Posted on 05/01/2019 3:58:33 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The best historical example demonstrating how our presidential election cycle has been extended to the point of absurdity is from March 31, 1968. In a nationally televised address about the Vietnam War, President Lyndon B. Johnson dropped a political bombshell by announcing, “I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your president."
LBJ was weary of the war’s divisiveness and the toll it had taken on his presidency. Moreover, he was certain he would lose re-election because, according to Gallup (the gold standard of polling in 1968), his March job approval rating was around 41% with 52% disapproving.
By comparison, President Trump’s current RealClearPolitics job approval polling average is 43% with a disapproval rating mirroring LBJ’s at 52.7%. Even if Trump’s popularity dipped even lower, five decades later it would be unfathomable for an incumbent president to voluntarily withdraw seven months before Election Day.
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TOPICS: Campaign News; Polls; State and Local
KEYWORDS: 2020; donaldtrump; lbj; lyndonbjohnson; lyndonjohnson; myraadams; trump
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Dem fan fiction
To: 2ndDivisionVet
No F’ing WAY!! Dream on you PERVERTS!
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posted on
05/01/2019 3:59:21 PM PDT
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
McCainite. Likely actual enemy to Americans.
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posted on
05/01/2019 3:59:34 PM PDT
by
thoughtomator
(The Clinton Coup attempt was a worse attack on the USA than was 9/11)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt....
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posted on
05/01/2019 4:00:24 PM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Break out the mustard seeds.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Wishful thinking.
Boy if only say it maybe it well come true.
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posted on
05/01/2019 4:00:52 PM PDT
by
riverrunner
( o the public,)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I wouldn’t blame him if he did. And America would be screwed because there isn’t a Republican out there who wouldn’t immediately reverse everything he did.
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posted on
05/01/2019 4:02:56 PM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
But God forbid. Because at this point in America we would be on our own.
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posted on
05/01/2019 4:04:16 PM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Is this TDS or pot use or other drugs causing such fantasizing?
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posted on
05/01/2019 4:04:29 PM PDT
by
Reno89519
(No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Dems having wet dreams as usual.
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posted on
05/01/2019 4:06:23 PM PDT
by
mass55th
("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
To: mewzilla
Yeah, we’ve heard that old piece long ago. Past it’s expiration date by decades.
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posted on
05/01/2019 4:06:48 PM PDT
by
Cobra64
(Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
A bio of the author should accompany her slop.
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posted on
05/01/2019 4:07:11 PM PDT
by
JonPreston
( The GOPe is on board with the North American Union and the European Union.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
7 months before election day? The election is in Nov. 2020, so it’s 18 months away.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I haven't had that great a laugh in a long time! Unlike LBJ, President Trump is both competent and gutsy.
Dream on, NeverTrumper!
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posted on
05/01/2019 4:07:37 PM PDT
by
Chainmail
(A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Uniparty desperate fantasy porn.
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posted on
05/01/2019 4:07:49 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
That hack needs to stop bogarting the bong.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Watch out, Myra. You’re gonna go blind with what you’re doing.
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posted on
05/01/2019 4:08:58 PM PDT
by
Rastus
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Continue on with the dreams, propaganda and lies.
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05/01/2019 4:10:21 PM PDT
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Lent
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
05/01/2019 4:10:21 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(I've Gotta Be Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB0ndRzaz2o)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
LOL. The democrat media just keeps circle jerking each other. This is their fantasy.
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posted on
05/01/2019 4:10:22 PM PDT
by
for-q-clinton
(This article needs a fact checked)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Fap material for TDS sufferers
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posted on
05/01/2019 4:11:04 PM PDT
by
bigbob
(Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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