Posted on 04/23/2017 10:32:08 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Held in the middle of one of the most tumultuous eras of American politics, the 1965 New York Mayoral Election marked an important turning point in our history. The handsome John Lindsay, a progressive Republican at a time when the party had their fair share of liberals, managed to etch out a victory against future mayor Abraham Beam, a typical Tammy Hall Democrat. Lindsay would go on to serve two terms as mayor before watching his political career falter, but he may not have become mayor at all were it not for one man: William F. Buckley. While the late conservative intellectual is now better known for his philosophical contributions to the American right, he had a brief but significant career as a politician.
Buckley knew that he wouldnt win the election. That wasnt why he was running. In reality, the only real motive for Buckley was that he didnt want to see a liberal Republican like Lindsay do well, lest John Lindsay become a central figure in the GOP and set back the young but burgeoning conservative movement. But, while Buckley may have hoped to stop Lindsay by chipping off Republican-leaning millionaires, his strongest support actually came from ethnic whites, or what wed now call the white working class. In contrast, Lindsay, an Upper-East Sider and a quintessential member of the liberal elite, won by driving up the score with marginalized populations that saw a champion in him....
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Tammy hall is where the "etch" out a victory.
That was an AMAZING post, Bill!
Cut clear to the chase and succinctly put. Brilliant!
The author is Michael Boyd, a college student from Wisconsin. Here’s his bio on HuffPo: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/michael-boyd
I was a kid in 65, and don’t know anything about John L, but I do know that this kid author still has it wrong on so many things. What a twerp.
A stupid little CHEESE HEAD? YUCK....what a stupid child.
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