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Echoes of 1968: What can we learn about Harris-Trump from Humphrey-Nixon?
The Hill ^ | 07/26/2024 | Keith Naughton

Posted on 07/26/2024 2:15:15 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

An unpopular president finds his path to reelection untenable. Forced out, he hands the reins over to a vice president whose previous try at the party nomination ended in defeat. His polarizing opponent looks to ride a wave of national discontent and end a brutal war, but won’t tell anyone what that plan is.

This scenario describes both the elections in 1968 and 2024. Add to it the presence of a Robert Kennedy and significant third-party support and the similarities are downright eerie. More than that, however, 1968 provides both hope and warnings to Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.

Just like Lyndon Johnson’s VP, Hubert Humphrey, Harris has proven to be a maladroit politician on the national stage. Also, like Humphrey, Harris is saddled with a Biden administration that is unpopular, losing on the major issues and has lost its credibility. Despite her own limited culpability in the failures of Team Biden, there is no evidence she opposed any of the president’s policies. But it hardly matters. VPs are always stuck with the blame for what their bosses have done.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: harris; humphrey; nixon; trump
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That Humphrey is not a POS like Harris?
1 posted on 07/26/2024 2:15:15 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Uh, no.


2 posted on 07/26/2024 2:22:37 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Except people voted for Humphrey in the primaries. LBJ decided to not seek a second term after Gene McCarthy got over 40% in the first primary-and the press turned on LBJ.


3 posted on 07/26/2024 2:24:59 PM PDT by kaktuskid
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To: ChicagoConservative27
An unpopular president finds his path to reelection untenable.

Nine words succinctly describe why ol' diapered-one was pressured to put his reelection campaign down.

4 posted on 07/26/2024 2:25:15 PM PDT by frogjerk (More people have died trusting the government than not trusting the government.)
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To: kaktuskid

Many states have laws to prevent Biden from doing this and Kamala may be forced off their ballots.


5 posted on 07/26/2024 2:28:52 PM PDT by DownInFlames (P)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

6 posted on 07/26/2024 2:32:17 PM PDT by frogjerk (More people have died trusting the government than not trusting the government.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Humphrey was competent. Harris is not (cackle-cackle!).


7 posted on 07/26/2024 2:37:12 PM PDT by Honorary Serb
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Among the important factors with Humprey/Nixon were RFK’s death and Chicago having been in chaos during the Rat Party convention. And that chaos was both inside *and* outside the hall.
8 posted on 07/26/2024 2:37:49 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Never Trust A Man Whose Uncle Was Eaten By Cannibals)
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Nixon...claimed to have a “secret plan” to end the Vietnam War...

No, he did not! That urban legend has been debunked over and over, yet the Left keeps it alive.

9 posted on 07/26/2024 2:38:31 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: ChicagoConservative27
The article leaves out George Wallace, who took votes from both candidates. With Wallace out of the race, Nixon takes those Southern states' electoral votes.

Wallace took blue collar Democrat votes away from Humphrey. Union bosses endorsed Humphrey because he had been Labor's hero for two decades. But union voters were tired of the antics of blacks, especially those blacks who might threaten their blue-collar jobs. Nixon loses a few northern rust belt states with Wallace out of the race.

In the last weeks of the campaign, Humphrey experienced a significant surge. Had the election been held two weeks later, Humphrey might have won by a hair.

10 posted on 07/26/2024 2:42:11 PM PDT by Publius
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That the DNC in Chicago in August is going to make the Summer of ‘68 in Chicago look like the Teddy Bears Picnic?


11 posted on 07/26/2024 2:44:50 PM PDT by Natty Bumppo@frontier.net (We are the dangerous ones, who stand between all we love and a more dangerous w)
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To: frogjerk

History may not repeat, but it can make some pretty powerful rhymes.

Uncle Cornpone, Elbeejay, thought he was the reiteration of FDR. Strange, but Joe Biden also thought he could live on the reputation of FDR as a latter-day incarnation.


12 posted on 07/26/2024 2:59:05 PM PDT by alloysteel (Most people slog through life without ever knowing the wonders of true insanity.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I think Humpy was at least a halfway decent person. I can’t say the same for Harris.


13 posted on 07/26/2024 3:10:10 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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... the DNC in Chicago in August is going to make the Summer of ‘68 in Chicago look like the Teddy Bears Picnic...

I'm not so sure. The nominee has already been decided, according to the media. Demonstrating and protesting would be a waste of time.

Quiet outside the gate, but what about inside? VP pick? Someone establishment, middle of the road is my guess. With "gravitas". No one who's gonna outshine Kamala. Someone who can afford to never run for anything again. Yawn.

DNC will try to inject some excitement, of course. But it will be contrived, just like the convention itself.

By Chicago standards, maybe even a quiet week.

14 posted on 07/26/2024 3:19:43 PM PDT by ZOOKER
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Yeah. Those definitely won’t be the results. Totally different time.


15 posted on 07/26/2024 3:37:09 PM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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48 State sweep? Thats what I remember.


16 posted on 07/26/2024 4:01:01 PM PDT by 9422WMR
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To: ChicagoConservative27

1. The Democrat President loses his popularity with his own party had withdraws.
2. The Democrat convention is in Chicago.
3. The Vice President is the nominee apparent.
4. The left intends to cause trouble.

This is a replay of 1968 with an inferior cast.


17 posted on 07/26/2024 4:26:23 PM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Hubert Humphrey was basically a decent human being who had the bad luck to be VP to one of the worst douchebags ever to disgrace the Oval Office. In his home state of Minnesota, Humphrey was known for being the man who drove the Communists *out* of the Democratic Party.

Harris *is* one of the worst douchebags ever to get this close to becoming President, and someone who can’t wait to bring even *more* Communists into her administration.


18 posted on 07/26/2024 4:40:16 PM PDT by Flatus I. Maximus (JD VANCE IN 2028!)
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19 posted on 07/26/2024 4:57:37 PM PDT by Who is John Galt? ("...mit Pulver und Blei, Die Gedanken sind frei!")
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To: kaktuskid

Humphrey didn’t contest any primaries. A lot of states didn’t have primaries, while in others the governor ran as a “favorite son” in order to turn the delegates over to Johnson and then Humphrey. The young progressives in the party were so appalled that they changed the system and since then no candidate has been nominated without contesting the primaries.


20 posted on 07/26/2024 5:07:49 PM PDT by x
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