[EDINVA]

Forget the little fact that the year before the 1964 election, an American president was assassinated, the electorate was still in shock, his VP became president, and the candidate Goldwater had to run against. Yeah, that was totally irrelevant but that election set an historical precedent. Got it.

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

Good point.

LBJ had been in office for less than a year at the time of the 1964 presidential election.

[Cboldt]

The thought occurs to me that a parallel to that precedent may be in the works.

[V_TWIN]

Yep, this comparison is ridiculous. Just shows how desperate to derail Trump the lib media is becoming.

[Jim Noble]

Forget the little fact that the year before the 1964 election, an American president was assassinated, the electorate was still in shock, his VP became president, and the candidate Goldwater had to run against.

I wouldn't put it past the people who invented "Obama" to attempt a do-over.

[basalt]

Exactly rght...Nixon was gonna run again in 64, but knew that Johnson would get the “sympathy” vote and sat it out. He was right.