LYNDON JOHNSON AND THE 1968 DNC: Part I - "I Will Not Accept"

My History Can Beat Up Your Politics

Bruce Carlson

News, Politics, History

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🗓️ 27 July 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Lyndon Johnson's decision to withdraw from the 1968 Presidential race was the definition of a shocking TV moment. With a President not accepting the nomination of his party for the first time since, we think it's time to release our previously Patreon-Only episode on LBJ and the 1968 convention. Remember to support our Patreon - link at myhistorycanbeatupyourpolitics.com. This was originally content from the Patreon, and there's plenty more there when you sign up. Lyndon Johnson said he would leave the Presidential race in 1968. But would he have accepted a draft? and did he even conspire to engineer one? We won't answer the question in this two-part series, but we will get into the details. Why was a guy out of politics still controlling his party? Who was that memo writer "Bert" who did not match with any name in the White House or on the Campaign. And what about that Birthday Cake? In two parts we will get into everything. We should note. This episode was recorded years ago, and there's no implication that Biden-LBJ situations are the same. In fact, they make a better contrast than comparison. Still there is much to learn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:04.0	I shall not see and I will not accept
1:09.0	the nomination of my party for another term as your president.
1:15.0	We all know that speech and on the surface there never could have been a more unequivocal withdrawal statement of a candidate.
1:25.0	I shall not see and I will not accept.
1:29.0	But did he mean it? That seems a silly question to ask. He's saying it to the nation face to camera. He doesn't want
1:56.6	the nomination. He won't accept it. Yet there is evidence, evidence that is buried through the memories of people, through the press coverage,
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