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Tuesday, February 19, 2019

America in the 1960s and the Nixon Comeback

From Baskir & Strauss, Chance and Circumstance (Vintage, 1978).



Tet and the New Hampshire Democratic primary:


April 4, 1968, Indianapolis:



 No, Kennedy probably would not have won the nomination if he had lived.


Wallace takes office, January 14, 1963



NIXON NEVER SAID THAT HE HAD A "SECRET PLAN" TO END THE VIETNAM WAR.

 Nelson 117-118:  RN learns about television

 From Joe McGinniss, The Selling of the President 1968 (paper ed. p. 101):

"You know what I'd like?" Ailes said later. "As long as we've got this extra spot open.“A good, mean, Wallaceite cab driver. Wouldn't that be great? Some guy to sit there and say, Awright, mac, what about these n------?
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