Humphrey's misread of the country, was also a misread of the politics that doomed his candidacy. The Democratic Party was all in for expanding the war in Vietnam believing that Lyndon Johnson was right, even though he was spouting he didn't want no "damned Dien Bien Phu ", on his watch after the Tet Offensive of 1968. His walking away from the Presidency spoke volumes of his lack of faith he could keep that from happening. Nixon read the tea leaves correctly, but failed miserably at "Peace with Honor" yet won the election on that "promise". Statesmanship has been confused by power and money for so long, I sincerely doubt that as a policy it is workable; it fails the test of accomplishing much of anything beyond prolonging or starting new wars, and transfering huge piled of tax dollars into the hands of the "Military Industrial Complex". Today, large amounts of people are so frustrated with politics they no longer see us as a democracy. They have turned inward trying to cover their own ass by not wanting to have anything to do with foreign policy, or immigration (a festering problem created largely from our meddling in the politics of other countries.( for raw materials and other essentials for our own needs), There is a huge glut of people who have turned off their ability to even help the poor in this country that have deep roots in racism and predjudice. Most of this has always been there, but when things tighten beyond the belt and go straight for the neck of the vast majority of tax payers, they resent the money they are paying in are going elsewhere, even it it is for the good of others in this country! The question is more, "Where is mine?" and "What the hell am I paying for?" than concern for "Joy".
Thanks for your thoughtful comment. Hubert misread the country in part because of who he was and his basic nature. Too bad. The country would have benefited from his leadership.
Humphrey's misread of the country, was also a misread of the politics that doomed his candidacy. The Democratic Party was all in for expanding the war in Vietnam believing that Lyndon Johnson was right, even though he was spouting he didn't want no "damned Dien Bien Phu ", on his watch after the Tet Offensive of 1968. His walking away from the Presidency spoke volumes of his lack of faith he could keep that from happening. Nixon read the tea leaves correctly, but failed miserably at "Peace with Honor" yet won the election on that "promise". Statesmanship has been confused by power and money for so long, I sincerely doubt that as a policy it is workable; it fails the test of accomplishing much of anything beyond prolonging or starting new wars, and transfering huge piled of tax dollars into the hands of the "Military Industrial Complex". Today, large amounts of people are so frustrated with politics they no longer see us as a democracy. They have turned inward trying to cover their own ass by not wanting to have anything to do with foreign policy, or immigration (a festering problem created largely from our meddling in the politics of other countries.( for raw materials and other essentials for our own needs), There is a huge glut of people who have turned off their ability to even help the poor in this country that have deep roots in racism and predjudice. Most of this has always been there, but when things tighten beyond the belt and go straight for the neck of the vast majority of tax payers, they resent the money they are paying in are going elsewhere, even it it is for the good of others in this country! The question is more, "Where is mine?" and "What the hell am I paying for?" than concern for "Joy".
Thanks for your thoughtful comment. Hubert misread the country in part because of who he was and his basic nature. Too bad. The country would have benefited from his leadership.