1968: Ted Kennedy v. Nelson Rockefeller v. George Wallace

[hawkeye59]

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I can't imagine 3 worse candidates running in the same year. My vote is for Wallace because I wouldn't be able to stand those types of Republicans. Ted Kennedy was not electable in any election year ever. I hesitated to give him Hawaii and West Virginia, but I think he'd break through.

You realize this was before Chappaquiddick, right?

[GeorgiaSenator]

You realize Wallace wanted to double the Great Society, right?


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[GeorgiaSenator]

What if Robert Kennedy's delegates refuse to give up after his death, and start a draft Teddy movement at the Democratic Convention? After several ballots, McCarthy drops out and endorses Kennedy. As part of the deal, McCarthy gets to choose the VP, and he selects Senator George McGovern of South Dakota.

At the Republican Convention, Nelson Rockefeller is able to upset Richard Nixon and wins the nomination. Rocky selects Hawaii Senator Hiram Fong as his running mate.

George Wallace still runs with Curtis LeMay.

How would this elections play out? Kennedy/McGovern v. Rockefeller/Fong v. Wallace/Lemay

Brain overload!!!!!

[#CriminalizeSobriety]

You realize Wallace wanted to double the Great Society, right?


Please advise on your source for the above.

Admittedly a quite dated post, but.

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[tpfkaw]

You realize Wallace wanted to double the Great Society, right?


Please advise on your source for the above.

Admittedly a quite dated post, but.

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To be fair, so did the platforms of both Humphrey and Nixon.  But it's nevertheless true that Wallace wasn't anything remotely resembling a conservative in the "modern" sense.

[#CriminalizeSobriety]

You realize Wallace wanted to double the Great Society, right?


Please advise on your source for the above.

Admittedly a quite dated post, but.

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To be fair, so did the platforms of both Humphrey and Nixon.  But it's nevertheless true that Wallace wasn't anything remotely resembling a conservative in the "modern" sense.

Too true.

I remembered discussing with Libertas how I wish I had been around back then, to have experienced the politics back then - the collapse of the New Deal coalition, etc, to which he responded "We may have been New Dealers ourselves."

[tpfkaw]

You realize Wallace wanted to double the Great Society, right?


Please advise on your source for the above.

Admittedly a quite dated post, but.

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To be fair, so did the platforms of both Humphrey and Nixon.  But it's nevertheless true that Wallace wasn't anything remotely resembling a conservative in the "modern" sense.

Too true.

I remembered discussing with Libertas how I wish I had been around back then, to have experienced the politics back then - the collapse of the New Deal coalition, etc, to which he responded "We may have been New Dealers ourselves."

I'd hate to have been around for the 1968 election - talk about the worst selection of candidates around.  Really, 1964-68-72 would have been an awful triple whammy to someone of our views.  But I do agree that it's intriguing to think about how my own political beliefs would have evolved had different events happened or had I been alive at different times.  I think I've worked out that a Dole '96 victory would make me an uberliberal, Gore 2000 the same as I am now, but probably a partisan Republican, and Kerry 2004 either a moderate liberal or the same as I am now, depending on his Iraq policy.

[Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey]

You realize Wallace wanted to double the Great Society, right?


Please advise on your source for the above.

Admittedly a quite dated post, but.

You must be logged in to read this quote.

To be fair, so did the platforms of both Humphrey and Nixon.  But it's nevertheless true that Wallace wasn't anything remotely resembling a conservative in the "modern" sense.

Too true.

I remembered discussing with Libertas how I wish I had been around back then, to have experienced the politics back then - the collapse of the New Deal coalition, etc, to which he responded "We may have been New Dealers ourselves."

I'd hate to have been around for the 1968 election - talk about the worst selection of candidates around.  Really, 1964-68-72 would have been an awful triple whammy to someone of our views.  But I do agree that it's intriguing to think about how my own political beliefs would have evolved had different events happened or had I been alive at different times.  I think I've worked out that a Dole '96 victory would make me an uberliberal, Gore 2000 the same as I am now, but probably a partisan Republican, and Kerry 2004 either a moderate liberal or the same as I am now, depending on his Iraq policy.

You don't like Barry Goldwater? And you don't like Bob Dole either?

[#CriminalizeSobriety]

You realize Wallace wanted to double the Great Society, right?


Please advise on your source for the above.

Admittedly a quite dated post, but.

You must be logged in to read this quote.

To be fair, so did the platforms of both Humphrey and Nixon.  But it's nevertheless true that Wallace wasn't anything remotely resembling a conservative in the "modern" sense.

Too true.

I remembered discussing with Libertas how I wish I had been around back then, to have experienced the politics back then - the collapse of the New Deal coalition, etc, to which he responded "We may have been New Dealers ourselves."

I'd hate to have been around for the 1968 election - talk about the worst selection of candidates around.  Really, 1964-68-72 would have been an awful triple whammy to someone of our views.  But I do agree that it's intriguing to think about how my own political beliefs would have evolved had different events happened or had I been alive at different times.  I think I've worked out that a Dole '96 victory would make me an uberliberal, Gore 2000 the same as I am now, but probably a partisan Republican, and Kerry 2004 either a moderate liberal or the same as I am now, depending on his Iraq policy.

You don't like Barry Goldwater? And you don't like Bob Dole either?

I think he meant 68-72-76.

Anywhom, good point Wormy - as my father once told me, "The times make the men - the men do not make the times."

[tpfkaw]

You realize Wallace wanted to double the Great Society, right?


Please advise on your source for the above.

Admittedly a quite dated post, but.

You must be logged in to read this quote.

To be fair, so did the platforms of both Humphrey and Nixon.  But it's nevertheless true that Wallace wasn't anything remotely resembling a conservative in the "modern" sense.

Too true.

I remembered discussing with Libertas how I wish I had been around back then, to have experienced the politics back then - the collapse of the New Deal coalition, etc, to which he responded "We may have been New Dealers ourselves."

I'd hate to have been around for the 1968 election - talk about the worst selection of candidates around.  Really, 1964-68-72 would have been an awful triple whammy to someone of our views.  But I do agree that it's intriguing to think about how my own political beliefs would have evolved had different events happened or had I been alive at different times.  I think I've worked out that a Dole '96 victory would make me an uberliberal, Gore 2000 the same as I am now, but probably a partisan Republican, and Kerry 2004 either a moderate liberal or the same as I am now, depending on his Iraq policy.

You don't like Barry Goldwater? And you don't like Bob Dole either?

I don't like Barry Goldwater (or McGovern) losing.  And since I've decided I'd be naturally inclined to oppose the president, and Dole is a very reasonable Republican to someone of my views, I think I'd become nearly my polar opposite.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

The whole "We may have been new dealers ourselves" is somewhat scary just hearing it, thinking how the political climate affects your views and all.