Too Minnesota Nice - Examining 1968 Even Closer
My History Can Beat Up Your Politics
English - February 02, 2020 17:00 - 11 minutes - ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratingsNews History politics bush clinton grovercleveland history lincoln sanders trump Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The scandal at the end of the 1968 election - the Chennault affair was obscure in history but recently has been examined in great detail. We look at one component - simply why Hubert Humphrey, Democratic candidate that had information about Nixon's actions, didn't reveal it? One explanation we don't buy, nor do Humphrey's friends - he was too Minnesota Nice to reveal what he knew. This belies what Humphrey did know exactly and what LBJ had held back.
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The scandal at the end of the 1968 election - the Chennault affair was obscure in history but recently has been examined in great detail. We look at one component - simply why Hubert Humphrey, Democratic candidate that had information about Nixon's actions, didn't reveal it? One explanation we don't buy, nor do Humphrey's friends - he was too Minnesota Nice to reveal what he knew. This belies what Humphrey did know exactly and what LBJ had held back.
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