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… Shortly after expressing their condolences to Rose F. Kennedy, mother of the late president John F. “Jack” Kennedy, President and Lady Bird Johnson spoke to Idanell B. … political associates, having managed Johnson’s 1960 campaign for the presidency. …
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… even with his vast reserves of self-discipline and a rough campaigning style, Americans could sense his vulnerability … and he was convicted of perjury. In his 1950 Senate campaign, Nixon painted his opponent, actress Helen Gahagan … a former friend, and another elite opponent, in John F. Kennedy. His televised debates with Kennedy were another …
No matter how much success he achieved, Richard Nixon's need for approval was never fully met. He could never shake the sense that all he had worked for might be taken away, and that those who came from more privileged backgrounds looked down on him. This sense was so strong, it filled Nixon with hatred—a hatred with which, in his own words, he eventually “destroyed himself.”
Oral History Interviews
| Jimmy Carter Project… was a well-organized, well-conceived, and well-executed campaign which heavily relied on outreach efforts to organize … and Atlanta and I was not that involved in the 1976 Carter campaign. Since I had just returned from managing a local … some time earning money rather than just running political campaigns. I came to Washington very innocently. My clients …
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… During a conversation about Cuba and Berlin, President Kennedy hears from two experienced Soviet specialists, former … E. Bohlen. According to Bohlen, Beijing's rhetorical campaign against Moscow marked "the first time in Bolshevik … Date : Sep 29, 1962 Time : 11:00 Participants : John Kennedy, Charles Bohlen, Llewellyn Thompson Conversation …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… But then it was, and my father was there. I remember campaigning with him from time to time. So, there was that … happens to be not one of them, and neither is John Kennedy, for various reasons. This was my own experience in … was a very exciting place. Obviously, 1960 was the year of Kennedy’s presidential race. I met Richard Goodwin and …
Oral History Interviews
| Jimmy Carter Project… in my work at the UN [United Nations] during the [John F.] Kennedy administration and the [Dwight D.] Eisenhower … it deeply. Some of the Republicans used that in the campaign. I think against others who had been named, that my … Andy Young I’ve known for years. In the middle of the campaign—we were no longer in the administration at that …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… as well as Congressional liaison. If so, is there a way to campaign for that? Or, again, is that happenstance? Hilley … just the reversal on taxes. As we were coming into the ’92 campaign (as you remember, it was a recession, and the … and it’s true. Riley Were either of you involved in the campaign at all? Hilley Not the campaign per se . Stein …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… really politically active. My parents didn’t volunteer on campaigns or anything like that. I had a great upbringing. … comments in poor judgment that really kind of derailed his campaign. Perry Would you like to share those? Sullivan It … Department of Labor, but this was an issue the President campaigned on. It was important to him, and it was important …
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… with John Lynch, Peter M. Flanigan, and Col. Richard T. Kennedy; the White House photographer was present at the … Association [UDA] -Ratio of Protestant and Catholic -Campaign of violence -Provisional Irish Republican Army [IRA] … Richard T. Kennedy …
Presidential Recordings
… Earl L. Butz -White House staff -Ehrlichman 1972 campaign trips -Federal funding -Use of airplanes 16 NIXON … and staff -Edmund S. Muskie, Hubert H. Humphrey, Edward M. Kennedy Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:45 am. The …
Oral History Interviews
| Ronald Reagan Project… serving as general counsel for the Presidential campaign? Culvahouse It’s not something I’d recommend. It’s a … terms of retail politics. That was fairly apt. In the ’80 campaign, if you gave Howard a choice between doing something … role in the pick? Culvahouse Thornburgh? Chidester Or his campaign people. It was obvious that Meese was a liability to …
Oral History Interviews
| Jimmy Carter Project… the edge of Democratic politics. I worked closely with the Kennedys in the 1960 campaign. I had been offered a job by George Ball, Assistant … or whatever number he could find, and do a little quiet campaigning. As his campaign progressed, I liked him more …
Oral History Interviews
| George H. W. Bush Project… To a great extent, the priorities were defined by the campaign. When George Bush got elected, he knew what his … menu was, he’d been talking about them every day on the campaign trail. So the first task is to take what commitments … was formulated. In the spring and summer of ’88, in the campaign, I was chairman of first the Republican Governors …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… about for reforming the training programs that were in the campaign. That goes to the larger point that the leaders of … good record. The third cornerstone was the [John F.] Kennedy ethic of mutual responsibility-reciprocity. The great … which was great, but most of the time for Clinton and the campaign it was sitting there wrestling with appointments. I …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… us more about that. Wehner And I want to get to [John F.] Kennedy because I noticed you also had mentioned in your notes about the Kennedy speeches. I had read Kissinger’s A World Restored , … tenure at the Department of Education because the Reagan campaign in 1980 promised to get rid of the Department of …
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… -Long’s committee -Health -Long -Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy's plan -Costs Health bill -Senate Finance Committee … and Robert P. Griffin -Medical profession -Medicare -1972 campaign …
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… Campaign practices -George S. McGovern campaign -Albert E. Sindlinger's October 9, 1972 telephone … descriptions of the President -Lyndon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy, Harry s. Truman -Chicago Tribune article attacking …
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… 42 percent of the vote to LBJ's 50 percent. Senator Robert Kennedy (D-NY), a frequent Johnson antagonist, then entered … Two months later, another American leader was gone. Robert Kennedy's quest for the presidency had been gaining strength, …
One of the most eventful years in American history began with the Tet offensive in Vietnam and ended with the election of Richard Nixon
Oral History Interviews
| Jimmy Carter Project… ran a zero-based Presidency. He started with nothing. He campaigned as an outsider. He ran against Washington, …
Oral History Interviews
| Jimmy Carter Project… Mosher Was this in anticipation of the renomination campaign? Harris I would say no. I think it was just a … him strategically with the people who supported [Edward] Kennedy, who were principally involved with the interest … Carter recognized that because that’s basically what he campaigned on in ’75 and ’76. That attitude continued to grow …