Remembering 1968: The return of Richard Nixon
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- Richard Schlesinger looks back at the hard-fought race for the presidency in the turbulent year of 1968, when President Johnson withdrew from seeking re-election, and Richard Nixon - following losses in runs for the White House and the California Governor's Mansion - won the Republican presidential nomination and, ultimately, the presidency. Richard Schlesinger talks with biographer Evan Thomas, Nixon aide Dwight Chapin and speechwriter Pat Buchanan, and with then-Senator Walter Mondale, about the unpredictable contest between a law-and-order candidate hoping to shed his image as a "loser," and a sitting vice president breaking from his own administration to vow an end to the bombing of North Vietnam.
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He'll be back in year 3000.ARRUUUUUUHH!!!.
I get it. It ain’t making me laugh, but i get it.
LOL
Been ready to go for a while now. Arooooo.
@@thefinalring2355 lol athf reference!
Lolol
“Richard Nixon back again”
If u know, u know
We didn’t start the fire. Great song.
Moonshot, woodstock
@@JanSanono Watergate, Punkrock
Ayatollah's in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan
Wheel of Fortune, Sally Ride, Heavy medal suicide
Don’t be the person to wreck this just say the next line
At least Nixon actually accomplished a lot. Clean air , clean water acts. Formed Environmental Protection Agency, started dialog with China, got us out of Vietnam, established OSHA. Sometimes I think an immoral man who accomplishes good is better than a saint who does nothing.
There are no saints; Nixon did the wrong thing and unfortunately lost the trust of the American people, but he owned up to his mistakes. That's a classy man right there. I just wish he got more praise in the end- he was after all a prime example of the modern conservative movement that we value so much today.
Nixon was brilliant on foreign policy
Nixon did not "get us out" of Vietnam. He bombed Vietnam ruthlessly for 6 more years, and enlarged the War to Cambodia and beyond. It was The U.S. Congress that finally did thing to cut off Nixon's Warfare madness. They cutoff funding for the Vietnam War. They stopped the Draft. Senator Mike Gravel read out The (classified) Pentagon Papers into the public record at risk to his own life. This, in fact, was what made Nixon obsessive about getting Daniel Ellsberg, and bugging Watergate-DNC. With the War funding cut off, Nixon had to begin to finally back off on the War. The last troops were never out until Gerald Ford had become President.
Nixon was not ever the "peace candidate". George McGovern (a WWII hero) was the peace candidate. He lost but was the superior choice. Many lives would have been saved, and we might have also found out the truth about the Kennedy Assassination.
@@FreeSociety1 Also let's not forget that he deliberately sabotaged the peace effort by covertly encouraging Saigon to break off negotiations.
Agree with your post, except that peace treaty was signed in Jan 1973, so Nixon only responsible for 4 yrs of Vietnam. He had no knowledge of Watergate break in. How do you think facts about JFK assassination would have been uncovered if someone else elected?
1968 I was a senior in high school. I was made to register for the draft at my school...
My dad graduated the year before and my mom graduated 2 yrs after you did.
My dad was 2 draft numbers away from going to Vietnam. His # was 197 and it got to 195 before (based on what I know/remember) the war ended.
A news bulletin came across the radio where Nixin ended the draft..
I was a senior in high school in 2016, and. I also signed up for selective service.
I registered in 1971
I don't know why my Recommendeds are getting this series of videos now of all times (rather than, say, a month ago) - but I've enjoyed all of them when they came up.
"Twists and turns?" The country was imploding!
history repeating it self in america
It really wasn’t, but people let fear get the best of them. It won’t happen again
He was great!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
If he was so great why did he resign?
This law and order stuff with Nixon is almost identical to Trump.. we didn’t elect Democrats both times because of their riots mainly in Chicago
But we did just elect a Democrat
How ironic: Trump doesn't seem to like "Law & Order" when it comes knocking at his door. If the GOP truly believed in "Law & Order," they would never support Trump. But as we already know it's just another empty slogan that is a part of their schtick.
@etty77 Proof--Trump never turned over his tax returns. Earlier this summer the Supreme Court ordered him to turn them over. In the ruling, the Chief Justice said "no one--not even POTUS--is above the law."
@etty77 I hate thieves. Doesn't everyone? He stole $100 million from the US Treasury.
Lol the law and order candidates always seem to be impeached?
he was better on foreign affairs than domestic issues.
*extends vietnam... christmas bombing* good foreign policy...
anyone else watching this in the months after the death of Mondale?
Well, well before my time. I see here a glimpse of the enigmatic, genteel brilliance sometimes whispered about.
Peoples who hate you will only win if you hate them back. And then you destroyed yourself. 🤔🤔
Why include that last part in the video?
Richard E. Nixon.
NIXON 2020 ✌✌
Nixon’s the one!
He let his paranoia get the best of him. He's like a male Hillary Clinton.
Love him or hate him, Nixon was a fascinating man.
Loved him.
The same could be said about Attila the Hun, Hitler, Stalin -- all fascinating.
@@rr7firefly And Obama. Fascinating man.
I don't care if my president is fascinating as long as he performs his duty
@@rr7firefly
But, not you.
How could you make this piece without mentioning Bobby Kennedy?
That's what I thought when I was watching this. They mentioned Sen. Eugene McCarthy, a Dem candidate in 1968. But I think RFK would have won the nomination and probably the Presidency. I lived through that time.
Because it wasn't about Robert Kennedy
don t ask me Dakota Lamb how the he'll should I know ?
@@williamrowlett740 I believe if Bobby Kennedy had lived he would have won in 1968 he would have been a great president too he and his brother John F. Kennedy both got cheated I vaguely even recall when Bobby Kennedy was assassinated
@@robmoir7524 Yup! Robert would have been elected
The fact that I haven't seen Mondale in 30 years and seeing him now, is a real reminder how much time has passed. Feels like I just traveled into the future.
i feel limited now, like time's not in my favor and am going to remember something from my childhood on the street in 30 years.
May he rest in eternal peace.
And he just passed away last year
Watergate: I'm about to end this man's Career.....
This is the only trend of "I'm about to end this man's whole career" that's actually true, as it literally did.
Quite literally
I am not a crook
One of those jokes that actually make sense. Thank you
You are aware it’s been proven Nixon had no knowledge of the break in?
Bobby Kennedy was assassinated during the primaries and that probably helped Nixon’s chances.
Not to mention the hippies.
He didn't stand much of a chance of winning the nomination. The TX delegation wrapped it up for HHH, and there is no way Johnson would have let him get those delegates.
@@wvu05 Indeed. In 1968, Humphrey did not enter any of the primaries involving citizen votes and instead focused on states where the state party bosses decided the delegate allotment to a candidate. Humphrey had a delegate tally that was very close to clinching the nomination at the time RFK was assassinated.
rules were different than though.
Bobby would have been an amazing president!
Had Watergate never happened, President Nixon might today be regarded as one of the five greatest Presidents in American history.
If only.
He was a racist war hawk.
@@elhombredeoro955 So were most of them
He was a very good President, with personal flaws. Overall, that is pretty good.
@@elhombredeoro955 So, just like every other president in modern history..?
This was really interesting. Hope to see more like this, historical summary.
I was born on November 6, 1968. The doctor told my parents, its a boy! While Walter Cronkite was telling America that Richard Nixon would be the 37th President
That is amazing
So sorry to hear that.
don't reveal personal information about yourself.
@@codeinecrazyfuture Why? Some of us aren't scared babies.
@@BANANASAUCEYUM why would you put yourself out there this way?
My father was somewhat of a hippy. He voted for Nixon. it is possible to be open minded and Republican. But it was funny when he told me about it. I thought he was joking.
Nixon is more to the left on some issues compared to today's Republicans. He wouldnt even recognize his party today.
He wasn't a hippie if he voted for Nixon in 1968 or 1972.
@@jonncockrell3606 hahaaa I vould hug ya for that. Ehhh.... he was a hippie dippy soul. I am too. Just real kind of folks. But I understand yr side. My old man was a wonder. Funny too.
@@TimmyTheTinman You do know the Republican Party is divided between two factions the moderate-liberal and the conservatives
Republicans like Nixon,Bush snr,George Romney,Susan Collins falls under the moderate faction
@@watisoninata5150 I agree but the moderates and liberal Republicans have been disappering for years. Either cause their getting forced out by the right-wing extremists who took over the party in 1980 or their switching to the Democrats.
Nixon reelected in the Year 3000 too lol 😂 anyone who's seen Futurama will get the joke.
@Rimbaud Junior it's a great cartoon show 👍
Agnew, stamp for approval
Nixon is in office right now, he's called Donal Chrump 🤣
My grandfather voted for Nixon three times for president and once for governor.
That bozo nixon 🤣
He was better than Trump anyone is,but still a crook and a hard right winger, almost fascist. he mentions on the Watergate Tapes he was for the Coups in Guatemala 1954 and Iran 1953 and he was oinvolved in getting rid of Allende in Chile, and for the full idiotic Bay Of Pigs plan.
He was humiliated by very close shave defeat by Kennedy inspite of working so hard to campaign in 1960 and being the Vice President for 2 terms with a successful President.
Most would give up, but Nixon didn't. He came back and won two straight terms
Never lose hope, people. Stay strong like Nixon.
Yeah, Nixon's determination is perhaps the greatest thing about him. He had everything against him and still came back to rock the establishment. (Evan Thomas writes that Nixon was trying to start a third party but that that plan got derailed by Watergate.)
An Indian who is Republican?? Good to see you brother.
@Abhishek Dev I’m Indian American Muslim who is also republican
I am a libertarian muslim.
And he came very close to winning that election. He also ran for governor of California and lost. He ran in 1968 and he was thought of as the centrist option in the race with Nelson Rockefeller being the liberal option and Reagan being the conservative option after Goldwater’s loss last time.
His accomplishments while in office included revenue sharing, the end of the draft, new anticrime laws, and a broad environmental program. As he had promised, he appointed Justices of conservative philosophy to the Supreme Court. One of the most dramatic events of his first term occurred in 1969, when American astronauts made the first moon landing.
*talks about 1968*
*Shows The Beatles in 1967*
Thank you I was about to make this comment. Like 1967 come on. Summer of love baby
@@NobodyQuiteLikeMe lol
Hubert Humphrey was the Joe Biden of his time - both men saw their party’s Presidential nomination as being their turn at bat, as the brass ring for a lifetime of party service.
Humphrey would spit at Biden if he lived today.
@Robert Fishman: Biden's nowhere near as "entitled" as Hillary was in 2016.
Joe Biden aint gonna get it he is a idiot never could stand the guy only reason obama chose him was who is gonna shoot me to get joe biden lol he was a very weak vice president and a weak senator
@@donlee20066 All Trump has done is steal from charity and build a few miles of wall. Well I guess he also got 150,000 killed as well.
Mason Blatteau wow... I’ve never seen someone so stupid
How history echoes.
Richard Nixon back again
Moonshot
Wood Stock
Watergate
Punk rock
nice
Notorious criminal
Who killed JFK, RBK?
Mr.water gate initiator
@@niyomphusopha5375 nah, George H.W. Bush did
paleocon patriot Erm. The man who signed the JFK Assassination Records Review Act?
0:00 - Wait, Sgt. Peppers was in ‘67 though.
Trump reminds me of Nixon. Law n Order
And LYING.
@@joiisler3012wrong
@@gaminghedgehog6384
Yep. Always Lying. He really Was a Crook.
Nixon: An Eisenhower Republican with an attitude.
.
Nixon one of the worst ever.
Robert Young true. He definitely wasn’t the worst, but he was pretty bad
He was a great president outside of Watergate.
If RFK had lived, I believe that the '68 DNC would have been far less tumultuous (somewhat muting Nixon's strength as the 'law & order' candidate) and could have lead the way to an RFK presidency. Although if he had become president, I'm sure he would have been the target of more attempts on his life...
RFK was not in the lead on the delegate count after the California primaries in June, 1968. He was in second place to Hubert Humphrey and was facing a spirited contest from Gene McCarthy who was then in third place.
At the moment of Kennedy's death, the delegate totals were:
Hubert Humphrey - 561
Robert Kennedy - 393
Eugene McCarthy - 258
Although he had narrowly lost the California primary to Kennedy, McCarthy intended to take the fight on to delegate rich New Jersey the following week.
Nope.....no RFK!!
As much as I loved RFK, 1) He would not have had enough delegates. Also Lyndon Johnson hated him, and would have pulled tooth and nail so that Bobby come nowhere near that nomination floor!
Robert would have lost to Nixon
What an excellent story!
This was an excellent story. It had great interviews and a lot of stock footage I've never seen.
I love you Mr Legarreta how are you?
I lived through this in 1968 as a 14 year old in the Boston area (Belmont). I had a history teacher who predicted that Humphrey would win, even though I knew Nixon was going to win. As a 14-year old, I was too afraid to stand up to a liberal teacher. I definitely see parallels today with President Trump! He is very Nixonian!
While he has a ton of flaws, Trump doesn't have a Watergate moment tied to him.
Doesn't matter whether you stood up to her or not, Nixon won.
Yeah. the 34 felony convictions... that's nothing...@@finchborat
@@czechmate784 That was over something that happened before he got elected.
His Watergate moment would've been Russian collusion, but no evidence was found.
2024 is like “right, hold my beer”
He was planning to end the war in Vietnam, and it took five wasted years to find an ending involvement. Like til’ 1973 is like too long... even if hippies couldn’t handle it...
Who else thought of Trump when Pat said to "make America first again" in manufacturing? lol
Their very simular politically. Both staunch conservatives. Nixon was never a full on conservative like Reagan or even Goldwater. Nixon was conservative on social issues accept for race because he supported affarmitive action. And Economic ally moderate. Not will to spend alot on welfare programs but create the EPA. Nixon is one of the most unique Republicans ive ever seen and their will probably never be another Republican like him again.
Not me.
Seems like the more lies he told, the more his hairline receded
In 1968, Richard Nixon (R) had llnd chance at U.S. Presidency. That yr. held off challenge from his Democratic opponent, late incumbent V.P. Hubert Humphrey, Jr., who urged late R'chrd N'xn to debate against him, but late Richard Nixon d'clnd to debate him c'llng late H'brt H'mphry, Jr. h'mslf "debate"
I was born on 1 Sept 1968.Great year.
2018-1968 = 50 years. I was born in 1968, but during the last days of LBJ. What a time! I don't remember it. goooogooogooo.
nixon seems like a really weird dude,
Aroooo
Nixon was better than I thought im sorry Nixon you was a good president he didn't have rich parents and fought to add to social security
Putting the Watergate scandal aside, Nixon did indeed accomplish quite a lot during his administration. I believe that the history would be more kind to him if Watergate didn’t happen.
Maybe not...Remember who is writing the history
Perhaps when the country is so divided, neither party's president or leaders will succeed.
Very good point. 1968 and 2016 were of parallel proportion.
History is about to repeat itself this year.
Not really nixon wasn't President Who lost reelection and ran again later.
Agreed. Trump for the win.
@@hunterwolff-schollmeyer3902 not anymore
This is a great piece, but for God’s sake, the political and historical figures they’ve got contributing here merit more than just a seven minute segment. These interviews should have been part of a much longer documentary about 1968.
Nixon was underrated.
Wish he were President today. The Best Foreign Affairs President in US history.
POTUS? Nope. Cabinet Member? Yes.
1968: I'm bad
2020: Oh hi what you talkin about
2020 was the closest me and everyone from Gen X on will come to experiencing 1968.
Nixon would be considered one of the best president's.
he was the most astute political animal along with FDR in the 20th century...
2050
I’m back and running for king of Earth
It's interesting seeing history repeating itself some 50 years after the 1960s...
kakashi101able not really
@@salrodriguez5322 Yes really
We don't have a Senate with the same sort of ethics as 1974.
@@salrodriguez5322 Yes really!
It’s sad but we never learn. Or never really take a step back
Somehow Nixon returned
2020 was like 1968, 2024 is like that but less riots
"worse than it is today..."
UHHH
If Nixon was more self aware, would have been considered the greatest president
beasleybrother1 very true statement
Nixon's biggest flaw is that he wanted people to like him.
Mondale is such a mad lad and he is still alive as of me writing this
Well, not anymore. He passed away in this month recently.
Nixon
1960: it’s over
1962: it’s over
1968: we’re so back
1974: it’s over
Biden
1988: it’s over
2008: it’s over
2020: we’re so back
2024 (drops out): it’s over
Shame on the editor who is guilty of doing the video atrocity of BBC (Blow-up, Blur, Crop) 4:3 videos and 4:3 films (or 4:3 films transferred to video) to fill the 16:9 frame. Doing "click to fill" may look OK on a computer screen (other than the unnaturally overly large image) but on a TV frequently turns to blurry mush. You are also altering/censoring the carefully composed and framed images by the historical photographers, cinematographers, and videographers.
Relax bro, nobody cares
*Republicans nowadays made Nixon looks Liberal today. 🤧*
War on drugs?
@Lycan lmao Trump is not pro gay marriage he has blatantly been against it his whole presidency
@@jackwyatt3854 I’m pretty sure he was quite pro-gay and anti homophobia. He just didn’t make it a large part of his political polices as I believe it should be.
@@jackwyatt3854 Tbf I don’t think trump has done anything anti-gay name one policy
Not really
I love Nixon. Not ashamed to admit it.
2024 is so similar to this
Sickeningly so.🤢
1968 was the year i was born!!🙏🏾✌🏾
*Sweet!*
So
Era of beauty love and peace of Woodstock the following year. Era of great music, beautiful automobiles and muscle cars. Plus it was also great because you were born!
Quote by SENATOR ROBERT FRANCIS KENNEDY ~JUNE 4,1968 AMBASSADOR HOTEL, LOS ANGELES, CA ~ {After winning both the California and South Dakota Democratic Presidential Primaries} ~ "Richard Nixon is the nominee of the Republican Party which, I think, is unacceptable to the country."
2024 is 1968
More like 2020
One thing I have learned over 50 years Richard Nixon was right on many things !
like?
This reminds me of Thatcher's election, about a decade later.
We miss president Richard Nixon!
Nixon became president to save Israel..all of history is fixed lol 😂..Daniel 2:21
"Someones breaking in!!!"
At least Nixon showed we the people his taxes.
Trump has shown his taxes
Shame what the Republican Party has become. Sad.
Sad that most republicans don’t care about truth, honesty and decency anymore.
Back then republicans held Nixon to account, today as trump himself said he could shoot someone on 5th avenue and wouldn’t loose a Republican vote. Sad. Very sad what has happened to Republican Party.
@Raine Ticket imediatally changes the subject to Clinton , when talking about Trump.
3:02 to 3:06 STILL VERY VERY RELEVANT
Nixon did it better! Didn't need spray tanning.
And whats with those white circles around his eyes? I am old enough to remember Nixon's rather sad fall from a grace wholly underwritten, as with DJT, by a personality disorder. That said, Nixon knew history, diplomacy, economic and foreign policy. Trump is far, far more dangerous.
Nixon didn't need twitter to put his foot in his mouth either, even if it was around!
Nixon was despised by the press, but nothing like the hate and attacks with the 24X7 media of today that Trump faces. Big difference and many of Trumps tweets have landed bulleyes too, to be fair.
Elaine Zaks More dangerous??? With all that has improved? Now you sound like an ignorant old hag.
Kyle Brock You look kind of like Jared from Subway.
Quote by RICHARD M. NIXON (Upon hearing Senator Robert F. Kennedy's announcement for President) ~
"We've just seen some terrible forces unleashed.
Something bad is going to come out of this."
Make America first again? Hmm... sounds familiar
Whats funny is that Nixon and Trump are so different yet so simular all at the same time. Nixon was way more liberal than Trump on government spending(accept for welfare) though they would've agreed more on Social issues accept Trump is a little softer on crime than Nixon was.
He’s lucky Bobby Kennedy didn’t get to run.
Pat Buchanan is the sole reason why we do not have universal child care in this country.
Thank You Pat Buchanan
when your dirty for so long.... you loose sight of the truth.
RIP Walter Mondale
1928-2021.
3:18 R.I.P "Walter Fritz" Mondale
Had Bobby lived, Nixon would've lost again
Unsure, would the democrats be able to unite? Democratic party have a history of imploding and making a complete mess every 40-50 years or so.
@@lumpydark6173 Oh like what republicans are doing now?
If my Aunt had balls she'd be my Uncle.
Despite his numerous character flaws, Nixon may have been our most astute president in the last 100 years
Politician, yes. POTUS, nope.
@@joiisler3012 it is subjective of course. I'm curious now who would you consider?
Thanks to Buchanan, we got GWB in 2000.
Probably the worst president since LBJ.
People who think Nixon was good also watch Bush the second now on late night and say what a nice guy....
Sounds like someone breaking in
Black Ops Zombie level "Five". ^_^
Sounds a lot like the 2016 election...
Though Nixon won the popular vote.
Accept America was in a much better spot in 2016 than in 1968.
His victory was very narrow, looking back at it.
When it came to the popular vote, yes. In the EC where it counts, it wasn't that narrow.
@@finchborat I know the EC is where it counts. I was merely making this remark bacause in the video it was stated that almost no one at the time believed Nixon would ever win an election because of his low popularity, but that this changed in 1968. One could argue wether that changed indeed with this 1968 election, because only a 43 percent voted for him. In other words: his popularity hadn't grown, his opponents made a mess.
@@finchborat
Another reason the EC should be “revamped,” if not abolished altogether.
Candidates losing with higher and higher majorities of the popular vote.
The People are not being heard.
@@joiisler3012 The EC doesn't need to be abolished. Plus, candidates aren't "losing with higher and higher majorities of the popular vote."
You silence people by abolishing the EC and giving big cities the power to decide elections. That isn't democracy.
@@finchborat
HILARY CLINTON won the Popular Vote by Millions, but lost to TRUMP. (Way more than GORE won in his eventual loss to BUSH.)
The EC needs to be more representative of the Voice Of The People. Period.
#communistpropaganda
Why do they use the Sgt Pepper album in the graphics when that album came out in 1967?
Hmmmm sounds familiar 🧐
Hubert was just too much of a lackey, for Johnson and ultimately for Nixon. What a shame.
My Aunt Mary who's son died in Vietnam said she would have voted for LBJ if he'd run again. Nixon and LBJ both won landslide victories let's remember.
Don’t let us forget Bobby!