A look back at Hubert Humphrey's 1968 Democratic nomination acceptance speech calling for party unity
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@WORLD8NSH5KNIGHT13 жыл бұрын
A decent man and a great American. Respect from the UK.
@siddharthsen7035 Жыл бұрын
Whatever you say he had a great voice, and was a great speaker.
@josephfreedman9422 Жыл бұрын
Yes, he was an orator in a tradition that has largely died out in our country. He knew how to engage the crowd, as with his rhythmic denunciation of Goldwater's politics, and how to bring his speech to a rousing climax. In fact, he was a much better speaker than President Johnson and I wonder if LBJ felt that.
@naishabatchu13 күн бұрын
The BEST VICE PRESIDENT❤EVER
@robertortiz-wilson158810 ай бұрын
I'm a conservative. Regardless of policies, I recognize a fantastic speaker when I hear one.
@jimtrack37865 жыл бұрын
A good and decent man Mr. Hubert Humphrey. A man of faith in his fellow Americans. God Bless him.
@pauldalnoky605510 ай бұрын
A poor imitation of jfk
@eram91118 ай бұрын
@@pauldalnoky6055 Kennedy was a poor imitation of HHH!
@rainymoon98483 ай бұрын
@@pauldalnoky6055 JFK liked some of Hubert's ideas, i.e. the Peace Corps, and used them. Hubert was an idea man for JFK.
@Thebestaustin-d8f3 жыл бұрын
The tragedy of that week in Chicago, was that this supposed “administration war hawk” was not either of those things! He was a great man who definitely would have been an improvement over the actual winner that November!
@DoubleJ12037 жыл бұрын
Oh how America would have been different with a President Humphrey.
@rocky51523 жыл бұрын
Im starting to think the same thing, I was only 4 years old, But I would have voted for him! Can you sign your ballot with a crayon?
@Spongebrain972 жыл бұрын
Yeah especially because Nixon just prolonged the Vietnam war and the democrats lost their ground on the new deal legislation which Reagan scrapped in favor of neoliberalism
@DoubleJ12032 жыл бұрын
@@Spongebrain97 If Humphrey would have told LBJ to F-Off sooner than he did, it may have been a different story. Its amazing how LBJ sabotaged HHH's campaign for months after the Convention. Once Hubert had enough to LBJ's shenanigans and broke with him, he began climbing in the polls and even leading Nixon in a couple. Oh what could have been.
@garylobo3488 ай бұрын
@@rocky5152Why not? Millions did in the 2020 election with their mail in ballots.
@anthonymorgan29342 жыл бұрын
I love this man he would have been a great President
@hozonkai9967 Жыл бұрын
He died in 1978, just one year after his hypothetical 2nd term. Considering the deaths of Kennedy (1963), Hoover (1964), Eisenhower (1969), Truman (1972) and Johnson (1973), Nixon was the only living President for a whole 18 months. Had Humphrey won in 1968 as well as 1972, he would've been the only President for 4 years, then his successor would've been the only one after Humphrey died in 1978. That would've been a whopping 6 dead Presidents in less than 15 years, compared to the last 15 years (2007-2022), when just one President died (Bush Sr in 2018)
@rogerwilco43977 жыл бұрын
Great man and patriot.
@Spongebrain972 жыл бұрын
It would've been hard but had he broken with Johnson over Vietnam, he probably could've had a better chance at winning against Nixon
@josephfreedman9422 Жыл бұрын
He did part with Johnson partially over Vietnam in a speech given in Salt Lake City approximately Oct 1, 1968, in which he said he would consider a bombing pause a worthwhile risk for peace. Following that speech, he gained support. Had he given that speech earlier in the campaign, perhaps it would have made a difference. He was caught, I realize now, in a delicate political situation. Johnson was lukewarm toward him, and only late in the campaign did Johnson ask Connelly to do what he could to help carry the ticket in Texas.
@trevorkeyes60677 ай бұрын
The best president America never had
@joycepino5346Ай бұрын
He wasn't President. Nixon won in 1968.
@humanentity22144 жыл бұрын
This is the senator from Minnesota who reformed policing in Minnesota and gave just treatment to blacks. USA needs more unsung politicians like him in today's divided times in this great nation.
@willmpet11 ай бұрын
Gene McCarthy’s brother was a surgeon who operated on me when I was but 14. He did a great job!
@LoyalOpposition9 ай бұрын
Gene McCarthy is my hero.
@Charuvlogs34563 жыл бұрын
Humphrey: I chose not simply to run for president I lead a great nation! Humphrey's speech at DNC 1968
@hozonkai9967 Жыл бұрын
Humphrey died in 1978, just one year after his hypothetical 2nd term. Considering the deaths of Kennedy (1963), Hoover (1964), Eisenhower (1969), Truman (1972) and Johnson (1973), Nixon was the only living President for a whole 18 months. Had Humphrey won in 1968 as well as 1972, he would've been the only President for 4 years, then his successor would've been the only one after Humphrey died in 1978. That would've been a whopping 6 dead Presidents in less than 15 years, compared to the last 15 years (2008-2023), when just one President died (Bush Sr in 2018) PS it's 11:20PM EST 2/20/2023. Jimmy Carter was still alive when I edited this comment.
@hozonkai9967 Жыл бұрын
@madvocate0006 True. We could see another Presidential Die-off in the next couple decades. I expect Obama to go last, though no one really knows. On November 21st, nobody ever expected JFK to die before... Herbert Hoover.
@hozonkai9967 Жыл бұрын
It's 2:53 PM EST 5/8/2023. And Jimmy Carter was still alive when I typed this
@bbodinefan112 жыл бұрын
Im a hardline conservative but I find that I like this guy.
@maxB22622 жыл бұрын
That’s weird because he’s a liberal icon
@bbodinefan112 жыл бұрын
@@maxB2262 I find him to be genuine. I admire that no matter what side of the aisle someone is on.
@johnwaffleh2p702 жыл бұрын
@@maxB2262 I thought he was a moderate
@scottbillhirst96328 ай бұрын
Humphrey I admire because he supported civil rights even though from Minnesota which did not have a large Black population. Remember he was first elected to the United States Senate in1948.
@trevorkeyes60677 ай бұрын
Great speech
@christopherperry22664 жыл бұрын
We need great statesman like this today. Politicians with a strong moral, humanitarian and religious ideology, where are you?
@judedesilva83662 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. Vice President Hubert Horatio Hornblower Humphrey, a fighter Democrat for President (1911-1978) 😥 🇺🇸 ✌ ✌
@cbl19844 ай бұрын
Think of how different our country would be right now if we had a President-elect Humphrey rather than Nixon that year.
@fr_T_T Жыл бұрын
Wow, literally Quentin Tarantino
@RayelaArt8 ай бұрын
I kept thinking he reminded me of someone…
@tarikabaraka22512 ай бұрын
Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. fue un farmacéutico, político y senador estadounidense. Vicepresidente de los Estados Unidos entre 1965 y 1969.
@marcsonnenberg623 Жыл бұрын
If Humphrey had won, we would have been better off. Probably get out of Vietnam sooner, and no Watergate.
@jesspete45304 жыл бұрын
He’s in my family
@rickheady22984 жыл бұрын
Ashame you where never president cause you would of made a good one
@zenarcade64 Жыл бұрын
Humphrey addresses McCarthy and McGovern, the antiwar candidates. I heard that his speech was after midnight, way too late for TV viewers to watch. But it was a great unity speech. Anyone remember this joke?: I didn't know your momma was into politics; I saw her on the street corner saying Humphrey 😜
@LoyalOpposition9 ай бұрын
I don't get it.
@JACKSON2982 ай бұрын
This Humphrey guy seems nice, I might vote for him
@ADAMSIXTIES4 жыл бұрын
August 29th, 1968, Chicago. Humphrey was right: "all your dreams will come to naught if the Republican wins," Unfortunately he did then (Nixon). Have we learned anything in 52 years? We'll see on November 3rd!
@rocky51523 жыл бұрын
Excellent comment!!!
@analara98723 жыл бұрын
Thank God Biden won
@BitOfUltraviolence3 жыл бұрын
What has Biden done for any of you? The best democrat was JFK and he was assassinated.
@fanny20813 жыл бұрын
@@analara9872 biden cheated in arizona. More than 70000 CONFIRMED fraudulent votes. Trump has won
@analara98723 жыл бұрын
@@fanny2081 if there is sooo much proof of fraud as you say, why isn't Biden in jail for cheating?? stop watching Fox News
@patszer8314 Жыл бұрын
I remember Humphrey well. The man loved the sound of his own voice because he would talk and talk on for hours.
@sergevictoryyt Жыл бұрын
Can't blame him, he had a great way of speaking
@DoubleJ12037 жыл бұрын
Where have you gone HHH? We could use your common sense and vision today.
@DoubleJ12037 жыл бұрын
Michoel Dobry Amen
@mooncrab5 жыл бұрын
@@MichoelDobry 100% Real Talk.
@davidcase28473 жыл бұрын
He dead
@navaladmiral29622 жыл бұрын
HHH went home because he has ascended with his wisdom
@willkay9679 Жыл бұрын
He and Clay are the greatest losing presidential candidates ever
@josephfreedman9422 Жыл бұрын
Interesting comparison!
@basswrld4012 ай бұрын
Realz 😎🇺🇸, same with William Jennings Bryan, Samuel Tilden, & Ross Perot.
@BraedenSyon Жыл бұрын
I like the 38th vice president Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr under the 35th president John Fitzgerald Kennedy and the 36th president Lyndon Baines Johnson
@hozonkai9967 Жыл бұрын
Abraham Lincoln was said to have had a high-pitched, yet very powerful and charismatic voice, much like Hubert Humphrey. Someone should do a voice-synthesis of Triple H doing the Gettysburg Address. Would probably be as accurate as you could get.
@itsharris2345 Жыл бұрын
Very interesting
@josephfreedman9422 Жыл бұрын
I believe Lincoln had a higher-pitched voice. He knew how to throw his voice, I've read, so that it could be heard from quite a distance. I suspect that HHH could do the same.
@Charuvlogs34563 жыл бұрын
If Humphrey would have elected to president he will be the best president
@hschsc13003 жыл бұрын
Humphrey was probably the last decent Democrat to have ever held the party's nomination. Never again has someone been so committed to labor and working people of all occupations. McGovern cared more for yuppies, Carter and Mondale crushed unions, Dukakis wanted the country to be a utopia for Big Tech, Clinton and Gore stripped money from children while doing NAFTA and liberalizing finance, Kerry was like Dukakis, Obama (although he ran like Humphrey) did little to fight the onslaught of 08, Clinton was with her husband and Obama, and Biden spent more time jailing minorities and making bankruptcy harder for working class families than doing anything meaningful.
@Shah-of-the-Shinebox Жыл бұрын
Absolutely right. Today's democrats (and republicans) are embarrassing. Humphrey sounds like a class act.
@scottbillhirst96328 ай бұрын
I favored Nixon in that election. I saw both in Kansas City, Missouri in 1968. I was with a group of FFA members when I personally spoke to Humphrey. I was in the city for the Future Farmers of America National Convention.
@BraedenSyon Жыл бұрын
I heard that the Democratic Party is every November I like Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr under Presidents John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Lyndon banies Johnson
@jacobcroft53396 ай бұрын
He was too good for America
@darkbetterlol7 ай бұрын
America certainly did not make the world a better place when it chose Nixon in 1968, and then again in 2000, this time with W.
He just made a mistake not running at the right time.
@Sa-gb8mr2 жыл бұрын
Whatever happened to Hubert Humphrey?
@MemestiffGaming2 жыл бұрын
After losing in 1968 and losing the democratic nomination to George McGovern in 1972, he went back to Minnesota and was reelected to the Senate in 1973 and stayed there till his untimely death from cancer in 1978.
@tidningsboije55682 жыл бұрын
@@MemestiffGaming Oh i'm sorry to hear that (!) .
@wycliffeochieng82315 жыл бұрын
check the comment of Goldwater on Humphrey... but I like Humphrey more
@NaughtyVampireGod Жыл бұрын
Hunter Thompson accurately described Humphrey as "rancid".
@willmpet11 ай бұрын
Would djt call him awful names?
@willmpet11 ай бұрын
This was because LBJ abandoned the Democratic Party!