Hubert Humphrey

his target, his eyes widening and narrowing, his eyebrows rising and falling”, was his ability to use his large physical presence to persuade, coerce or intimidate colleagues into supporting him. Hubert Humphrey once described the “Johnson Treatment” as almost a hypnotic experience. Further, Humphrey described accession with LBJ as “having come out of a meeting with LBJ covered with blood, sweat, tears, spit and sperm”. Strictly an allusion to the passion and energy LBJ used, while on a…

Since television sets became common household objects, politicians have used them to gain support for their campaign and also try to discredit their opponent. Since the 1952 election, the advertisements have changed in many ways but there is the common theme of attacking the other candidates. The issues varied based on the time period but revolved around similar themes; the economy, civil rights, and foreign policies. The 1952 election was between Dwight “Ike” Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson.…

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For decades, African Americans were looked down on from their white allies. But on Sunday, March 8th, 1964, when Senator Hubert Humphrey appeared on the NBC news program Meet the Press to discuss the civil rights bill, many African Americans had hope that something was about to change. Since 1937, several Southern senators had prevented eleven civil rights bills from coming up for a vote in the Senate. But now, the civil rights bill had been approved by the House of Representatives and was sent…

already been to one and i was beyond jealous because i had grown to love baseball in the few months before as my brother had started loving it. It was finally my turn to experience it all and witness something new. That day was “kids day” at the Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome. The most thrilling thing for me that day was walking in the doors of the…

According to Hubert Humphrey, “Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate.” However, when two parties start debating an issue, but neither are willing to compromise, the result is an argument in which nothing is accomplished. Within his work, The Future of Life, Edward O. Wilson wrote two contradictory passages that he set side by side to emphasize the underlying satiristic properties of each and make them easy to compare. One demeans environmentalists and one…

crime, rampage and disturbance in the streets, and an unsuccessful war overseas. These types of ads unquestioningly linked the complications to the Democrat administration that Humphrey was a part of. One of the most controversial ads was the “Convention”; it placed in proximity of unappealing photographs of a grinning Humphrey with stills of Vietnam. In all, the 1968 election brought a new level to presidential commercials. Despite weak economic conditions Barack Obama won reelection in…

In the 1952 Presidential Election, United States President Harry S. Truman, a Democrat, was succeeded to the Presidency of the United States of America by United States President Dwight David Eisenhower, a Republican candidate for the Presidency of the United States of America. United States President Dwight David Eisenhower was a decorated military man. He was the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in WW2. By the 1952 election, the United States of America had not officially entered the…

The assassination of John Fitzgerald “Jack” Kennedy changed America forever, his charisma caught the attention of every citizen in America, his want for change curved the thoughts of the American people, there is no telling what could have come of his leadership and want for more, but on November 22, 1963, Kennedy was shot and killed in Dallas, Texas. Days before the assassination of JFK, an ambassador had come to Dallas, and he was booed and spat on as he walked off of the podium after the…

On the morning of May 25, 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts, John F. Kennedy was born. He was the second child born to businessman and politician Joseph P. Kennedy, and to a Boston socialite Rose F. Kennedy. Although his life came abruptly to an end on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. Kennedy was born into a very privileged family, which gave him many opportunities starting at a very young age. Kennedy and his family was very catholic and many of his studies focused on preparing him to stand…