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Nailed a reuters reporter. and bill clintons cats socks had a turf war. >> i did better with the palestinians. >> reporter: franklin roosevelt was so close to his dog, theyre together forever. and lbj got flak for picking up his beagle by the ears. and president bush once accidently dropped barney. you never know with presidential pets whos going to take whom for a walk. but we know where bo wasnt sleeping. but why stop at dogs and cats? woodrow wilson used sheep to mow the white house lawn duri...

He first came into office. he was young and dynamic, and he quickly found that he blundered in his meeting with nikita khrushchev and before he knew it, we were on the precipice of global nuclear war with the cuban missile crisis. or look at lbj, lbj was as talented a politician as we have ever seen in the oval office, and he had great dreams of the great society, but he was undone by the crucible of the vietnam war. then of course, barack obama more recently, he had all of these grand visions, ...

The communist side, the north vietnamese, were going to make major concessions, and the south vietnamese were going to agree to a deal based on those concessions. peace was at hand. in recognition of the fact that peace was about to be declared, he said the united states would step back right away and stop all military operations in vietnam. lbj made that announcement on the thursday before the election was due to happen on tuesday. but in the interim, on saturday morning, it all fell party. the...

President became the nominee that year to succeed him. heading into the 1968 election, things didnt look great for the democrats. the party was not at all unified behind its candidate, vice president hubert humphrey. and after the civil rights legislation, southern democrats peeled off to vote for produced segregationist george wallace. not to mention the country was torn up over the vietnam war, and if you were against the war like most americans were at the time, you were maybe not excited to ...

He didnt want to run. he bowed out and his vice president became the nominee that year to succeed him. heading into the 1968 election, things didnt look great for the democrats. the party was not at all unified behind its candidate, vice president hubert humphrey. and after the civil rights legislation, southern democrats peeled off t vote for produced segregationist george wallace. not to mention the country was torn up or the vietnam war, and if you were against the war like most americans wer...

Him, vote the democrats out of office. but five nights before the election was due to happen, the democratic president, lbj, went on tv and made a surprise announcement that peace was at hand in vietnam. the communist side, the north vietnamese, were going to make major concessions, and the south vietnamese were going to agree to a deal based on those concessions. peace was at hand. in recognition of the fact that peace was about to be declared, he said the united states would step back right aw...

War was back on for the reasons those very promising peace talks in 1968 failed is because of this incredible audiotape of lbj, president johnson in 1968, after the whole thing fell apart.

Sentiment in the country. he said if you wanted to end the vietnam war, you needed to elect him, vote the democrats out of office. but five nights before the election was due to happen, the democratic president, lbj, went on tv and made a surprise announcement that peace was at hand in vietnam. the communist side, the north vo vietnamese, were going to make major concessions, and the south vietnamese were going to agree to a deal based on those concessions. peace was at hand. in recognition of t...

Torn up over the vietnam war, and if you were against the war like most americans we athe time, you were maybe not excited to vote for lbjs vice president to be his democratic successor that year. so things were stacked against the democrats in 68 anyway. but the republican candidate running in 1968 knew that very well. richard nixon was the republican candidate in 68. he was determined to take advantage of anti-vietnam-war sentiment in the country. he said if you wanted to end the vietnam war, ...

The south voietnamese side pulld out of the peace talks and the war was back on for the reason those very promising peace talks in 1968 failed is because of this incredible audiotape of lbj, president johnson in 1968, after the whole thing fell apart.