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>> johnson is a southern democrat. jack needs the southern vote. >> jack kennedy never liked johnson. bobby kennedy despised johnson. they were like dogs with the hair standing up on the back of their neck. >> joe kennedy didnt feel that way. he was looking in strategic terms at the map and realized that his son needed texas. >> so the two brothers had johnson to be jacks presidential running mate and they did that for one reason. they were going to do anything it took to get jack elected p . pr...

Away with it. running the kind of war room that campaigns salivate over he responds almost immediately. >> bobby rallies the doctors to lie, to say that jack is healthy as can be. >> will bobbys damage control pay off? >> climactic moments of the democratic convention. before the first ballot is completed wyoming finishes with a deciding vote. >> john f. kennedy fights offensively strong opposition to win the nomination. he is now the democratic partys presidential candidate. >> we will carry th...

Spinning their heads. >> he was just enormously impressive figure. >> i went to the convention with my parents. my father was the democratic national committeeman from maryland. the excitement of it was great because my father had been a big supporter. >> jack kennedys main rival is lbj. >> i news here and now solicit the votes of every delegate present in this room in the sound of my voice. >> lyendon johnson and majority of the united states senate, thinks kennedy is sort of a light weight. >>...

He made some references to perhaps the shortcomings of other candidates but i assume he was talking about some of the other candidates and not about me. >> with his egobruised, johnson gets personal. >> lbj began to disparage joe kennedy sr. >> johnson not only smears jacks family, he also attempts to expose jacks deepest secret. >> the day before the vote, the johnson people put under the hotel room doors of every delegate, a yellow sheet of paper saying that kennedy had a disease. >> for bobby...