President Johnson's Address to the Nation, 3/31/68. WHCA VTR 242-A.
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@gregoryalberts2503 · 5 years ago (edited)
Oh boy. Do I remember this. I was ten years old, and in my mind when Johnson declared what his intentions were for not running for office again, I swear you could hear the country give out a collective gasp.
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@rohitiyer926 · 5 years ago
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFyhAcp2DG4&t=2081">34:41</a>
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@BuddyNovinski · 8 years ago
fifty years ago tonight, and the worst was yet to come...
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@chrismcevoy2503 · 7 years ago
I think he was smart to step down.
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@airdriver · 6 years ago
I one time saw a clip of this speech as brodcast on CBS and after it was over saw Dan Rather and Roger Mudd staring at each other speechless for a second before Rather asked,"Did he just say that?"
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@CJODell12 · 12 years ago
Vietnam pretty much ruined him, despite doing much to fight poverty and getting civil rights laws passed.
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@bradyfry8031 · 4 years ago
To think he'd be dead within 5 years due to a heart attack, and his widow passed in 2007.
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@christinalynn8143 · 4 years ago
😔
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@gewrgiosev · 11 years ago
Even though LBJ had iron self-control at all times, I think that at about <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFyhAcp2DG4&t=2364">39:24</a> he looks like he's about to cry. The man could've been a great president if it weren't for Vietnam, and I think he knew that as he was resigning.
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@tvfan0620 · 10 years ago
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFyhAcp2DG4&t=2296">38:16</a> - "And believing this... I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President... "
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@chrismcevoy2503 · 7 years ago
I think Johnson did the right thing to step down.
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@larrysmith1568 · 7 years ago
I remember this well. It was a great day.
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