DJ, Welcome historical perspective;
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/chaos-ensued-last-time-us-president-bowed-out-only-months-election - https://www.zerohedge.com/political/chaos-ensued-last-time-us-president-bowed-out-only-months-election or https://www.zerohedge.com/political/chaos-ensued-last-time-us-president-bowed-out-only-months-election ;
We have seen similar rhetoric in recent days surrounding Biden's proclamation, with many predicting a trend towards "unity." If history is any indication, this optimism is a pipe dream. The Democratic Party was plunged into confusion over their prospective candidates and their chances. Johnson insisted on controlling party decisions on who would take his place, but there were other candidates that might disrupt Johnson's plans, including Robert Kennedy, brother of John F. Kennedy. Though Biden has endorsed Kamala Harris to take his place as the Dem candidate, the official decision is up to DNC delegates, not Biden. An upset at the convention might sound unlikely, but it is certainly possible if Harris is viewed as too incompetent or unpopular to run against Trump. Only five days after Lyndon Johnson's speech, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by a "lone gunman" in Memphis, TN. Two months later, Robert Kennedy was shot and killed by a "lone gunman" after a campaign event celebrating his California primary win. Trump's near assassination just before Biden's announcement to step down may mark a renewed period of political violence on a scale not seen since the 1960s. Suspicions of conspiracy are only magnified by the similarities to the LBJ era of multiple assassinations. Despite hopes that Johnson's departure would lead to peaceful conditions his replacement Hubert Humphrey promised to continue Johnson's policies in lockstep, including the war in Vietnam. This enraged activists and resulted in riots around the convention in Chicago that summer. Johnson's "Great Society" agenda had also left the country with deep racial divisions to be inherited by the next president and Humphrey was certain to expand on that agenda. Richard Nixon and the Republicans were given an assured win. Humphrey was crushed by Nixon by a comfortable margin in the electoral college with many analysts suggesting Johnson would have done better had he stayed in the race. Nixon became the first former (non-sitting) vice president to win a presidential election; he was the only person to achieve that until Joe Biden during the 2020 presidential election. Nixon would enter office with a recession in progress and ultimately an energy crisis and stagflationary crisis hit hard (he didn't help matters much when he started the process to remove the US dollar from the gold standard in 1971). There's an array of economic threats facing the next president in 2025, with the most likely prospect being Trump and conservatives stepping into a financial and geopolitical mine field. Biden's announcement likely heralds another tumultuous period in American history.
DJ, biden still has to make clear WHY he stepped out of the (s)elections...IF he claims health reasons he must also make clear why he wants to stay president untill january 20-2025...
In many ways the US in 2024 is in a much worse situation then in 1952 (truman) or 1968 (johnson).
A car needs a driver...if the driver for healthreasons can not drive the car one needs another driver...NOT doing so is asking for very serious accidents !
DJ-"The west" is sinking in an even worsening crisis-not only the US. "Politics" has fallen into the hands of "donors", "lobbyists" and lost contact with most of the public...
Pandemics are very serious crises. Governments need to have public support in dealing with those crises...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_flu#United_States - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_flu#United_States or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_flu#United_States ; On 18 December, it was reported that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson - President Johnson had been hospitalized at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Reed_National_Military_Medical_Center - Bethesda Naval Hospital with flu-like symptoms, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_flu#cite_note-:10-54 - [54] but whether the new variant was the cause of his illness was not made clear. He returned to the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House - White House on 22 December. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_flu#cite_note-55 - [55] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_Humphrey - Vice President Humphrey was also reported to be ailing from the flu on the day Johnson's condition was revealed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_flu#cite_note-:10-54 - [54] Flu-like illness kept other senior governmental officials from their posts around this time, such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Advisor_%28United_States%29 - National Security Advisor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Rostow - Walt Rostow , Deputy White House Press Secretary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Johnson_%28journalist%29 - Tom Johnson , and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff - chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earle_Wheeler - General Earle Wheeler . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_flu#cite_note-56 - [56] On 23 December, it was reported that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon - President-elect Nixon had been ill with the flu at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Nixon_Eisenhower - his daughter 's wedding the day before. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_flu#cite_note-57 - [57] Nixon later claimed that "the wedding cured the flu." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_flu#cite_note-58 - [58]
DJ, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson#1968_presidential_election - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson#1968_presidential_election or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson#1968_presidential_election ; On March 28, spurred by his health issues and the growing realization that his political capital was vanishing, Johnson again considered withdrawing and discussed the possibility with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_A._Califano_Jr. - Joseph A. Califano Jr and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_McPherson - Harry McPherson . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson#cite_note-268 - [266] Three days after meeting with Califano and McPherson, Johnson announced that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withdrawal_of_Lyndon_B._Johnson_from_the_1968_United_States_presidential_election - "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson#cite_note-269 - [267] The next day, the president's approval ratings increased from 36 percent to 49 percent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson#cite_note-Updegrove12-270 - [268] so the Hong Kong Flu (H3N2) pandemic started AFTER johnson stepped out of the election...
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