A look back at Hubert Humphrey's 1968 Democratic nomination acceptance speech calling for party unity
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@jimtrack37865 жыл бұрын
A good and decent man Mr. Hubert Humphrey. A man of faith in his fellow Americans. God Bless him.
@pauldalnoky605511 ай бұрын
A poor imitation of jfk
@eram911110 ай бұрын
@@pauldalnoky6055 Kennedy was a poor imitation of HHH!
@2raw4sport9 ай бұрын
@@pauldalnoky6055 You have no idea what you are even blathering about.
@rainymoon98484 ай бұрын
@@pauldalnoky6055 JFK liked some of Hubert's ideas, i.e. the Peace Corps, and used them. Hubert was an idea man for JFK.
@WORLD8NSH5KNIGHT13 жыл бұрын
A decent man and a great American. Respect from the UK.
@siddharthsen70352 жыл бұрын
Whatever you say he had a great voice, and was a great speaker.
@josephfreedman9422 Жыл бұрын
Yes, he was an orator in a tradition that has largely died out in our country. He knew how to engage the crowd, as with his rhythmic denunciation of Goldwater's politics, and how to bring his speech to a rousing climax. In fact, he was a much better speaker than President Johnson and I wonder if LBJ felt that.
@naishabatchu2 ай бұрын
The BEST VICE PRESIDENT❤EVER
@DoubleJ12037 жыл бұрын
Oh how America would have been different with a President Humphrey.
@rocky51524 жыл бұрын
Im starting to think the same thing, I was only 4 years old, But I would have voted for him! Can you sign your ballot with a crayon?
@Spongebrain973 жыл бұрын
Yeah especially because Nixon just prolonged the Vietnam war and the democrats lost their ground on the new deal legislation which Reagan scrapped in favor of neoliberalism
@DoubleJ12033 жыл бұрын
@@Spongebrain97 If Humphrey would have told LBJ to F-Off sooner than he did, it may have been a different story. Its amazing how LBJ sabotaged HHH's campaign for months after the Convention. Once Hubert had enough to LBJ's shenanigans and broke with him, he began climbing in the polls and even leading Nixon in a couple. Oh what could have been.
@garylobo34810 ай бұрын
@@rocky5152Why not? Millions did in the 2020 election with their mail in ballots.
@humanentity22144 жыл бұрын
This is the senator from Minnesota who reformed policing in Minnesota and gave just treatment to blacks. USA needs more unsung politicians like him in today's divided times in this great nation.
@hozonkai9967 Жыл бұрын
Humphrey died in 1978, just one year after his hypothetical 2nd term. Considering the deaths of Kennedy (1963), Hoover (1964), Eisenhower (1969), Truman (1972) and Johnson (1973), Nixon was the only living President for a whole 18 months. Had Humphrey won in 1968 as well as 1972, he would've been the only President for 4 years, then his successor would've been the only one after Humphrey died in 1978. That would've been a whopping 6 dead Presidents in less than 15 years, compared to the last 15 years (2008-2023), when just one President died (Bush Sr in 2018) PS it's 11:20PM EST 2/20/2023. Jimmy Carter was still alive when I edited this comment.
@hozonkai9967 Жыл бұрын
@madvocate0006 True. We could see another Presidential Die-off in the next couple decades. I expect Obama to go last, though no one really knows. On November 21st, nobody ever expected JFK to die before... Herbert Hoover.
@hozonkai9967 Жыл бұрын
It's 2:53 PM EST 5/8/2023. And Jimmy Carter was still alive when I typed this
@robertortiz-wilson1588 Жыл бұрын
I'm a conservative. Regardless of policies, I recognize a fantastic speaker when I hear one.
@Spongebrain973 жыл бұрын
It would've been hard but had he broken with Johnson over Vietnam, he probably could've had a better chance at winning against Nixon
@josephfreedman9422 Жыл бұрын
He did part with Johnson partially over Vietnam in a speech given in Salt Lake City approximately Oct 1, 1968, in which he said he would consider a bombing pause a worthwhile risk for peace. Following that speech, he gained support. Had he given that speech earlier in the campaign, perhaps it would have made a difference. He was caught, I realize now, in a delicate political situation. Johnson was lukewarm toward him, and only late in the campaign did Johnson ask Connelly to do what he could to help carry the ticket in Texas.
@Thebestaustin-d8f3 жыл бұрын
The tragedy of that week in Chicago, was that this supposed “administration war hawk” was not either of those things! He was a great man who definitely would have been an improvement over the actual winner that November!
@willmpet Жыл бұрын
Gene McCarthy’s brother was a surgeon who operated on me when I was but 14. He did a great job!
@LoyalOpposition11 ай бұрын
Gene McCarthy is my hero.
@anthonymorgan29342 жыл бұрын
I love this man he would have been a great President
@hozonkai9967 Жыл бұрын
He died in 1978, just one year after his hypothetical 2nd term. Considering the deaths of Kennedy (1963), Hoover (1964), Eisenhower (1969), Truman (1972) and Johnson (1973), Nixon was the only living President for a whole 18 months. Had Humphrey won in 1968 as well as 1972, he would've been the only President for 4 years, then his successor would've been the only one after Humphrey died in 1978. That would've been a whopping 6 dead Presidents in less than 15 years, compared to the last 15 years (2007-2022), when just one President died (Bush Sr in 2018)
@trevorkeyes60679 ай бұрын
The best president America never had
@joycepino53462 ай бұрын
He wasn't President. Nixon won in 1968.
@fr_T_T Жыл бұрын
Wow, literally Quentin Tarantino
@RayelaArt10 ай бұрын
I kept thinking he reminded me of someone…
@rogerwilco43977 жыл бұрын
Great man and patriot.
@christopherperry22665 жыл бұрын
We need great statesman like this today. Politicians with a strong moral, humanitarian and religious ideology, where are you?
@jesspete45304 жыл бұрын
He’s in my family
@willkay9679 Жыл бұрын
He and Clay are the greatest losing presidential candidates ever
@josephfreedman9422 Жыл бұрын
Interesting comparison!
@basswrld4013 ай бұрын
Realz 😎🇺🇸, same with William Jennings Bryan, Samuel Tilden, & Ross Perot.
@bbodinefan112 жыл бұрын
Im a hardline conservative but I find that I like this guy.
@maxB22622 жыл бұрын
That’s weird because he’s a liberal icon
@bbodinefan112 жыл бұрын
@@maxB2262 I find him to be genuine. I admire that no matter what side of the aisle someone is on.
@johnwaffleh2p702 жыл бұрын
@@maxB2262 I thought he was a moderate
@scottbillhirst96329 ай бұрын
Humphrey I admire because he supported civil rights even though from Minnesota which did not have a large Black population. Remember he was first elected to the United States Senate in1948.
@zenarcade64 Жыл бұрын
Humphrey addresses McCarthy and McGovern, the antiwar candidates. I heard that his speech was after midnight, way too late for TV viewers to watch. But it was a great unity speech. Anyone remember this joke?: I didn't know your momma was into politics; I saw her on the street corner saying Humphrey 😜
@LoyalOpposition11 ай бұрын
I don't get it.
@ADAMSIXTIES4 жыл бұрын
August 29th, 1968, Chicago. Humphrey was right: "all your dreams will come to naught if the Republican wins," Unfortunately he did then (Nixon). Have we learned anything in 52 years? We'll see on November 3rd!
@rocky51524 жыл бұрын
Excellent comment!!!
@analara98723 жыл бұрын
Thank God Biden won
@EmperorOfChaos3 жыл бұрын
What has Biden done for any of you? The best democrat was JFK and he was assassinated.
@fanny20813 жыл бұрын
@@analara9872 biden cheated in arizona. More than 70000 CONFIRMED fraudulent votes. Trump has won
@analara98723 жыл бұрын
@@fanny2081 if there is sooo much proof of fraud as you say, why isn't Biden in jail for cheating?? stop watching Fox News
@Charuvlogs34563 жыл бұрын
Humphrey: I chose not simply to run for president I lead a great nation! Humphrey's speech at DNC 1968
@quietlightning406325 күн бұрын
All he needed was the Kamala cackle 😂
@patszer8314 Жыл бұрын
I remember Humphrey well. The man loved the sound of his own voice because he would talk and talk on for hours.
@sergevictoryyt Жыл бұрын
Can't blame him, he had a great way of speaking
@Charuvlogs34563 жыл бұрын
If Humphrey would have elected to president he will be the best president
@hozonkai9967 Жыл бұрын
Abraham Lincoln was said to have had a high-pitched, yet very powerful and charismatic voice, much like Hubert Humphrey. Someone should do a voice-synthesis of Triple H doing the Gettysburg Address. Would probably be as accurate as you could get.
@itsharris2345 Жыл бұрын
Very interesting
@josephfreedman9422 Жыл бұрын
I believe Lincoln had a higher-pitched voice. He knew how to throw his voice, I've read, so that it could be heard from quite a distance. I suspect that HHH could do the same.
@BraedenSyon2 жыл бұрын
I like the 38th vice president Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr under the 35th president John Fitzgerald Kennedy and the 36th president Lyndon Baines Johnson
@judedesilva83663 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. Vice President Hubert Horatio Hornblower Humphrey, a fighter Democrat for President (1911-1978) 😥 🇺🇸 ✌ ✌
@trevorkeyes60679 ай бұрын
Great speech
@JAKECOT_CENTER23 күн бұрын
I wish his stance on Vietnam was different sooner so that we wouldn’t have had Nixon
@DoubleJ12037 жыл бұрын
Where have you gone HHH? We could use your common sense and vision today.
@DoubleJ12037 жыл бұрын
Michoel Dobry Amen
@mooncrab5 жыл бұрын
@@MichoelDobry 100% Real Talk.
@davidcase28473 жыл бұрын
He dead
@navaladmiral29622 жыл бұрын
HHH went home because he has ascended with his wisdom
@williamgregory184810 күн бұрын
Had the 1968 election been held a week earlier, Humphrey almost certainly would’ve won.
@BraedenSyon2 жыл бұрын
I heard that the Democratic Party is every November I like Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr under Presidents John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Lyndon banies Johnson
@user-cn6cw6os3sАй бұрын
Saw him speak live at San Jose State College back in the mid 60s. I was around 13 years old.
@JACKSON2983 ай бұрын
This Humphrey guy seems nice, I might vote for him
@jacobcroft53397 ай бұрын
He was too good for America
@scottbillhirst96329 ай бұрын
I favored Nixon in that election. I saw both in Kansas City, Missouri in 1968. I was with a group of FFA members when I personally spoke to Humphrey. I was in the city for the Future Farmers of America National Convention.
@rickheady22985 жыл бұрын
Ashame you where never president cause you would of made a good one
@frederickrapp539622 күн бұрын
Most of these people here in this room in 1968 are now dead.
@darkbetterlol9 ай бұрын
America certainly did not make the world a better place when it chose Nixon in 1968, and then again in 2000, this time with W.
@marcsonnenberg623 Жыл бұрын
If Humphrey had won, we would have been better off. Probably get out of Vietnam sooner, and no Watergate.
@cbl19846 ай бұрын
Think of how different our country would be right now if we had a President-elect Humphrey rather than Nixon that year.
@ericwofford1896Күн бұрын
That chin of his almost looks like a bottle cap opener
After losing in 1968 and losing the democratic nomination to George McGovern in 1972, he went back to Minnesota and was reelected to the Senate in 1973 and stayed there till his untimely death from cancer in 1978.
@tidningsboije55682 жыл бұрын
@@MemestiffGaming Oh i'm sorry to hear that (!) .
@NaughtyVampireGod Жыл бұрын
Hunter Thompson accurately described Humphrey as "rancid".
@Coyote1.6183 ай бұрын
He just made a mistake not running at the right time.
@luisreyes19635 күн бұрын
I fail to realize how anyone could consider Hubert H. Humphrey a potential "great President" when he's nothing more than a figurehead for the political bosses (especially Chicago's) who would continue America's ensnarement in Vietnam. Eugene McCarthy was more fitting to fill the void Robert F. Kennedy left after his death.
@wycliffeochieng82315 жыл бұрын
check the comment of Goldwater on Humphrey... but I like Humphrey more
@mariarahelvarnhagen27292 жыл бұрын
Fine
@willmpet Жыл бұрын
This was because LBJ abandoned the Democratic Party!
@willmpet Жыл бұрын
Would djt call him awful names?
@anonymoushuman8443 Жыл бұрын
Humphreys = Hillary Clinton in 2016
@tarikabaraka22514 ай бұрын
Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. fue un farmacéutico, político y senador estadounidense. Vicepresidente de los Estados Unidos entre 1965 y 1969.