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Sirhan Sirhan and the assassination of RFK Part One

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L v J Versus Nixon - The Democratic Machine

In 19 60, in january, after the tet offensive, l b j is so wrapped up in the war that he begins to think and talks to his aids about not running for a second term. It would actually be part of a third term, because he becomes president in 19 63. He wins by a landslide. So this is now 68, cominga coming up in november 68. Nobody knows what he's doing. One day he says, let's get the campaign going, and the next day he said, i'm not going to run. And it turns out that eug mc carthy a starts to run against him. The internals on this thing are fascinating

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