The Vice Precedents of the Deep State

In order to solidify the democratic party, kennedy needed some one that would appeal to the conservative wing oko ack back then. So when kennedy puts in a guy like l b j, that la in itself is almost reckless to a criminal degree. After the assassination, that american deep state steps very boldly on to the scene. And you know, johnson's vice president, hubert humphrey, may have been the last, you know, strong vice president that anybody ever picked. Because after that, of course, you had nixon with spiro agne complete nonentity. And then carter with mondale, in a certain sense

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