U.S. presidential election, 1964

[A18]

No hindsight.

In the wake of Kennedy's assassination, Lyndon Johnson ran for a term in his own right. His opponent was Barry Goldwater, a champion of the Republican Party's right-wing.

Goldwater proposed deep cuts in social programs and an increase in the defense budget. He opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which he said violated the freedom of association. "Our aim, as I understand it," Goldwater said, "is neither to establish a segregated society nor to establish an integrated society as such. It is to preserve a free society." He also proposed selling the Tennessee Valley Authority, and suggested that Social Security be made voluntary. In foreign affairs, Goldwater took a hawkish stand, promising to drive the Communists from South Vietnam. The Republican platform reflected Goldwater's vision of less government, states' rights, and greater freedom for the individual.

The Democratic platform praised the Kennedy-Johnson administration, and condemned extremism, more specifically the conduct of the Ku Klux Klan and the John Birch Society.

President Johnson won the election in a landslide. Goldwater was reduced to just 3 percent of the African American vote, but made impressive inroads in the Deep South.

[Emsworth]

Goldwater, of course.

[opebo]

Johnson, of course.

[MasterJedi]

Goldwater, of course.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

LBJ

[A18]

I would vote for Goldwater. Johnson was an absolute disaster from the start, and Goldwater's insistence on smaller government just makes me support him more.

[Democratic Hawk]

LBJ - no surprises there then

Dave

[Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon]

Write-in: Nelson Rockefeller.

[A18]

Write-in: Nelson Rockefeller.

Yeah, change that avatar

[Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon]

Write-in: Nelson Rockefeller.

Yeah, change that avatar

I'm still requesting a darker blue one, but this one will have to do.  Please be patient.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Without hindsight, LBJ.

With hindsight, write in Ho Chi Minh.

[Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon]

With hindsight, write in Ho Chi Minh.

Please go f**k yourself with a cactus.  Thanks.

[The Duke]

I'd vote Goldwater.  Probably because I'd know he'd get crushed, and there's no risk.  Johnson was not a good man, and it's easy to vote Goldwater because he's a decent guy and he'll lose anyway.  His son's a perverted weirdo, but Barry was a good guy.

With hindsight, write in Ho Chi Minh.

HAHAHAHAHA!!!!  You are such a college kid!!!!

Votign for a genocidal monster?  Just awful.

[Virginian87]

Johnson, and that's without hindsight.

With hindsight, write in Ho Chi Minh.

Yeah, I highly recommend Don's suggestion.  I bet you're one of those idiots who are completely ignorant about communism and have posters of Che Guevara as your political hero in your room.  Just get out of the country.  Now.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Well since Ho can't win and is not even eligible, there's no actual reprecussions to the vote, hence it's just a protest vote and the best way to show my opposition to the Vietnam war.

And yes, I do have a Che poster, however I no longer advocate communism as a viable form of government.

[CheeseWhiz]

I would vote for Goldwater. Johnson was an absolute disaster from the start, and Goldwater's insistence on smaller government just makes me support him more.

[opebo]

I'd vote Goldwater.  Probably because I'd know he'd get crushed, and there's no risk.  Johnson was not a good man, and it's easy to vote Goldwater because he's a decent guy and he'll lose anyway.  His son's a perverted weirdo, but Barry was a good guy.

With hindsight, write in Ho Chi Minh.

HAHAHAHAHA!!!!  You are such a college kid!!!!

Votign for a genocidal monster?  Just awful.

So Johnson wasn't a genocidal monster?

[The Duke]

Well since Ho can't win and is not even eligible, there's no actual reprecussions to the vote, hence it's just a protest vote and the best way to show my opposition to the Vietnam war.

So why no cast a symbolic vote for bin Laden since you oppose the War on Terrorism?

[The Duke]

I'd vote Goldwater.  Probably because I'd know he'd get crushed, and there's no risk.  Johnson was not a good man, and it's easy to vote Goldwater because he's a decent guy and he'll lose anyway.  His son's a perverted weirdo, but Barry was a good guy.

With hindsight, write in Ho Chi Minh.

HAHAHAHAHA!!!!  You are such a college kid!!!!

Votign for a genocidal monster?  Just awful.

So Johnson wasn't a genocidal monster?

Johnson's policies did result in many deaths, but they were not genocidal.  Genocide is the intentional obiteration of a race of people because of their ethnicity, Johnson didn't do that.

[opebo]

I'd vote Goldwater.  Probably because I'd know he'd get crushed, and there's no risk.  Johnson was not a good man, and it's easy to vote Goldwater because he's a decent guy and he'll lose anyway.  His son's a perverted weirdo, but Barry was a good guy.

With hindsight, write in Ho Chi Minh.

HAHAHAHAHA!!!!  You are such a college kid!!!!

Votign for a genocidal monster?  Just awful.

So Johnson wasn't a genocidal monster?

Johnson's policies did result in many deaths, but they were not genocidal.  Genocide is the intentional obiteration of a race of people because of their ethnicity, Johnson didn't do that.

What race did Ho Chi Minh do that to?  The Hmong?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Well since Ho can't win and is not even eligible, there's no actual reprecussions to the vote, hence it's just a protest vote and the best way to show my opposition to the Vietnam war.

So why no cast a symbolic vote for bin Laden since you oppose the War on Terrorism?

Because I don't. I don't oppose going after terrorists. I strongly oppose bin Laden. I simply don't see that concept as a "war". I still support action against al-Qaeda. I would not have supported action against North Vietnam or the Viet Cong. Then there's also the fact that Ho Chi Minh never carried out an attack on the American mainland.

[Virginian87]

I would vote for Goldwater. Johnson was an absolute disaster from the start, and Goldwater's insistence on smaller government just makes me support him more.

Would you have supported nuking Vietnam?

[Speed of Sound]

wow....both of these candidates are pretty bad, but i have to reluctantly vote Johnson.

[A18]

I would vote for Goldwater. Johnson was an absolute disaster from the start, and Goldwater's insistence on smaller government just makes me support him more.

Would you have supported nuking Vietnam?

Yes, but Goldwater didn't.

[jokerman]

No hindsight, Johnson

Some hindsight on Vietnam, perhaps Goldwater.