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Was JFK going to drop LBJ from the 64 Ticket ?

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Mike Orr:
Was LBJ heading to jail ? We know RFK hated him. JFK was said to be ready to cut LBJ from the ticket in 64. Billie Sol Estes & Bobby Baker were big problems with LBJ . I think all of LBJ's problems were solved when JFK was gunned down in Dealey Plaza !

Gary Craig:

Mike Orr:
I know Nixon dropped this tidbit of news while he was in Dallas ( but actually forgot where he was when JFK was assassinated as did a # of others who had faulty memories of that day). I thought it was rather ironic that Nixon would be the bearer of bad news for Lyndon ! It kind of sounds like there was a very reliable source or sources of LBJ getting ready to be booted from the ticket in 64. Lyndon was going to get what he wanted , one way or another. You figure it out !

Gary Craig:

--- Quote from: Mike Orr on February 26, 2018, 02:36:52 AM ---I know Nixon dropped this tidbit of news while he was in Dallas ( but actually forgot where he was when JFK was assassinated as did a # of others who had faulty memories of that day). I thought it was rather ironic that Nixon would be the bearer of bad news for Lyndon ! It kind of sounds like there was a very reliable source or sources of LBJ getting ready to be booted from the ticket in 64. Lyndon was going to get what he wanted , one way or another. You figure it out !

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For what it's worth.

I've read, don't have the source right this minute, that RFK was feeding info, garnered from his position as
 
AG, to the congressional committee investigating corruption involving LBJ. They had just taken damning

testimony concerning bribes and payoffs directly tied to Johnson when news came that JFK had been shot   

in Dallas. They recessed and didn't reconvene until after LBJ left office.

Joe Elliott:

If JFK was planning on dropping Johnson, why was he riding in motorcades in Texas? He barely won Texas in 1960 with Johnson on the ticket. If he drops Johnson, he will lose Texas in 1964 (unless there is a landslide election). In any case, with any such plans in the offering, JFK would have written off Texas and instead visit some other key state. Texas was chosen for a visit because it is a large state, it has a lot of electoral votes, and it could go either way in 1964. Provided he doesn?t drop Johnson.

While Johnson may have lost some of his popularity in Texas, and more so in the Deep South, due to his support for Civil Rights, Texas, on the whole, was not as racist as the Deep South. Despite the Democratic Party?s support for Civil Rights in the 1960?s, the Texas voted for the Democratic candidate in both 1964 and 1968. Johnson still had a lot of support within Texas, on the whole.

But if JFK drops Johnson in 1964, that will severely jeopardize Texas. I?m not saying JFK would not drop Johnson under any circumstances. But if he was planning to do so, he would write off Texas and go visit a different state that could go either way, to help make up for the probable loss of Texas.

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