#john connally

[joansiesbeloved]

JFK and Jackie during their visit to San Antonio, Texas. Circa, November 21st, 1963.

[deadpresidents]

I know this is a big what if but if Nixon hadn't had Watergate who do you think he would have wanted to succeed him after his second term since it obviously wasn't Agnew

Nixon very much wanted John Connally to be his successor. Connally was the former Governor of Texas best known for also being shot in Dallas when JFK was assassinated. He was a Democrat and a longtime protege of LBJ, but he switched parties after LBJ died in January 1973 and Nixon thought the world of him. Even before switching parties, Connally had served as Secretary of the Treasury for about 18 months during Nixon's first term and then led a "Democrats for Nixon" group during the 1972 election. Considering the fact that Nixon won 49 of the 50 states, Connally's group probably helped with the landslide.

When Agnew resigned as Vice President in 1973 because of his own corruption charges, Nixon badly wanted to nominate Connally as his VP. However, the fact that Connally had just recently switched parties made it highly unlikely that Democrats in Congress would vote to confirm Connally as Vice President. And since Nixon in a heap of trouble himself at that point it was pretty clear that Nixon's new Vice President could very likely assume the Presidency in the near future. Connally undoubtedly had Presidential ambitions, so that was also a strike against his chances of becoming VP since that would have given him an inside track for the 1976 election.

Even without being appointed to the Vice Presidency, Connally probably would have been a strong candidate for the Presidency in 1976, however he ended up ensnared in his own scandal. Just a few weeks before Nixon was forced to resign as President, Connally was indicted on bribery, perjury, and obstruction of justice charges. He was ultimately acquitted, but it sidetracked his political career and he couldn't gain any traction when he sought the GOP nomination for President in 1980. But if Richard Nixon could have had his way, John Connally likely would have replaced Spiro Agnew as his Vice President and been Nixon's successor as President.

[politicalrpf]

Various cards of Richard Nixon's friends and family, by Norman Friant and Peter Green, 1971.

[politicaldilfs]

Texas Governor DILFs (Blue Edition)

I often see comments about Republican politicians being hotter than Democratic politicians in my feed. And while I'm not here to weigh in on that debate, I will just say that Texas had a lengthy string of DILF governors when it was a blue state.

P.S. Be sure and stay tuned for the Red Edition! You didn't think I'd forget about Dubya did ya?

P.P.S. The man in the last picture is Governor Pappy O'Daniel, who was portrayed by Charles Durning in the film O Brother, Where Art Thou? Just a tidbit for all the Durning fans in my orbit!

[oldshowbiz]

1963.

Texas Governor John Connally refused to repudiate a statement by Alabama Governor George Wallace that suggested Civil Rights leaders were Communist sex perverts.

[graceandfamily]

Arrive For Fashion Gala: Top dignitaries arriving for the fashion gala in San Antonio Thursday night, posed for photographers as they arrived. Left to right are Count Charles De Chambrun, Mrs. John B. Connally, Prince Rainier III and Princess Grace of Monaco; Governor John Connally and Countess De Chambrun. Photo is dated 09-26-1968.

[thenewdemocratus]

Roger Sharp Archive: ABC News Talking to Jack Ruby's Lawyers (1963)

Source:Roger Sharp Archive– Roger Sharp anchoring this special report for ABC News. “Following the deaths of President John F. Kennedy and his assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, ABC Correspondent Roger Sharp anchors from the WFAA-TV Dallas studios as correspondent Bill Lord interviews lawyers representing Jack Ruby, Oswald’s killer. Excerpts are also shown of a press conference by Nellie Connally, the…

[gudguy1a]

Kennedy Assassination - End Conspiracy with AI & Quantum Computing

So many people across America ‘still‘ talk about John F. Kennedy’s assassination and constantly tie conspiracy to it. Talking about the impossibility of one shooter doing the damage that he (Lee Harvey Oswald) did with one bullet. Okay. Prove the impossibility of one bullet causing the death of our former president and all the residual damage. Or, prove the that there was indeed more than one…

[filosofablogger]

Reflecting On A Moment 60 Years Ago

I walk into the kitchen for another cupp’a coffee, put the mug under the spout, turn on the pot, and while I wait, I rinse a few dishes, put them in the dishwasher, then go back to my chair in the living room.  Reach for my coffee … oops!  Left it in the kitchen … I knew there was some reason I had gone into the kitchen!  So, I return to the kitchen, notice that the cats’ water dish is near…

[tonyrossmcmahon]

JFK assassination and the magic bullet

JFK was assassinated 60 years ago and ever since there has been criticism of the magic bullet theory proving Lee Harvey Oswald was the killer. Tony McMahon investigates.

It’s 60 years since President John F Kennedy was assassinated. A shocking event that shaped the 1960s and has divided opinion ever since – spawning a cottage industry of conspiracy theories. Watching the Zapruder tape – the home video of a spectator that day – never ceases to shock. The first magic bullet, as it came to be known, followed by a second more devastating hit that finished off the…

[thetemplarknight]

JFK assassination and the magic bullet

JFK was assassinated 60 years ago and ever since there has been criticism of the magic bullet theory proving Lee Harvey Oswald was the killer. Tony McMahon investigates.

It’s 60 years since President John F Kennedy was assassinated. A shocking event that shaped the 1960s and has divided opinion ever since – spawning a cottage industry of conspiracy theories. Watching the Zapruder tape – the home video of a spectator that day – never ceases to shock. The first magic bullet, as it came to be known, followed by a second more devastating hit that finished off the…

[deadpresidents]

Program for the Austin fundraiser on the night of November 22, 1963 that JFK didn't make it to.

[politicalrpf]

1980 Iowa primary political cartoon by Ed Cleary.

[voguefashion]

The Kennedys' on LIFE magazine (Part 2/3)

"Mrs. Kennedy, Caroline And John Jr. Wait To Join Procession To Capital" (Jackie, Caroline & John F. Kennedy Jr.), December 6, 1963.

"Who Will Button Up The Bottom Half Of The Ticket?" (Robert F. Kennedy), May 8, 1964.

"Jacqueline Kennedy: She Writes About Her Husbands Mementos - The Ones He Liked Most" (Jackie Kennedy), May 29, 1964.

"Bob Kennedy's Week Of Trial And Of Decision (A Happy Moment At Home With His And His Brother Jack's Children: Courtney, Caroline, Kerry, John Jr. Michael and David Kennedy), July 5, 1964.

"The Warren Report" (John F. Kennedy Assassination), October 2, 1964.

"As Congress Opens: Ted Kennedy's Recovery" (Edward M. Kennedy), January 15, 1965.

"By Robert Kennedy: Our Climb Up Mt. Kennedy" (Robert F. Kennedy), April 9, 1965.

"By Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.: First Portrait Of Kennedy By A Member Of His Team - A Thousand Days" (John F. Kennedy), July 16, 1965.

"By Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.: The Historian Resumes His Kennedy Narrative - A Thousand Days" (John F. Kennedy), November 5, 1965.

"Jackie In Spain" (Jackie Kennedy), May 6, 1966.

"Robert Kennedy: His Control Over The 'Legend' - His Truce With L.B.J - Will He Dare To Run In '68? - How Would He Handle Power?" (Robert F. Kennedy), November 18, 1966.

"A Matter Of Reasonable Doubt" (John F. Kennedy Assassination), November 25, 1966.

"Jackie In Cambodia" (Jackie Kennedy), November 17, 1967.

"A Contribution To History: Governor Connally Sets The Record Straight On The Fateful Visit" (John F. Kennedy & Jackie Kennedy), November 24, 1967.

"Senator Robert F. Kennedy", June 14, 1968.

"Jackie's Wedding" (Jackie Kennedy Onassis), November 1, 1968.

"The Kennedys" - Special Edition, 1968.

"The Fateful Turn For Ted Kennedy" (Edward M. Kennedy), August 1, 1969.

"The 60s: Decade Of Tumult And Change" (John F. Kennedy, Jackie Kennedy & Robert F. Kennedy), December 29, 1969.

"An Intimate Visit: Rose Kennedy At 80" (Rose, Ted & Joan Kennedy), July 17, 1970.

[irregularincidents]

Many consider a contributing factor to the late Jimmy Carter's 1980 presidential election loss to Ronald Reagan was his seeming inability to resolve the Iranian Hostage Crisis, where between 1979 and 1981 Iranian students seized the US embassy and captured 53 members of staff and civilians.

However, just it turned out that Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger had sabotaged Lyndon B Johnson's peace talks with Vietnam some years previously for political gain, Reagan's allies decided to insert themselves into the Hostage Crisis to aid him the exact same way.

Specifically, former Republican governor of Texas John Connally, who met with leaders in the Middle East in the summer leading up to 1980 election. His goal? Convince the leaders of the various countries he visited to ask the students in the embassy to ignore Carter's attempts to free the hostages, as Reagan would get them a better deal when he won instead.

Carter would go on to loose that election, with voters citing his inability to resolve the Hostage Crisis and a stagnating economy for his loss of support, with the hostages were eventually released on 20 January 1981, the day Reagan took office.

As a Guardian article recounting the statements of Ben Barnes, an assistant to Connally during the 1980 trips, puts it:

“History needs to know that this happened,” Barnes said in one of several interviews with the Times. Barnes said he decided to come forward with his account after news last month that Carter, 98, had entered hospice care at his home in Plains, Georgia, after a series of hospital visits. “I think it’s so significant and I guess knowing that the end is near for President Carter put it on my mind more and more and more,” Barnes said. “I just feel like we’ve got to get it down some way.” Barnes – a Democrat who served as lieutenant governor of Texas and was vice-chair of John Kerry’s 2004 election campaign – told the Times that on returning from the Middle East, Connally reported to the chairman of Reagan’s campaign, William J Casey. “Carter’s aides have long suspected that his campaign was torpedoed by Reagan affiliates who wanted to delay the release of American hostages until after the election,” Axios wrote on Monday. It added: “Ronald Reagan’s subsequent presidency ushered in a conservative era that remains a model for Republicans. If Carter had secured the release of the hostages, he might have won instead.”

[porciaenjoyer]

it's incredible to me that john connally did other things in his life besides being governor of texas in 1963..