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Originally Posted by OneToughHerring
Yea, and the thing is, when a democrat president is assassinated there is no backlash. When Kennedy was shot next up were Johnson and Nixon, both pro-war and the war in Vietnam took off. When Reagan was shot he got re-elected and went ahead with Iran-gate etc.
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Erm Johnson was a
Democrat and it is he, not Nixon, expanded the war in Vietnam. Nixon spent the next 6 years trying to first actually accomplish something and then disengage from that war. "Peace with Honor" was the buzz phrase iirc.