Word: humphreyism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...HUBERT HUMPHREY'S nation-wide address Monday night showed very clearly that he knows he must break with President Johnson's Vietnam policies to capture the Presidency in November. It also showed that he is not yet willing to make the break. The speech was a masterpiece of deceptive political prose, and little more...
...Humphrey claimed to be breaking new ground on the Vietnam issue by calling for a reevaluation of American commitments abroad and promising, if elected, to halt the bombing of the North. But on neither issue did the Vice-President genuinely dissociate himself from the stand of his predecessor...
...Free elections throughout South Vietnam. Calling free elections in South Vietnam "the ultimate key to an honorable peace," Humphrey opened his proposal to any party "willing to follow the peaceful process [of elections...
...immediate ceasefire. As an effort to bring our troops home as North Vietnam withdraws theirs, Humphrey predicted that as President he would "propose once more an immediate ceasefire...
...Although Humphrey stated he did not "condemn any past decisions of Presidents," by his proposals, some of which are in direct conflict with President Johnson's views, he became the first Vice-President in modern history to break with a President publicly on an issue of major importance...