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...Landslide Winners Lyndon Johnson in 1964 and Nixon in 1972 did not debate their rivals; Incumbents Gerald Ford in 1976 and Jimmy Carter in 1980 agreed to participate only because their campaigns were in serious trouble, and ended up losing the elections...
Most Presidents change in office, adjusting body and mind to compensate for advancing years or declining health. John Kennedy designed his routines to protect his ailing back. He insisted on a daily nap to keep a clear mind. Lyndon Johnson carried a plastic-encased electrocardiogram to show any doubters that his damaged heart was still pumping adequately. He napped two hours a day, then revived with a cold shower rigged for 80 lbs. of pressure per square inch over his enormous body-and great gulps of Cutty Sark Scotch. Ike went through a heart attack, ileitis and a stroke...
...boost simply by being elevated to the same stage. Richard Nixon, a quasi-incumbent in 1960 by virtue of his two terms as Vice President, took a drubbing in his first debate with John Kennedy and may have lost the election as a result. Sitting on big leads, Lyndon Johnson in 1964 and Nixon in 1972 never came close to debating their opponents. Gerald Ford in 1976 and Jimmy Carter in 1980 were willing to take the chance because they were locked in tight races. It was a losing gamble...
...Lyndon Johnson used his eyeball-to-eyeball technique on Alexei Kosygin at Glassboro in 1967. He locked eyes with Kosygin and vowed he would not look away. Minutes passed with neither man bunking. Johnson got a terrible urge for coffee. He walked his fingers across the table until they collided with his cup. He picked it up. Eyes locked. He drank. Eyes locked. He put the cup down. Kosygin looked away. Aha, thought Johnson. He had won. But later that night he confessed to friends, "I don't understand it. I could make any decision I wanted...
...Vietnam Deception. Westmoreland, who commanded U.S. forces in South Viet Nam from 1964 to 1968, calls the program a "hatchet job" for alleging that he engaged in a "conspiracy" to underreport enemy troop strength. According to the 90-min. broadcast, Westmoreland's command, in its reports to President Lyndon Johnson and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, estimated Viet Cong strength at about 300,000. Many intelligence operatives believed the true figure was closer to 500,000. The program also charges that the Saigon command withheld information about the nearly 25,000 North Vietnamese troops suspected of infiltrating the South...