05-01-2011, 10:07 AM
Answer: because they were in on the JFK assassination together.
Why would the psychopathic, serial killer Lyndon Johnson be SO enthusiastic about Nelson Rockefeller for president in spring, 1968? Johnson as president was crumbling under the weight of Vietnam and his fears of exposure for his key role in the JFK assassination. Richard Goodwin and Bill Moyers both had separately gone to psychiatrists and described LBJ's very scary mental behavior and they came back with a "back of the envelop" diagnosis of a "paranoid in disintegration."
So why does the usurper traitor murderer Lyndon Johnson, this "paranoid in disintegration" feel SO comfortable with Nelson Rockefeller as the next president? Two reasons: 1) he knows Rockefeller will continue the cover up of the JFK assassination and 2) LBJ felt that Nelson Rockefeller was the candidate best positioned to beat his hated enemy Bobby Kennedy, whose campaign was surging to the lead of the Demo nomination. (Fast forward to 1975 and the Rockefeller Commission, with David Belin as executive director, and folks like Lyman Lemnitzer of Operation Northwoods fame on yet another JFK cover up committee)
"Johnson's choice as his successor was New York's Republican Governor Nelson Rockefeller. The two men had a high regard for each other. Johnson saw Rockefeller as a sensible moderate who, in Lady Bird's words, "was a good human being, a person who was for the disadvantaged, who was a man of compassion, with a capable and effective mind, and capable of being effective, getting things done." He also believed that Rockefeller was the one man who could beat Bobby Kennedy, no small asset in Johnson's mind.
Rockefeller reciprocated Johnson's feelings. He saw the President as "a great statesman and great American patriot." Rockefeller said later: "He was a tremendous guy." They and their wives enjoyed a warm personal relationship. Nelson recalled how frank his wife Happy could be with Lyndon, telling him at the ranch not to drive so fast or drink too much. "She was successful in getting him to slow down, which I don't think most people were." …Toward the end of April [1968], Johnson invited the Rockefellers to the White House for dinner, where he urged the governor to declare for the Republican nomination. "He was very friendly about '68, and very supportive of me for '68," Rockefeller said. Johnson also told him he would never campaign against him. Happy Rockefeller remembered how during that evening Johnson urged Rockefeller to run. "He did want Nelson to be President," she said. Johnson encouraged others to back Rockefeller as well. On April 7, after Irwin Miller, a prominent member of "Republicans for Johnson" in 1964 had asked whether the president would object to his chairing a Draft Rockefeller Committee, LBJ have Miller "a full speed go-ahead."
Rockefeller did not need much prodding. On April 10, following a brief conversation with Johnson at New York's St. Patrick's Cathedral, where they attended Archbishop Terence Cooke's installation, Rockefeller announced his "availability" for the Republican nomination. On April 30, after the White House evening, Rockefeller declared himself a candidate for the presidency." [p. 545, A Flawed Giant, Robert Dallek]
Why would the psychopathic, serial killer Lyndon Johnson be SO enthusiastic about Nelson Rockefeller for president in spring, 1968? Johnson as president was crumbling under the weight of Vietnam and his fears of exposure for his key role in the JFK assassination. Richard Goodwin and Bill Moyers both had separately gone to psychiatrists and described LBJ's very scary mental behavior and they came back with a "back of the envelop" diagnosis of a "paranoid in disintegration."
So why does the usurper traitor murderer Lyndon Johnson, this "paranoid in disintegration" feel SO comfortable with Nelson Rockefeller as the next president? Two reasons: 1) he knows Rockefeller will continue the cover up of the JFK assassination and 2) LBJ felt that Nelson Rockefeller was the candidate best positioned to beat his hated enemy Bobby Kennedy, whose campaign was surging to the lead of the Demo nomination. (Fast forward to 1975 and the Rockefeller Commission, with David Belin as executive director, and folks like Lyman Lemnitzer of Operation Northwoods fame on yet another JFK cover up committee)
Astoundingly, Republican Nelson Rockefeller was the TOP (behind the scenes) choice of
Democrat Lyndon Johnson in 1968!
From Robert Dallek's book Flawed Giant, pp. 544-545]
Lyndon Johnson's deep alliance with CIA and Eastern Establishment
"Johnson's choice as his successor was New York's Republican Governor Nelson Rockefeller. The two men had a high regard for each other. Johnson saw Rockefeller as a sensible moderate who, in Lady Bird's words, "was a good human being, a person who was for the disadvantaged, who was a man of compassion, with a capable and effective mind, and capable of being effective, getting things done." He also believed that Rockefeller was the one man who could beat Bobby Kennedy, no small asset in Johnson's mind.
Rockefeller reciprocated Johnson's feelings. He saw the President as "a great statesman and great American patriot." Rockefeller said later: "He was a tremendous guy." They and their wives enjoyed a warm personal relationship. Nelson recalled how frank his wife Happy could be with Lyndon, telling him at the ranch not to drive so fast or drink too much. "She was successful in getting him to slow down, which I don't think most people were." …Toward the end of April [1968], Johnson invited the Rockefellers to the White House for dinner, where he urged the governor to declare for the Republican nomination. "He was very friendly about '68, and very supportive of me for '68," Rockefeller said. Johnson also told him he would never campaign against him. Happy Rockefeller remembered how during that evening Johnson urged Rockefeller to run. "He did want Nelson to be President," she said. Johnson encouraged others to back Rockefeller as well. On April 7, after Irwin Miller, a prominent member of "Republicans for Johnson" in 1964 had asked whether the president would object to his chairing a Draft Rockefeller Committee, LBJ have Miller "a full speed go-ahead."
Rockefeller did not need much prodding. On April 10, following a brief conversation with Johnson at New York's St. Patrick's Cathedral, where they attended Archbishop Terence Cooke's installation, Rockefeller announced his "availability" for the Republican nomination. On April 30, after the White House evening, Rockefeller declared himself a candidate for the presidency." [p. 545, A Flawed Giant, Robert Dallek]