Προεδρική εκλογή των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών 1964: Διαφορά μεταξύ των αναθεωρήσεων

Ο Τζόνσον επίσης αντιμετώπισε προβλήματα από τον [[Ρόμπερτ Φ. Κέννεντι]], νεότερο αδελφό του Προέδρου Κέννεντι και [[Γραμματέας Δικαιοσύνης των ΗΠΑ |Γραμματέα Δικαιοσύνης των ΗΠΑ]]. Kennedy and Johnson's relationship was troubled from the time Robert Kennedy was a Senate staffer. Then-Majority Leader Johnson surmised that Kennedy's hostility was the direct result of the fact that Johnson frequently recounted a story that embarrassed Kennedy's father, [[Joseph P. Kennedy]], the ambassador to the United Kingdom. According to his recounting, Johnson and [[President Franklin Roosevelt]] misled the ambassador, upon a return visit to the United States, to believe that Roosevelt wished to meet in Washington for friendly purposes; in fact Roosevelt planned to—and did—fire the ambassador, due to the ambassador's well publicized views.<ref> Robert A. Caro; "The Lyndon Johnson Years: The Passage of Power" (2012), ch. 3 ("It’s about Roosevelt and his father", Johnson said)</ref> The Johnson–Kennedy hostility was rendered mutual in the 1960 primaries and the [[1960 Democratic National Convention]], when Robert Kennedy had tried to prevent Johnson from becoming his brother's running mate, a move that deeply embittered both men. Days after John Kennedy's assassination, Johnson opted to call Robert Kennedy to ask the bereaved brother to remind him the exact language of the constitutional oath of office.

 

 

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