Episode 40: UPHEAVAL!! (Part 1) 1968 Tet Offensive to the Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback · Aug 19, 2021 · 1h 2m

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Not since the Civil War had America been this divided. The decisions to both go to war in Vietnam and to pass several Civil Rights Bills that changed how America interacted socially led to an explosive Presidential Election year. Never had their been a campaign with more extreme lows as this one had.

First came a major offensive by the enemy in Vietnam during the Vietnamese New Year known as Tet. The offensive was actually a military failure but you would never convince anyone of that in the United States. It led to an upstart Senator from the State of Minnesota named Eugene…