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Do you think that LBJ had anything to do with the murder? He might have thought that he needed to carry Illinois to win re-election in 1968.

Something really upset LBJ not to run in 1968. I remember the announcement, and it looked he had seen a ghost.

It is possible somebody found some skeletons in LBJ's closet and were going to use them on him if he ran. He was one very scared person when he made the announcement he would not run (IMHO).

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> Something really upset LBJ not to run in 1968.

My God the country was falling apart. There were race riots (burn, baby, burn), massive protests, counter-culture revolutionaries, and most frightening of all, American terrorists blowing up things (Weather Underground, SNCC, Black Panthers, etc.) Yer darn tootin' LBJ was upset.