Share this page!

Michael Beschloss Profile picture
Twitter logo
Jul 15 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Stevenson, Judy Garland, JFK, LBJ, Sinatra, among others, at Beverly Hilton party banquet during Democratic convention, this week 1960: #Getty
Photographed through a window, JFK celebrates with RFK after winning nomination in Los Angeles, this week 1960: #AP
At joint meeting of Massachusetts and Texas delegates, Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, JFK makes needling jokes about his opponent LBJ, who pretends to be amused, this week 1960:
Jackie Kennedy's private painting of JFK returning to Hyannis Port in triumph from winning nomination in Los Angeles, 1960:

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
　

Keep Current with Michael Beschloss

Michael Beschloss Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @BeschlossDC

Michael Beschloss Profile picture
Jul 15
Nixon made announcement today 1971 that he would go to China—in same NBC Burbank studio in which he had recorded “Sock it to me?” three years earlier during 1968 campaign for “Laugh-In”: Image
After China announcement tonight 1971,, Nixon took Kissinger to faded Perino's in L.A., where presiding "old bandit" brought out old bottle of wine and then tried to charge them $600 (perhaps $4200 today) for it. Ehrlichman settled the bill for half that amount in "spot cash." Image
Nixon's beloved Perino's appeared in background of one scene in "Sunset Boulevard" (1950): Image
Read 6 tweets
Michael Beschloss Profile picture
Jul 15
In December 2019, Trump tweeted that Secret Service Assistant Director Anthony Ornato would become his Deputy Chief of Staff.
For Trump to name a Secret Service official to that job, especially on eve of reelection campaign, was abnormal and should have been alarming red flag.
According to its website, Ornato has gone from being Trump Deputy Chief of Staff back to Secret Service as Assistant Director and is at this moment overseeing "required training and professional development for all Secret Service personnel."
Please, what is going on here?
According to Secret Service website, Ornato, as Trump Deputy Chief of Staff, oversaw Air Force One, Presidential helicopters "and Presidential Continuity Policy, Plans and Requirements."
Essential to discover what Ornato's role was, if any, in planning/execution of Jan. 6 attack.
Read 4 tweets
Michael Beschloss Profile picture
Jul 14
“We travel together, passengers on a little space ship, dependent on its vulnerable reserves of air and soil...preserved from annihilation only by the care, the work and, I will say, the love we give our fragile craft.”
Adlai Stevenson in last major speech before dying today 1965
"Adlai's Death Shocks World" -- happened today 1965:
Stevenson-Kefauver 1956 Democratic ticket was presented as two populists:
Read 6 tweets
Michael Beschloss Profile picture
Jul 13
Are we supposed to award an official medal to the late Alf Landon for conceding that he lost the 1936 Presidential election to FDR?
Maybe also we’re supposed to install a heroic statue of Richard Nixon on the Washington Mall in thanks for kindly refraining from inciting an insurrection against the government of the United States in an effort to cling to the Presidency during Watergate?
And in this bizarre political time, are we also required to name something for Herbert Hoover in eternal gratitude for his failure to demand for years that he be “reinstated” as President after FDR thunderously defeated him in the 1932 landslide?
Read 5 tweets
Michael Beschloss Profile picture
Jul 10
Shirley Temple thanks Eleanor Roosevelt for White House visit, tomorrow 1938:
Ten-year-old Shirley Temple’s personal stationery is singular.
Shirley Temple campaigning for a Presidential candidate thirty years after she called on Eleanor Roosevelt:
Read 4 tweets
Michael Beschloss Profile picture
Jul 10
On @TODAY show, Joe Garagiola, Barbara Walters and Frank McGee from Democratic convention, Miami Beach, fifty years ago this week:
Jesse Jackson and Illinois delegates at 1972 Democratic convention, fifty years ago this week:
In red, white and blue, Barbara Walters of @TODAYshow interviews feminists Bella Abzug, Liz Carpenter, Gloria Steinem and Betty Friedan at Democratic convention, Miami Beach, fifty years ago this week:
Read 6 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Don't want to be a Premium member but still want to support us?

Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

:(