Remembering The Happy Warrior @ 100

In case you missed it on the radio at the time, here is a podcast interview recalling Hubert Humphrey at the time he would have turned 100 in 2011.

HHH served under President Lyndon Johnson. He twice served as a US Senator from Minnesota and served as Democratic Majority Whip. He was was a founder of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and Americans for Democratic Action.He also served as Mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota from 1945 to 1949. Humphrey was the nominee of the Democratic Party in the 1968 presidential election but lost to Richard Nixon.

But Humphrey’s impact and legacy are far bigger than those titles. As Bill Moyers once said, “While we may not remember Hubert Humphrey’s name, (his) fingerprints are all over America today”.

In this Journey into Hidden America we spoke with Norman Sherman, one time Press Secretray to Hubert Humphrey. He later edited Humphrey’s autobiography.

We discussed the man, the times he lived in and his lasting legacy.

At: http://conversationsontheroad.podbus.com/?p=659