 Humphrey was the mayor of Minneapolis, a U.S. senator, then vice president under LBJ, then ran for president, losing to Nixon. People have got to know whether or not their president's a crook. Tried again and lost the nomination to McGovern, of all people. Therefore, by extension, he's single-handedly responsible for ending Johnson's Great Society, perpetuating the Vietnam War, and ushering in the era of Watergate that poisons American politics to this day. All because of him losing. Blame him for Kennedy's death, too, because he also lost to JFK for the 1960 presidential nomination.