Indeed.
I was a poll-watcher for the dems in Nashville (grad school). The dem machine sent in the drunks with a slip of paper that had two names on it: Nixon and Gore (senior). I knew by 2 pm that the election was going to Nixon, as the Southern base had defected. Not that integration and race had anything to do with it, mind you. <sigh>
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>>Yes, there was blood in the streets of Chicago, live on 3 networks.
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>Yes, Hank.
>Makes a few barbs on CNN or Fox look pretty tame, doesn't it?
>Humphrey lost to Nixon in a close race, despite all the chaos.
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>>And, bless his heart, Sen. Abraham Ribicoff to set Mayor Daley straight.
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>Ribicoff was one of the best ever.
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>>The only difference being that the know-nothing, no-everythings of today can harm the country much more than back then, when the parties worked together.
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>Too many ism's at work here, Hank - on both sides.
>We have a good basic idea here.. the rights of man... that's the only ism we need.
>After that, we need ethical, smart and honest people who can get things done.
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>Kevin McCarthy committed today's cardinal sin.. he told the truth on TV
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