The
Unforgettable 1968 Democratic National Convention
"Perspective helps sometimes."
(Aug. 26, 2008) I remember that Chicago convention so
well and so personally. It felt like such a betrayal. While Senator
Abraham Ribicoff of Connecticut gave his speech, Mayor Richard J.
Daley shook his fist and shouted obscenities as the rioting went on
outside. Nothing like that will happen in Denver, but it's worth
remembering that time forty years ago. 1968 was the most divisive
year for America since the Civil War and the results lived on for a
long time. How different things might have been if some of those
disastrous events of 1968 could have been avoided. Please listen to
more of the story of that memorable convention.
Young
Art Pitz was "Clean for Gene" (McCarthy) in 1968 as a graduate
student and idealistic political activist.
