Chicago 1968 - Denver 2008

[Phred42]

Worth repeating.........


Chicago 1968 - Denver 2008

http://www.opednews.com/articles/1/opedne_stephen__080208_chicago_1968___denve.htm

by Stephen Pizzo Page 1 of 3 page(s)

On August 25, Democrats will gather in Denver for their nominating convention. Ironically it comes precisely 40 years since the party opened it's 1968 convention in Chicago. The 1968 convention was the most significant in my lifetime - until now.

The Democratic Party and the nation paid a horrible price for what transpired at that convention, a price we may be about to pay again.

The Democratic convention this August faces many of the same issues as Democrats face in 1968. Change vs. same-old, same-old. Machine politics vs. people politics. The will of the people vs. the will of party insiders. They are all in play again.

I only mention this because the players are already setting up their plays for the August show down in Denver. Hillary Clinton has made it clear that, if Obama wins enough delegates to match her, she and her party surrogates will demand that delegates from Florida and Michigan be seated, even though she had agreed with the party's decision months ago to ban them if they moved their primaries up. They did anyway and their delegates were decertified. Now that she won Florida she wants to change the rules.

If that fight breaks out on the convention floor this August, get ready for trouble. What kind of trouble? Big trouble. That's what kind of trouble.

A brief history is required. Bear with me. Because, it's that important.

Flash Back:

Choosing a Presidential nominee in 1968 was particularly difficult...........

[DavidDvorkin]

1. We'd be a far better country now if Humphrey had won in 1968

And that's the bottom line.

[WillyT]

2. I Agree, But...

After the assassination of Bobby Kennedy, and the police riots (read: Daley Machine) of the 68 Convention, a WHOLE LOT of young enthusiastic supporters\voters said "Fuck This" and stayed home for the GE.

I just hope that this time around, the wounds delivered in the primary, are not too deep for unity in the fall.

:shrug:

[Onlooker]

5. Humphrey was pro war. That's why he lost.

If Clinton wins the nomination, she would be wise to remember that.

[Kahuna]

7. The mainstream Dems stayed home too or voted for Nixon. That

'68 convention was a nasty piece of work. It turned off a lot of voters.

[kevsand]

3. I sincerely hope it doesn't come to this.

But if the superdelegates steal the nomination, Grant Park may look like a sunday school picnic in comparison.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

4. If it comes down to superdelegates

then half the Democrats will see it as stealing. No matter the outcome.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

6. Ain't gonna happen.

The '60s generation wanted to change the system not just shuffle the bosses in the Democratic Party. There's nothing like that going on now.