Tag / 1968
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Why the 2016 Election Was Not the Worst Election in American History
I generally despise using generalizations without near-encyclopedic citations. However, it must be stated: the 2016 election received universal criticism. Nobody beamed with pride at either set of candidates. Many Americans loathed both tandems and gritted their teeth at the ballot box. If an American did vote for one of the two sides enthusiastically, they firmly…
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Cleveland , Chicago, Conventions and the Media
BY RYAN THIER “AND WITH GEORGE MCGOVERN AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, WE WOULDN’T HAVE TO HAVE GESTAPO TACTICS IN THE STREETS OF CHICAGO.” – SENATOR ABE RIBICOFF 1968 was a turbulent year in the United States, with cultural and political unrest explosively culminating in Chicago’s conflagration of a Democratic National Convention. The chaos,…
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