The Real Action in '68 »
Posted By Beau7890 2 months, 3 weeks ago in NewsIf you were young and on fire and in anguish over the war in Vietnam, was there anyplace to be in late August of 1968 but the streets of Chicago?
Yes. “The street seemed stupid to me,” says Peter McLennon. “The military had taught me there is power and there is noise, and power was what was going on inside the convention.”
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cowboygrandpa2 months, 3 weeks ago
Man, what could have been if Bobby Kennedy had lived. I remember watching the convention with some friends of mine and thinking those guys in the street were crazy.
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We were drinking a couple of beers discussing going into the service.
When I saw the cops beating these people I thought I was watching a broadcast from Russia.
They sold out what Kennedy had given his life trying to acheive. There is no doubt the world would have been better, had he won.
Whoooooooo. Hard memories to have, the sadness of Bobby being murdered such a short time before the convention, the coldness of the backroom deal makers. All in all leading to Tricky Richard Millhouse Nixons aka "Tricky **** Nixon" election.
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cowboygrandpa2 months, 3 weeks ago
" So many things went wrong that year."
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Man you sure got that right!!!
Congratulations on the future marriage.
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