1968 DNC: Democratic nightmare in Chicago

Chaos before Hubert Humphrey's nomination sets the modern standard for a harmful convention.

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[Willredd94]

1968 was probably the most chaotic year in modern American history.

[waveali]

My goodness that Convention was a freaking Train Wreck. No wonder the Dems lost.

[Michael93406]

The U.S. Attorney's office when launching the Greylord investigation mulled over where the nost corrupt place in the United States was at that time. They decided it was Cook County, Illnois. Chicago. Is it a surprise that the cops would use Gestapo tactics as well?

[MZarkov]

Apparently at 0:29 where "Mr Daley (Chicago mayor) is not pleased with Senator Ribicoff" he's actually saying “Fuck you, you Jew son of a bitch! You lousy motherfucker! Go home!”.

[brushcreek42]

@nocturnezero Eisenhower was sending military aid to the French from 1953 till 1954 when the French pulled out. In Jan., 1955 the first direct shipment of military goods were sent to the new Diem government from the US. In Oct., 1955 Eisenhower pledged his support of the Diem government and offered more military aid. In May, 1961 Kennedy sent in his first Green Beret "special advisors". I wouldn't say the war was started by the Democrats, they were the first to send US troops.

[loyaldude10]

@wwahc1964 --calling for an invasion while a member of Congress and talking tough to the masses is quite different than being Pres and actually doing it. Bush's speech about British govt learning that Iraq attempted to buy "yellowcake" from Niger was totally manipulative, as this report was known to be false then. LBJ withdrew becuase he knew, after close call in NH primary, with obscure Sen Mccarthy) that he would have been defeated. People were clamoring for RFK to get in race back then.

[wwahc1964]

@loyaldude10 Not true.Many dems,including the above mentioned called for an invasion during Clinton's administration.Nixon was presidnet,but he didn't nuke NVN.The intelligence from many of the major intelligence agencies said Saddam was armed,and it came out after the invasion that Saddam had lied to keep the illusion Iraq had a program,not believing Bush would invade.LBJ didn't have to withdraw,he chose to.I'm guessing you weren't born then,no offense meant.

[loyaldude10]

@wwahc1964 --not quite the same. LBJ may have paid the ultimate price--having to withdraw from Pres race in 68, but Godwater, Nixon and other conservatives talked about nuking VNM. With Iraqi war---country was still shellshocked after 9/11, Bush manipulated and lied about intelligence reports (some say he wanted to get Saddam due to assassination attempt against Bush Sr). Dems didnt have the guts to stand up and ask questions, so they voted along. Country is much more conservative now

[wwahc1964]

@loyaldude10 The sitting commander in Chief escalated the war.That's how the public saw it then,and how history basically looks at it.It was "funny" when Robert McNamara disavowed the war after being the architect and selling it to Johnson,leaving LBJ holding the bag.Of COURSE there were many on both sides of the aisle that supported it,just as Hillary and John Kerry supported invading Iraq.But it was still Bush's war.

[loyaldude10]

@DPurpleIV --Repubs certainly supported the escalation. Many wanted to escalate more than JOhnson did.

[loyaldude10]

@nocturnezero ---their behavior signified anarchy. They went way too far in their protests. Of course not all were anarchists---many were there to rightly protest the Vietnamn war. But nothing excuses some of the bad behavior.

[loyaldude10]

@zachboi13 --It was when Roosevelt took office in 1930s that blacks started going more Democrat. U ought to look up the definition of socialism. Repubs love to throw that word around. Under Reagan, and then Bush Jr, Repubs succeeded in not shrinking the size of governmnet (it expanded under both), but in deregulating. Hence, the savigns and loan crisis in the 1980s, which cost undreds of billions, and the Wall Street/banki crisis that started a few yrs ago, which will cost over a trillion. Great