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To: Albion Wilde; Brad from Tennessee
The rage could go on outside the party and spread into the streets...

That scenario reminds me of the 1968 riot outside the Dem convention in Chicago. Probably helped Nixon beat Humphrey that memorable year.

14 posted on 02/13/2008 7:54:51 PM PST by justiceseeker93
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To: justiceseeker93
[Probably helped Nixon beat Humphrey that memorable year.]

The Gene McCarthy supporters were alienated by the whole fracas. A lot of them ended up as Yippies and outlaw radicals.

15 posted on 02/13/2008 8:01:23 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee ("A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.")
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