So my project is if RFK was not killed in 1968 and was able to be the Democrat presidential nominee.
RICHARD NIXON WAS SHOT AND PARALYZED
1968 Democratic National Convention
August 28-At 3:26 PM,4 bombs went off at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago. It was right in the middle of a speech Eugene McCarthy was giving about the Vietnam War. 25 seconds later,members of the Yippie movement stormed the Amphitheatre and punched at people.There was chaos everywhere. Robert Kennedy was brave enough to give and speech and give the Yippies their money's worth.
''STOP THIS MADNESS!"shouted the enraged Kennedy.He said this,
"Why are you doing this? Yippies,why are you doing this madness? If you attack our country,you attack the world.I saw people do bad in this world,in this country.My brother (JFK) was shot and killed by a gunman's bullets half a decade ago.We as a country are enraged at Vietnam. But that doesn't mean that that you can shoot,punch people and blow up things. But in this age of life,people use those drugs,and our way of life is fading away.The US from the 50's is gone.Drugs and dumb people just riot for no apparent reason,they just want to get attention.This is a great example of that.The government is mad at that. I am mad at that. We are different then we were at the beginning of this decade and we will be different when this one is over. And I have have a memo for you Yippies. Don't mess with the police,don't mess with the government,and DON'T MESS WITH THE U.S!"The crowd of people running around had stopped to listen to him.CBS was broadcasting these events and Walter Cronkite said that "These moving pictures,this speech,this event will forever live in the history of this nation."
KENNEDY GIVES SPEECH AT CONVENTION AFTER BOMBS WENT OFF
This was the headline of most big city newspapers on August 29,1968.
Today:
Hugh Downs:"Robert F. Kennedy gives a great speech after the International Amphitheatre was bombed. The group known as the Yippies are being blamed."
After the bombing,the convention was moved to the Chicago Stadium. Robert F. Kennedy was chosen as the Democratic nominee for the 1968 election,all but one chose him. Kennedy chose Edmund Muskie of Maine as his Vice President. Kennedy said in his acceptance speech:"We are going to end the war in Vietnam,and we are going to end it soon."
The next day in Indianapolis,Indiana,Nelson Rockefeller was nominated by the new Union party as their choice for president.
When Kennedy heard this,he know that it was going to be a tough battle but he could pull it through.
The Four
Robert F Kennedy (Democrat)
James Rhodes (Republican)
George Wallace (American Independent)
Nelson Rockefeller (Union)
RICHARD NIXON WAS SHOT AND PARALYZED
1968 Democratic National Convention
August 28-At 3:26 PM,4 bombs went off at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago. It was right in the middle of a speech Eugene McCarthy was giving about the Vietnam War. 25 seconds later,members of the Yippie movement stormed the Amphitheatre and punched at people.There was chaos everywhere. Robert Kennedy was brave enough to give and speech and give the Yippies their money's worth.
''STOP THIS MADNESS!"shouted the enraged Kennedy.He said this,
"Why are you doing this? Yippies,why are you doing this madness? If you attack our country,you attack the world.I saw people do bad in this world,in this country.My brother (JFK) was shot and killed by a gunman's bullets half a decade ago.We as a country are enraged at Vietnam. But that doesn't mean that that you can shoot,punch people and blow up things. But in this age of life,people use those drugs,and our way of life is fading away.The US from the 50's is gone.Drugs and dumb people just riot for no apparent reason,they just want to get attention.This is a great example of that.The government is mad at that. I am mad at that. We are different then we were at the beginning of this decade and we will be different when this one is over. And I have have a memo for you Yippies. Don't mess with the police,don't mess with the government,and DON'T MESS WITH THE U.S!"The crowd of people running around had stopped to listen to him.CBS was broadcasting these events and Walter Cronkite said that "These moving pictures,this speech,this event will forever live in the history of this nation."
KENNEDY GIVES SPEECH AT CONVENTION AFTER BOMBS WENT OFF
This was the headline of most big city newspapers on August 29,1968.
Today:
Hugh Downs:"Robert F. Kennedy gives a great speech after the International Amphitheatre was bombed. The group known as the Yippies are being blamed."
After the bombing,the convention was moved to the Chicago Stadium. Robert F. Kennedy was chosen as the Democratic nominee for the 1968 election,all but one chose him. Kennedy chose Edmund Muskie of Maine as his Vice President. Kennedy said in his acceptance speech:"We are going to end the war in Vietnam,and we are going to end it soon."
The next day in Indianapolis,Indiana,Nelson Rockefeller was nominated by the new Union party as their choice for president.
When Kennedy heard this,he know that it was going to be a tough battle but he could pull it through.
The Four
Robert F Kennedy (Democrat)
James Rhodes (Republican)
George Wallace (American Independent)
Nelson Rockefeller (Union)
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