As Democrats gather in Chicago, the spirit of ’68 is a painful memory

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The Democrats are converging on Chicago, scene of their greatest convention disaster. Even after 56 years the party can’t forget the fiasco of 1968, when police battered protesters on Chicago streets, jeering and fistfights broke out in the convention hall and the bitterly divided delegates sent their nominee careening toward a defeat by Richard M. Nixon.

The return to Chicago this week comes amid echoes of 1968. The party has once again had to find its footing when the sitting president made a stunning decision to not seek reelection. Thousands of protesters are expected to march outside the convention and law enforcement is prepared for the possibility of violent disruptions.

 

Protests planned for Democrats’ convention spark safety, speech worries​


Protests are expected to begin Sunday, the day before the convention officially starts at the United Center, and continue until the party’s gathering ends Thursday evening. The largest are expected Monday — by the Coalition to March on the DNC, which includes about 200 groups rallying in support of Gaza and myriad social issues — and Wednesday by the Coalition for Justice in Palestine. Organizers expect tens of thousands to attend these events.

 
Painful year for the party but for some of that generation an exciting year that helped shape their lives.
 
Hume said:
The Democrats are converging on Chicago, scene of their greatest convention disaster. Even after 56 years the party can’t forget the fiasco of 1968, when police battered protesters on Chicago streets, jeering and fistfights broke out in the convention hall and the bitterly divided delegates sent their nominee careening toward a defeat by Richard M. Nixon.

The return to Chicago this week comes amid echoes of 1968. The party has once again had to find its footing when the sitting president made a stunning decision to not seek reelection. Thousands of protesters are expected to march outside the convention and law enforcement is prepared for the possibility of violent disruptions.

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What is stunning about a brain dead pervert deciding not to run? His own party pushed him out.
 
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