Talk:1968 Democratic National Convention
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[edit] Ribicoff
The Ribicoff page claims that lip-readers and eyewitnesses said Daley said, quote, "Fuck you, you jew motherfucker!". here it says something about "kike". any clarification?
[edit] Stub?
I don't think this is so much a stub any more. Anyone else? The comparison between when it was tagged and now --The Human Spellchecker 23:38, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Dates?
This article needs specific dates for the beginning and end of both the convention and protests and riots in the streets of Chicago. Right now, it only has a tangential reference to August 27th as the birthday of LBJ. Would anyone be willing to find the required dates? --Sophitus 02:37, May 16, 2005 (UTC)
- The convention began on August 26 and ended on the 29. LBJ turned 60 on August 27, which was during the convention. The riots happened on that day as well. -- SNIyer12 20:47, August 12, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Spinoff a riot article
I think the riots and the convention itself should be separate articles. I think their is enough info to cover each as separate articles. Some areas that should also be covered regarding the riot include:
- The use of violence by police against protester. Their are all sorts of eyewitness accounts by the press and regular people that can be quoted.
- The response by Mayor Daily, Chicago Police, Local Authorities, etc. to the charges of police brutality and violence incitement by police.
- Describe what the those charged as part of the Chicago eight (later seven) where doing during the riots and what about it was claimed to justify the charges against them. Also the Chicago Seven trial should have a full paragraph included on it as part of a summery rather then just the two lines currently in the article.
- The riots have been said to have swayed some undecided voters towards Nixon by giving the Democratic party a black eye. This should be discussed as their are notable historians and political commentators who have discussed this aspect of the '68 election.
If I find the time maybe I'll try to dig up some additional info on the riots and start a separate article on them. --Cab88 13:20, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] LBJ
The following line seems POV, anyone mind if I remove it?
Of course, LBJ couldn't travel anywhere without facing any protests.
[edit] Sources
Please source. This article as it stands is an original research piece. --Cerejota 03:49, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Reasons
Could there be a section on possible reasons why the protests occurred? Or am I to assume that all presidential conventions have protests of that size from their own party members?
