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thucythucy

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7. So much of history that now seems inevitable

Reply to Tomconroy (Reply #5)

Sun Sep 26, 2021, 05:37 PM

Sep 2021

was up for grabs while it was happening.

I went to the Democratic Convention in Miami Beach in '72 (which rather betrays my age).

People forget that coming out of the convention Nixon and McGovern were tied in the polls. Then came the Eagleton disaster, and the whole campaign went into free fall.

But it was a nice giddy moment while it lasted.

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I Saw John Wilkes Booth Shoot Abraham Lincoln. [View all] Tomconroy Sep 2021 OP

Lincoln's assassination thucythucy Sep 2021 #1

It's not certain that RFK would have gotten the nomination in 1968. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2021 #2

I lived through it and think it would have been tough for Bobby to win. Tomconroy Sep 2021 #3

I was around then also. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2021 #8

It's impossible to know now, of course. thucythucy Sep 2021 #4

Bobby and Hubert were friends. Either might have accepted the VP Tomconroy Sep 2021 #5

So much of history that now seems inevitable thucythucy Sep 2021 #7

The likelihood of RFK actually getting the nomination was pretty slim. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2021 #9

I've seen this great eye witness testimony, and recommend appalachiablue Sep 2021 #6

Perhaps 25 years ago, on a trip to DC, I went to Ford's theater. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2021 #10

Sounds like a very intriguing story, it rings a bell, thanks for the appalachiablue Sep 2021 #11