It was 1972, to a plot 30 in the morning when George Mcgovern delivered his acceptance speech. A few months later, he would lose badly to president Richard Nixon. Tonight, the candidacy and legacy of George Mcgovern. We are live from the mcgovern museum in mitchell, south dakota. Joining us is provincial author scott farris. It was 2 30 when he delivered the acceptance speech in miami. Why . It was emblematic of the whole Mcgovern Campaign, which was it was an insurgent campaign run against the establishment. What happened was, as you heard from senator mcgovern, he was very strong on the issue of vietnam. One of the things about senator government senator mcgovern as one of the most influential who ran for the presidency who was not successful, he went after the vietnam issue. He spoke about that war in ways no patinkin that had ever spoken about war before. No president president ial candidate had ever spoken about war before. It was Strong Language that unsettled lots of americans a
It aint over until its over. Weve got more on that and also now this. Cnn anchor who criticized hunter biden for cashing in on his fathers name. Plus former deputy independent counsel saul wise enberg, on the growing problems with james comey denying dozens of times under oath in testimony yesterday that he had any knowledge of the basic details of the fbi trumprussia probe that he ran. Tonight we debate this, how can government give a person who claims to have such a bad memory the power to approve devastating probes that ruin peoples lives and critics say for that matter, if comey has such a bad memory, why would you even want to buy his book . Former National Security council chief of staff fred fleitz, why the American People should demand to see all the documents about the allegations that the Hillary Clinton and her campaign signed off on the plan to make up the trumprussia collusion story to. Fbi and cia are bawling at releasing those documents. With with. Ford oconnell. Using d
My story about being born lower, middle class in akron, ohio. During the military at 17 years old to get a chance to see the world, to do a lot of Different Things. It is the journey about serving in the army in the era but also deploying to iraq, deployed overseas. And how i basically learned to love america. And then came out as conservative in order to help save it. That is what always a soldier is all about. He got the military memoir aspect of it, meet crushing it through basic training, me getting to know 70 different types of people that i had never been exposed to before. And then i get out of the military, i was a leftist for a few years in new york city. That it couple of years ago i came out as a conservative and got a lot of blowback about tha that. It is all about loving American Fighting for america as a republican that i am now. Host usurper five years the u. S. Army including two tours in the middle east. During iraqi freedom your awarded the Army Commendation medal and
Was brief, it was also impactful. History colorado hosted this event and provided the video. Here have dr. Judy gaughan. She has done a lot of work here with many different things, but dr. Judy gaughan is the associate of history at Colorado State university in pueblo and is one of the organizers of a valued partner in the womens post centennial in colorado in 2020. Dr. Judy gaughan is currently writing a book, surely the world moves. Fork you, dr. Judy gaughan, taking the time to be here with us today and tell this remarkable story. Gaughan thank you, mike. I want to say thank you to the center for colorado womens history for hosting what is a fascinating lecture series. Hopefully it will continue to be fascinating today. I also want to give a warning that there is a trigger topic. Only passed legislation statutory rape, so i will be talking about that peter later so i wanted people to be aware of that ahead of time. 2018, as i was happily strolling the streets of rome metaphorically
Now that youve made your decision, i will fight to win that office with all of my heart and soul. With your help, i have no doubt that we will win. Help me to do the job of conflict and of campaign. We will justify our glorious task and the loyalty of millions who look to us for compassion, for understanding, and for honesty. We will serve our great tradition greatly. I ask of you all you have. I will give you all i have. That was our contender this week, Adlai Stevenson, excepting the democratic nomination for president in 1952. We are joined by Richard Norton smith in libertyville, illinois. Who was this oneterm governor of illinois . For millions of americans, that is all he was. The oneterm governor of illinois. They have never heard a voice like his. They did not know that a Political Revolution was being touched off that night. For the next decade, Adlai Stevenson would be the voice of the Democratic Party, someone you would transform american politics, even though he was never s