Mr. Chairman, my fellow americans my fellow democrats, i proudly accept the nomination of our party. applause this moment is one of personal pride and gratification. Yet one cannot help but well reflect the deep sadness that we feel over the troubles and the violence which have erupted lid regrettably and tragically in the streets of this great city. And for the personal injuries which have occurred. Thats Hubert Humphrey accepting the 1968 democratic nomination for president. A chicagos comrade hilton hotel. The democrats had gathered for the convention in the midst of the vietnam war while thousands of protesters demonstrated outside. Hubert humphrey longtime minnesota senator and unsuccessful candidate for president in 1968 is the focus of this weeks contenders program. We are live from Minnesota History center. Mick caouette is the documentarian of Hubert Humphreys life. Just finished documentary last year. We are standing in the middle of an exhibit about the tumultuous year of 19
Mr. Chairman. My fellow americans. My fellow democrats, i proudly accept the nomination of our party. [cheers and applause] this moment, this moment is one of personal pride and gratification, yet one cannot help but reflect the deep sadness we feel over the troubles and the violence which have erupted, regrettably and tragically, in the streets of this great city and for the personal injuries which have occurred. [applause] that is neubert humphrey accepting the democratic nomination for president at chicagos Conrad Hilton hotel, or democrats have gathered for their convention in the midst of the vietnam war while thousands of protesters demonstrated outside. Hubert humphrey, longtime senator and unsuccessful candidate for president , is the focus of this weeks contenders program. We are live from minnesotas history center. The documentarian of Hubert Humphreys life just finished the documentary last year. We are standing in the center of an exhibit about 1968. To start our discussion
[shouting] mr. Chairman, my fellow americans my fellow democrats, i proudly accept the nomination of our party. [applause] this moment, this moment is one of personal pride and gratification. One cannot help but reflect the sadness that we feel over the troubles and the violence which have erupted in the streets of this great city. And for the personal injuries which have occurred. That is Hubert Humphrey accepting the 1968 democratic nomination for president. The democrats had gathered for the convention in the midst of the vietnam war while thousands of protesters demonstrated outside. Hubert humphrey is the focus of this weeks program. We are live from Minnesota History center. Mick caouette is the documentarian of Hubert Humphreys life. We are standing in the middle of an exhibit about the tumultuous year of 1968. I want you to set the stage for people. This country was in an uproar about the vietnam war. Set the stage. The vietnam war had been going on for 15 years. It was obvious
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Here, i will give you one statistic that i do not put in the book. I was told in 1970 that there were 160 some registered lobbyists in washington. There are now over 13,000. Second, i have started studying Early American History in considerable depth and i went backtoschool in my 60s to get a graduate degree in jefferson. The founders used the language of the ancient republican, greece and rome. And warned against corruption. Their definition of corruption was not bribery or quid pro quo, money under the table. It was putting special interests ahead of the common good. By that definition, washington today is a massively corrupt place. Brian let me show you some video of harry truman after he was out of office talking about his future as a next president. [video clip] some of them, when they became president were rich men. Some of them were in the same financial situation that i was myself. Those men who have had to go ahead and do what was necessary to make a living, did not under any