My fellow citizens, im happy to join you for this benediction of our friday, Sunrise Service i assumed that everyone here is impressed with my control of this convention. And that my choice for Vice President , was challenged by only 39 other nominees. But i think we learned, from watching the republicans, four years ago as they selected their Vice President , that it pays to take a bit more time. And i can tell you, the eleanor is very grateful that the oregon delegation kept are in the race with martha mitchell. So i congratulate you on your patience, and i pay my respects to those two superb presiding officers of this convention, larry obrien, and even brought weight burke. If and so tonight i accept your nomination, with a full and grateful heart. This afternoon i crossed the wide missouri, and recommended a running make, two of the compassion, senator tom eagle ten. I am proud to have him at my side and im proud to have been introduced a moment ago by one of the most elegant, and
I stand before you without a single pledge or promise or understanding of any kind except for the advancement of your cause and the preservation of american democracy. And as your nominee i expect to conduct by crusading an aggressive, fighting campaign. The republicans in we want willkie, Wendell Willkie ran for president in 1940. And as we watch some of the images of him on the campaign trail were joined here in rushville, indiana with david willkie. I want you to introduce our audience to some of the fervor were seeing from these Iconic Images of the 1940 campaign that really surrounded your grandfather as he ran for president and tried to defeat franklin dellanor roosevelt, who was seeking a third term. What an exciting time in the country. Here wed come out of entering into the great depression, the end of the hoover administration, eight years of the roosevelt administration, roosevelt was president , right at the height of his power and that opened up a time for a dark horse can
President ial nomination. He lost in the general election to the incumbent president , with Richard Nixon taking 49 states. Our coverage is from the Richard Nixon president ial library and museum. Chairwoman burke, senator kennedy, senator eagleton and my fellow citizens, im happy to join you for this benediction of our friday sunrise service. I assume that everyone here is impressed with my control of this convention in that my choice for Vice President was challenged by only 39 other nominees. But i think we learned from watching the republicans four years ago, as they selected their Vice President ial nominee, that it pays to take a little more time. And i can tell you that eleanor is very grateful that the oregon delegation at least kept her in the race with martha mitchell. So i congratulate you on your patience and i pay my respects to those two superb presiding officers of this convention, larry obrien and even brave weight burke. Yvonne braithwaite burke so tonight, i accept yo
In 1968, Many Americans thought they were voting to bring our sons home from vietnam in peace. And since then, 20,000 of our sons have come home and coffins. I have no secret plan for peace, i have a public plan. As one whose heart has eight for the past ten years over the agony of vietnam, i will halt the senseless bombing of indochina on inaugural day. It was 1972, 2 30 in the morning, and then president ial nominee George Mcgovern delivered his acceptance speech. A few weeks later he would lose badly to president nixon. Tonight, the candidacy and legacy of mcgovern. Joining us from there is president ial author scott faris. Scott, it is 2 30 in the morning when mcgovern delivers his acceptance speech in miami. Why . Well, the reason i think it was sort of emblematic of the whole distrust of the Mcgovern Campaign was, it was an insurgent campaign run against the establishment. What had happened was, as you heard senator mcgovern there, he was very strong on the issue of vietnam. I th
Standing in this very place, i proudly accepted your nomination for president of the United States. And with your help and with the votes of millions of americans, we won a great victory in 1968. Tonight, i again proudly accept your nomination for president of the United States. And let us pledge ourselves to win an even greater victory this november, in 1972. [applause] i congratulate chairman ford, i congratulate chairman dole, and armstrong and the hundreds of others who have laid the foundation for that victory by their work at this great convention. Our platform is a Dynamic Program for peace in the world. And speaking in a very personal sense, i express my deep gratitude and this convention for the tributes you have paid to the best campaigner in the nixon family, my wife pat. In honoring her, you have honored millions of women in america who have contributed in the past, and will contribute in the future, so very much to better government in this country. And again, as i did las