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
I have a public plan, and as one whose heart has ached for the past eight years over the agony of vietnam, i will halt the senseless bombing of indochina on inaugural day. [applause] greta it was 1972, 2 30 in the morning when George Mcgovern delivered his acceptance speech. A few months later, he would lose badly to president Richard Nixon. The contenders. The candidacy and legacy of George Mcgovern. We are live from the mcgovern museum in mitchell, south dakota. Joining us from there is president ial author scott farris. Acceptance speech in miami. Why . Scott thank you, greta. Of the structure of the Mcgovern Campaign. Against the establishment. Senator mcgovern, he was very, very strong on the issue of vietnam. One of the things that has drawn me to writing about senator mcgovern as one of the most who ran for the presidency who was not successful, he went after the vietnam issue. He spoke about that war in ways no president ial candidate had ever spoken about war before. It was la
Arrests, the rioters, themselves, begin to speak out. Question this morning, why do they say they did it . Plus, the unprecedented level of security around the biden harris inauguration on wednesday. With so much at stake, the question is, what are officials doing to prevent possible insider attacks . Its way too early for this. Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that honors the legacy of dr. Martin luther king jr. On this day, and hopefully, every day. It is monday, january 18th. Im kasie hunt. Well start with the news. The new yorker published staggering, new footage over the weekend from inside the capitol riot. Reporter luke molison has followed them for months and attended the january 6th rallies in washington that gave way to the riots. Heres some of what he captured. Whose house there are [ bleep ] million of us out there and we are listening to trump, your boss were peaceful let the people in go back out wheres the exit . [ inaudible ] 1776 antifa guess what, a
Its awkward or not. Its okay. I think that what this is all about is for all of us to have this national conversation. I mean thats the wonderful thing about jenner doing what jenner is doing. Giving us a chance to discuss this. What was it like for you. For me it made me crazy. When i was in college and like around film school i remember i graduated from film school and i was trying to start up a freelance career as male but also as female at the same time. How do you that . You come home at lunch and change and hope that your eye make up remover works pretty good is what you do. It makes you nuts. You can only handle it so long. What bruce said about just i cant pull the curtain any more i just cant do it any more that sort of exhaustion is something i certainly felt. Were all on a different schedule. Some of us do it really young. Some of us it takes a while. I didnt have as many i didnt have a family i didnt have a spouse at the time i didnt have southeast things that might really
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