And i specially thank you for choosing as my running mate, the best partner anyone ever had. Fruits model. , with gratitude i accept your nomination. And i am proud to run on a progressive and sound platform that you have found out about at this convention. Fritz mondale and i will put on a campaign, we well put on a campaign that response the intelligence of the American People. A campaign that is sound. And we are going to beat the republicans. Well win because we are the party of a great president who knew how to get reelected, franklin eleanor roosevelt. And we are the party of a courageous fighter who knew how to give them hell, harry truman. And as truman said, just told the truth and they thought it was hell. And we are the party of a gallant man, John Fitzgerald kennedy. And we are the party of a great leader of compassion, lyndon johnson. And the party of a great man who should have been president , who wouldve been one of the greatest president s in history, hubert her racial
In 1964, the Civil Rights Act was signed into law. Civil unrest of Racial Discrimination continued across the country. The beatles came to the u. S. And tensions between the u. S. And North Vietnam escalated. This was the backdrop for the Political Conventions that year and for speeches made by president ial nominees Linden Johnson and Barry Goldwater. At the time of the Democratic National convention, Lyndon Baines johnson had been president less than a year after the assassination of president john f. Kennedy. On before, Lyndon Johnson was a teacher at a small segregated mexicanamerican school where the poverty he saw influenced his policy throughout his political career. While a u. S. Congressman he was named Lieutenant Commander of the Naval Reserve and through this after pearl harbor called to active duty. Later, Lyndon Johnson won his Senate Primary by 87 votes but went on to hold numerous positions in the senate including majority leader. After 12 years in the senate he became t
President less than a year after the assassination of president john f. Kennedy. Before, Lyndon Johnson was a teacher at a small segregated mexicanamerican school where the poverty he saw influenced his policy throughout his political career. While a u. S. Congressman he was named Lieutenant Commander of the Naval Reserve and through this after pearl harbor called to active duty. Later, Lyndon Johnson won his Senate Primary by 87 votes but went on to hold numerous positions in the senate including majority leader. After 12 years in the senate, he became the nominee for Vice President on the Kennedy Johnson ticket. He accepted the president ial nomination at the 1964 convention in atlantic city, new jersey. A message i give to you and the American People. [applause] chairman mccormick, my fellow americans, i accept your nomination. [applause] i accept the duty of leading this party to victory this year. [applause] and i thank you, i thank you from the bottom of my heart for placing at m
American hostages in iran failed. The Winter Olympics were held in lake placid, new york and Mount Saint Helens a ruptured. This was the backdrop for the political that conventions that year and speeches made by Ronald Reagan and jimmy carter. By the time Ronald Reagan ran for president , he had served two terms as governor of california in had an early career entertainment and became the president of the screen actors guild. Ronald reagan ended his expectancies acceptance speech with a moment of silent prayer. Pres. Reagan thank you very much. Thank you. [chanting] youre singing our song. Define myself for the first time myong time in a movie first thrill tonight was to find myself for the first time in a long time in a movie on prime time. [applause] as you can imagine, is the second big thrill. Chairman, mr. Vice president this convention, my fellow citizens of this great nation, with a deep awareness of the responsibility conferred by your trust, i accept your nomination for the pr
Good afternoon. It is great to be in Central Florida. The reason we are here today is because so many floridians have asked what else can i do to be helpful in the fight against covid19 . Obviously, folks have been faceently wearing coverings, looking out for senior citizens, and we want you to continue to do that, but there is another way that you can help, and that is for those who have been infected with covid19 and developed antibodies for the disease, to donate your blood. One blood here is really leading the charge on this. When we started this in march, there was not a lot of information about how to treat somebody that was infected with covid19 and required hospitalization, and there has been a lot of Different Things along the way that have been done. There have been a lot of great inroads that have been made. One of the treatments that many physicians around the state believe is very effective is the use of convalescent plasma, so this is blood that is donated from somebody w